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Halbarad1891 · 06-12-2003, 01:55 AM

Well, it's been almost two years since I've played BG1, but the past few days I've just had a craving for some good ol' Baldur's Gate. So here I am... heh, my account still works too

I've got BG and Tales installed.
First off, patches. What patches should I install? I looked on Interplay's site and it's got patches for BG that say "don't install if you have Tales", and it's got patches for tales that say "don't install if you have Original Saga", what's Original Saga and how do I know if I have it? Do I even need patches? I don't think I installed a patch last time and everything worked fine (IIRC).

Next, sound. I have a weird problem with my sound, when I load a game my sound plays at "volume 10" (arbitrary number, just a reference point), but after I save the game the volume drops to maybe level 6-7. Any ideas about this?

On to, screen size. Is there anyway to increase the screen size? The game is running in what... 800x600? I'd like to get it up to 1024 if not higher. But I'm not holding my breath on this. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Now we come to Quick Load. Is there anyway to make the Quick Load button work? In the config I set the button I wanted, but it still won't work in the game. I remember having a problem with this last time, but I thought I was able to fix it... not sure though.

Here we are at chests. Are the contents of chests random, or is everything set? I ask because with my current PC I set my Lock Picking skill as high as it would go (60%) and I was able to open some chests I've never gotten into before (in Candlekeep). Inside on I found a gem (diamond-like looking, triangle shaped...), and I was able to sell it for 1000gp. I'm wondering if that was a random pull, or if it was set. Because it really unbalanced the game, I was able to buy all the best stuff (that Candlekeep had to offer at least) and still have a sizable chunk of cash left over.

And finally we come to the mage. Who would you recommend as a mage? My last game I somehow managed to kill both Dy-something (Gnoll Stronghold) and Edwin (I think that was his name, the guy on the bridge in Nashkel?) (I don't know how or why, but I did). So I used the Gnome guy outside BG city. This decision will choose my alignment. Frankly I don't much care which one, I haven't played either so I have no favoritism towards either, if I play one this game I'll play the other next game. So it doesn't matter to me, I just need someone to push me one way or the other.

Thanks for any help.

Addition. Does BG have background music? I'm playing with virtual CDs this time around as I *hate* switching in and out CDs. I don't have any background music, and it seems like there should be some. If it just won't work with a virtual CD (some games do that), I guess I have to deal with switching CD

I know someone will say that "it's not so bad switching CDs", so my pre answer to that is, switching CDs is now I loose (rarely) or scratch CDs (more common, but still rare), and my CDs aren't that great of shape to begin with (that cardboard CD book they come in doesn't do a very good job of protecting them, IMO, give me plastic cases any day.)
Thanks again. [img]smile.gif[/img]

06-12-2003, 01:55 AM	#1
Halbarad1891 The Magister Join Date: July 30, 2002 Location: Maine, USA Age: 44 Posts: 127	Well, it's been almost two years since I've played BG1, but the past few days I've just had a craving for some good ol' Baldur's Gate. So here I am... heh, my account still works too I've got BG and Tales installed. First off, patches. What patches should I install? I looked on Interplay's site and it's got patches for BG that say "don't install if you have Tales", and it's got patches for tales that say "don't install if you have Original Saga", what's Original Saga and how do I know if I have it? Do I even need patches? I don't think I installed a patch last time and everything worked fine (IIRC). Next, sound. I have a weird problem with my sound, when I load a game my sound plays at "volume 10" (arbitrary number, just a reference point), but after I save the game the volume drops to maybe level 6-7. Any ideas about this? On to, screen size. Is there anyway to increase the screen size? The game is running in what... 800x600? I'd like to get it up to 1024 if not higher. But I'm not holding my breath on this. [img]smile.gif[/img] Now we come to Quick Load. Is there anyway to make the Quick Load button work? In the config I set the button I wanted, but it still won't work in the game. I remember having a problem with this last time, but I thought I was able to fix it... not sure though. Here we are at chests. Are the contents of chests random, or is everything set? I ask because with my current PC I set my Lock Picking skill as high as it would go (60%) and I was able to open some chests I've never gotten into before (in Candlekeep). Inside on I found a gem (diamond-like looking, triangle shaped...), and I was able to sell it for 1000gp. I'm wondering if that was a random pull, or if it was set. Because it really unbalanced the game, I was able to buy all the best stuff (that Candlekeep had to offer at least) and still have a sizable chunk of cash left over. And finally we come to the mage. Who would you recommend as a mage? My last game I somehow managed to kill both Dy-something (Gnoll Stronghold) and Edwin (I think that was his name, the guy on the bridge in Nashkel?) (I don't know how or why, but I did). So I used the Gnome guy outside BG city. This decision will choose my alignment. Frankly I don't much care which one, I haven't played either so I have no favoritism towards either, if I play one this game I'll play the other next game. So it doesn't matter to me, I just need someone to push me one way or the other. Thanks for any help. Addition. Does BG have background music? I'm playing with virtual CDs this time around as I hate switching in and out CDs. I don't have any background music, and it seems like there should be some. If it just won't work with a virtual CD (some games do that), I guess I have to deal with switching CD I know someone will say that "it's not so bad switching CDs", so my pre answer to that is, switching CDs is now I loose (rarely) or scratch CDs (more common, but still rare), and my CDs aren't that great of shape to begin with (that cardboard CD book they come in doesn't do a very good job of protecting them, IMO, give me plastic cases any day.) Thanks again. [img]smile.gif[/img]