First impressions: Polish font on menu looks nicer, there are no differences in font size between various menu options (I remember this looked so-so in 2.5). Maybe it's because I have many applications opened, but the map scrolling is far from being smooth.
Windows 10 pro, 2004, on a thinkpad P51s (equals a T570 with Intel 620 GPU+Quadro GPU/drivers instead of Geforce), some mobile i7,16gb ram, ssd, internal mainboard sound codec, 15" 4k screen.
- Download successful
- First start: successful*
- Create a character and start a game (BG1 portion and SOD portion): successful
- Hear sounds background and action: yes
- Hear music: yes (Start screen, Videos, In-game)
- do some spells (with a level 1 shaman in candlekeep): no glitches (casting animation, area effect)
- restart and force the game to nvidia Quadro M520 (Optimus) instead of Intel 620 GPU: repeat spell testing, works too (both with openGL renderer, didn't test the directx renderer!)
(- Change language to German, restart, ... BG1 is german, SOD interface and some log feedback is german, game content is english. if the german SOD translation is integrated, it's not working yet for me)
* successful means:
The game started (no change in behaviour from 2.5.x) like running on 3840x2160 resolution that my display is, unscaled interface, so everything is super small on a 15" screen (it would be okay on a 30" screen). This is because the game does not detect the screen's pixel density (that is around 300ppi instead of the more commonplace 100-140ppi) windows 10's hiDPI scaling factor (set to 200% in my system).
I can zoom in the game content to a useful level, but the UI stays super small of course. If i activate the UI scaling button, everything UI related becomes rather mostrous, and worse than that, the game content maximum zoom-out is locked at a level that is not really showing much (feels like bg2 vanilla 1024 size from 2001). i can zoom in like crazy to no use ...
so ... i quit the game, go to the exe file and call the properties and compatibility settings for hiDPI screens. I set it to "System (Advanced)", which means that windows takes over control and fake-tells the exe that the display is actually 1920x1080 resolution. which is not true, but it tricks the program into an UI size for non-scaled UI that is usuable and not too big. The "advanced" means that windows try to do all the rendering that it has influence on at highDPI, making the result sharper instead of smaller. In Infinity Engine this means it renders the fonts sharper which is nice to have as it works ... without the "advanced" the result is the same, just the text is more blurry.
So this kinda works, it's just a concern regarding compatibility for years to come when the game already has to run on compatibility settings on screens that are not in the 100-150ppi range ... hires-displays are getting more common, so more and more people will have to deal with that the one or the other way (too small interface, or too big interface and bad zoom limits, or fiddling with system compatibility settings if they are available to them).
Solution A: make the games DPI aware, respecting the user-set factor windows provides and adjust the UI scaling (be it "unscaled" or scaled) and zoom min/max-limits to that value. No one is expecting you to do a real 4k do-over with sharper UI or game content, but make the games compatible with these screens out of the box by at least respecting the systems scale factor and adjust sizes accordingly to that.
Solution B: at least provide an in-game scaling slider that allows settings somewhere between "unscaled" and "max-scaled" UI (and don't forget to adjust the content zoom min-maxes). This would allow to run without a system compatibility setting, the game thinks it's running on a normal ppi screen but it allows to scale the UI and zoom ranges more flexibly to compensate it's own ppi unawareness.
Windows 10 2004 x64
BG1 w/o SoD crashes on startup.
SoD game works fine. Some lines on Russian version are English.
Specs:
Dell G5 5587 with Intel core i5-8300H and Nvidia Geforce 1060 max-q
UPD: Sounds and music are fine. I hear ambient in Candlekeep and music in the tavern.
I can confirm @Bubb and @Romeo_Red glitches.
I can clearly see animation graphic glitches on the DirectX renderer:
On OpenGL it's less noticeable:
I have a problem with combat log. it doesn't scroll to the last line and hides it.
Vanilla BG1EE still crashes on startup. I can launch 2.5 version without any problems. I'll attach dmp file. Hope it'll help find the issue.
>Does the music play?
Yes, but not in Candlekeep for some reason. Seems to work everywhere else.
Candlekeep doesn't have a music soundtrack in the prologue--this goes back to the original game. It does have a soundtrack when you return later in the game.
I hope all the graphical glitches will be fixed. Ideally, old graphics renderer should be restored(as far as i remember it was Catmull-Rom renderer). Ever since 2.0 patch came out, all video problems appeard.
Hi! I tried the German version of BG:EE 2.6 beta but the creation screen is not fully equipped with text yet (EDIT: this is BG:EE without SoD DLC enabled). Going through the PC creation process leads to CTD (freezing of game) at different instances. It says it created a crash dumb but I do not see the equivalent folder/file in my user/Documents/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition folder.
