Wasteland inXile's Wasteland 1 Re-Release

[Deleted member 7219]

So what would you guys recommend to a casualfag like myself, who loves RPGs of the Fallout era but hasn't played any older RPGs except Daggerfall and Krondor?

I have Wasteland installed on my PC and I'm about to play it.

 

[felipepepe]

Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant, Might and Magic: World of Xeen, Ultima VII, Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos, Dark Sun: Shattered Lands.... any of these will do nicely, and they aged well enough.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

In terms of Wasteland, though. I'm guessing it's a game that I need to RTFM first.

 

[Infinitron]

I don't think the game is particularly hard, but the interface has aged poorly. It was already archaic by the mid-90s, let alone today.

 

[MLMarkland]

felipepepe has also had issues with freezing. But most people aren't having any issues at all. What's going on here?

MLMarkland

Make sure your game is up-to-date (particularly important for Steam Mac installs on older OS).

Second step is always to update monitor and video drivers. I had to update my monitor drivers to play.

Third step is reviewing the list of known issues on the inXile Wasteland 1 boards.

Anyone who follows the known issues and solutions and has updated drivers and is still having trouble should contact inXile support and you'll quickly be taken care.

Do include as much hardware, OS platform/ environment information as you can in your support request; including a DxDiag if your issue is graphics or video related.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Biggest issue I've run into so far is the mouse being nearly completely unuseable.

I guess I just need to use the keyboard like the good old days.

 

[Grim Monk]

Just redeemed the code for the GOG version.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Infinitron]

An update was released that adds an "Extras" subdirectory in the game's main directory.

All the manuals and stuff are now available.


Here are all the oldschool portraits, in animated GIF format.


And here are all the new high res portraits, sadly unanimated.


You've also got the game's soundtrack in uncompressed WAV format.


And some complimentary Wasteland 2 wallpapers.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

In terms of Wasteland, though. I'm guessing it's a game that I need to RTFM first.

Use keyboard, don't use mouse. Check out macros, you may need one for resting.

 

[sea]

An update was released that adds an "Extras" subdirectory in the game's main directory.

 

[mrlutze]

Anyone else have an issue with cracking sound?

What platform? There's a known issue with sound on some XP installs iirc.

It's on Windows 7 x64.

 

[Infinitron]

An update was released that adds an "Extras" subdirectory in the game's main directory.

What's the problem? The common, or the SteamApps?

 

[DragoFireheart]

You know they are just going to get it off an abandonware website and slap dosbox on it, right ?

I have never played it so I won't know the difference.

 

[LESS T_T]

[URL]http://af.gog.com/game/wasteland_the_classic_original?as=1649904300[/URL]

Now available to public. Not yet on Steam.

 

[LESS T_T]

Oh. I forgot the Codex obligation. :D Fixed.

 

[Lady_Error]

Most of the new portraits are indeed surprisingly good, even if unanimated. I like both the new version and the original one.

One problem is that the GOG version has mouse problems in the unsmoothed version with original portraits. For some reasons, it does not always recognize clicks, so you have to click several times.

 

[Outlander]

Thanks Brother None

 

[Infinitron]

NEW PATCH: http://wasteland.inxile-entertainment.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4904

We haven't really done version tracking for WL1, but Steam gamers may have noticed a new patch rolled out. It'll be up on GOG.com shortly to.

Patchnotes:

• Occasional missing paragraphs are fixed
• Occasional missing uprezzed portraits are fixed
• Mouse sensitivity is now overridden to be uniform on both axis
• Frequency of freezing should be reduced. If you still experience freezes, the workaround to only use the keyboard still works
• Volume options added to the options menu
• Dosbox config file is now exposed and can be edited AT YOUR OWN RISK
  # When run with Wasteland, this file gets copied to:
  
  # %localappdata%\inXile entertainment\Wasteland\wl.conf (Windows 7/8)
  # C:\Local Settings\%USER%\Local Settings\Application Data\inXile entertainment\Wasteland\wl.conf (Windows XP/Vista)
  # ~/Library/Application Support/Wasteland/wl.conf (OSX)
  # ~/.wasteland/wl.conf (Linux)
  
  # where you may EDIT AT YOUR OWN RISK

Let me know if you encounter any problems with these things we fixed (if there's still some missing paragraphs we somehow missed, etc)

 

[Infinitron]

Out on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/259130/

 

[Baron Dupek]

No achivemenets, no buy.

Spoiler

Just kidding, got it earlier on gog...

 

[LESS T_T]

Now I can watch whining people at Steam Discussions!

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Bought it on GOG.

 

[Cosmic Misogynerd]

Got mine as a Wasteland 2 slacker backer.

 

[Jack Dandy]

I wish the inxile version supported custom resolutions right off the bat.

 

[kazgar]

I Must be bored, i'm reading steam forum for lulz.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/259130/discussions/0/648811670585447916/