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[aboyd]

I don't know. But I do know where you should ask. First, try the spellhold forums. Next, try the sorcerer's forums. Good luck.

 

[MarkB]

aboyd, since you seem to have quite the technical knowledge regarding PS:T, may I ask your help regarding an issue I had last time I tried to play it?
My PC is by no means a cutting edge sample of technology, but it is quite above what was the norm back in 1999
I have an integrated nVidia graphics chipset (gforce 6150), and last time I tried to run PS:T everything went more or less ok, until a battle started and some spells were cast. The spells' animations were all wonky (black blocks of nothingness falling from the sky instead of fireballs) and then the game crashed.

Do you know if there's some way to play the game with a sort-of-modern PC?

That may not actually be entirely a modern-PC issue. Even back in the day, the game did have a crashing bug associated with interactions between auto-pause and certain spell-effect animations. The solution (at least for me) was to disable all auto-pause options and simply pause the game manually whenever necessary, which did not cause the crashes.

Then again, I don't think I ever got the "blocks of nothingness" error (sounds like missing/corrupt texture files), so it may well be a different issue.

 

[BOZ]

BOZ, I must say you are doing a very good job making WP entries on D&D related products and subjects relevant. Too many "fans" just put in things like "in-universe" entries, and ignore elements that the outsiders would like to be interested in. (Like, how well did it sell, what cultural impact it has, etc.).

About the one criticism of the article is that I don't see any reference to overall sales figures. Despite the critical acclaim, how well did the product actually do in the marketplace?

*shrug* no idea how to come across that info...