snobel on 14/7/2018 at 06:58
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Afaik, load times are quicker with the Visual Upgrade.
There's a bug with the progress bar, which will delay loading when vsync is on. IIRC, the VU will indeed fix it. But you can try disabling vsync and see if it helps.
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Running Unpatched DX IW, getting 'app error' 'can't find steam'. Then it starts my browser and loads the main Steam page. I'm definitely logged into Steam.
Let Steam validate your local files. If you have the VU installed, uninstall it first, then reinstall afterwards.
Acleacius on 14/7/2018 at 18:39
Thanks, ooc do any of the video resolution work from VU help the vanilla install play? It's really painful playing at 1024x768, and would be great to play at 1920x1080.
Edit: Uninstalled VU, verified Steam files, reinstalled VU and tried to start Unpatched game. App Error, can't find Steam (logged in) and starts browser then loads Steam main page.
snobel on 14/7/2018 at 19:02
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do any of the video resolution work from VU help the vanilla install play?
Not sure what you mean, but I'm
almost sure the answer is no. :)
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Uninstalled VU, verified Steam files, reinstalled VU and tried to start Unpatched game. App Error, can't find Steam
You had the "keep the unpatched game available" option checked during the VU install? I'll try installing the Steam version myself and see if I can replicate it - maybe something has changed in Steam.
Acleacius on 14/7/2018 at 20:52
Just wondered if some of the fixes actually worked on the vanilla, allowing access to higher resolutions. ;)
Yes, 'keep the unpatched game available' was checked during install.
The way I handled it, to test for the Pilot Beacon in Bay 24, kept a vanilla copy of the whole game. So I can just switch out since I couldn't get VU to allow unpatched to work. I'm just made it to Trier but need a break. For the most part I'm just doing enough to get to the next map in each area. Atm, if I do see the Pilot Beacon in vanilla, guessing one of the textures is glitched, possibly transparent. I forgot to mention, in addition to the sound effect, Ade (The Expanse joke) Infolinks me telling me I found the Pilot Beacon. Now I just need to activate it, according to Ava.
Acleacius on 16/7/2018 at 07:48
Both bugs I experienced are in the vanilla game. The Pilot Beacon was still not there and the guns not firing. No idea what's causing this, maybe video and mouse drivers, possibly using 64bit Win 7.
Oh well, thanks for the tips and I'm glad it's not VU. :)
snobel on 16/7/2018 at 19:07
So am I. :cheeky: But too bad if it's stopping your play-through. I would guess that these are map or engine bugs that you just happened to trigger, the way you played it.
I'll have a look at the save you uploaded but it's not very likely that it can be fixed. :(
snobel on 19/7/2018 at 06:26
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Uninstalled VU, verified Steam files, reinstalled VU and tried to start Unpatched game. App Error, can't find Steam
I got that as well. Also, the overlay now works even if you install using the new exe file names. So clearly something changed in Steam. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll see if it's fixable.
I had a look at your save. There's a flag which looks like it gets set when you activate the beacon. I tried setting it using the debug menu but it didn't work. There's another way to do it, but I probably won't get time for that before the weekend.
Acleacius on 19/7/2018 at 23:15
Thanks for taking a look at it. :)
I've been trying to think if there's any choice I make that could be responsible. The only thing, I've come up with is completely avoiding the Sid, since he is tied to the Beacon also. I never talk to him or do any quest, involving him.
snobel on 22/7/2018 at 08:46
Had another look, trying to set that flag from the debugger. Unfortunately the code is different from Thief 3 (which is where I've done this before) and I couldn't find a suitable place to make the change. :( Nothing to suggest really, except perhaps instead of avoiding Sid, go back to an earlier save where you can choose him as your pilot and see if it makes a difference?
Acleacius on 22/7/2018 at 15:37
Thanks again for trying! :) I'm not really familiar with the console on this game. It might be too much trouble if even possible, but is there a way to set my save, on the Liberty Island map?
I thought about trying to do Syd's quest though I don't want to hire him. There's too much ego for safe travel in that helicopter! That being said I did start a new game, just not moving really fast. While I do like it, it's not really good enough to play it this many times. It not like it's Vampire Bloodlines, easily played it 40 to 50 times just helping Wesp. I've literally been testing the Unofficial Patch since Dan Upright made it for the game breaking bug, at release.
After you mentioned Thief, I should probably play it again. It's just I've got so many damn games installed, can't get them all played!
The worst problem in Invisible War is the forced Autolinks. If there was some way to skip them it might be easier to deal. It's absurd we can't ignore people calling, to pick and choose who we speak too. :rolleyes: