So, I'm thinking of starting to play BG2 again, I never did finish it back when it was new and never had the add-on.
I'm going to go a different route to my old ranger Josquius and try and see what its like with something else, maybe a fighter as they have the coolest stronghold or possibly a mage for all the spelly goodness (though the constant game overs will suck).
Before I start though- what mods are there are out there that are worth using?
Are there any must installs?
Right now dungeon be gone is all that springs to mind, there's too much of other stuff...
I never understood the need for Dungeon Be Gone, as I like that first dungeon.
There's a shitload of NPCs and Romance add-ons. Much to taste/flavour. Most NPC's suck (bad acting, bad scripting). Avoid the 15 year old female paladin pedophile mod. I do recommend Kelsey, as he is well integrated and is a sorcerer, which is really handy (but if you play a female char he will insinuate his way into a romance as a stealth "nice guy"; kinda slimey really). Recommend Nalia and Edwin Romance mods, but I do not know if they are compatible; not that they need to be, as romancing a LE Male mage and a CG Female Mage/Thief is pretty much impossible in the same game.
If you want the Keep as your stronghold the Nalia Romance makes sense to have. It takes a while, but is easy: just be nice to her.
Unfinished Business for sure. Romantic Encounters (one night stands) adds flavour. I play with a paperdolls mod that makes the character display screen look like BG1. I like that.
Stay away from any Tactics mods. They seem to be for uber players who need a new challenge after winning the game 20 times from Sunday.
Gibberlings3 and Pocketplane group should have all the above and more.
For portraits, I usually goto deviantart, find something I like, and edit it in.
Right now I am stuck in chapter 3. I find it hard to pick up an epic game after a break, and the spell combos you need can get complex, so I tend to start over.
I quite like the tactics mod. Some of the options are quite over the top but it does have some cool battles.
Fixpack and tweak pack from gibberlings 3 are good.
Also get shadowkeeper for easy savegame editing when something goes wrong thanks to a surviving bug.
Unfinished business, the banter pack, quest pack and virtue from pocketplane are also good
I would stay away from major mods until you finished the game at least once. After that use the ascencion and redemption mods.
http://rogue.rebalancing.googlepages.com/README_RR.HTML#intro (http://rogue.rebalancing.googlepages.com/README_RR.HTML#intro)
Rogue rebalancing is good if you decide to play as a thievish character.
Tactics mods arent that hard, man up. Weimar 4tw. There's a ton of potrait packs- the missus could help you.
Definetely get the banter pack, virtue and unfinished business. You might want a romance mod, or an NPC mod, as they tend to add alot. Kelsey is good, as was said, but im a fan of Mirrabo's imoen mod.
I've heard good things about the xan romance, if your into that sort of thing. Keto is my favourite non-romance mod NPC
Tactics is probably less hard if you know in advance what monster and what spellcaster is behind what corner/door and you rest before every single encounter so you are at full hits and full spells every time and have buffed accordingly.
not for everyone.
Quote from: saskganesh on August 26, 2009, 02:58:27 PM
Tactics is probably less hard if you know in advance what monster and what spellcaster is behind what corner/door and you rest before every single encounter so you are at full hits and full spells every time and have buffed accordingly.
not for everyone.
Totally not for me.
I always seem to have a thing about resting as little as possible and thinking the day count is my enemy.
Quote from: Tyr on August 26, 2009, 02:59:41 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on August 26, 2009, 02:58:27 PM
Tactics is probably less hard if you know in advance what monster and what spellcaster is behind what corner/door and you rest before every single encounter so you are at full hits and full spells every time and have buffed accordingly.
not for everyone.
Totally not for me.
I always seem to have a thing about resting as little as possible and thinking the day count is my enemy.
same. I play until my characters are tired or until they are out of healing, spells and getting low on hit points. it's fun conserving resources, and out of necessity trying out underused scrolls, spells and abilities at the day's last encounter. that's tactics to me.
