A question about Baldur's Gate 4 in 1 boxset
griever0483
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I want to play a full easy tutu playthrough but I have a question that is blocking me: I have to patch the games or no? Are they already fully patched? Thanks to all.
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Be aware that many mods do not like the last ToB patch as it was buggy... ToB patch 24698 is all good though.
It is not completely bug free YET. But it is far more bug free than the box set. (I should know I got it...)
Oh this is all automatic. It downloads AND installs. You just need to leave it to do it's business over night.
It required hours, because i encountered many many problems... but NOW... which kind of installation do you recommend me @Anduin ? I would like new content, harder battles but no bug or poor made mod...
Basic adds BGT and the visual / game fixes.
Recommended adds all the fixes and the recommended bug free, best mods!
Standard adds all mods without bugs, although this means lots of cheesy overpowered weapons, spells and also over the top battles that will give you too much xp.
Tactics adds the standard but also some really OVERTHETOP insane battles. It will also make the standard battles harder. You will need to reload often. Too often. I enjoyed this at first, but it gets tiresome. Some players (who are on their thirtieth play through) swear by it though.
Expert loads every mod possible. Bugs and crashes are to be expected as the norm.
Seriously. Try recommended first. Great fun.
Option 1. Choose the 'I want to pick and choose some mods' on the big world setup menu. The wording may be different, but you will get all the mods and all the component parts of the mod and what they do. Choose away!
Option 2. If option 1 is not available, you will need to update the bwinstall.bat file (not sure of the correct name, but IT IS a .bat file) open it up using notebook or other basic text reader. Now you will see all the possible mods that can be installed and their component parts. Again choose away. You will need to read the big world PDF. If you look at the section on the mods, and how to install them, you will see that it has numbers next to the options. These correspond to the numbers you need to put in next to the mod listed in the .bat file.
It sounds complicated, but it's not when you have a nose and a mooch at the file.
I would also take time reading the big world PDF anyway as it will give far better instructions than me!
SCS I believe is installed as recommended. I always used to put the spawn rate to maximum for more monsters...
@griever0483 I recommend BASIC setup. You don't want a whole host of extra NPCs and unless mods to start off with. I suggest reading through the manual and only adding the ones you like the sounds of.
More quests and NPCs does not equal better. You can still only have 6 party members, and I found a lot of the quests to be nowhere near the quality of the original ones. There are also a number of mods that (in my opinion) add "excessive" features to the game. For example, there is one that allows you to buy herbs to make potions; to be honest, I got fed up of having an inventory filled with herbs very quickly. Another might add 50+ new magical items... But you can still only use weapon at a time, so 49 of these new weapons will sit in your pack and do nothing. Does that make sense?
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I don't recommend Never Ending Journey or any of the other large questpacks like Darkest Day, Check the Bodies, Shadows Over Soubar or Dark Side of the Sword Coast, unless you want to completely say goodbye to the Baldur's Gate storyline. And even then, the Never Ending Journey isn't complete and doesn't work correctly.
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