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vilkacis posted:Well, yeah, it's lazy to recycle areas, but those maps are pretty hard to make. At least they seem to have removed the flail! ...and the golems. I would love to see this so much. The  -ing would be impressive.Fedit: Woohoo, no more gigantic page!
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Q: Do the mods allow you to cart summoned creatures through doors/zone transitions, or do you still have to use the "attack party member as the party transitions, then save/reload" trick?
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Fruits of the sea posted:I'm just amazed by Syvistara's consistent luck. How was she able to skip the 3-round mental battle with the elemental? I, uh... I do not know. A side-effect of Nahal's Reckless Dweomer maybe? And I hope my upcoming assault on the bandit camp is half as entertaining as yours  .Xander77 posted:Q: Do the mods allow you to cart summoned creatures through doors/zone transitions, or do you still have to use the "attack party member as the party transitions, then save/reload" trick? I'm not sure, I haven't tried that out yet. I doubt it, though. Another twitter tidbit from Trent Oster: Trent Oster posted:When profiled, the original code, had a great deal of no-ops due to the threading model. Changing the threading, fixed bugs and slowdowns See, this is what I was hoping for. Having skilled programmers dive down into the places where modders cannot go and make things better is worth good money. I am happy with this! Vorgen fucked around with this message at 16:23 on Apr 4, 2012 |
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vilkacis posted:"Does the term 'political shitstorm' mean anything to you, Commander?"  Are the cash reserves getting reasonable again after looting this castle of mostly weaklings? Also, will those 42 necklaces be good for bribing Sir BillyBob and leading him to an ignominious fate?
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So, are you going to name the Invisible Stalker once you're able to summon it?
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Heh, I guess we could. If only there was some way to find out who visits the thread the most and posts the least...
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Vorgen posted:Heh, I guess we could. If only there was some way to find out who visits the thread the most and posts the least... Or, and just hear me out here - Harvey.
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Sejs Cube posted:Or, and just hear me out here - Yes. This must happen.
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NihilCredo posted:Are the cash reserves getting reasonable again after looting this castle of mostly weaklings? Also, will those 42 necklaces be good for bribing Sir BillyBob and leading him to an ignominious fate? I think we're up to around 4,000 gold again. And I don't think Sir BillyBob will be interested in silver necklaces, they are pretty lowbrow. But I'm pretty sure he will be interested in the rogue stone that Safana looted from the toilet. And if I have to, I can cash in all our treasure and buy some high-level rings and necklaces from the shopkeepers. That might put Sir BillyBob in the right frame of mind, so to speak.
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Vorgen posted:Heh, I guess we could. If only there was some way to find out who visits the thread the most and posts the least... Is there really a way to do that?
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Garbageman posted:Is there really a way to do that? No.
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Vorgen posted:See, this is what I was hoping for. Having skilled programmers dive down into the places where modders cannot go and make things better is worth good money. I am happy with this! Yeah, when I heard about the Enhanced Edition the first thing that sprung to mind was fixing those bugs and slowdowns. Like the ridiculous amount of slowdown when you fight a Dragon with 3D acceleration on (This example is not as applicable to BG1, of course. Unless there's some mod where you fight one, which wouldn't really surprise me). So I'm perfectly fine with this. vvvv We're going to have to fight like, 8 Dragons, aren't we? 
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Apr 5, 2012 07:20
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Heh. Heheheheh.
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Boneless Jogger posted:vvvv We're going to have to fight like, 8 Dragons, aren't we? *cough* Vorgen's title posted:A fledgling vampire? How about a dragon, or some half-kobold druids? Perhaps a spontaneous sex change? The results will be beyond entertaining. *cough*
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Oh god, Vorgen snapped. Merging with Syvishtara was a bad idea after all.
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Vorgen posted:Heh. Heheheheh. Oh, oh dear.
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Tithin Melias posted:Oh, oh dear. Never assume modders do anything by half measures.
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By the way, is there any sort of level cap in the BWP? We'll be halfway through the BGII level structures before we hit the city proper at this rate. Not that I'd mind a ridiculously overpowered runthrough of the final acts.
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Junior G-man posted:By the way, is there any sort of level cap in the BWP? We'll be halfway through the BGII level structures before we hit the city proper at this rate. There's an option in the BGT tweak pack to cap XP around level 8, so maybe? It's probably going to come down to one very high level wild mage and a pack of underlevelled npcs as cannon fodder.
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Fruits of the sea posted:There's an option in the BGT tweak pack to cap XP around level 8, so maybe? It's probably going to come down to one very high level wild mage and a pack of underlevelled npcs as cannon fodder. I'm pretty sure BWP removes the XP cap.
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Fruits of the sea posted:There's an option in the BGT tweak pack to cap XP around level 8, so maybe? It's probably going to come down to one very high level wild mage and a pack of underlevelled npcs as cannon fodder. 
