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start new game and can't import unfinished SOD character

steelchasersteelchaser Member Posts: 72
in Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
help?

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  • jasteyjastey Member Posts: 2,780
    What do you mean with "unfinished SoD character"? What did you try to do, what happened, what game version are you on?
  • steelchasersteelchaser Member Posts: 72
    I meant unfinished game. Just want to move my character. Sod v2.5.17.0 spa v2.5.16.6 also I’m on a mac
  • steelchasersteelchaser Member Posts: 72
    Thanks for your interest and help.
  • jmerryjmerry Member Posts: 3,881
    The basic process, in excruciating detail]:
    - Select the Shadows of Amn campaign in BG2EE. Hit "New Game". Then hit the "Import" button:
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    - Hit the "Saved Game" button:
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    - A list of all your BGEE and SoD saves should pop up. Select one and hit "Load":
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    - Select the character you wish to import. Only the characters you created yourself will appear as options, not any of the NPCs you recruited along the way. Hit "Done":
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    - Finish up the character creation process; you can tweak appearance, name, and sounds at this stage. Character colors and name will default to what they were in SoD, while you must choose a new soundset as those are different between BGEE and BG2EE.

    So, what went wrong? Or does it all make sense now?

    All screenshots taken on a Mac, in BG2EE version 2.5. (I've updated to 2.6 for general play, but I keep a copy of 2.5 around for modding purposes)
  • steelchasersteelchaser Member Posts: 72
    Thanks but that is what has me baffled. The import screen comes up empty?????
  • jasteyjastey Member Posts: 2,780
    Please post a screenshot what you mean with empty. Where do you have your savegames? Maybe the game doesn't find your SoD saves?
  • steelchasersteelchaser Member Posts: 72
    here it is, I hope i8itk8569tco.png
    not sure where the save games are
  • jasteyjastey Member Posts: 2,780
    Hm, that's weird.
    For me, the BG:SoD savegames are in C:\Users\Myname\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition
    I'd assume that's hwere th BGII:EE game would look for saves for import?
  • steelchasersteelchaser Member Posts: 72
    my save games are in the hidden (finally found them) containers folder. its string is ...\library\containers\Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition\-my filename-
    i made a new save and i can put it wherever
  • jmerryjmerry Member Posts: 3,881
    steelchaser wrote: »
    my save games are in the hidden (finally found them) containers folder. its string is ...\library\containers\Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition\-my filename-
    i made a new save and i can put it wherever

    Weird. My BGEE/SoD saves (more relevant than jastey's, because I'm on a Mac) are in Documents/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition; that "Documents" is on the iCloud drive, which has a complicated path to its actual local storage location that doesn't really matter. This was all set up automatically during installation, and I didn't change any of the defaults.
  • steelchasersteelchaser Member Posts: 72
    i refuse to use iCloud. any suggestions about where to place the save file.
  • jasteyjastey Member Posts: 2,780
    Maybe put "MAC" into the thread topic. Lots of Windows users here who can't help with this (me, at least).
  • steelchasersteelchaser Member Posts: 72
    I finally got it working thanks to all esp. Jastey and jmerry.
  • jasteyjastey Member Posts: 2,780
    Great! What was the fix/problem?
  • steelchasersteelchaser Member Posts: 72
    me, and stupidity/
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