Does anyone knows what the extra CD(s)in the collector edition is/are exactly?

Ive heard they contain extra items and npcs for the game, and if thats true, frankly i think its pretty cheap to allow only a minority to enjoy the full game. I personally didnt wanted to wait to get the collector edition and i dont trust the system enough to order things with my credit card on the net.

If its only sound track CDs and such, though, i woudnt complain

If its gameplay elements though, Id also like to heard about where I could download the extra CDs, and more especially if it would work with the un-hacked game. If anyone using the ordinary version found the bonus CDs and menaged to install them, id like to hear about it

Thanks for the help guys. I dont really like the idea of having only a partial product: i want to squeeze the most gameplay possible out of this game.

I have the Collector's edition, which comes with a bonus CD. The bonus CD only contains audiotracks and promotional materials (nothing that you would not find on websites). The collectors edition, does have an extra store in the Adventure's Mart. The store is way cool, especially for Planescape: Torment fans such as myself. They sell items such as the Zerth Blade of Dakkan, Vaihlor's Helm, Harmonium Halbreds, Mercykiller rings, etc. The cost for these items are prohibitively expensive, and the store disables your ability to steal. So only till the late game can you pick em up.

Well, Lisyra, if I were you, I wouldn't display that file on a web-page because Bioware is acting like a bunch of jerks again, they are demanding that the file is removed from all of the sites. Kinda like that second expansion pack for BG, first it was ok to download it from the net but suddenly it was removed due to "legal problems with Bioware and Black Isle". I still haven't had a reply from Bioware what the legal problem was. Guess it was a pain in their **s because it was free to download and NOT a legal problem!

The bonus CD also has an extra merchant. This will give you 10 more items that you can buy too, but really, they aren't that necessary. I mean, the +5 sling of Everard is pretty cool (never runs out of ammo), but you don't really have to have it. There are some places on the web that you can download them (bonus CD's) from and yes, it will work with the unhacked version of BGII. I got the collectors edition and was able to find the bonus CD online. It's normally a setup file that will self install. At first I didn't think it did anything cause it runs and then it's done. You won't notice til you find the merchants where they weren't at before. Either way, you still have to buy the items. They don't come too cheap either. Most of the items are like +3 and do different kinds of damage. There's like a +3 axe that does acid damage or something like that, but I found the +3 flail from the de'Arnise keep and it seems to work pretty good for me. There are some other +3 axes and stuff in the keep too. Gobs plenty of spells, etc. I tried e-mailing Black Isle and asking about getting the CD's as a replacement to the 10 dollar refund from buying BGII and IceWind Dale at the same time, but they just sent me a catalog in the mail. Go figure. If you know of anyone that ordered it online and did get both the CD's, you could just borrow from them too. I have a copy of the bonus CD that I d/l'ed from the web. If you like, I could e-mail it to you. Just give me a heads up so I can tell you when I send.

Oh right, the merchant that you get with the bonus CD seems to mainly have ICEWIND DALE kinda items too. Just a heads up.

Awesome, thats exactly what I wanted to know .

Ive tried to look on the net for the Bonus CD, but unfortunately I just seem to be cursed when it comes to finding things on the net.

If anyone has an URL for the file handy, it would be great to share it with us.

Im happy that its just a merchant, it would have been unfair to cut most people from quests and such. On the other hand, if i get this to work, ill have something to do with all my extra gold I have almost 800k now, money is a bit too easy to come by.

yeh, i second to that, if anyone knows the address of a site which u can download the collectors addition cd then plz post the whereabouts.

Well, I went and looked where I got the file from, but Interplay shut down that file there. It was at

http://www.bgdungeon.com/bg2/downloads.htm

I guess they do care more about the money than the satisfaction of their customers. I guess I should just be happy that I got it when I did. Sad thing is that I have plenty of money for the game (whether pre-order or not), just didn't have a credit card. Feel like I was being penalized for this. I did buy the Collector's edition though. I can still send it to you if you like though (Bonus CD stuff I mean). I dont know what is needed from the Collector's CD, so I can't do much there, but hey, the Bonus CD was supposed to be given away free with the game anyway. Maybe for pre-orders, dunno, but it was still free.

