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ZFR · 06-21-2003, 12:36 AM

I just finished the game in normal mode and plan to soon start a new game in HoF... i know i can (am supposed to?) use my exported characters from my previous game but... if im going to play the same stuff over again I might as well try new races, classes, allignments (going for good, neutral, evil mix this time; for the first time after playing BG twice, BG2 twice, IWD1 three times and IWD2 once, I'm actually including evil characters in my party [img]smile.gif[/img] )

So i thought I will create new characters and use cheat codes to raise their XP to the level they wouldve been had they been exported from a finished normal game... It is cheating, but i already finished the game properly and Im not going to give them more XP than my exported characters...

so my questions:

1)Im very concerned about using cheat codes. I will only use them beginning of the game then switch them off.... will using cheat codes have any bad effects in the game?

2)what XP should i start my party at... im going to have some ECL including svirfneblin. I want them all to start with same XP (so not same level)... and when suggesting starting XP keep in mind those points:
i) I want my ppl to be powerful enough to defeat those HoF monsters..
ii) Not too high starting XP so as not to make those fight too easy
iii) Most important I want them to have enough XP to reach level 30... remember there will be 6 of them and one is a svirfneblin making the limit 528000 if im not mistaken...
I was thinking of starting with 100000 making most of them level 14... any better suggestions...

Thanks

06-21-2003, 12:36 AM	#1
ZFR Legion Symbol Join Date: February 14, 2002 Location: Ireland Age: 40 Posts: 7,368	I just finished the game in normal mode and plan to soon start a new game in HoF... i know i can (am supposed to?) use my exported characters from my previous game but... if im going to play the same stuff over again I might as well try new races, classes, allignments (going for good, neutral, evil mix this time; for the first time after playing BG twice, BG2 twice, IWD1 three times and IWD2 once, I'm actually including evil characters in my party [img]smile.gif[/img] ) So i thought I will create new characters and use cheat codes to raise their XP to the level they wouldve been had they been exported from a finished normal game... It is cheating, but i already finished the game properly and Im not going to give them more XP than my exported characters... so my questions: 1)Im very concerned about using cheat codes. I will only use them beginning of the game then switch them off.... will using cheat codes have any bad effects in the game? 2)what XP should i start my party at... im going to have some ECL including svirfneblin. I want them all to start with same XP (so not same level)... and when suggesting starting XP keep in mind those points: i) I want my ppl to be powerful enough to defeat those HoF monsters.. ii) Not too high starting XP so as not to make those fight too easy iii) Most important I want them to have enough XP to reach level 30... remember there will be 6 of them and one is a svirfneblin making the limit 528000 if im not mistaken... I was thinking of starting with 100000 making most of them level 14... any better suggestions... Thanks __________________ ZFR