Quote from: saskganesh on August 26, 2009, 02:58:27 PM
Tactics is probably less hard if you know in advance what monster and what spellcaster is behind what corner/door and you rest before every single encounter so you are at full hits and full spells every time and have buffed accordingly.
not for everyone.
Yeah. It seemed like you need to specifically prepare for every encounter. Totally gamey.
What's BG2?
Baldur's Gate 2
I got the pack with the original game, second game and the expansions a year ago. I started with the first game, but somehow lost interest (excellent writing, though). Is the second one better, and is it recomended I go straight to that?
Quote from: Lucidor on August 27, 2009, 04:14:35 AM
I got the pack with the original game, second game and the expansions a year ago. I started with the first game, but somehow lost interest (excellent writing, though). Is the second one better, and is it recomended I go straight to that?
No, the first is much better. I actually finished that one.
The general concensus is that the second is better. Planescape is better than either, mind.
BG2 has more community content, also. BG1 is best with tutu.
Quote from: Tyr on August 27, 2009, 04:49:34 AM
Quote from: Lucidor on August 27, 2009, 04:14:35 AM
I got the pack with the original game, second game and the expansions a year ago. I started with the first game, but somehow lost interest (excellent writing, though). Is the second one better, and is it recomended I go straight to that?
No, the first is much better. I actually finished that one.
OK, I'm giving it another go. Are there any mods that deal with the screen resolution thingie. It looks sort of horrible.
That would be Tutu, which I recommended.
It plays BG1 on BG2's interface, and turns them into a creepy megagame, not that you have any obligation to continue past BG1.
other from what's already been mentioned, on Gibberlings Thrre there's a very good Widescreen Mod that lets you play the game at the resolution you like more. And it works for Torment, too :cool:
L.
I'd also recommend tutu if you want to play BG1.
Quote from: Lettow77 on August 27, 2009, 05:01:17 AM
The general concensus is that the second is better. Planescape is better than either, mind.
BG2 has more community content, also. BG1 is best with tutu.
Opposite.
Planescape is meh. Never finished that either, got to some impossible to figure out what to do next part.
So, to play with a 1680 x 1050 widescreen, I need both Tutu and a widescreen mod?
Thanks!
Tutu is needed only if you want to play BG with the BG2 engine; if you want to play BG2 with high resolutions you need only the widescreen mod
L.
I started a game of BG+BG2 last year and got to Watcher's Keep in Throne of Bhaal...and then upgraded my computer and Vista cannot run the game.
I am going to plug in my old box and finish one of these days. The game really holds up well.
How about extra content mods?
Are there any fanmade quests and/or areas that are wortwhile?
Quote from: Tyr on August 27, 2009, 08:57:48 AM
Opposite.
Planescape is meh. Never finished that either, got to some impossible to figure out what to do next part.
:huh: How's that even possible? The in-game journal holds your hand.
Quote from: Habbaku on August 27, 2009, 11:18:36 AM
Quote from: Tyr on August 27, 2009, 08:57:48 AM
Opposite.
Planescape is meh. Never finished that either, got to some impossible to figure out what to do next part.
:huh: How's that even possible? The in-game journal holds your hand.
*shrug*
it happened.
Something to do with getting the blood of the hag's daughter. I got that then...nothing. No indication of what to do next.
Quote from: Tyr on August 27, 2009, 11:29:21 AM
*shrug*
it happened.
Something to do with getting the blood of the hag's daughter. I got that then...nothing. No indication of what to do next.
Seriously? There were tons of indications what to do next...didn't you know why you were getting the Hag's daughter's blood to begin with?
TUTU rocks and makes BG1 much funner to play. more kits, spells, items and the interface. ( ... except for the paperdolls.)
