Why am I getting max hp on level up regardless of difficulty?

Elder

Sorry to bother but I've been searching in vain...

Why am I getting max hp regardless of what difficulty setting I am on?

Details: I played BG2 when it first came out so I am very well aware of how hit points work on level up on each of the difficulty settings (e.g. fighter on core would be 1d10 + constitution bonus, but on normal would be the max i.e. 10 + con). I recently purchased BG2EE and started a new char. when I reached my first level up point for 3 of the chars (my main, Minsc, and Jaheira), even though I was set on Core Rules all 3 hit max hp on level up. I reloaded and tried again several times, then again on Insane several times. Always max HP for all 3. I'm on a Mac. I couldn't find a toggle other then the difficulty slider. What gives?

Thanks for your help!

Mivsan

The only thing I can think of right now is that you might want to check your baldur.ini file for this:

'Game Options', 'Maximum HP', '1',

and change the 1 to 0. It's one of the options they added in patch 1.3., though I don't remember if it's enabled or disabled by default.

JuliusBorisov

As of version 1.3, it's 1 by default. This is why you get max HP by default.

According to @Dee here, it's an oversight.

http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/comment/590386/#Comment_590386

Elder

Thanks for explaining this.

Nihilus

I don't suppose one can insert this 'Maximum HP' line to the first game's baldur.ini file and hope it works?

Mivsan

Nihilus said:

I don't suppose one can insert this 'Maximum HP' line to the first game's baldur.ini file and hope it works?

It doesn't work in BG1. Though I suspect it will be added if / when a new BG1 patch happens.