LadyCrimson

Just to say, if a desktop PC is not liquid cooled (just fans) and ambient room temp is 75F+, today's gpu's running some games at 70-75C (at 1080 resolution at least) is actually quite "normal." The GPU can take it/nothing to worry about. Not all games will run at those temps of course. But some may. No clue what temp ranges are normal for various tiers of laptops, tho.

You could create a manual save of your current game, which will remain, before starting a new character. But at any rate... Windows Location: %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Pillars of Eternity\Saves Mac Location: \Library\Application Support\Pillars of Eternity\Saved Games Linux Location: \Home\.local\share\PillarsOfEternity\SavedGames

I usually force-cap my fps to 60 because super high fps tends to make this GPU heat up more than I personally prefer and I've always hated vsync so refuse to use that method... if I don't cap it, PoE's probably an average of around 75fps (it was actually much higher during beta, but...). *cries at her non-geeky fps*

The retail-outlet boxed copies are physical copies (a disc), far as I know. It's just that they use Steam as the DRM, so even tho it's a physical disc, you still need to use/have the Steam client installed to run the game. DRM-free physical discs were a certain level tier Kickstarter reward. So yes, if you wanted a DRM free disc of the game, those are not available retail.

I'd suspect the green pages are there as filler, because the front cover (in a reader) would otherwise cause (in a 2-page view layout), the cover to be thought of as connected to what is supposed to be page 3, tossing the rest out of even-odd order. The green pages are still there in my viewer, but the 2-page layout (vs. single-page the viewer may default to) puts it all properly in order.

Displays fine in my PDF-Xchange viewer, if I set the View/Page Layout option to (two page, Facing) setting. If Adobe's reader can't handle it ... another reason for me to dislike Adobe. Hehe. But it's great you found a solution that works/may help others!

Did you try using the console to disable AA? At least that way you can see if that's the heating cause. Hit the ` key (US keyboards) to open console and type msaa 0 then press Enter. This does not hold between area transitions, however, so has to be repeated each time you do that in the game. Alternatively, you can probably force it off via your GPU control panel by creating a GPU profile for PoE that tells the GPU to ignore application settings and keep AA off.

No biggie. I'll probably be using mostly the quest-npc's first anyway. ...I probably should have paid closer attention the past couple years to knowing/remembering all the details like this as they developed, but I like going into games mostly "blind".

All retail-outlet purchased disc copies of the game will be tied to Steam, so if you already have a Steam copy, that might not be what you want. But if you just want the box/disc for posterity then that'd work.

What sound is repeating? There were some reports of endless sound looping, where turning off the tutorials helped some.

So you can only create 8, hard total? So if you have 8 hanging around in your Stronghold (not with you), you still can't create more? That's interesting, if so. Not that I'd expect an ability to create infinite player-made companions or something, but since you can have 5 in your party (them plus you) I might have liked 10 at least (two full "parties" worth).

Did the quotes (on existing posts) on the forum break for anyone else? The outline boxes are gone.

There's actually been reports of this issue ... someone towards the end of the below thread figured out that for the Steam version at least, it can be/may be related to network/router issues, and the developers were able to reproduce that. Might want to check that out. May not be the cause for everyone, however. http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/71857-game-constant-freezes-and-voice-delay/page-8

Ah, I see. Thanks for clearing that up.

Same from me. I was just thinking the other day about how I hadn't seen some members around for a while, too. Today I played a little PoE while half-living on the forums doing forum-y things. Think I need a short break now. Then more PoE later. Maybe my beef jerky will arrive this afternoon too. Too much fun.

lol...dem stats. I'd definitely say that's a glitch. Did you try exiting/reloading, or reloading a save from before you took him into the party just to test if it happens consistently etc?

I'm not sure indepth how it all works, but you probably only get the bestiary XP once, for discovering them. In general there's no "monster/kill xp" at all.

4:3 scale? That's somewhat unusual these days (on gaming forums anyway). I haven't had any of these issues either, although I did turn down the font scaling a bit because the text felt too large (1080 resolution). Screenshots would definitely be helpful.

I'm under 5' tall, so for me it's more that my knees get cranky without purposely lowering a desk or using a stepstool (feet don't reach the floor in a standard desk-height deskchair....). Knee-arthritis hasn't improved that either. I have tall armrests and don't get hand/arm issues from desks, it's back/neck. I tend to slouch too much.

lol, sounds exactly like me. I saw the Witcher3 requirements and thought "finally! Maybe I can justify building a new rig soon." Maybe end of the year.

I just tested it and the in-game Gamma settings do not seem to alter the map brightness at all. Only the actual gameplay area brightens. If you have a GPU control panel or monitor where you can adjust desktop brightness/gamma settings through those, that might help a bit. Not an ideal solution, I know.

I use Fraps. So yeah, separate program. Many gpu/cpu/system monitors these days have the feature as well, I think.

I like voice acting in games where it's mostly about characters speaking to each other, in short exchanges. Good voice acting can definitely be additive if it's a game designed for voice acting. But there's a reason I personally don't/can't listen to audio-books.

They don't seem like stuff a lot of backers would write tho, either. I remember some backer npc's showing up in earlier versions of the backer-beta and they were nothing like these soul-reading ones, but don't know for sure.