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hi, I have win10 64bit Radeon HD 5700.
the GOG version of the game doesn't start at all with my graphics card or better it starts as a background process and nothing else.
UCyborg's patch let the game start and play very smooth and I was very happy.
it also corrected the GOG version at the start of the game, when Allis Ham enters the hut from the wrong side.

but now the issues I encountered:
1) the cinematic intro plays jerkily, not a big problem though;
2) selecting dx7, I experienced a crash in the north forest at the beginning of the game (too fast fps related to?);
3) the major issue for me, which prevents me to use this patch anymore, is that if you stay in the main menu (the one with the music, that is to say), and wait for a while, the hard disk will start to work endlessly: it is started by the windows process sysmain, try at your own risk.

it's a pity, because playing the patch with dx6 is fantastic.
I hope the author could find a solution to this nasty bug.
ciao!
Post edited February 07, 2020 by meudoland
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UCyborg: One more thing, you should also download https[]//drive[]google[]com/open?id=0B2DPRdP0LBDGMC0yeng5Qkc1Mk0 It includes a missing cinematic, newer version of one of game script files, which is probably a small bug fix of some sort and some English language files. Can't really tell what's the practical difference between those and the ones bundled with GOG version, other languages have identical files between versions.
The google drive link requires access. Can it be made puiblic?

Got dgVoodoo working with the game this way, but now I'm stuck with the menu bug. Mouse barely moves and the moment you hover over a menu item, there is non-stop beeping. Can't interact with the menu in any way.

From a clean GOG install, I can launch the game, but it's forced into widescreen, which is why I started looking into this in the first place :/ I hate playing games that were obviously made for 4:3 in a forced widescreen....

EDIT:
There is a trick to get past the buggy menu. Move your cursor over the menu button you want to press, ALT-TAB out of the game, then tab back in and spam click while the game is coming back on. This will allow you to eventually press the button but it can take several tries. Only the main menu suffers from this and now I am finally able to play the game in 4:3 aspect ratio as it was originally :) Getting rid of the D3d7Lib.dll that GOG puts in the install folder and using the ones from the patch gets rid of the forced widescreen. Then just pop in dgVoodo and done. All you actually need from the patch is the Soulbringer folder, none of the registry entries or fiddling with compatibility is required. Just make sure that in the launcher, you have a dgVoodoo DirectX Wrapper selected as the driver so that it actually uses Voodoo. Or you can go Software, that runs fine through Voodoo too.

The only problem is, as mentioned, that the intro logo and cinematic don't play. Are those the only cutscenes in the game or are there more?
Post edited June 14, 2023 by idbeholdME