Debug Mode not working?

LorecDronso

So, I looked up on google how to access Debug Mode. I type in the 'Program Options','Debug Mode','1' into my .INI file, in C:\Users\DemonDragon\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition I go into the game, I hit CTRL+Space, and all it does is pause the game. So, I Alt+Tab out, look at the .INI file and the part I pasted in, has deleted itself from the file. Yes, I did save before closing it.

Am I doing something wrong? I bought it off of steam, instead of the actual website, does that make a difference?

TJ_Hooker

I had a similar problem with the .ini reverting to it's default state everytime I ran the game. What you need to do is make the changes in the .ini, save it, and then, before starting the game, change the .ini to read-only.

Unfortunately this will prevent any changes you make in-game from being saved. For example, after making the .ini read-only, if you change the difficulty in-game, it will only stay that way during that session; the next time you start up the game the difficulty will be back at whatever it was before.

Edit: Now that I think about it, there's another possibility as to what's causing this. You should try making the changes, saving them, close the .ini, and then re-open (without having run the game) it to confirm that the changes are still there. If they aren't, then there may be an issue with permission/administrative rights.

LorecDronso

That shouldn't be a problem. I don't change settings normally. I just wanna play with the debug mode. Do you by any chance know all of them? The only ones I've found by googling were -


CLUAConsole:ExploreArea()
CLUAConsole:SetCurrentXP(#) - Assigns experience points (# is the amount of experience)
CLUAConsole:CreateItem("xxxx",#) - Create item (xxxx is the filename and # is stacksize)

I'm pretty sure there are more then just those, but, I don't know them. >.> I've never played this before, and I know diddly about PC games, I'm about as n00b as it gets.

TJ_Hooker

There are a bunch of commands listed here: http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/8317/how-to-manually-customize-your-game/p1

Also, I don't think any of the console commands have changed from the original game, so you can also try googling "Baldur's Gate cheats" or something like that.

Cerevant

Actually, I've seen this problem if you edit the ini file while the game is running - the game only reads the ini on startup, and writes it out fresh when you quit. Just make sure the game is closed before you make any changes.

LorecDronso

Thank you very much TJ. I'll see what I can tinker with, and hopefully I won't be asking for anymore help if all goes well!

Brewhewho

can I use debug mode on the Steam version? how?

Cerevant

The save game directory should still be in your Documents folder - Look in the BGEE directory in documents and you will find Baldur.ini.

Saraphin

honestly, I'm having this issue as well, I've double checked my .ini both before and after i enter/exit the game and the code is there...but CTRL+Space just pauses my game.

Cerevant

Post your baldur.ini (or, just a few lines before and after the Debug Mode flag) and we'll have a look

Saraphin

Alright here it is:

CREATE TABLE options (
section string,
name string,
value string
);
INSERT INTO options ROWS (
'Program Options', 'Debug Mode', '1',
'Window', 'Full Screen', '0',
'Window', 'Maximized', '0',
'MOVIES', 'INTRO', '1',
'Window', 'x', '199',
'Window', 'y', '158',
'Window', 'w', '1024',
'Window', 'h', '768',


Also, I don't know what happened, but i closed it out for about an hour and now it works...so i don't know, maybe it was the Steam Version actually catching up with my edit.

TheAdamantite

Not sure if you're on Windows 8 or not, or if this works with the Enhanced Edition, but when I did it with the old CD version, I had the exact same problem as Saraphin. My code would be there, but the program wouldn't acknowledge it. I found out later, that there is a "VirtualStore" directory in my AppData>Local directory that held a copy of baldur.ini among other things causing issues for me. You have to edit both. Hope this helps.