Arcanum Arcanum Unofficial patch 2.0 released! (UPDATE)

[Molina]

The game lags as hell (it doesn't happen with multiverse edition, at least it didn't when I last played it), what to do?

When they come for you ?
Bad boys, bad boys...

 

[Goral]

The game lags as hell (it doesn't happen with multiverse edition, at least it didn't when I last played it), what to do?

Drog has just released a fix for GOG version of Arcanum:
http://terra-arcanum.com/drog/uap.html

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1aOmenl3iP7loOOLhlJygdK44K6zly_CQ
This might fix your problem. Also, here are his advices to someone else:

go hardware with default settings

on W10 you should probably always keep it enabled

you can also try this one instead http://bitpatch.com/ie_ddrawfix.html
but IMO it's more buggy
still, wouldn't hurt to try

play at a lower resolution if it bothers you
if you have a 1440p/4K screen then use 720p + integerscaler
integerscaler won't do anything at 1080p though

if all else fails try the above ddraw fix + software mode

 

[Baron Dupek]

What about official modules? Are they any good?

most of them are combat focused so

 

[Skdursh]

The game lags as hell (it doesn't happen with multiverse edition, at least it didn't when I last played it), what to do?

Look up DXWND. Modern Windows doesn't natively support DX7 so it can cause issues at times on certain systems for certain games. DXWND emulates low-level deprecated APIs (like DirectDraw) in order to create a functional environment for some older games to run, Arcanum being one of them. Without it I would get unplayable FPS drops in most interior locations, but with it I have no problems running the game.

 

[fantadomat]

So how do i disable the auto leveling???

 

[Goral]

They don't make as good ads as this one any more:

Usually elves would be on the cover but this one is Neanderthal approved.

So how do i disable the auto leveling???

You need to click on a gear+bolt icon in the upper right corner of character screen and disable the "Virgil" scheme in case of Virgil (that goes to any follower, you just change it to "no schemes"). Once I clicked on the icon it became pretty obvious but at first I though I need to add command line argument to the shortcut for it to work.

 

[CootKeeper]

Can you pick and choose the weapons and armor that NPC companions wear or will they still choose things themselves from their inventory like in vanilla?

 

[GloomFrost]

Oh come on man you CAN NOT release UAP 1.5 same time as Stygian, Disco Elysium and Outer Worlds!!!!! You just cant!

 

[HanoverF]

'Sup Drog.
This is a great day for

 

[fantadomat]

Any way to train the companions in the fan patch?

 

[Modron]

If you get around to re-balancing the game, maybe make, by some miracle, hybrid magitek builds viable?

I say nay to rebalancing, I previously talked him out of sawyering the fun out of Arcanum and there are so many ways to build an op character from melee, throwing, archery, magic, guns, backstabbing, et cetera the only way to not be op is to spread your skills around too much. Hybrid magic/tech were designed not to be viable with the way magic/technological aptitude strength affects how much of an magical/technological item's bonuses you can utilize and resistance to the opposite alignment.

 

[Goral]

Any way to train the companions in the fan patch?

There is an educator background but it gives limited options to train and it's in regardless of the patch.

You are a natural teacher. As you learn skill training, you can teach your followers the previous training step. So as an Expert, you can teach your followers as Apprentices, if they qualify. However, since you spend extra time with each follower, you cannot have as many as usual (-1 to maximum followers).

Max # of Followers -1 / Followers improve faster

I say nay to rebalancing

He seems to be in agreement with you:

not sure about rebalancing the base game, this is a good recipe for community drama IMO

yeah so I probably won't be doing any actual rebalancing for Arcanum

it will just make the game sterile and boring

but he's thinking about adding a mega-dungeon to challenge just about anyone:

we've tried it at the Codex and opinions split heavily and on what should be changed and in what way
an optional challenge dungeon is fair game though I think

just add an entrance somewhere between Shrouded Hills and Tarant and players can either go there early, late game or never
doesn't hurt anybody

like it would start easy, the first floor is just your typical caves/ruins with rats and basic mobs, then it would proceed to gothic halls with wizards, then a mansion/apartment like tileset with tech enemies, then ice caves with ice breathing enemies etc
maybe 10 themed floors in total? at the very least

with a super duper hard cursed knight guarding an altar at the very end

an then the altar maybe gives you free character points or something

yeah there would be a boss per each level, e.g. the ice caves would have an ice breathing wyvern
when frozen you wouldn't be able to move and all your resistances would be halved
and then there would ofc be a ~blight town reference~ a poison themed floor
all the enemies would inflict strong poison DOT and you won't be able to survive without high CN or means to heal poison regularlymaybe even make some stretches of floor deal poison DOT just because

the goal is for it to be challenging at all levels, so the first few floors are going to be easy, maybe like BMC
but later on it would get harder and harder
the last few floors would only be beatable by the best players

the final boss (the cursed knight) will probably be scripted with unique gameplay mechanics to make the fight really interesting
like teleportation, unique spells, he would buff himself, heal back his HP if you don't stagger him fast enough etc
maybe he would also destroy environment, create some obstacles in your way

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

does this patches out the excruciatingly lenghty dungeons?

 

[Yosharian]

Sweet, I never finished this game, need try it again. What are some good builds?

 

[Diggfinger]

Sweet, I never finished this game, need try it again. What are some good builds?

Melee and magic (high charisma) are easiest, guns/tech coolest (can become OP'd later, you should add either melee or throwing though)

 

[Swigen]

The game lags as hell (it doesn't happen with multiverse edition, at least it didn't when I last played it), what to do?

I have the steam version and just used this guys fix to run it on Windows 10 without slowdown or weird hiccups....

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=755396888

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Overall, looks interesting. Like I said in the news thread, my next paycheck I'm giving a few bucks.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

fantaretard must be one of those who play arcanum on real time, with a necromancer and autoclicker and says arcanum combat is perfectly fine.

 

[Goral]

play arcanum on real time

Playing RT is arguably more challenging because you lose many of the advantages that potions/spells give, plus it's perfect for people with OCD and can't wait a turn to make a move. If you want some more challenge you can also use schemes and auto-level using templates for Virgil/Magnus or any other character.

 

[fantadomat]

fantaretard must be one of those who play arcanum on real time, with a necromancer and autoclicker and says arcanum combat is perfectly fine.

Aren't you,old people,going to kick the bucket already??? I play in real time with 3x speedhack with a melee party and some healing/utility magic. You are free to waste 500 hours playing in that garbage TB mode. But don't come here and waste our time,whine that the game is too big grandpa.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

totally deserved tag.

 

[fantadomat]

totally deserved tag.

YES! I am sharp as a razor and fast as a lightning!

 

[Brancaleone]

Didi he say whether he plans to implement any kind of enemy AI (even a rudimentary one)? Not percentage-based, I mean.

 

[Master]

BREAKING NEWS

Drog sighted working on Arcanum, surrounded by dumbfounded Codexers

 

[Darth Canoli]

Meanwhile, i started to replay it, found a bug with workers on strike in Tarant not being where they should be after i get the quest (workers on strike to get to Bastien) so i just talked my way in.

The game is way harder than i remember when you only use guns early on (with only average guns) or maybe it's just me going after higher level enemies too soon (meca arachnids, the boil gangs)

I went with Sogg alone, next one probably Vollinger and maybe Bastien next, if i could use the editor, i would probably edit a voiced mage into a gunslinger/technologist to use him/her.