IMO, BG1 is also much easier to pick up and run with as a casual game. There's even a USB mod, so you can take it to work and play over lunch or conference calls because it's on your stick, not loaded on your company's computer. :pirate:
I have a little people party on the go in BG1. PC is a fighter/illusionist N Gnome, rest of the group is Finch (mod gnome librarian cleric, good, well done), Monty (F/T hobbit, evil), Kaigan (evil F Dwarf), Keslick (good F/C Dwarf) and Quayle (C/MU gnome c/n). Alora (T Hobbit happyhappygood) was in the party for a while too.
We have alignment issues. Kaigan and Keslick HATE eachother and came to blows. Kaigan was my tank, so he could have destroyed Keslick on his own, but I decided to side with the good guy as Kaigan complains too much.
I am now building Keslick as my new tank (with Kaigan's gear, sans axes). And will get Alora to rejoin until I find ... TIAX.
Quote from: saskganesh on August 27, 2009, 12:10:42 PM
I am now building Keslick as my new tank (with Kaigan's gear, sans axes). And will get Alora to rejoin until I find ... TIAX.
You are but grease stains on the wheel of time compared to Tiax!
Quote from: Valmy on August 27, 2009, 11:50:51 AM
Quote from: Tyr on August 27, 2009, 11:29:21 AM
*shrug*
it happened.
Something to do with getting the blood of the hag's daughter. I got that then...nothing. No indication of what to do next.
Seriously? There were tons of indications what to do next...didn't you know why you were getting the Hag's daughter's blood to begin with?
Dont talk about PT. I always get the need to start up another game when peeps do. Damn they dont make em like that anymore.......I actually wept at the ending the first time I played it. Easily moved I guess.
Quote from: Valmy on August 27, 2009, 12:19:54 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on August 27, 2009, 12:10:42 PM
I am now building Keslick as my new tank (with Kaigan's gear, sans axes). And will get Alora to rejoin until I find ... TIAX.
You are but grease stains on the wheel of time compared to Tiax!
when I pick him up, I'll have 4 clerics. and a summoned undead army to lead.
don't fuck with gnomes
I got it to work. Is it true you can get rid of BG1 and BG2 after running TUTU, that it copies all it has to copy into it's own library?
I like it so far. Very nicely drawn backgrounds if you look at it in 1680 x 1050 widescreen and not i horrible blownup VGA.
I played a Baldur's Gate last month. But I did not use Tutu. I used BGT (Trilogy). You play the game seamlessly.
Lost my Baldur's Gate 2. So I have complete BG1 and THrone of Bhaal, but no BG2. FUcking ridiculous nonsense would bother me more if I liked the game, which I don't.
Can you play this old thing on Vista? It's been years since I played those games. Still some of the best RPGs ever made.
Quote from: Razgovory on August 30, 2009, 05:59:44 PM
Can you play this old thing on Vista? It's been years since I played those games. Still some of the best RPGs ever made.
I have no problems with my 32 bit vista, except that water looks a bit weird, being green. There are fixes for that, but I don't mind.
Quote from: Lucidor on August 30, 2009, 11:34:13 AM
I got it to work. Is it true you can get rid of BG1 and BG2 after running TUTU, that it copies all it has to copy into it's own library?
you can delete BG1 as the files you need are now in the TUTU directory.
keep BG2 though. those are not copied.
Quote from: saskganesh on August 30, 2009, 06:54:31 PM
you can delete BG1 as the files you need are now in the TUTU directory.
keep BG2 though. those are not copied.
Can I do an uninstall, or just delete the folder?
Is there a digital download someplace. I don't know if I have all my old CDs anymore.
Quote from: Razgovory on August 30, 2009, 05:59:44 PM
Can you play this old thing on Vista? It's been years since I played those games. Still some of the best RPGs ever made.
When I tried to play it on Vista the graphics were weird and I couldn't save the game.
I hate Vista. :(
Quote from: Razgovory on August 31, 2009, 01:00:14 AM
Quote from: Barrister on August 31, 2009, 12:48:59 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 30, 2009, 11:36:19 PM
I hate Vista. :(
:yes:
Of course an apple would be even more useless.