I'm on Windows 8.1, 64 Bit system.
Where do the other question originate from people are answering (Do you hear music etcpp.)?
What I found in tutorial, are not so important like all above but I must inform. (I use 64bit Win8.1)
Play_Game_Button placeholder
Map goes crazy when "Area Map Background" is active
Game stacks popups, scripted encounters doesnt allow to quit from other windows, even tutorial is flawless this serious interruptions block the UI and couldn't find and click buttons.
"placeholder" Branwen's class is not coded
This is my 2 cent for tutorial now I'll check on main game. Spells somelike sluggish but all have been reported above. Nothing new or unsaid.
Everything seems to be working as intended. Start screen showed v2.6, music was playing, sounds were playing, and graphics seemed normal. I started a new game (using Abdel's pre-made file) and heard music and sounds even in Candlekeep.
System: GE72VR 6RF Apache Pro Laptop
System Specs:
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
RAM: 16GB
System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 1060
As I already have the steam version of bg i can join the beta testing.
WINDOWS 7 x64 Intel HD Graphic 3000 - LAPTOP:
Objective #1: Hardware Compatibility Test (Duration: 10min)
Can you launch Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition on your device? YES
Do the graphics display correctly? YES
Do you hear sounds? YES
Does the music play? YES
I have noticed a bug. When you clicking multiple times on your character it will stop "speaking". This bug touch any other NPC.
Thanks for all your feedback on the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition 2.6 beta test! Right now, we're investigating the launch issues you've identified for macOS & Linux. We'll report back when we have more news to share— and when we're ready to move on to the next Test Objective on the Road to 2.6.
Objective #1: Hardware Compatibility Test (Duration: 10min)
Can you launch Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition on your device?
Yes. Running Windows 10 Home Version 1909, 64-bit os on x64-based Intel Core i7-6700HQ CPU @2.6GHz. 16.0 GB RAM. Game reports "OpenGL version 4.4.0 - Build 21.20.16.4550 - build XXXX running on Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 driver provided by Intel." It also works on my NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M.
Objective #1: Hardware Compatibility Test (Duration: 10min)
My system: OS: Windows 10 Pro Version 1909 (64-bit), CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 3.20 GHz, RAM: 32 GB, GPU (reported by the game): OpenGL version 4.6.13587 Compatibility Profile Context 20.4.2 26.20.15029.27017 - build XXXX running on Radeon RX 580 Series driver provided by ATI Technologies, Inc.
Can you launch Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition on your device?
Yes.
Hi! I tried the German version of BG:EE 2.6 beta but the creation screen is not fully equipped with text yet. Going through the PC creation process leads to CTD (freezing of game) at different instances. I'm on Windows 8.1, 64 Bit system.
I just tried this (german 2.6.0.0) and can not confirm, i just created several characters, even with umlaut ä (Geisterjäger) in their name.
But i have SOD installed and getting the SOD GUI. Your screenshot is from BG1:EE interface if i get that right? So maybe it is different there.
If so, is there a way to switch it while having SOD installed? (I do have BG:EE on beamdog client, and i thought i had it transferred to steam once, but it's not offered to me there, neither 2.5 nor 2.6, so maybe i didn't).
@BelegCuthalion Yes I explicitely did this for BG:EE without SoD as I though this thread is meant this way.
SoD is treated as a DLC to BG:EE in Steam. For me, if I open the BG:EE in Steam, it lists SoD below with a link saying "Manage your DLC here". Going there I can "Manage your DLC" and there I can toggle "Enabled" which I deactivated to get only BG:EE.
EDIT: Yes, for the BG:EE game in an SoD game, the German menue for creating a new PC is complete with text.
I sold my GPU and intend to buy a new Nvidia 3080TI this fall but until then I've decided to test this using the built in Intel UHD 630 GPU on my 9900K CPU. Intel can't force vertical sync in open gl so I've been using the alternate renderer for direct X.
I didn't have any problems with sound or game crashes. I did notice that the fireball spell doesn't render properly. It doesn't fan out when it hits the target area like it's supposed to. Other than that, the operning text is out of timing with the narrator which has been fixed in the past and then broken again at some point and probably should be fixed again.
Good things that I've noticed is that the strange lines that appear in water and around casting animations has been fixed. Good job on that.
Intel I9 9900K CPU
Asus STRIX 390 mobo
Corsair DDR4 4000Mhz RAM 32GB
Samsung 970 NVME 2TB
Microsoft Windows 10 64bit pro.
