curseofnight on 22/10/2017 at 18:29
First off, new around these parts, so hello everyone!
So anyway, like the title says, I'm playing Arx Fatalis (GoG version 1.21) for the first time and have couple questions:
1st - I notice detail textures only become visible when I get close to the textures(wall, floor, ceiling, etc.) - is there a way to force them 'on' no matter how far away I am, or at least double the distance that they become noticeable?
2nd - I found a shield, how do I block? lol... Seriously, I don't know how...
That's all for now! :)
Edit: Forget about the detail texture question. I did some experimenting and certain objects look really bad when the detail tex kicks in(like the two small statues in the left-hand corridor in the Arx castle)...
Shadowcat on 23/10/2017 at 07:03
Welcome!
Regarding the first question, I would highly recommend using (
http://arx-libertatis.org/) which I think is almost certainly the preferred way to play Arx nowadays on any platform, due to the sheer number of bug fixes and compatibility improvements.
I'll have to leave question 2 to someone else, as I simply don't have the game installed right now :)
losing myself on 23/10/2017 at 12:41
Quote Posted by curseofnight
2nd - I found a shield, how do I block?
You can't block, there is no button for that. I guess shields add to your defense, maybe they do block some damage but it's automatic.
curseofnight on 24/10/2017 at 14:00
@ losing myself - thx for the answer, even if it's one I don't like. :(
@ Shadowcat - thx for the greets! I've already tried Arx Libertatis. It doesn't support detail textures at all so to my eyes it looked worse than the regular game. I just walked around the cell in the beginning, however. I didn't explore so I can't comment on lighting, shadows, etc. I still have it on my harddrive though, plus I'm keeping back-ups of all my saves so if I do come across a major glitch I can fire it up and continue on.
The only glitch/bug I've seen so far was the first time I used a bow; all the NPCs started playing their animations at lightspeed, lol. I believe I read that it only happens with a certain bow type though and reloading my save fixed it.
Edit: Oh, there's the walking glitch too I guess. But TBH, without a sprint button those random bursts of speed come in handy, hehe.
WhiskeyBob on 26/10/2017 at 07:13
Shield automatically adds to your defense.
As to high resolution textures, try to install some mods, i.e. Arx Insanity mod.
Shadowcat on 26/10/2017 at 09:30
Quote Posted by curseofnight
I've already tried Arx Libertatis. It doesn't support detail textures at all so to my eyes it looked worse than the regular game.
Oh, I misunderstood. I thought you'd run into the old bug where some things were untextured.
curseofnight on 26/10/2017 at 16:48
@ WhiskeyBob - Thx for confirmation about the shields. Hopefully Insanity will be released by the time I get to my next playthrough. I went with a (mostly) melee build for my first charcter. I'm at the part where you investigate the Akbaa Cult in the Tavern's basement. Just laid waste to a Golem! That wraith or whatever in the other room laid waste to me, unfortunately, hehe.
@ Shadowcat - I read about that bug, but I haven't seen it, or any other graphics related bug(so far). I tend to do a little research before I play old games and once I saw that Arx doesn't like newer hardware/OSs, I choose to transfer the game to my old rig and do my first run through on a vintage 2002 32bit dell precision 450 with win xp and an AGP nVidia 6200, lol. I wanted get 'real' first time experience!
I'll probability switch PCs and play exclusively on Libertatis on my second playthrough. :)
Edit: I just wanted to add that most of the info I found when I was looking up potential compatibly issues beforehand came from right here at TTLG forums. I wanted to say thanks to the members and whoever runs this place for providing support/info for so many great games! :)
curseofnight on 18/6/2018 at 15:10
Installing that 6200 wasn't the best idea... I'm 90% certain it killed that rig. It seems it was to much for the PSU and bricked everything(motherboard, cards, etc.) when it finally died. I read horror stories about that before but I honestly thought it was bs.
On the brightside, I was taking off the trash a week or so ago and I noticed an old Gateway PC sitting on a table off to the side. I asked the guy working there about it and he said someone left it there. He said it supposedly worked but whoever left it didn't want it.
So, long story short I nabbed it; Installed XP SP3, took some ram from an old Gateway tower, grabbed a HDD from a Dell XPS, brought a ATI x1300 128mb for cheap and installed Arx. I'm about to go meet the king. Here's hoping I can actually finish it this time! :)
curseofnight on 2/9/2018 at 22:37
I loaded up my save last night after taking a break from this game for a month or two and ran into what I assume is glitch...
*SPOILER ALERT*
I went to level 4 and met Alia and the rebels, saved, then explored the rebel camp. Then everyone started attacking me for no reason, heh. So, Loaded save, left the camp, saved troll, decided to leave the water/earth goblins be for now and continued to the next level and heres where I ran into trouble...
I hid behind the snake pillar. Killed the cultists then, after spending an hour clearing out the level and trying (and failing) to find Shany, I finaly alt-tabed, opened-up the guide and read how to unlock the door to the room where Shany is held. There's just one problem, I already found the torch, and whenever I try to turn it, it plays a lock sound!
After spending another hour or so running around I find myself back in Arx and realized I hadn't overheard the 2 cultist talking in the room across the way from Shany's house yet! So, after the cut-scene I grab the stuff from the chest, read the book and head back to save Shany but the torch still won't turn!
So my question is, did I glitch my game by doing the events out of order? Is there a way to salvage this situation?
twisty on 4/9/2018 at 14:46
While the game is reasonably non-linear, the are a number of quests that get buggered up if they're done out of order. Not sure about that one in particular but in most cases you can still finish the game.