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NobleNick · 10-01-2003, 03:14 PM

Congrats on getting How, Twid! You'll be very, very happy!

The power shake: so outrageously cool! I can't believe you want to disable it! Pausing is not cheating: Just smack the space bar anytime you want to issue a combat command. The action freezes and you can select anything you want with ease and issue orders at your leisure. Hit the space bar again when you want the fight to continue.

You aren't trying to go through this game without the pause button, are you? Reminds me of a guy who almost did just that, cause he didn't realize the key was there. He finally was having such a tough time that he came to the IWD forum for help. All of us on the forum were extremely impressed that he progressed as far as he did; but the game is not designed to be played arcade style.

The scalable screen resolution is great, too. I found the original IWD screen too claustrophobic. And speaking of screen shakes: I got sea sick watching the screen jump around to the various characters during combat. One jump up in resolution virtually ends the annoying screen jumps and lets you see the entire combat scene without that tiresome scrolling, for most fights. This feature is the best thing about HoW, and is worth the purchase even if HoW hadn't made all the other improvements it does!

Don't forget: Your alt key now highlights all the goodies, doors, levers, and etc. that have been discovered and are within your party's sight. TotLM (free 72MB download) patches HoW/IWD. Bards ROCK with HoW installed! (Buy the Bardic Horn of Valhalla for your Bard --> you'll be very glad you did!) Druids are much, much better also. You now have HoF mode available, though you won't need it for a while if you have HoW and TotLM.

Enjoy.

What's a party,
without a song?
Bards ROCK!
Party on!!

[ 10-01-2003, 03:15 PM: Message edited by: NobleNick ]

10-01-2003, 03:14 PM	#7
NobleNick Quintesson Join Date: February 5, 2002 Location: Huntsville, AL, USA Age: 65 Posts: 1,045	Congrats on getting How, Twid! You'll be very, very happy! The power shake: so outrageously cool! I can't believe you want to disable it! Pausing is not cheating: Just smack the space bar anytime you want to issue a combat command. The action freezes and you can select anything you want with ease and issue orders at your leisure. Hit the space bar again when you want the fight to continue. You aren't trying to go through this game without the pause button, are you? Reminds me of a guy who almost did just that, cause he didn't realize the key was there. He finally was having such a tough time that he came to the IWD forum for help. All of us on the forum were extremely impressed that he progressed as far as he did; but the game is not designed to be played arcade style. The scalable screen resolution is great, too. I found the original IWD screen too claustrophobic. And speaking of screen shakes: I got sea sick watching the screen jump around to the various characters during combat. One jump up in resolution virtually ends the annoying screen jumps and lets you see the entire combat scene without that tiresome scrolling, for most fights. This feature is the best thing about HoW, and is worth the purchase even if HoW hadn't made all the other improvements it does! Don't forget: Your alt key now highlights all the goodies, doors, levers, and etc. that have been discovered and are within your party's sight. TotLM (free 72MB download) patches HoW/IWD. Bards ROCK with HoW installed! (Buy the Bardic Horn of Valhalla for your Bard --> you'll be very glad you did!) Druids are much, much better also. You now have HoF mode available, though you won't need it for a while if you have HoW and TotLM. Enjoy. What's a party, without a song? Bards ROCK! Party on!! [ 10-01-2003, 03:15 PM: Message edited by: NobleNick ]