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I've played BG1 and BG2 to death with a weird combination of experimentation and stick-in-the-mudness. I've beaten BG1 probably ten times, with most of the different character classes; and BG2 at least five times, with I believe four different classes. I can't get enough experimentation. However, I almost always take the same party members with me and even tend to do things in the same order. I want so very badly to switch things up a little bit, but I somehow always end up with the same people in my party simply because I like them and don't want to put up with anyone else. For that reason, I am enjoying this thread immensely. It makes an old and familiar game seem new again. (I also had to make this post so I would no longer be the one who reads the thread the most and comments the least.)
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TheNakedJimbo posted:I've played BG1 and BG2 to death with a weird combination of experimentation and stick-in-the-mudness. I've beaten BG1 probably ten times, with most of the different character classes; and BG2 at least five times, with I believe four different classes. I can't get enough experimentation. However, I almost always take the same party members with me and even tend to do things in the same order. I want so very badly to switch things up a little bit, but I somehow always end up with the same people in my party simply because I like them and don't want to put up with anyone else. This is what I did once: - Install the mod that moves late-game BG1 NPCs to more convenient places (I think it's part of the NPC project mod) - Use a online random number generator to choose my party - Roll a PC that attempts to balance out the random party I got I did this a couple times, and it was quite fun. I was forced to use NPCs I had never before, and adapt my tactics because my parties didn't meet the 3 fighter/mage/thief/cleric mold.
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Vorgen posted:Heh, I guess we could. If only there was some way to find out who visits the thread the most and posts the least... I'll take a brief break from my lurking to volunteer, and to say thank you. Not only is your presentation well done, but you're playing through one of my favorite oldies using my absolute favorite class and kit. It's easily the most entertaining read I've had on this forum for years, and as a result, it's been a part of my daily routine to check for updates since I discovered it about halfway through chapter two. Even still, I probably wouldn't have responded, except I really appreciate you taking the bullet by playing with all these horrible, horrible mods installed. I never could bring myself to do the same. Ah well, I'll get back under one post per year eventually.
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You're welcome Ketrus! It's always nice to get compliments for this. Kinda addicting too. You guys are worried about us possibly fighting dragons in Baldur's Gate 1, but just wait until you see what's in the sub-basement of this very castle. At this point I'm down to curling up into a ball in the corner and repeating "I'm only level 5, I'm only level 5!" to see if I can wring some mercy out of this mod.
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Make an alter to the game and sacrifice some newly crafted Dice made from virgin's bones and inlaid with pixie dust. That might improve your luck enough to get through whatever it is.
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Is it a copy of Demogorgon? Because that's the sort of thing I've come to expect from unbalanced mods.
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What lvl is this mod supposed to be for? I am guessing it isn't made harder by tactics mods or similar unless they improve the AI or general stats of monsters. I think Vorgen said that there was an option to return to this mod after leaving it later in the game, is this part supposed to be done at lvl9 or something?
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Anal Papist posted:What lvl is this mod supposed to be for? I am guessing it isn't made harder by tactics mods or similar unless they improve the AI or general stats of monsters. I think Vorgen said that there was an option to return to this mod after leaving it later in the game, is this part supposed to be done at lvl9 or something? No the second part is completely separate. It's a whole new set of quests. The enemy I think Vorgen is referring to is nowhere near the Demogorgon in strength, and it isn't as tough as a lich either. It's not an enemy you should be seeing in BG1 at all though. Unless it's been nerfed it has the potential to destroy the party in seconds. I'm not going to spoil the fun though!
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Shyrka posted:Gonna go with iron golem, here.
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NihilCredo posted:There was one somewhere in the basement of Nalia's keep (that got stuck in a doorway and could be pelted with arrows), right? I mean, in addition to the golems in the statue room that fortunately got removed. I think so, but it could be the one that's inside the red dragon's keep in BGII.
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Junior G-man posted:I think so, but it could be the one that's inside the red dragon's keep in BGII. That was an adamantium golem and he's immune to anything, I think, +4 or below. I really don't remember though.
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Shyrka posted:Gonna go with iron golem, here. Just met 4 iron golems replaying icewind dale 2. My pary couldn't really do anything but be slowly choked to death, not sure how you could beat one at lvl 5, but then again its been years since I played d&d, and just vaguely understand that they are immune to magic and have a large damage reduction against anything I could do.
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Anal Papist posted:Just met 4 iron golems replaying icewind dale 2. My pary couldn't really do anything but be slowly choked to death, not sure how you could beat one at lvl 5, but then again its been years since I played d&d, and just vaguely understand that they are immune to magic and have a large damage reduction against anything I could do. They're not immune to crushing weapons, in fact they're specifically vulnerable to them.
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Ah that explains why my barbarian fighter with an axe couldn't do anything. I guess Vorgen could try to abuse wild magic to summon something that does decent crushing damage then buff it?
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