Syberia gameplay Question

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On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 00:59:59 +0200
"iakovos" <indianos@ath.forthnet.gr> wrote:

> I recently bought the collector's edition, made a full install of the
> game, have recent version of direct X and all updated drivers for my pc
> (Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz with ATI Radeon X800 Pro).
>
> Although all cut scenes play very nice, the game itself is very slow...
> the character moves slower than a snail. Should I patch the thing? I
> show a patch in the Microids site but no reference at what issues it
> solves. Could that be a solution to having the characters move at a
> normal speed? Its the first game that does that to me and I don't see
> how to solve it.
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> Cheers to all,
> Iakovos
>
>

From what I've heard this isn't a bug, it's just the way they built the
thing. Syberia is *notorious* for having slow character propagation. This
is really inexcusable, as slow travel between screens has been recognised
by just about everybody as a textbook example of bad game design for years.
However, the rest of the game's wonderful qualities are supposed to make
up for this minor faux pas.

Tom

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"Gseven" <ggmediaNOT@myway.com> wrote in message
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>
> "iakovos" <indianos@ath.forthnet.gr> wrote in message
> news:1109804404.380193@athnrd02...
>>I recently bought the collector's edition, made a full install of the
>>game, have recent version of direct X and all updated drivers for my pc
>>(Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz with ATI Radeon X800 Pro).
>>
>> Although all cut scenes play very nice, the game itself is very slow...
>> the character moves slower than a snail. Should I patch the thing? I show
>> a patch in the Microids site but no reference at what issues it solves.
>> Could that be a solution to having the characters move at a normal speed?
>> Its the first game that does that to me and I don't see how to solve it.
>>
>> Thanks for any info.
>>
>> Cheers to all,
>> Iakovos
>>
>
> There is a problem with Syberia and computers with hyperthreading.
> Installing the patch will fix the problem.

Thanks to both.
I was planning on patching the thing. I'll do that asap.

Cheers,
Iakovos

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iakovos wrote:
> "iakovos" <indianos@ath.forthnet.gr> wrote in message
> news:1109852062.199593@athnrd02...
> >> There is a problem with Syberia and computers with hyperthreading.

> >> Installing the patch will fix the problem.
>
> I just installed the patch and it runs fine and smoothly.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Iakovos

Of course, she still moves pretty slowly. If you double-click on
her, she will run - until she gets to stairs, at which point she
will hobble up them like a 90 year old.

This really got old for me. I would have appreciated a zip
mode in this game.

-jc