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Icewind Dale EE available for preorder

ShadowdemonShadowdemon Member Posts: 80
edited August 2014 in Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
Just checked icewinddale.com and there is a preorder page there now (had to force refresh to get it to show). I just preordered. Didn't see this mentioned anywhere yet.
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  • DexterDexter Member Posts: 253
    It seems that it's coming really soon. This is from the FAQ: "Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition has entered beta and will release "when it's ready" to ensure the best experience for players, likely within a month".
  • ArdulArdul Member Posts: 211
    edited August 2014
    The screenshots are absolutely gorgeous.. Hope it wont affect my studies too much :p
  • j3cwillj3cwill Member Posts: 51
    Dexter said:

    It seems that it's coming really soon. This is from the FAQ: "Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition has entered beta and will release "when it's ready" to ensure the best experience for players, likely within a month".

    I did not catch that, but that is fantastic news!
  • BoracBorac Member Posts: 15
    Great News :) Gonna preorder as well. Ahh good to see those good old D@D back from slumber :) (If only someone would ressurect DarkSun everything would be bliss(and every goldbox as well)).
  • XzarXzar Member Posts: 215
    So, judging by feature list - no NPCs BG-style?
  • KamigoroshiKamigoroshi Member Posts: 5,870
    Aw... and here I was hoping for IWD:EE to be compatible with my Virtual Boy. ;_;

    Preordered it all the same. It's a strange coincidence that my original Icewind Dale discs died on me just a couple of days ago. I bet Drizzt had something to do with it!
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    Kamigoroshi said:

    Aw... and here I was hoping for IWD:EE to be compatible with my Virtual Boy. ;_;

    Preordered it all the same. It's a strange coincidence that my original Icewind Dale discs died on me just a couple of days ago. I bet Drizzt had something to do with it!

    Nope that was me :p
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    Xzar said:

    So, judging by feature list - no NPCs BG-style?

    No. But there is IWDNPCs, which supported the IWD-in-BG2 mod. Don't know if/when it will be compatible.

    http://www.pocketplane.net/iwdnpc
  • kaguanakaguana Member Posts: 1,328
    Hamm now we will have to watch for two forums ??? :O that will be messy
  • DanathionDanathion Member Posts: 173
    Xzar said:

    So, judging by feature list - no NPCs BG-style?

    Q: Can I import a Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition or Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition character?

    A: No, you'll need to create a new character for your game in Icewind Dale. We have provided a collection of six custom-built pre-generated characters for your party to start, which you can either use or replace with your own creations.

    I'm hoping that 'real' companions will follow in the future! :)
  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    molloy said:

    They say that tons of BG-spells will carry over. I wonder if that goes the other direction too?

    I'd be interested to see this too.
  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    and since it looks like it's on the same engine as bgee, I wonder how compatiblity works in between the games?
    Could we import character back and forth? Also will EE mods work out of the box in IWDEE so to speak?
  • AdulAdul Member Posts: 2,002
    Coolio. UI looks goooood!
  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    Adul said:

    Coolio. UI looks goooood!

    Reused buttons from bg2
    0/10 would not pirate :p
  • ShadowdemonShadowdemon Member Posts: 80
    molloy said:

    They say that tons of BG-spells will carry over. I wonder if that goes the other direction too?

    I was wondering that as well. I know there were a few spells in vanilla Icewind Dale that had hard-coded reliance on that engine. The Icewind in BG2 project that ported IWD to the BG2 engine couldn't bring those spells over.

    I wonder if they dropped those spells in the EE too or they ported the code. If they did then I don't see why they couldn't be brought over (along with the other IWD spells) to the BG games as well.
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    edited August 2014
    ajwz said:

    molloy said:

    They say that tons of BG-spells will carry over. I wonder if that goes the other direction too?

    I'd be interested to see this too.
    I'm assuming they started with @CamDawg‌ & @DavidW's work for IWD-in-BG2 which ported the IWD-unique spells to the BG2 engine.

    http://forums.gibberlings3.net/index.php?showforum=155

    Camdawg's IWDification mod is also based on that work. So, you can get some of them now!

    http://www.gibberlings3.net/iwdification/
  • ArdulArdul Member Posts: 211
    Hmmm. The FAQ says almost 40 new kits. If you don't count the specialist mages - which are already there - there is only 31 kits (including the sorc and monk base classes that aren't normally in IWD).

    Will we see a lot of new kits with the release?
  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    Ardul said:

    Hmmm. The FAQ says almost 40 new kits. If you don't count the specialist mages - which are already there - there is only 31 kits (including the sorc and monk base classes that aren't normally in IWD).

    Will we see a lot of new kits with the release?

    I'm also wondering how loot randomisation will work (or if it will be there at all) in conjunction with the new magic items
  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    Ardul said:

    Hmmm. The FAQ says almost 40 new kits. If you don't count the specialist mages - which are already there - there is only 31 kits (including the sorc and monk base classes that aren't normally in IWD).

    Will we see a lot of new kits with the release?

    FAQ says:
    31 new class and kit combinations from Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, well as the half-orc playable race

    so I'm guessing almost 40 = 31 :p
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    Modders reclaim Beamdog to add the effects and animations unique in IWD to BG:EE!
  • ArdulArdul Member Posts: 211
    ajwz said:

    Ardul said:

    Hmmm. The FAQ says almost 40 new kits. If you don't count the specialist mages - which are already there - there is only 31 kits (including the sorc and monk base classes that aren't normally in IWD).

    Will we see a lot of new kits with the release?

    FAQ says:
    31 new class and kit combinations from Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, well as the half-orc playable race

    so I'm guessing almost 40 = 31 :p
    Lol... Fair enough then.

    (I wonder if I can use that policy when paying for the game)
  • AdulAdul Member Posts: 2,002
    Would be fun to get a few barbarian kits for those adventures up north. *hint hint*
  • ArdulArdul Member Posts: 211
    Adul said:

    Would be fun to get a few barbarian kits for those adventures up north. *hint hint*

    Barbarian is already technically a fighter kit though.
  • KamigoroshiKamigoroshi Member Posts: 5,870
    Adul said:

    Would be fun to get a few barbarian kits for those adventures up north. *hint hint*

    I'd also settle for the Anagakok kit, Shaman kit, Savage Wizard kit, or the Oozemaster kit. :p
  • AdulAdul Member Posts: 2,002
    The Eye of Gruumsh would be awesome for a barbarian kit. Permanent blindness as a hindrance could be pretty fun.
  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    Uthgart barbarian please
  • DexterDexter Member Posts: 253
    Spine of the World Stratagems please
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