That's not an apple comment.
I have a laptop with Vista, and 2 computers with XP. XP is better.
I was unable to get XP. :(
Quote from: Valmy on August 30, 2009, 10:23:40 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 30, 2009, 05:59:44 PM
Can you play this old thing on Vista? It's been years since I played those games. Still some of the best RPGs ever made.
When I tried to play it on Vista the graphics were weird and I couldn't save the game.
Well it works for me... There is even a 1,5 GB workaround for the water-is-green, or you could try to turn off the 3D accelleration.
Quote from: Lucidor on August 31, 2009, 04:05:57 AM
Well it works for me... There is even a 1,5 GB workaround for the water-is-green, or you could try to turn off the 3D accelleration.
I already corrected the water-is-green issue but that had nothing to do with Vista at all, the problem existed in XP.
I think it had to do with transferring my saved games and such over, but I am not starting over again just for Vista.
Quote from: Lucidor on August 30, 2009, 07:31:04 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on August 30, 2009, 06:54:31 PM
you can delete BG1 as the files you need are now in the TUTU directory.
keep BG2 though. those are not copied.
Can I do an uninstall, or just delete the folder?
I just delete it. If you uninstall, make sure you uninstall from the right directory (Blackisle/bg ..or whatever). There still will be files you will need to delete after uninstall.
Hmm, maybe I should play it again too. Playing both games from start to finish sounds tempting. IIRC, using bows was really powerful in BG1 though while it is almost useless in the later stages of BG2. So that would be an interesting choice to make.
The evil characters in BG2 (Korgan, Viconia, Edwin) are much better than their good counterparts somehow. Going evil doesn't really work well in the game though, which is a bit sad. There is a mod that allows you to keep them with a good reputation though.
I always thought that a Fighter with the Sword Saint kit that was immediately reclassed to Sorcerer would be an interesting choice for the main character.
You end up with a sword wielding mage that has pretty decent hitpoints, and the no armor is no loss, since the sword saint cannot wear it anyway.
It's possible to make a whole set of characters from the beginning and then play with them through the game, right?
Is it recomended? I was a bit surprised, and a little unhappy when Kaled killed my necromancer and halfling thief-fighter, since that left me without a magician, and I've just only gotten an invoker, or a wizardwoman of some sort. Perhaps it'd be easier to have a party with either evil or good characters? The bickering and the randomness in the default group is fun, though.
What's a good mix of characters? 4 or 5 in total? One or two warriors that can bind the enemy in a melee, 1 ranger, one druid/priest and one magician?
IIRC, you really, really, REALLY need a thief of some kind.
Quote from: Berkut on September 01, 2009, 10:21:26 AM
IIRC, you really, really, REALLY need a thief of some kind.
For the find traps and lockpicking, or something else?
Quote from: Lucidor on September 01, 2009, 10:53:20 AM
Quote from: Berkut on September 01, 2009, 10:21:26 AM
IIRC, you really, really, REALLY need a thief of some kind.
For the find traps and lockpicking, or something else?
Yeah, traps and lockpicking.
Quote from: Berkut on August 31, 2009, 02:40:37 PM
I always thought that a Fighter with the Sword Saint kit that was immediately reclassed to Sorcerer would be an interesting choice for the main character.
You end up with a sword wielding mage that has pretty decent hitpoints, and the no armor is no loss, since the sword saint cannot wear it anyway.
I tried that for a solo game once and it is an unbelievably powerful combo. You rise in level so quickly that before long you can cast time stop which means you can just annihilate everybody with your swords while they don't hit back. I played through half of BG2 with that IIRC.
But you should not immediately dual to mage, but wait until level 9. That would give the Kensai (that was the name of the Sword Saint IIRC) a +1 to hit and a weapons specialisation IIRC.
