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Book/tome query

StarlilyStarlily Member Posts: 97
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I have tried to find an answer but came up with nothing. Excuse me if it has been answered.

I have found tons, or it seems like tons, :) of books of History of blah, blah vol. 1-9, etc. Other than Firebread's quest and a suggestion of a book to read (which I haven't found yet) of what use are those books? They only sell for 1gp. I had the passing fancy to make my own library when I found a home/castle. :D But other than selling, what use are they? And no, I don't mean the stat increase tomes. Thanks.

Not on the subject but how do I find coordinates on screen? I've noticed walkthroughs and hints sites that mention "you can find the Sword of Babafett at x9210", etc. I'm on a Mac. What key(s) do I press to view them?

*sword name made up. :D

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  • MoomintrollMoomintroll Member Posts: 1,498
    edited March 2013
    I can't answer your co-ordinates question. The books enrich the game world as well as providing a few hooks that made you wish that you could actually go to those places, mentioned in them.
  • bgplayabgplaya Member Posts: 129
    The books, as far as I know, are what's known as 'flavor text.' They are just meant to tell stories and enrich the game world. I usually just read them and put them back wherever I found them, since they (as you say) sell for just about nothing.

    Can't help you with the coordinates thing, unfortunately. Never tried to use that.
  • TJ_HookerTJ_Hooker Member Posts: 2,438
    edited March 2013
    You can get the coordinates of your cursor by hitting the 'x' key. If this doesn't work, it may be because you haven't enabled the CLUA console (I can't remember whether this is actually required, as I always enable the console immediately). You can see how to enable the console here: https://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/8317/how-to-manually-customize-your-game/p1
    Those instructions are for Windows, but hopefully the process will be nearly the same for Mac.

    If it still doesn't work, then I don't know.
    Post edited by TJ_Hooker on
  • FinneousPJFinneousPJ Member Posts: 6,455
    Yeah you need to have DebugMode enabled and I believe the default key is Alt+X
  • StarlilyStarlily Member Posts: 97
    TJ_Hooker said:

    You can get the coordinates of your cursor by hitting the 'x' key. If this doesn't work, it may be because you haven't enabled the CLUA console (I can't remember whether this is actually required, as I always enable the console immediately). You can see how to enable the console here: https://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/8317/how-to-manually-customize-your-game/p1
    Those instructions are for Windows, but hopefully the process will be nearly the same for Mac.

    If it still doesn't work, then I don't know.

    Your link doesn't work. I think it isn't complete. Thanks everyone. I'll try your suggestions and see what happens. That is if I can figure out how to enable the whatcha macallit. :D
  • StarlilyStarlily Member Posts: 97
    FinneousPJ , your suggestion of using Alt+x did work. I didn't have to do anything else, though I suspect my son had the DebugMode enabled already because he was able to 'give' me that identify scroll that was needed. Thanks again.
  • TJ_HookerTJ_Hooker Member Posts: 2,438
    Starlily said:

    TJ_Hooker said:

    You can get the coordinates of your cursor by hitting the 'x' key. If this doesn't work, it may be because you haven't enabled the CLUA console (I can't remember whether this is actually required, as I always enable the console immediately). You can see how to enable the console here: https://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/8317/how-to-manually-customize-your-game/p1
    Those instructions are for Windows, but hopefully the process will be nearly the same for Mac.

    If it still doesn't work, then I don't know.

    Your link doesn't work. I think it isn't complete. Thanks everyone. I'll try your suggestions and see what happens. That is if I can figure out how to enable the whatcha macallit. :D
    Weird, the link works for me. Anways, try just googling "site:baldursgate.com customize your game" (without the quotations), the thread I was trying to link to should be the first result.
  • StarlilyStarlily Member Posts: 97
    TJ_Hooker said:

    Starlily said:

    TJ_Hooker said:

    You can get the coordinates of your cursor by hitting the 'x' key. If this doesn't work, it may be because you haven't enabled the CLUA console (I can't remember whether this is actually required, as I always enable the console immediately). You can see how to enable the console here: https://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/8317/how-to-manually-customize-your-game/p1
    Those instructions are for Windows, but hopefully the process will be nearly the same for Mac.

    If it still doesn't work, then I don't know.

    Your link doesn't work. I think it isn't complete. Thanks everyone. I'll try your suggestions and see what happens. That is if I can figure out how to enable the whatcha macallit. :D
    Weird, the link works for me. Anways, try just googling "site:baldursgate.com customize your game" (without the quotations), the thread I was trying to link to should be the first result.
    Still doesn't work. Get an error message. I didn't need the link after all. My son (42) already had it set up so he could get around the identify scroll bug. And as I said, Alt+x worked fine. Thanks
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  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    Bhaaldog said:

    Starlily said:

    But other than selling, what use are they? And no, I don't mean the stat increase tomes. Thanks.

    Oddly enough, for reading...
    Heresy.
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