Useful knowledge about the games that other way could be lost (please help by reporting links).

gorgonzola

This thread is to create a directory from which to access to the threads that analyzed in deep technical aspects of the games, tactics or other way give information that don't deserve to be buried by the new threads and become very hard to find by the new/old players.

My task is only to maintain the thread, everyone that has relevant links can contribute suggesting them in the thread or sending me a PM, if the links are suited i will introduce them in the OP posts and will become part of the directory. Is up to you fellow players to make this thread an useful resource that allow to anybody to quickly find useful information about the games.


The directory will be divided in few sections.
The first one is about technical aspects of the engine and how the different things (ie thieving skills or casting) work.
The second one is about combat tactics and weapon comparison.
I include some placeholders so if someone suggest new sections them can be introduced at the top of the thread.

This thread is not the place to discuss about that knowledge, if someone want to propose new tactics or else please open a dedicated thread and ask for it to be linked here. To tell that a link is to an obsolete or inaccurate thread obviously is possible and welcome.

Please @JuliusBorisov give evidence to this thread as we already have agreed.
And if somebody can suggest a better title for the discussion i am not really found of the one i use now...

EDIT: links to external resources and not to threads of the forum are allowed and welcome, but will not included in the opening posts, that are reserved to links to this forum's threads.
You can find them reading the whole thread anyway.
If many links to external resources will be given i will consider if using one of the placeholders as quick reference for them.

gorgonzola

Technical aspects of the games.

Luck: What it is and how it works
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/61569/luck-what-it-is-and-how-it-works

Understanding Armor Class values
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/74778/understanding-armor-class-values

Understanding the combat log
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/74889/understanding-the-combat-log

Thieving abilities explained
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/75133/thieving-abilities-explained

[Infinity engine] Critical hits and critical misses
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/75134/infinity-engine-critical-hits-and-critical-misses

Useful information about modding tools, Weidu and Near Infinity here:
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/75198/mods-nearinfinity-tutorial-for-bgii-ee-available

Totemic Druid summons:
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/66378/totemic-druids-spirit-animal-stats

Tome of golem summons:
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/1030260#Comment_1030260

HLA summons (may be a bit dated in regard to scripted behaviors):
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/627349/#Comment_627349

Some information about Time Stop:
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/80663/what-does-time-stop-really-do

gorgonzola

Tactics, weapons comparisons and similar stuff.

Exploits, Tricks, and Nonstandard Tactics, the title is self explaining
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/65834/exploits-tricks-and-nonstandard-tactics

SuperAerie, power tactics for the C/M *spoilers*
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/47354/superaerie-power-tactics-for-the-c-m-spoilers

@Jaheiras_Witness BG2 Solo SCS spell guide:
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/36604/bg2-solo-scs-spell-guide/p1

How to make monks work offensively in BG1:EE with just one item
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/29500/how-to-make-monks-work-offensively-in-bg1-ee-with-just-one-item-really

uses of sequencers and contingiences
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/75404/contingencies-and-sequencers-what-do-you-use

gorgonzola

Various threads not categorized.

awesome review by @Pantalion of most of the BG2 quest mods and npc ones:
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/46634/mod-reviews

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StefanO

I'd like to nominate @Jaheiras_Witness BG2 Solo SCS spell guide:

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/36604/bg2-solo-scs-spell-guide/p1

Raduziel

Maybe this one is also eligible:

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/75198/mods-nearinfinity-tutorial-for-bgii-ee-available

gorgonzola

thread title changed, there is now evidence there that the players can report useful links.

thank you @StefanO and @Raduziel, you are the first, and i hope not the only, contributors to this thread that can become a really useful resource.

Tresset

Perhaps this is a bit dated, but people often complain that monks suck in BG1:EE. Well, I once wrote about a little discovery I made a while ago that I still use to this day.

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/29500/how-to-make-monks-work-offensively-in-bg1-ee-with-just-one-item-really

Tresset

Some threads with summoned creature statistics I transcribed from the game data with NI. Of particular interest is likely the one on Totemic Druid summons.

Totemic Druid summons:
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/66378/totemic-druids-spirit-animal-stats

Tome of golem summons:
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/1030260#Comment_1030260

HLA summons (may be a bit dated in regard to scripted behaviors):
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/627349/#Comment_627349

Isewein

The "Gender" variable of creatures being used for counter-intuitive purposes (has led to crossmod bugs before!):
https://quarterly.camposanto.com/baldurs-gender-76dbdb4ba17e?gi=474b023f52dd

gorgonzola

@Isewein i will not put your link in the posts at the beginning of the thread as the thread is designed to be a quick directory to access to threads on the forums that other way would have been buried under new ones.

but i will modify the opening post stating that links to external resources are welcome and is possible to find them reading all the thread.

thank you for the interesting link.

Flashburn

BGEE 1 and 2 have a bad habit of crashing when too many projectile particles have been fired (see this Redmine ticket for more information). I've noticed this tends to happen at about 1.5 GB of RAM usage. You can make the game Large Address Aware with the following program and it will extend this limit to about 3.7 GB of RAM usage before it crashes. Not exactly a fix but it's certainly been helping me lately, especially in SoD and Bridgefort in particular.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachments/laa_2_0_4-zip.34392/

ithildurnew

Flashburn wrote: »

BGEE 1 and 2 have a bad habit of crashing when too many projectile particles have been fired (see this Redmine ticket for more information). I've noticed this tends to happen at about 1.5 GB of RAM usage. You can make the game Large Address Aware with the following program and it will extend this limit to about 3.7 GB of RAM usage before it crashes. Not exactly a fix but it's certainly been helping me lately, especially in SoD and Bridgefort in particular.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachments/laa_2_0_4-zip.34392/

Before handing out links to unfamiliar files that may tweak executables and whatnot I would suggest providing a link with some details on said file.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/large-address-aware.112556/

Note that there are a fair number of mods that tweak exe files; I believe the recommendation would be to install mods first, then verify modded installation, and finally tweak the exe file with apps like this one (there are a few different ones out there that do the same thing).

Flashburn

It won't be needed anymore once patch 2.6 hits since it will upgrade the games to 64-bit.