Unofficial patch with performance and bug fixes

I've been advised to post here about my patching efforts as it seems some of you have been encountering problems which I fixed in my patch.

While people are porting the game, I've been working on performance and bug fixes as I played through the game (again )

In addition to overall performance improvements, my version includes a workaround for the horrible FPS in the questbook page (and other parts that display text).
The performance bottlenecks vary depending on the resolution, and apparently also from one graphics card to another; On my computer, at 1680x1050 resolution, the game is much smoother than v1.21

Don't hesitate to report whether you get better or same (or worse?) performance !

http://code.google.com/p/arx-fatalis-fixed/

EDIT:

Latest download: http://code.google.com/p/arx-fatalis...ixed_v0.03.zip

v0.03 09/06/11
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-Fixed magic symbols not disappearing when closing spellbook
-Fixed NPC detection dots appearing over wrong maps
-Fixed inventory mouse offset


v0.02 07/02/11
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-Increased questbook performance, at the cost of font quality for now
-Fixed main menu back buttons clickable zone to match their appearance
-Increased main menu left side performance


v0.01 28/01/11
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-Increased ingame performance
-Increased main menu performance
-Fixed character speed increasing with computer uptime (also fixes animation problems)
-Ingame minimap shows more of the surrounding map

[JackM]

Thanks a lot for your work.

Thanks a ton man! This work great at fixing the sped up animation bug which started to happen when I updated my game with the new patch. The menu is also faster.

Thanks a lot man, this fixed my framerate issues. Animation is no longer choppy as hell and my walking speed is normal. Fantastic fix, thanks for your hard work, it's much appreciated.

[jsdratm]

This patch fixed my framerate issues also, great work!

[Drowning Witch]

thx for this! any news on a newer version? this one is quite unstable for me.

Didn't work for me, but thank you very much for the effort, and keep up the great work.

This might have fixed the super-fast animation issue I was having that made the game unplayable. I'll report back if anything changes, but so far, everyone seems to be moving at the correct speed!

Thanks!

I've released a new version (0.03) with minor fixes, see original post

[mAs7eRa]

I tried your patchc and it really increases performance. But the problem I have is with the numbers of your skill. After I tried 1 cheat for summoning a demon (very stupid of me) and I cannot see the numbers of my stats. I can't see how much strenght I have, or any other number of the skills that I have. The numbers are just gone :[ Do you have any idea from what could this be?

[kurcatovium]

Thanks for this patch! It helped my graphic glitches and unplayably sensitive controls.

[Zerdamia]

Originally Posted by Nuky

-Fixed character speed increasing with computer uptime (also fixes animation problems)

This won´t work for me. The game is now much faster, than befor! Befor i used this Patch, the game was 2x as fast, as it should be. Now the game is 10x as fast, as it should be. Some enemies are so fast, that they kill me, befor i can see them.