Quote from: Lucidor on September 01, 2009, 10:18:39 AM
It's possible to make a whole set of characters from the beginning and then play with them through the game, right?
Is it recomended? I was a bit surprised, and a little unhappy when Kaled killed my necromancer and halfling thief-fighter, since that left me without a magician, and I've just only gotten an invoker, or a wizardwoman of some sort. Perhaps it'd be easier to have a party with either evil or good characters? The bickering and the randomness in the default group is fun, though.
What's a good mix of characters? 4 or 5 in total? One or two warriors that can bind the enemy in a melee, 1 ranger, one druid/priest and one magician?
Xzar always dies in my games. All it takes is one Kobold arrow. I replace him with either Edwin or Dynaheir, who are both better mages. Xan is not.
All good or all evil (with some neutrals along for the ride) probably easiest. the game is designed for a good party. if you get too bad, bad things happen. it's trickier.
My ideal number is 5.5. So fighter tank, magician blaster, thief trap and lockpick specialist, cleric protector/healer and a second fighter type (archer). The number six slot is filled by whoever's subquest I am doing (NPC project mod adds sub quests for most of the NPCS).
if you have multiclassers or doubleclassers in your 5 you get a lot of flexibility of roles, which is good.
Quote from: Zanza on September 01, 2009, 11:23:27 AM
But you should not immediately dual to mage, but wait until level 9. That would give the Kensai (that was the name of the Sword Saint IIRC) a +1 to hit and a weapons specialisation IIRC.
Also gives the Kensai maximum hit dice.
Based on BG2, I would try to get Imoen, Jaheira, Edwin, Viconia and Khaled into my party in BG1.
Quote from: Zanza on September 01, 2009, 12:10:37 PM
Based on BG2, I would try to get Imoen, Jaheira, Edwin, Viconia and Khaled into my party in BG1.
decent party. I like to dual Immy to magician around level 3/4. or you could go canon and have Minsc/Dynaheir instead of Edwin/Viconia.
why? because then you get Boo...
There's lots of great combos. Like, having both Kivan and Coran in the group makes for a killer archer tag team. And archery in BG1 owns the Sword Coast.
I've played BG1 fairly regularly this year and I am at the stage where I experiment with weird combos.
like how about a Xan (we are doomed!), Garrick (wow!), Alora (neat!), Faldorn (kill humans!), Safana (I'm too sexy to have a personality or a romance!) party? The PC then should really be a priest of Ilmater, the crying god, who is suffering for his sins.
Of course, with the right gear, this weak, neutralish group could still be pretty buffed.
I always just went with the canon (before I knew it was canon) of Jahera, Khalid, Imoen, Minsc and Dyranhir.
Sometimes I'd dump Khalid for Alanis (or whatever he was called...the paladin)
Now I just need a copy of the game!
I am having problems with BG Tutu. No speech during movies, no sounds during the game.
All this talk has me wanting to play the game again.
Quote from: Scipio on September 05, 2009, 07:39:56 AM
I am having problems with BG Tutu. No speech during movies, no sounds during the game.
Fixed. Apparently, you can't make resolution bigger than 1024x768 without the sound wigging out. But it's quiteplayable and forgiving at that res.
Me too, although I never understood why just about every character was dual classed.
Quote from: Berkut on August 31, 2009, 02:40:37 PM
I always thought that a Fighter with the Sword Saint kit that was immediately reclassed to Sorcerer would be an interesting choice for the main character.
You end up with a sword wielding mage that has pretty decent hitpoints, and the no armor is no loss, since the sword saint cannot wear it anyway.
I might just try this...with the lvl 9 mod...Very very beardy but meh, BG2 is a computer game, role playing is secondary (though it could easily be role playingly explained given the plot of BG2)
Would I end up with the wizard or fighter stronghold though? Or would there be a choice?
with two classes, I think you get both actually.
