Creating Your Own Baldur's Gate World to Play in.
Zaknafein_DoUrden
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Does anyone know if a feature would be possible? Perhaps as an expansion pack, one that is completely separate from the game even? (I am also going to the post the exact same thread in the suggestions category, but wanted to get a feel for everyone else on a general level as well.)
I would LOVE to create my own NPC's, write their conversations, create my own character's responses, set devious traps, include merchants with the weapons of my choosing (even make those weapons extremely unique to the character selling them as well as the location; instead of the typical long sword, short sword, dagger latter).
In addition to creating the plot! My imagination has more ideas than I could ever hope to, or begin to for that matter, play out. (Please do not turn down this idea merely because of personal association but...) I would love to create a scenario similar to Drizzt's, but also a scenario similar to Bruenor taking Mithral Hall. Or even play as the Drow that came against Mithral Hall. And not to forget! The many different peoples involved within the war created by King Obould. Think about it, you could set your main character atop the same high ground as Banak, Torgar, Shingles, Wulfgar, Cattiebrie, Pikel, Ivan, Tred, Pwent, and all the others.
I'll be honest, my inspiration for this idea is almost exclusively to recreate R.A. Salvatore's novels, -but- I know that you, reading this, can't deny the fact that your imagination has ventured into the Forgotten Realms. You cannot honestly deny to yourself that your mind’s eye has not created some kind of scenario that you would love to create and play out. Or for that matter, simply download from a community of shared scenarios; a scenario akin to your own ideas.
THINK ABOUT IT!
I would LOVE to create my own NPC's, write their conversations, create my own character's responses, set devious traps, include merchants with the weapons of my choosing (even make those weapons extremely unique to the character selling them as well as the location; instead of the typical long sword, short sword, dagger latter).
In addition to creating the plot! My imagination has more ideas than I could ever hope to, or begin to for that matter, play out. (Please do not turn down this idea merely because of personal association but...) I would love to create a scenario similar to Drizzt's, but also a scenario similar to Bruenor taking Mithral Hall. Or even play as the Drow that came against Mithral Hall. And not to forget! The many different peoples involved within the war created by King Obould. Think about it, you could set your main character atop the same high ground as Banak, Torgar, Shingles, Wulfgar, Cattiebrie, Pikel, Ivan, Tred, Pwent, and all the others.
I'll be honest, my inspiration for this idea is almost exclusively to recreate R.A. Salvatore's novels, -but- I know that you, reading this, can't deny the fact that your imagination has ventured into the Forgotten Realms. You cannot honestly deny to yourself that your mind’s eye has not created some kind of scenario that you would love to create and play out. Or for that matter, simply download from a community of shared scenarios; a scenario akin to your own ideas.
THINK ABOUT IT!
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If so, than I definitly agree! I've created many levels in games like Civilization and Age of Empires and for me that is often more fun than playing the regular game. I've always wanted to do the same thing for Baldur's Gate and have come up with several ideas over the years, but would much rather use a map editor than learn how to mod.
And again I completely agree with you on the reluctance to learn how to mod. Very few people have time for that, let alone the patience. I'm glad to see this idea already moving in a positive direction.
It all runs in the ugly-ish Aurora engine, unfortunately, but the editor is very powerful. I don't think there are many limitations beyond what Aurora itself can do.
The engine used in Baldurs Gate was the best for this genre of games, I always wished there could be more with the same top down engine but with modern graphics and real time backgrounds, but wizards of the coast wouldn't ever let that happen.
Who's to say that a Snow1, Grass3, and Rock2 format couldn't be created?!
Personally, I would be fine with simply being allowed to insert NPC's, merchants, etc. into already existing maps. Take the city of Baldur's Gate for example: You could create so much more than a hunt for Sarevok with an entire city and unlimited resources at your imaginations disposal!