When it says "Explore quest content cut from the original game,now finished and restored" Is this going to be the same quests from the IWD MOD Unfinished Business from @CamDawg or other cut content? Or both? I hope for both!
Additionally, will we be able to use our Beamdog account and password for the Icewind Dale forum? If I log-in here, will I log-in there?
I think @Dee already mentioned that there won't be a separate forum for Icewind Dale: EE. It's more likely Overhaul just adds another section to this site.
(I felt like having some fun with an old Robert Service poem called "The cremation of Sam McGee")
There are strange things done in the midnight sun, by the dwarves who moil for gold; The dales trails have their secret tales That would make your blood run cold; The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, But the queerest they ever did see Was that night on the pier of Lac Dinneshere I began a journey toward a giant tree.
Additionally, will we be able to use our Beamdog account and password for the Icewind Dale forum? If I log-in here, will I log-in there?
I think @Dee already mentioned that there won't be a separate forum for Icewind Dale: EE. It's more likely Overhaul just adds another section to this site.
Bummer! I really like the website design, and had wanted a nice woodsy looking forum. Thanks brave warrior @Kamigoroshi!
Wow... This just confirms that Beamdog are talentless vultures. Porting BG2 kits is enhanced? That's not an enhancement: that's game breaking. Restored quest content? As in, they aren't even adding their own content? For 20 bucks? This is beyond disappointing.
Wow... This just confirms that Beamdog are talentless vultures. Porting BG2 kits is enhanced? That's not an enhancement: that's game breaking. Restored quest content? As in, they aren't even adding their own content? For 20 bucks? This is beyond disappointing.
I think you used the wrong animal comparison. Hyenas fits better than vultures. Also, how can a vulture be talentless? D minus please try harder
Does anyone know if beamdog found the original art assets for this game? Or were they lost along with the BG assets?
Doesn't say anywhere. However they would have come from Black Isle Studios and not Bioware. Judging from the chaos they have been through (thanks to Interplay) over the past 14 years since the game was released I doubt the art assets survived.
Wow... This just confirms that Beamdog are talentless vultures. Porting BG2 kits is enhanced? That's not an enhancement: that's game breaking. Restored quest content? As in, they aren't even adding their own content? For 20 bucks? This is beyond disappointing.
I think they're, very sensibly, starting with the basics and getting that out there for us to play. With that foundation laid and tested, they can begin to add their own content. I'm sure we're all hoping to see companion NPCs added in the future, for instance.
Perhaps when the Icewind section of the forum is up, we'll get an idea of what's intended for the future.
When it says "Explore quest content cut from the original game,now finished and restored" Is this going to be the same quests from the IWD MOD Unfinished Business from @CamDawg or other cut content? Or both? I hope for both!
Yes and no. We excluded Marketh's stuff since it fundamentally alters Ginafae's character too much and, more to the point, just makes the whole Marketh badge sequence suck. The Restored Random Drops was also excluded since it's really just a giant cheat.
They are also improved from the mod version. We got an absolute treasure trove of design documents from the original team, so the quests (especially the Voice) now reflect the original design even better.
When it says "Explore quest content cut from the original game,now finished and restored" Is this going to be the same quests from the IWD MOD Unfinished Business from @CamDawg or other cut content? Or both? I hope for both!
Yes and no. We excluded Marketh's stuff since it fundamentally alters Ginafae's character too much and, more to the point, just makes the whole Marketh badge sequence suck. The Restored Random Drops was also excluded since it's really just a giant cheat.
They are also improved from the mod version. We got an absolute treasure trove of design documents from the original team, so the quests (especially the Voice) now reflect the original design even better.
So does random loot work as in the original, and are the new magic items added to loot lists?
So does random loot work as in the original, and are the new magic items added to loot lists?
Random loot works just as it did in the original. There are some new items on the tables--mainly from the UB item restorations, though we did turn up a few more items UB missed.
Wow... This just confirms that Beamdog are talentless vultures. Porting BG2 kits is enhanced? That's not an enhancement: that's game breaking. Restored quest content? As in, they aren't even adding their own content? For 20 bucks? This is beyond disappointing.
Have you been in contact with some of the ex BIS employees? Josh Sawyer had a lot of knowledge in cut content, which is where we got some information from when we thought about doing a IWD UB.
Have you been in contact with some of the ex BIS employees? Josh Sawyer had a lot of knowledge in cut content, which is where we got some information from when we thought about doing a IWD UB.
When I did UB Josh was nice enough to give me a lot of info, so we kinda started from that point. Plus, as I mentioned upthread, we have the original design docs which are very detailed--like down to the coordinates where The Voice should spawn type of detail.
Have you been in contact with some of the ex BIS employees? Josh Sawyer had a lot of knowledge in cut content, which is where we got some information from when we thought about doing a IWD UB.
When I did UB Josh was nice enough to give me a lot of info, so we kinda started from that point. Plus, as I mentioned upthread, we have the original design docs which are very detailed--like down to the coordinates where The Voice should spawn type of detail.
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I hope for both!
There are strange things done in the midnight sun,
by the dwarves who moil for gold;
The dales trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night on the pier of Lac Dinneshere
I began a journey toward a giant tree.
Also, how can a vulture be talentless?
D minus please try harder
http://forum.baldursgate.com/categories/icewind-dale:-enhanced-edition
Enjoy.
You know, something about that looks kinda awkward.
Making some provisions for that now.
Perhaps when the Icewind section of the forum is up, we'll get an idea of what's intended for the future.
They are also improved from the mod version. We got an absolute treasure trove of design documents from the original team, so the quests (especially the Voice) now reflect the original design even better.
Wait....
Yes Josh was very helpful with us, we just never got it together to get a UB mod done.