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Torchlight |OT| The Definitive Loot game of 2009
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Shinjitsu said:Wow, I was having some issues where certain spells would cause slight frame hiccups on a 2.8 ghz core 2 duo, 4 gigs of ram, ATI mobility 3670 and 256GB SSD.
Did that fix and now the game is running at a rock solid 60fps with Vsync on with no hiccups at all, thanks for point this fix out.
It hasn't cured my stuttering issues but many have said it greatly reduces load times. The developers are saying that have identified other issues that will cause in game performance and are working on a fix.
leela said:
It did lower my load times a tad, it really wasn't and issue to begin with. But the frame hiccups were driving me crazy. I'd fire off ember lance and get a small hiccup almost every single time. This fixed it for me.
But yah hopefully the patch is out soon, I'd like to use Needle arc without leveling up every 10 seconds.:lol
jim-jam bongs
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aidan said:
I couldn't agree more.
ShineALight
Member
alistairw said:
I had a problem for a minute. I know this is obvious but just make sure the archive is named "Pak", with no ".zip" as part of the filename.
alistairw said:
- You need to unzip the "Pak.zip" contents. (Windows will unzip to a folder called "Pak", inside the game folder.)
- Now, you have to enter the "Pak" folder, and "Right-Mouse Click" the "media" FOLDER. Select "SEND TO" and then "Compressed (Zipped) Folder".
-This creates a ZIP FILE called media.zip, which has the folder and the contents of the "media" FOLDER inside the zipped file.
- ReName this "media.zip" to "pak.zip".
- Now select that file with the "Right-Mouse button", and then select "CUT". or (CTRL+X)
- Go back into the "Torchlight" folder and rename the original "Pak.zip" to the name, "OriginalPak.zip".
- Now you can PASTE the copied file into this folder. or (CTRL+V)
- You can delete the uncompressed folder once you have moved the zip file into the location of the original zip file.
Joseph Merrick
Member
also the random portals you can buy/open yourselfFusebox said:
Joseph Merrick
Member
it's all straight down yeah, but there are different styles and themes to the tilesets as you go downward.Bebpo said:
Tenkai Star
Member
And there will be mods.Bebpo said:
Teknopathetic
Member
Lost Fortress boss is really cool. Lost Fortress music is also REALLY good. It's starting to feel like mentioning a good piece of music in this game is being Captain Obvious.
Masta_Killah
Member
There's something wrong with the difficulty to the game. When I first started the game, I was getting tons of gold and purple drops. The game was also pretty easy for normal settings. After around 10-15 hours messing around with different toons, I decided to reroll as a destroyer on normal. Now, I rarely get blues and haven't seen a gold or purple item(have around 3 hours played). The game is also much more difficult compared to when I first started playing. Im no longer able to simply 1 shot the bosses like I was doing when first playing and the bosses are now more responsive then before, forcing me to run around the room. Also, I took one of those random portals that enemies sometimes drop, and I was sent to a map that looked like I was in hell. There were tons of dragons and other enemies just bombarding me out of nowhere. Died a few times at the portal entrance before getting a handle of the map.
I'm not really complaining, since it makes normal more of a challenge now. I just thought it was weird that the game got harder the more hours I put into it, rather then the level of my toon.
I'm not really complaining, since it makes normal more of a challenge now. I just thought it was weird that the game got harder the more hours I put into it, rather then the level of my toon.
Masta_Killah said:
Difficulty always ramps up in Diablo like games as you get deeper in them.
The portal you went into is an optional area and have harder enemies by default.
I went almost my entire Hard play threw without dieing once....tell i got to the last area and got one shotted by a certain enemy over and over.
Big Shirtless Ron
Member
is there any way to change the difficulty without restarting? normal is too easy.
For anyone wanting to respec, this is an offical mod by Runic, it adds respec potions to the general items vendor.
http://www.torchlightinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=270
http://www.torchlightinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=270
Snapshot King
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Shinjitsu said:
That's nice and all, but where the hell would I unrar that into if I have the Steam version? I don't have an Application Data folder or anything. I have a shortcut to application data but it doesn't go anywhere.
Edit: God damn hidden folders! You made me look stupid!
Tenkai Star
Member
What OS do you have?Snapshot King said:
In XP its
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data
Snapshot King
Member
Thanks Bathala. I hadn't thought it was a hidden folder. Stupid dumb hidden folders. Readme should have mentioned that >_>
Johnlenham
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Hards not been to bad so far. Ive died maybe 4 times and just take the money hit as its liek 1.5k when I have like 26k :lol Mostly died in the lizards cavern place due to those goddamn trees that suck your life and mana! Used a 10-20 random scroll and ende dup back there with mobs my level including Dragons and shit
Johnlenham said:Hards not been to bad so far. Ive died maybe 4 times and just take the money hit as its liek 1.5k when I have like 26k :lol Mostly died in the lizards cavern place due to those goddamn trees that suck your life and mana! Used a 10-20 random scroll and ende dup back there with mobs my level including Dragons and shit
You have 26k? How do you not spend it? :lol When I'm not spending my gold on enchanting my gear, I'm trying my luck at the gambler's shop. Just recently I tore through my shared stash looking for money to buy a sweet breastplate from the blacksmith.