You'll get only one. There are mods that will change this.
I will say this about the "canon" BG party of Minsc, Dynaheir, Imoen, Khalid, and Jahiera: unless you yourself are a thief you have NO thief skills while Imoen is dueling. Talk about annoying.
Quote from: saskganesh on September 07, 2009, 04:32:18 PM
with two classes, I think you get both actually.
Nah you get the first one you take but you have the option of taking either.
Quote from: Valmy on September 08, 2009, 10:14:16 AM
I will say this about the "canon" BG party of Minsc, Dynaheir, Imoen, Khalid, and Jahiera: unless you yourself are a thief you have NO thief skills while Imoen is dueling. Talk about annoying.
At least if you are doing Durlags tower. ;)
Quote from: Valmy on September 08, 2009, 10:14:52 AM
Quote from: saskganesh on September 07, 2009, 04:32:18 PM
with two classes, I think you get both actually.
Nah you get the first one you take but you have the option of taking either.
I must have mods or something that changes this. :)
Quote from: Valmy on September 08, 2009, 10:14:16 AM
I will say this about the "canon" BG party of Minsc, Dynaheir, Imoen, Khalid, and Jahiera: unless you yourself are a thief you have NO thief skills while Imoen is dueling. Talk about annoying.
yeah, you either have to "rent a thief", dropping someone else from the party for a while to make room for the new thief. and because you have two couples in the canon, it means you have to drop two NPCs for a while (jah/khalid or minsc/dyan) for a while.
alternatively, start dualling Immy right after the Naskel mines. (she could be a level 3 thief by then, and with a good build, has enough picklocks and find traps skills). there are some 20 odd wilderness areas on the Sword Coast you can grind in, and most of them do need require a thief whatsoever. after she "breaks" then you go to to banditcamp and lock pick away.
Quote from: saskganesh on September 10, 2009, 12:37:10 PM
yeah, you either have to "rent a thief", dropping someone else from the party for a while to make room for the new thief. and because you have two couples in the canon, it means you have to drop two NPCs for a while (jah/khalid or minsc/dyan) for a while.
alternatively, start dualling Immy right after the Naskel mines. (she could be a level 3 thief by then, and with a good build, has enough picklocks and find traps skills). there are some 20 odd wilderness areas on the Sword Coast you can grind in, and most of them do need require a thief whatsoever. after she "breaks" then you go to to banditcamp and lock pick away.
I was able to get her done with the dualing business right after we killed Davaeorn but that pretty much required me to do EVERYTHING. I even went to Ulgoth's Beard and did the crazy mage maze.
Even then canon Imoen requres you to wait until level 7 and that is just nuts.
Its easy to drop one of couples.
Just send Khald (for instance) to the other side of a area then remove him. Leave the area before he can come to you and take Jahera with him.
Do this in some forest you're not going to revisit and you have no trouble.
just to clarify that, you have to drop him (when's he far away) and then exit. :)
OK so I've started and I've a bit of a technical problem.
The sound all sounds really echoy.
I thought this was just a weird planescape problem but its the same in BG2.
I load up the game and everything is echoed, voices sound horrid. Whats particularly odd is even after I quit the game the echo effect persists on my computer until I restart it....
I'm hoping this is a common problem with new computers and fixable!
Quote from: Tyr on September 11, 2009, 07:29:17 AM
Its easy to drop one of couples.
Just send Khald (for instance) to the other side of a area then remove him. Leave the area before he can come to you and take Jahera with him.
Do this in some forest you're not going to revisit and you have no trouble.
If you are doing a Canon run that strikes me as cheese. If you are all about gamesmanship why would you care about the plot being coherent? :P
Just reinstalled this the other day with a bunch of mods. Have only played with vanilla before and not for a while now.
Ended up rolling yet another thief though. Have never played this game with any other type of character. :blush:
Oh, and, for what its worth I felt the kensai/mage idea a bit...bad.