Comments
Do you hear sounds - yes
Does the music play - yes
Windows 10 Pro, AMD Ryzen 7 3750H, RTX2060 6GB, 16GB RAM Laptop.
Installed
Set for beta
Game launched
Froze on that initial splash screen to select the main campaign Black Pits or SOD.
Alt tabbed out - went back in and was then able to proceed.
Everything else seemed fine.
Do you hear sounds - yes
Does the music play - yes
Windows 10 Home, NVIDIA GTX 1660Ti 6GB, 16GB RAM, Intel I7-9750H 2,60GHz Laptop
First impressions: Polish font on menu looks nicer, there are no differences in font size between various menu options (I remember this looked so-so in 2.5). Maybe it's because I have many applications opened, but the map scrolling is far from being smooth.
- Download successful
- First start: successful*
- Create a character and start a game (BG1 portion and SOD portion): successful
- Hear sounds background and action: yes
- Hear music: yes (Start screen, Videos, In-game)
- do some spells (with a level 1 shaman in candlekeep): no glitches (casting animation, area effect)
- restart and force the game to nvidia Quadro M520 (Optimus) instead of Intel 620 GPU: repeat spell testing, works too (both with openGL renderer, didn't test the directx renderer!)
(- Change language to German, restart, ... BG1 is german, SOD interface and some log feedback is german, game content is english. if the german SOD translation is integrated, it's not working yet for me)
* successful means:
The game started (no change in behaviour from 2.5.x) like running on 3840x2160 resolution that my display is, unscaled interface, so everything is super small on a 15" screen (it would be okay on a 30" screen). This is because the game does not detect the screen's pixel density (that is around 300ppi instead of the more commonplace 100-140ppi) windows 10's hiDPI scaling factor (set to 200% in my system).
Windows 10 has settings for highDPI screens, scaling all interface to a factor (let's say 200% for simplicity, but adjustable in 1% steps). So in applications that are dpi aware and respect the setting, everything is sized as if on a 1920x1080 resolution (200% of the size it would be on the actual hardware 3840x2160), but ui elements and fonts rendering is high-res (rendered to hardware pixel density, not just stupidly blurring things).
Further reads:
Effects: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2017/04/04/high-dpi-scaling-improvements-desktop-applications-windows-10-creators-update/
Development: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/hidpi/high-dpi-desktop-application-development-on-windows
I can zoom in the game content to a useful level, but the UI stays super small of course. If i activate the UI scaling button, everything UI related becomes rather mostrous, and worse than that, the game content maximum zoom-out is locked at a level that is not really showing much (feels like bg2 vanilla 1024 size from 2001). i can zoom in like crazy to no use ...
so ... i quit the game, go to the exe file and call the properties and compatibility settings for hiDPI screens. I set it to "System (Advanced)", which means that windows takes over control and fake-tells the exe that the display is actually 1920x1080 resolution. which is not true, but it tricks the program into an UI size for non-scaled UI that is usuable and not too big. The "advanced" means that windows try to do all the rendering that it has influence on at highDPI, making the result sharper instead of smaller. In Infinity Engine this means it renders the fonts sharper which is nice to have as it works ... without the "advanced" the result is the same, just the text is more blurry.
So this kinda works, it's just a concern regarding compatibility for years to come when the game already has to run on compatibility settings on screens that are not in the 100-150ppi range ... hires-displays are getting more common, so more and more people will have to deal with that the one or the other way (too small interface, or too big interface and bad zoom limits, or fiddling with system compatibility settings if they are available to them).
Solution A: make the games DPI aware, respecting the user-set factor windows provides and adjust the UI scaling (be it "unscaled" or scaled) and zoom min/max-limits to that value. No one is expecting you to do a real 4k do-over with sharper UI or game content, but make the games compatible with these screens out of the box by at least respecting the systems scale factor and adjust sizes accordingly to that.
Solution B: at least provide an in-game scaling slider that allows settings somewhere between "unscaled" and "max-scaled" UI (and don't forget to adjust the content zoom min-maxes). This would allow to run without a system compatibility setting, the game thinks it's running on a normal ppi screen but it allows to scale the UI and zoom ranges more flexibly to compensate it's own ppi unawareness.
(been there 2017, i just found the old thread again ... https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/929813
Graphics - Work just fine (GTX 1060)
Sounds - Work just fine
Music - Works just fine
All good.
UPD: Sounds and music are fine. I hear ambient in Candlekeep and music in the tavern.
I can confirm @Bubb and @Romeo_Red glitches.
I can clearly see animation graphic glitches on the DirectX renderer:
Vanilla BG1EE still crashes on startup. I can launch 2.5 version without any problems. I'll attach dmp file. Hope it'll help find the issue.