Shut down eh? Well at least its certainly still somewhere on the net

I dont want to bother you with this, but if you have a little time and a high speed connection, perhaps youd accept to send me the file via email?

My adress is lisyra@hotmail.com

Id gladly put it on a FTP then and allow everyone who wants to download it. Or if you can, perhaps you could do that yourself

Thank you,
Lisyra.

Well, Id like to thank the person who tried to send me the files via email. Unfortunately though, the email had no file attached... I dont know what the problem is, possibly the hotmail servers blocked the file because of its size, or perhaps you forgot to attach the files... .

I still appreciate the effort though. I'll keep looking, it has to be somewhere.

Lisyra

sorry for the screw-up from my e-mail provider, Lisyra, I'll try hotmail now...

even if you put it on your website
how is interplay gonna see it
btw tghe collecters ed. isn't availble in holland
coz else i would have bought it
it's fucked up
just put it on your website they'll never know who you are
The only thing they can do is remove the file
they can't do anything to ya

Hey Lisyra, I tried to upload to you, but your mailbox is not large enough for it. Do you have an alternative e-mail addy that I can send to? If you don't want it broadcast everywhere, you can e-mail me at tobbin@hotmail.com. If you have already gotten the file, then that's cool too. TANNER RULEZ #702

hi i would love to get my hand on that file as well
i think hotmail has a restriction of 1 meg on attachments
i will mail my work address that might be able to take a bigger file size and i'll stick it on my website (fingers crossed it will work)

Hey Jonatan, did you get the copy that I sent you? I didn't get a returned message from your server, so I'm hoping it went through.

Ok, I just got the hotmail request. It's on it's way.

That's pretty sad here too, cause the file isn't really that large. It's only like 1.4 megs. I could put it on a 1.44 diskette. And hotmail can't accept an attachment that large? OMG. LOL. AOL will let me e-mail an attachment up to 5 megs in size. (I've actually done this too). Can't talk too bad about hotmail though. I've used them forever. Even longer than AOL. Course, if you count the time when I was with them when they were PC-Link, AOL would win out then, but that's a different story.

Hi. I would'nt mind geting that collectors edition file myself. if any of you want to email it to me at jbpinkerton@aol.com that would be great. thanks

Does anyone know a FREE email provider with a large amontot of space ? Not hotmail, u get like 1 meg or somthing. Tobin u said u had the collectors edition cd right?? I dont mean the preordered cd but the collectors edition. If so can u plz give it to me?? ( once i have a reasonable email provider..thingy that is). And if u urself know of a good email..thing thats FREE plz tell me

wow !! guys do u think u could send it to me as well ??? i would be one happy sonova ... uh ... gun !! ... chowpeng@pacific.net.sg

i dun't noe for sure if they'll allow a 1.4 meg upload but if u'd be so kind as to try ?? cheers ...

It would be really great, if someone could send me the CE-file, too.

Blue_Room@gmx.de

Thanks.

Well, UnForGiven, if you register at altavista, you will get a pretty damn good service, it's the one I most use, and the safest ine against virusses and stuff...

By the way, if you have a good provider, tell me, I'll send you the BG2 collectors file.

I live in Brazil, and here I can´t buy the collectors edition...
So, if someone could send me the CE-file. I´ll be greatfull, Thanks a lot.

My email: renangon@yahoo.com

here is a great email sevice that has 50 megs of storage and allows very large attatchments

http://www.e247.com

if you want please email me the file at gemini103@e247.com

Ok, here's the catch on the collector's edition. I can't in good faith send that out yet. To the best of my knowledge, nobody is giving this up for free. Until I hear more back about the promotional being done anyways. They do get paid for this. I was talking with someone at EB and they said that they get those Bonus CD's without question, just a promotoional thing. They don't really care about pre-orders and such, so I don't mind sending out the Bonus CD. As far as I know though, the collector's edition can only be purchased in the box. Once the pre-orders are over, then I don't think it will be a problem. Hey, here's a cool little fact. I don't have the lowest number on the collector's edition, but I do have a lower one than most. My number is 4306 of 62,000. I didn't really think anything of it (yeah, like it really matters anyways - LOL) until I saw someone selling theirs on EBay and trying to promote how low a number he had. Like 14,000 of 62,000. Anyways, sorry about the collector's edition. Just can't do it. But since the Bonus is free anyways, don't see anything wrong with that. If you bought your game from EB, you may want to ask em and see if they have any of the CD's still. They don't get any money for them anyways (unless they are selling them which is illegal).

