i am playing on mac os x. and I edited my .bin file Debug Mode=1 but yet i am not alowed to use any of the cheats and when i go back to look at the file i altered a ] symbol is after the line i put in. am i just not doing it right or is there something that needs to be done for macs that is diffrent.
thanks


HarperMan

I did some research, and some people say that playing BG2 in OS9 causes the cheat codes to work, while others don't.

You could try that and see what happens.

Also, are you SURE you edited the baldur.ini file?

Edit the baldur.ini file and under "[Program Options]" put "Debug Mode=1". Make sure you don't type the quotes in either.

that is the file i altered and did what you said to a T and still nothing happens i even tried it after i ran the patch and still nothing happened

also is there any place i could get mac add ons for this game. a simple go to web site download and install type of thing

Depending on your level of understanding of text files - this may clear things up or just sound like gobbildy gook. If it's the latter feel free to contact me offline and I'll be happy to help. I'm a fellow Mac user.

The problem has to do with line termination characters. The J you're seeing is actually a control-J (aka ^J or \n). I'm guessing you edited the file with TextEdit? I recently did the same thing - doh!

The issue is that the file needs to have its lines end with a carriage return _and_ line feed - two characters - (\r\n) as is customary on Windows.

On the Mac, under (OSX and any UNIX), just a line feed (\n) is normally used to terminate a line. Under OS9, just a return (\r) was used.

The default Mac text editors (TextEdit under OSX or SimpleText under OS9) only grok the standard for their version of the OS. They shouldn't mess up the lines that are already there, but any you add won't be terminated correctly.

You need to use an editor that's aware of these line termination issues and lets you do the right thing. In this case - you want to add lines ending in \r\n.

I think BBEdit is pretty smart about it (preserves whatever scheme prevails in the file it's editing). If you install XCode (developer tools) I think it has some options to control this.

I used vi and dealt with it by hand - not something for feint of heart.

Try this site for some Mac mods and a Mac BG forum:
http://ire.mainecoon.net/index.php