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The "Add" Journal Feature Rocks

HaHaCharadeHaHaCharade Member Posts: 1,644
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I think it really adds to the RP element. There's a lot of things that don't get journal entries for my group (Imoen joining, Shar-Teel joining, Kagain giving up on his caravan search, etc.) that I love to add in with my own alignment twist. Wondering if anyone else is getting creative with such entries.

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  • TheMoatMonsterTheMoatMonster Member Posts: 6
    I did this once, in Baldur's Gate 2. I was playing a warrior, who wrote journal entries like he was writing a saga of his adventures, to be sung by future generations. I felt like such a nerd while writing it, but it was really fun, and gave a bit of depth to my character

    Sadly I've lost it all now.
  • HaHaCharadeHaHaCharade Member Posts: 1,644
    TheMoatMonster said:

    I did this once, in Baldur's Gate 2. I was playing a warrior, who wrote journal entries like he was writing a saga of his adventures, to be sung by future generations. I felt like such a nerd while writing it, but it was really fun, and gave a bit of depth to my character

    Sadly I've lost it all now.

    Nothing wrong with a creative outlet. Journal entries, biographies, etc that I've made for BG have given me ideas for AD&D campaigns, stories I want to write, etc.
  • JalilyJalily Member Posts: 4,681
    I wish there were a way to export your journal, or import/export a custom biography for that matter. Using BG's "text editor" for any decent length of time can get quite tedious, especially when you want to copy/paste or rearrange things...
  • HaHaCharadeHaHaCharade Member Posts: 1,644
    edited March 2013
    Jalily said:

    I wish there were a way to export your journal, or import/export a custom biography for that matter. Using BG's "text editor" for any decent length of time can get quite tedious, especially when you want to copy/paste or rearrange things...

    For sure! I take screen shots of entries/biographies so I can re-copy if I ever need to, lol. Its also weird how in the text editor how you can select text but then you can't cut/paste. I mean I guess I wouldn't expect to, but since you can highlight it with your mouse, that's my first inclination... I guess its just for quick deletes of certain sentences.
  • KidCarnivalKidCarnival Member Posts: 3,747
    Jalily said:

    I wish there were a way to export your journal, or import/export a custom biography for that matter. Using BG's "text editor" for any decent length of time can get quite tedious, especially when you want to copy/paste or rearrange things...

    That would be awesome. I made heavy use of the journal in BG2 and it would have been very helpful to have a button "copy to clipboard" or "extract as text file" or something like that.

  • LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
    edited March 2013
    In my current game I'm moving back and forth between a Word document and the game.

    It definitely increases the immersion for me! I'm into the story itself more than I have ever been.
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