The thing is tobbin You can get it i can't living in holland and all
The should have shiped it all over the world.
once again they do morre for the american custumers as apose to the european.
first the lacking of the poster in bg1 now the not being avaible of the CE

I don't like this at all

BTW i anybody would like to help me with the file
my email is tained@europe.com
or
RikardT@teambg.zzn.com

try them both i'd be very very happy if you do

Ok, for those people that got a copy from me, please let me know if you are having probs with it. Seems that my mail program cr*pped out and some of the file sends didn't go through right. I'll try to re-send to you. You'll know if it didn't work cause it will say file corrupt. I think it was because I tried to send during the day to help get it to you guys so you wouldn't have to wait forever. Forgot how bad the net gets during the day (I normally sleep then). Peace OUT

Ok, I know this is getting pretty long winded, so apologies. Hey, for those that had a prob with the d/l, what prog are you using for extraction? I am using PKZIP Explorer. I also have Windows version of PKZIP too version 2.70. If you don't have these then you need to get a copy somewhere. I am experimenting by making a self archive. I'm using the Windows Explorer to do that for compatibility. If it comes down to it though, I can use some other tools that I have. The reason that I am asking that is that with AOL, when I send a file, I have the option to receive it too. I did that with two of them and the d/l came out ok. Could also be a network glitch too. You may want to try and re-download from your server. Just a thought.

WANT DAKON's ZERTH BLADE!!!
This bonus CD sounds realy cool! If on of you people aren't completely inundated with requests for it I'd love a copy!
Try www.Graffiti.net you get a 10 meg account and I pretty sure they allow up to 2 meg attatchments so that will be big enough!

ed_case@graffiti.net

Wan't plane scape stuff.

P.S. Does anyone who's got the CD know if Dakon's Zerth blade is as cool as it was in Torment? Dakon was fairly nice at level 18 with a -8 ac, -4 of it comming from his SWORD!!! Especially seing as how it was a 2 D10 weapon

Hey tobbin or anyone else...

I would be SO pleased if any of you guys took your time and mailed me these files

As with many other devoted BG players I dont live in the US and thus wasn´t able to purchase neither the CEdition nor to lay my hands on the bonus CD

just mail me the file(s) if you feel benevolent enough today...

Regards
lestor.

And btw, what was that about a second expansion for BG1??? Any information wpuld be nice...

so tobbin, what ur saying is that ur not gonna let anyone hav the collectors edition cd? Cuz i dont need the preorder cd, i want the collectors. How many meg is the collectors cd anyways??

Collector's CD is 58 megs. Most of this is fluff though. If you just get the items and stuff it should be close to the other CD. And as for being able to send it out, I mean right now. Cause Black Isle still has their pre-order sale going on. Once it's over, shouldn't be a prob.

if anyone at all has the collectors edition plz email me at unforgiven2@graffiti.net (i hope, i dont actually know how to check my own adress). If u do so i would be most grateful. And if it doesnt send plz inform me in this forum, thanx

well how many meg will it be with only the xtra items?

same and by the way hi my email is mattnichols@globalfreeway.com.au

just to confirm my email adress IS unforgiven2@graffiti.net, plz send the collectors edition as soon as possible for anyone that has it, thanx

It looks like it's about 1.6 megs unpacked, but I'm not really for sure. I don't have it in archival form, I actually have the CD with this one.

As for Zakkon's blade. It is there, and it is pretty impressive, but it's not exactly the same as it was for Zakkon. Seeing as I have a Ranger/Cleric, I can't use it anyways, so I left it behind. I think it said that it will lower your AC by 1 for every 4 levels. If you are pretty high level, that's cool enough in it's own right.

Tobbin; i got the file but i don't know if it works coz i'm not at home but the file i'm suppost to open is something like unknown right?
btw on tained@europe.com i recieved a very strang email containing some strange code donnot know but maybe this is suppost to be a file?
the name of that was BGII CD

anyway thanks