Deadly Premonition - The Directors Cut.

RetroJay · Tue 18/02/2014 23:04:04

Hi All good peeps.

Yes tis I RetroJay.
I am still here, lurking in the shadows and working hard on 'The Lost Prince - Part 2'.

I want to ask you all a question. (for my Brother)

Has anyone here played 'Deadly Premonition - The Directors Cut.'
My Bro got it recently but is having trouble playing because it keeps crashing.
We have searched the web and other people are having the same issue with it.
There is a fix called 'dpFix' but this has no effect on the crashing problem whatsoever.
He has also tried other suggestions, found online, to remedy the issue but sadly none work.

It's not a fantastic game to look at, the coding seems a bit botched and it's just weird but there is a certain something about it that we like.
If anyone here has found a solution to the problem we would be most grateful.

Yours.
Jay.

nihilyst · Tue 18/02/2014 23:20:33

I have played the PS3 version, which worked just fine, so I have no idea, really.
All I can say is that you should try everything to get it to work properly. That certain something had me like this game more than most games I've played in the last couple of years.

RetroJay · Wed 19/02/2014 00:15:51

Hi nihilist.

Yeah. That's the thing, you see.
It's been ported across from the PS3 and they have made a complete monkeys rectum of it.
Sadly it would appear as if the company that made it has no intentions of sorting it out.
E-mailing them gets you nowhere.

Oh well, just have to persevere with it until someone else releases a patch.

Yours.
Jay.

Armageddon · Wed 19/02/2014 00:25:46

This is one of my favourite games in recent years and the fact that the PC port is so atrocious just adds to the charm for me. I think it has had a lot of problem with Nvidia cards so that might be your problem. Try running it in compatibility mode for XP maybe?

RetroJay · Wed 19/02/2014 01:04:39

Hi Armageddon.

You are so right. It is a good game but it has been totally spoiled.
As it stands at the moment it is unplayable due to crashes .

We tried compatibility mode for XP and all of the others and no change.

Yours.
Jay.

an Urpney · Wed 19/02/2014 06:37:40

Deadly Premonition coming to PC was the best thing in 2013

Things that help to make the game more stable:
- Disable multiple cores,
- Set the game in Win98 compatibility mode (don't do it if you use dpfix, the game will lag)
- If you run non-Steam version (GOG or GamersGate) be sure to apply the latest patch.
- 'Run as Administrator'
Using those tricks I was able to 100% the game with only three (location-specific, I believe) crashes.

Gribbler · Wed 19/02/2014 08:19:23

I've always wanted to play this. I heard it's "the best worst game of 2013"

an Urpney · Wed 19/02/2014 09:05:48

Quote from: Gribbler on Wed 19/02/2014 08:19:23
I've always wanted to play this. I heard it's "the best worst game of 2013"

Not really... it's a great game with numerous flaws, if this makes any sense. It's not The Room kind of bad, the bad is not what you enjoy in Deadly Premonition - but if you can look past the bad, you'll find interesting world, great story and lovable characters.