Running Wizardry 8 - anyone wants to join?

2017-01-22 03:36:10 am

Hi everyone, I am running Wizardry 8 and I am looking for more people who could be interested in running this great game. Over the last half a year, with the help of several other players who provide a lot of help but do not run themselves, I have reduced it to 2 hours (you can check the runs on youtube/biogoo).
I would love to see the game done even faster, and I know it is very possible. One great way to do that would be to find someone who can actually control their mouse properly, not like me:) And more runners means more challenge too, of course.
So if you like RPGs, if you like making strategic decisions in combat that is never the same between playthroughs, if you dont mind a certain degree of randomness... make sure to check it out!

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GinTatsu

2017-01-24 03:33:54 pm

Rad... They have taken me...

Dude I have wanted to route this forever! Have you found a better way to capture it other than a full monitor capture?

Also what do you do about the movies that play?

biogoo

2017-01-25 03:23:38 am

I play in windowed mode (simply add " /windowed" to the launch properties) and then resize the window to my liking. There are several problems with windowed mode, like auto-minimize when not active and also some 3D settings might cause problems with movement, but as you can see it can be solved (I use openGlide and software rendering, should work on every PC even though it may not look so nice as other modes). I believe the movement problems in windowed mode are cause by V-Sync, so there might be other solutions, but who knows.
I then use OBS to capture part of the monitor that includes the game window and a time tracker. It seems to be the only option in OBS that works.

About the movies, well, they do cause some troubles as they always play in full screen, but as there are no movies during the game, just intro and outro when you dont have the control of your party, simply deleting all the movie .BIK files (or moving/renaming them) solves that issue. They can be skipped anyway, so why bother with them.

I play in windowed mode (simply add " /windowed" to the launch properties) and then resize the window to my liking. There are several problems with windowed mode, like auto-minimize when not active and also some 3D settings might cause problems with movement, but as you can see it can be solved (I use openGlide and software rendering, should work on every PC even though it may not look so nice as other modes). I believe the movement problems in windowed mode are cause by V-Sync, so there might be other solutions, but who knows.
I then use OBS to capture part of the monitor that includes the game window and a time tracker. It seems to be the only option in OBS that works.

About the movies, well, they do cause some troubles as they always play in full screen, but as there are no movies during the game, just intro and outro when you dont have the control of your party, simply deleting all the movie .BIK files (or moving/renaming them) solves that issue. They can be skipped anyway, so why bother with them.

GinTatsu

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GinTatsu: 2017-01-25 12:38:59 pm

2017-01-25 12:38:15 pm

Rad... They have taken me...

Awesome I'll try messing with my setting and see if I can get it more practical. Gonna delete the .BIK files as that brief moment it flicks to full screen and back again is annoying. Likely spend the weekend studying your route, I assume there's vods on your channel?

GinTatsu

2017-01-25 12:40:06 pm

Rad... They have taken me...

Oh nm. Forgot you said they are on YT

biogoo

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biogoo: 2017-01-25 03:13:13 pm

biogoo: 2017-01-25 03:12:59 pm

2017-01-25 03:11:52 pm

If another party composition would be used, another route might fit better.

I am trying to repeat the route on ironman mode now, not doing any changes otherwise for a while. But if I should suggest at least some change, I would make the casters faeries. The faster mana regen on resting does add up and the HP deficit doesnt really matter.

Do you have any place in internet where I could eventually find your videos?

GinTatsu

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GinTatsu: 2017-01-25 03:55:34 pm

2017-01-25 03:54:46 pm

Rad... They have taken me...

I'll be streaming my learning/practice on twitch.tv/gintatsu2

Wasn't considering jumping into it anytime soon. But now I definitely have a reason to work on it sooner.

biogoo

2017-01-26 01:03:47 am

Leave a link in a comment of my latest run once you begin, I am sure many others will want to know.

LotBlind

2017-01-26 09:43:34 am

Would you two like this moved to either "PC games" or "casual speedrunning" if it's more casual? Those would be the most appropriate for planning threads.

biogoo

2017-01-26 11:16:18 am

Quote from LotBlind:

Would you two like this moved to either "PC games" or "casual speedrunning" if it's more casual? Those would be the most appropriate for planning threads.

I wasnt really sure where to put the thread to anyway, so I guess I will leave it up to you.

biogoo

2017-02-01 11:52:34 am

Sub 2 hours reached! What a short game, this Wizardry 8.

GinTatsu

2017-02-03 01:50:24 am

Rad... They have taken me...

Dude that is awesome. Here I thought it was going to be like a 6-8 hr run. So glad you're working on this.