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Hayashi · 08-06-2002, 02:18 AM

To clarify further:

1. Patches are developed & released by the people who made the game. These are official patches, and can be found on the publisher's and/or developer's web site.

2. There are unofficial patches amde by 3rd party persons. Usually these address issues not covered by the official patch, but are considered serious enough by the gaming community to warrant attention. Baldurdash is a fine example. In it, Kevin Dorner (together with a few others) have made a series of fixes & tweaks for BG & BG2. These fixes and tweaks improve the game, like correcting in-game descriptions of items, making minor modifications to certain objects so that they conform to AD&D rules, etc.

3. Then there are mods (short for modifications) where someone creates a new add-in for the game. The Darkest Day, for example, is a mod for BG2. Much like ToB, it adds new items, quests, spells, NPCs and kits.

Hope this clarifies things up a bit for you.

08-06-2002, 02:18 AM	#7
Hayashi Silver Dragon Join Date: March 25, 2001 Location: The Lion City Age: 64 Posts: 1,699	To clarify further: 1. Patches are developed & released by the people who made the game. These are official patches, and can be found on the publisher's and/or developer's web site. 2. There are unofficial patches amde by 3rd party persons. Usually these address issues not covered by the official patch, but are considered serious enough by the gaming community to warrant attention. Baldurdash is a fine example. In it, Kevin Dorner (together with a few others) have made a series of fixes & tweaks for BG & BG2. These fixes and tweaks improve the game, like correcting in-game descriptions of items, making minor modifications to certain objects so that they conform to AD&D rules, etc. 3. Then there are mods (short for modifications) where someone creates a new add-in for the game. The Darkest Day, for example, is a mod for BG2. Much like ToB, it adds new items, quests, spells, NPCs and kits. Hope this clarifies things up a bit for you.