I think I've only been above 10k gold a few times, and I pick up everything.
Danne-Danger
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I decided to shelve my lvl 20 summoner until they fix the minions... instead I'm going with a Destroyer decked out with the uniques I've found so far (on very hard).
Stampede is one awesome ability.
Stampede is one awesome ability.
Vanillalite
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OMG your pet is AMAZING! The fact that they have their own inventory slots, and you can send them back on their own to just vendor stuff is the greatest thing EVA!!!!
Anyways I installed last night, and just did the first group of floors. So far everything has been smooth for me. Game runs flawless with a great framerate maxed out and I've had no bugs so far either. Really really polished!
Anyways I installed last night, and just did the first group of floors. So far everything has been smooth for me. Game runs flawless with a great framerate maxed out and I've had no bugs so far either. Really really polished!
Johnlenham
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Duno it just amasses :lolDreavus said:
I dont buy potions or gear, Ive used the gambler 4 times, once I got Unique Shoulders, then a Unique helm, then a purple chest that i need another level to wear and then some shitbag bluebelt.
My sword cant be enchated anymore and my axe I found an enchating shrine so thats done aswell
Just finished. All in all I clocked 10 hours and 8 on my main. The last milieu was a little drawn out and the final boss battle was a bit more tedious that I would have hoped (though sufficiently epic) but I had tremendous fun playing! I might go back in with a different character later on but I think I need to take a break from this game now. I played just too damn much of it.
Joseph Merrick
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I think the idea behind it originally was something like with coin/stamp collecting or any type of valuable collecting thing where if you don't know what you've got and you're selling it off, the people buying it off you might buy it at a really low price and screw you (watch the beginning of the movie ninth gate, awesome movie)-- but if you know what you have you will get what the item is worth. or something like this. it's a pretty weird mechanic/feature that's just always there in these games. I think it's nice when you get the unknown orange items, nice little surprise to see what they are. but for garbage I sell I don't even look. I do identify on everything but yeah.markot said:
chicken_ramen
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Basically this is just a great game. I've poured hours and hours into it since yesterday morning. I wish it were more like Diablo 2 than 1 structurally, but otherwise it's just a perfect example of an extremely well crafted game. These guys are at the top of their craft here, you can tell they have been making this type of game for 10 years, they seem to know the genre inside out.
That's all I wanted to say really.
Actually, I know what they've said their plans for a torchlight mmo are, and while I enjoyed Mythos I wish they weren't going free to play + incentives. I can't see how that sort of model wouldn't throw off the excellent pacing they've achieved here. I would definitely pay for a diablo 2/guild wars model game made by these guys. But I guess that's not the model they're shooting for.
Anyway, sweet game.
That's all I wanted to say really.
Actually, I know what they've said their plans for a torchlight mmo are, and while I enjoyed Mythos I wish they weren't going free to play + incentives. I can't see how that sort of model wouldn't throw off the excellent pacing they've achieved here. I would definitely pay for a diablo 2/guild wars model game made by these guys. But I guess that's not the model they're shooting for.
Anyway, sweet game.
Dead Prince
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markot said:
Find the identify spell ;P makes the whole being surprised of good or bad items go away.
Joseph Merrick
Member
mac version is coming.Dyno said:
I doubt they have a non-computer version in their thoughts at all. as they shouldn't.
This game is just too awesome. I played it last night 8hours straight and my copy of Forza3 was just sitting there, makes me want Diablo 3 even more now.
Can't wait for their mmo or somekind of way to add coop to this, that'd make it even awesomer than it already is
Can't wait for their mmo or somekind of way to add coop to this, that'd make it even awesomer than it already is
markot said:
Game mechanic to help balance magic v melee users. Magic users get to identify for free (once they learn the spell), whereas the melee classes have to pay a toll or wait until they get back to town.
It's kind of a staple of roguelike games. The only difference is that roguelike games punish the user with cursed items from time to time.
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Bought the game last night and played for about 4 hours. I was hoping for a bit of a bigger departure from Fate. The graphics, the story, the dungeon layouts and overall presentation is an incredible leap forward. But the core of the game is still Fate. Which isn't bad, but after playing Fate/Fate 2 for 60 hours, it doesn't have quite the same punch.
Good game, but still wish it would break free from it's casual roots.
Tenkai Star
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:lolbengraven said:
Purchased it last night as well, inserted the crack directly into all my orifices, I proceeded to let it run wild internally. It liquidated my insides but I remain transfixed. This damn game needs either a party function just to chat or else please please get the multiplayer out asap. This game is solid as a rock.