AMD Ryzen 3700X
ASUS Crosshair VIII Hero (WiFi)
Geforce 1070 Ti (451.48)
16GB RAM
Windows 10 - 2004
Same error here.
Candlekeep doesn't have a music soundtrack in the prologue--this goes back to the original game. It does have a soundtrack when you return later in the game.
Indeed. Would be great to see the old renderer with all the new features/fixes.
I'm on Windows 8.1, 64 Bit system.
Where do the other question originate from people are answering (Do you hear music etcpp.)?
Play_Game_Button placeholder
Map goes crazy when "Area Map Background" is active
Game stacks popups, scripted encounters doesnt allow to quit from other windows, even tutorial is flawless this serious interruptions block the UI and couldn't find and click buttons.
"placeholder" Branwen's class is not coded
This is my 2 cent for tutorial now I'll check on main game. Spells somelike sluggish but all have been reported above. Nothing new or unsaid.
I have the same problem with crazy lines on the area map.
Do you hear sounds - yes
Does the music play - yes
As others reported no music in Candlekeep.
System: GE72VR 6RF Apache Pro Laptop
System Specs:
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
RAM: 16GB
System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 1060
Hear Sounds: Yes.
Music Play: Yes.
Gimme that Windows key shortcut thingumy for finding my specifications, and I'll copy my information for youse all.
WINDOWS 7 x64 Intel HD Graphic 3000 - LAPTOP:
Objective #1: Hardware Compatibility Test (Duration: 10min)
Can you launch Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition on your device? YES
Do the graphics display correctly? YES
Do you hear sounds? YES
Does the music play? YES
I have noticed a bug. When you clicking multiple times on your character it will stop "speaking". This bug touch any other NPC.
Edit:
I have found graphical glitches
Thanks for all your feedback on the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition 2.6 beta test! Right now, we're investigating the launch issues you've identified for macOS & Linux. We'll report back when we have more news to share— and when we're ready to move on to the next Test Objective on the Road to 2.6.
Sincerely,
The Beamdog Team
Booted it up, Sounds and Music were fine. Graphics were normal.
- Can you launch Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition on your device?
Yes. Running Windows 10 Home Version 1909, 64-bit os on x64-based Intel Core i7-6700HQ CPU @2.6GHz. 16.0 GB RAM. Game reports "OpenGL version 4.4.0 - Build 21.20.16.4550 - build XXXX running on Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 driver provided by Intel." It also works on my NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M.- Do the graphics display correctly?
Yes- Do you hear sounds?
Yes- Does the music play?
YesIs there a workaround?
My system: OS: Windows 10 Pro Version 1909 (64-bit), CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 3.20 GHz, RAM: 32 GB, GPU (reported by the game): OpenGL version 4.6.13587 Compatibility Profile Context 20.4.2 26.20.15029.27017 - build XXXX running on Radeon RX 580 Series driver provided by ATI Technologies, Inc.
Can you launch Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition on your device?
Yes.
Do the graphics display correctly?
Yes.
Do you hear sounds?
Yes.
Does the music play?
Yes.
They're probably incompatible. 2.6 switches to 64bit.
I just tried this (german 2.6.0.0) and can not confirm, i just created several characters, even with umlaut ä (Geisterjäger) in their name.
But i have SOD installed and getting the SOD GUI. Your screenshot is from BG1:EE interface if i get that right? So maybe it is different there.
If so, is there a way to switch it while having SOD installed? (I do have BG:EE on beamdog client, and i thought i had it transferred to steam once, but it's not offered to me there, neither 2.5 nor 2.6, so maybe i didn't).
SoD is treated as a DLC to BG:EE in Steam. For me, if I open the BG:EE in Steam, it lists SoD below with a link saying "Manage your DLC here". Going there I can "Manage your DLC" and there I can toggle "Enabled" which I deactivated to get only BG:EE.
EDIT: Yes, for the BG:EE game in an SoD game, the German menue for creating a new PC is complete with text.
I didn't have any problems with sound or game crashes. I did notice that the fireball spell doesn't render properly. It doesn't fan out when it hits the target area like it's supposed to. Other than that, the operning text is out of timing with the narrator which has been fixed in the past and then broken again at some point and probably should be fixed again.
Good things that I've noticed is that the strange lines that appear in water and around casting animations has been fixed. Good job on that.
Intel I9 9900K CPU
Asus STRIX 390 mobo
Corsair DDR4 4000Mhz RAM 32GB
Samsung 970 NVME 2TB
Microsoft Windows 10 64bit pro.