Running BG TotSC with GemRB 1440x900

[Traveler]

Hello.

 

I just want to research thoroughly before I start.

 

I have "Saga Baldur's Gate" which is CDProjekt special

edition 1 DVD containing all Baldur's Gate games, already

patched up to year 2007, and additionally mods and

extras (thankfully as add-ons, not already merged).

 

Of course it has it's own unified installer in place,

so there is no standard extraction model.

 

What I'm currently planning to do, is to have a

full BG TotSC install done on Windows, then

patching that install with Widescreen Mod (of course

selecting GemRB), and finally copying all files to FreBSD

to have them running under GemRB-git.

 

Am I going to run into some unforeseen problems?

 

It's hard to tell which mods directly modify *EXE (so would

be inherently non compatible with GemRB), as then I maybe

would be more willing to have done some mega-install on

Windows (BGT maybe?), then transplanting data.

 

But maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, as I didn't

test how well GemRB would run vanilla TotSC.

 

Are there any 1440x900 GUIs available for TotSC?

 

Additionally, how does it looks at this resolution, is it

playable?

[Traveler]

I will have something like this without GUI mod, correct?

 

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3172/torment1440al3.jpg

 

http://img.wsgf.org/f/u/imagecache/node-gallery-display/contrib/dr/198/ingame_16x10.jpg

 

This doesn't look like 1440x900....

 

http://media.photobucket.com/image/totsc%20widescreen%201440x900/macbisch/bg1shadowerror.png

 

In case GUI would be to small/distorted for me, would I will be able to play 1024x768 windowed?

 

That's smallest window I could comfortably play with here I think.

[Traveler]

In case GUI would be to small/distorted for me, would I will be able to play 1024x768 windowed?

 

That's smallest window I could comfortably play with here I think.

 

I know there is info that PS:T and BG can't be windowed, but I'm asking if it still holds true.

[Traveler]

Ok...

 

"Can do windowed mode in TotSC and PST. This, however, requires a reinstall if you switch fullscreen <-> windowed. Thanks: weak-ling, Avenger."

 

since 2008/ version 2, so http://www.gibberlings3.net/widescreen/ info is a bit outdated.

[Traveler]

Will probably try with 1024x768 or 1280x800 windowed as it's supported by

GUI mod and should be big enough.

 

http://athkatla.cob-...opic.php?t=3257

 

To remember- install Widescreen mod before GUI mod.

 

Sorry for all those posts, but I couldn't edit them, as I could not force validation mail. Not true anymore.

 

 

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All went really good! Big thanks to all who made it possible (GemRB, widescreenmod, TWM_GUI).