Just went with a regular fighter.
Quote from: Valmy on September 14, 2009, 02:48:01 PM
If you are doing a Canon run that strikes me as cheese. If you are all about gamesmanship why would you care about the plot being coherent? :P
Its also cheese to not be allowed to help a guy out because you've already got 5 friends with you.
Quote from: Tyr on September 14, 2009, 03:11:29 PM
Its also cheese to not be allowed to help a guy out because you've already got 5 friends with you.
True that, true that.
The whole party limits thing is a rather annoying fourth wall breaker.
I've decided that for RP purposes having Nalia around is good (I've got her castle afterall...) and that but....she's crap as a character.
I've got Aerie for my magicing and Yoshimo for my thieving leaving her useless. I've decided to edit her into something else but I can't decide what...
A fighter would be a bit beardy, a bard would be cool but useless, etc....
Maybe I should just make her a thief/mage rather than mage/thief (or was it the other way...) ready for when I get Imoen back.
Also is it just me or is Minsc really fragile? Why on earth is this.... He's supposed to be a tanker type but he takes damage very easily.
Quote from: Tyr on September 17, 2009, 12:06:08 PM
Also is it just me or is Minsc really fragile? Why on earth is this.... He's supposed to be a tanker type but he takes damage very easily.
Well it depends on whether or not he has a shield.
QuoteI've decided that for RP purposes having Nalia around is good (I've got her castle afterall...) and that but....she's crap as a character.
A single class mage can never be crap.
How do you get this 15 year old paladin to sleep with you
Quote from: Jaron on September 17, 2009, 03:47:27 PM
How do you get this 15 year old paladin to sleep with you
first, you have to convince her you're lawful good. Then, you have to buy her flowers. Then, you track down her dad and promise to make an honest paladin of her. Then, after a horrible big fat paladin wedding, you get to have sex with her, only to find that she's frigid.
Quote from: Jaron on September 17, 2009, 03:47:27 PM
How do you get this 15 year old paladin to sleep with you
I dunno. it's illegal in my country for adults to know that.
Quote from: Tyr on September 17, 2009, 12:06:08 PM
I've decided that for RP purposes having Nalia around is good (I've got her castle afterall...) and that but....she's crap as a character.
I've got Aerie for my magicing and Yoshimo for my thieving leaving her useless.
Also is it just me or is Minsc really fragile? Why on earth is this.... He's supposed to be a tanker type but he takes damage very easily.
Drop Yoshimo. Use magic gear and potions (and knock spells) to buff up Nalia's thievery. Aerie is a powerful mage/cleric combo, but another Mage is never useless, while more than one thief is. Sorry Yoshi.
Minsc has Dex issues... make him harder to hit.
Hmmm...tried to install BG from an old set a friend gave me. Running XP and it pops a window with the header: 16 bit windows subsystem. Then in the box says the system file (c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt )is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. I seem to recall this happening when I tried to install another older game. Any suggestions?
maybe use the emulator. right click on the program, goto properties, select an earlier OS like windows 2000 or '95.
alternatively you may have missing or damaged dos files:
see http://windowsxp.mvps.org/16bit.htm
That's weird. I edited in that I had figured it out, but for some reason the edit didn't stay. I just went to the microsoft website and was very specific in the search field about what I needed and got the right page.
Also though I installed a heap of mods, but I had trouble figuring out if my BG2 mods were supposed to go to the easy tutu file like the bg1 mods or if they went in the regular bg2 files.
They kidnapped Boo!!! Amusing quest, don't understand why it was cut.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on September 23, 2009, 10:54:52 PM
They kidnapped Boo!!! Amusing quest, don't understand why it was cut.
I loved the dialogue in there. The Boolets et al. :lol:
Minsc rules.
Nashkel mines at lvl 1 really sucks. My party probably wasn't the strongest either...me (fighter), minsc, imoen, khalid, jaheira, and garrick.