Is it worth to start a new game now?
Voytaz
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Hello, I want to start a new game in Baldurs Gate II Enhanced Edition with some mods, but with the new patch I don't know if it is worth it. Will I have to reinstall all mods after the patch? Maybe some mods will be incompatible after 2.5? If anyone knows something I will be very grateful.
And one more question, most of my companions I want to have in my group are available from chapter 2, is it better to do a solo until there or to recruit someone and dump them in chapter 2? I'm playing a Sorcerer Dragon Disciple.
And one more question, most of my companions I want to have in my group are available from chapter 2, is it better to do a solo until there or to recruit someone and dump them in chapter 2? I'm playing a Sorcerer Dragon Disciple.
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You will have to reinstall your mods once the new version is released however.
Concerning your other question, it's possible, and actually not so hard, to solo the first dungeon as a Dragon Disciple. Doing so will give you a headstart in terms of experience once you reach chapter 2. You don't HAVE to recruit anyone during chapter 1, and the powergaming option would be not recruiting them, but if for some roleplay reason you feel like recruiting them just do it.
I played BG 2 once, so I'm restartitis free. But I wont mention how many times I played The Vale of Shadows in Icewind Dale...
Updated it and had no problems with mods. Just had to reinstall every single one because of the strings (the updated reseted my Dialog.TLK).
It was not a heavy modded game, to be honest, but I don't see a reason to not start a run. You can always copy a backup of your install before updating - if things goes wrong you just roll back to the previous version.
I don't know if steam allows playing on older versions of game, but that's true. When I was playing Icewind on my PC, and wanted to play on laptop, I just installed clear version on laptop and copied whole folder of Icewind with installed mods from PC to laptop. And turning off automatic updates is impossible on steam, so it could just update old files like first time.
http://blog.beamdog.com/2017/12/the-25-update-beta-is-here.html here you can find most of the things they are adding, but they reveal some more on the livestreams like more languages. Starting right now without mods definitely shouldn't break your savegames. And I see there's a bug without the 2.5 version with one companion I want to recruit which is stopping progression.
I'm really torn apart now. On the one hand I have other games I have to catch on, on the other, it's Baldur's Gate, I have nothing better to play right now. Tommorow I'm going back to college after a break so I will decide then probably.
I say play now. You can install the next patch after you finish the run or give into restartitis. Do you really want to wait weeks or even potentially a couple of months on the next patch?
From where we stand, there is no ETA on the patch release, and it could take another month or two.
Do you have a list and an ETA?
List: https://support.baldursgate.com/versions/414 + internal fixes not mentioned in that list ~ at least 50% of the public amount
I would really like to do this but it's impossible on steam I think. I have to update, otherwise steam won't let me launch the game. In this case every little fix can break installed mods. Or I could copy the folder before an update and paste it after, but I don't know how would steam react for this.
You can go ahead and copy the entire installation folder elsewhere, and the mod that copied folder. When the update hits, the base folder gets updated, but your copy will still run fine.
Check it for yourself. Close your Steam client and boot BGEE. It'll fire up without a problem. Boot one of your other Steam games. It likely boots up the Steam client before starting the game.