About the White objects and file structure

CrisGer on 17/10/2010 at 17:51

Hello and thank you for this great forum and resource..i see a lot of games here I am interested in and have come here first as it was Arx Fatalis and looking for a way to use the texture fix that brought me here.

I have the texture fix, the 2.0 zip but....my files for the game are zipped up into the pak file format and unzipping the texture set into the game folder results in just a GRAPH folder but i am not sure at all that will even work with the game files. I did install the 1.18 patch..which says it addresses the white object problem..will that fix it?

I just installed the game last night and it started up ok but i have not gone into it yet.i always try to patch first.

I have the arx pak viewer... will that allow me to open and insert the texture fix?

I also have the 1.19 patch but it is also in the open folder format and same problem as above...i have pak files and not open folders...

any advice is very very welcome and thanks again. I did not see a hello thread ...so hello for here.

Cris

UPDATE: well it looks like the 1.18 patch took care of the white object problem, the lever and other objects all texture ok so far....

Inline Image:

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/4628/fixedr.jpg

I am still curious about the file set up tho... is it normal for the game folder to have just pak files and not the open file structure?

Stingm on 17/10/2010 at 23:04

Yes .pak files are the norm. Just like the patch you only need to unzip in the arx directory. Everything should run fine! :angel::thumb:

CrisGer on 18/10/2010 at 16:00

thanks very much for your reply.... what i dont understand and was concerned about..if i unzip the 1.19 patch into the game folder it just sets up stuff like GRAPH and 3Dobj folders that area just sitting there......they are NOT integrated into the .pak files. So do they still "work" or integrate with the game files? i had to learn to use and open .pak files when i studied the Jedi Knight Outcast and Academy games....but did not know how they worked here in AF.

Do i need to use the ArxPak editor to open the pak folders and get the 1.19 stuff into them?

I am trying to get the best install before playing

the contents of my game install are:

GRAPH (from 2.0 texture fix)
misc
obj3d (from the 2.0 texture fix)
Save
Arkane Studioes Internet
ARX.RAQ.txt
Arx.Fatalis.Internet
ARX.exe
Arx.patch_eng_1.18.txt
Arx-patch_v1.17.txt
Athena.dll
cfg.ini
data2.pak 2.11 MB
data.pak 232 MB
INSTALL.LOG
JoWood Internet
LOC.pak 204 kb
SFX.pak. 43 MB
SPEECH.pak 334 MB
unixows.dll

Shadowcat on 19/10/2010 at 02:18

No, you don't need to update the .pak file at all. The game will simply use those files in preference to the versions in the .pak. It provides a mechanism for over-riding individual resources without having to 'repack' them.

CrisGer on 19/10/2010 at 05:30

Hi Shadowcat...great and thanks very much, ok that will be great. glad to hear it.

Cardia on 12/12/2010 at 20:38

Hi, i´m playing this game for the first time, so far i´m loving it, but i also have this problem with certain objects and creatures that have their texture white as you see in the following pictures:

Inline Image:

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/7971/arx2010121211433545smal.png

Inline Image:

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/9909/arx2010121211443267smal.png

Does the lastest patch fixes this problem or do i need to do something more in order to fix this texture problem?

I have a video card ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series, and i´m also having problems with some object textures in the thief 2 missions :

Inline Image:

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8169/thief22010112716465279.png

DDfix, does not fix this, i wonder if i´m missing some other patch, or if i should change any setting of the ati catalist settings, any suggestion?

Shadowcat on 13/12/2010 at 09:21

Which version of Arx are you running?

Stingm on 13/12/2010 at 18:40

Yeah make sure you are running the latest patch. Its 1.19 I believe!:angel::thumb:

Cardia on 14/12/2010 at 12:00

Its fixed, i´ve installed the patch 1.18 and those white textures are gone :D, plus the player walks faster ocasionaly, there are fogs coming out from some grates, and there is a map in the top right corner of the interface, how can i remove this map? its compromising the game ahestics quality. Anyway I´m loving this game, the architecture desing is superb, and the gameplay is very enjoyable;) anyway i din´t find the patch 1.19. what new features does it brings?

Stingm on 14/12/2010 at 14:46

1.19 is in another thread lower down in this forum. As for the map check the manual it should tell you how to disable it, or check the game controls. Hope this helps!:angel::thumb: