darkest day patch what is it and where is it

[Darius]

I was just wondering what the darkest day patch is and where you get it is. Is it good or bad to have?

[Sparhawk]

The Darkest Day is an independent add-on to BG2 SoA...made by fans and gamers it is really a good piece of work even though it has some minor flaws and bugs...I included a small piece about it here...

Well, after a bit of nagging from the one and only Ajoc, i decided to do an article about his up and coming Add-On for The Darkest Day. It turns out that the Darkest Day has been a big success, but it has not stopped there, with the announcement of several smaller mods that hope to build on The Darkest Day's success. One of these is Ajoc's MOD, that has, as of yet been Unnamed. I had a quick chat to him about the MOD, and i found out a few things that might interest you all.


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Deano : What is your MOD setting out to achieve?
Ajoc : Well, the reason I decided to make this MOD was mainly to improve my editing skills, and it started turning out well, so I thought I'd make it a small expansion to TDD. I just want it to add a bit more to an already popular MOD, and show people what I can do.


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Deano : What skills do you think you have improved then?
Ajoc : Well, simply put, I couldn't script. I can now. I couldn't make area graphics. I can now. I couldn't put areas into the game. I can now (mainly thanks to Theo's excellent IETME). The list goes on, and basically I feel less fake than before, where I posed as some genius editor who could only really do creatures, items and spells consistently.


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Deano : So how does your MOD begin?
Ajoc : Well, I avoided changing existing areas in BG2 as much as possible, because it screws things around for compatibility, but basically, you are asked by two people (multiple quest starters) to help this guy get back to his home far away from Athkatla. This of course leads to the party being dragged into something a little more sinister, although I didn't make it out to be the possible end of the world, cos that's overused.


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Deano : What type of goodies have you included for all us avid adventurers?
Ajoc : I have received emails, submissions and ideas all over the place, as well as my own ideas. Basically I included balanced items that weren't too boring/complex. There are all sorts of things, which I won't name off hand although one that does spring to mind is the idol of magical insanity. This it causes every creature in the whole area (including the party) to drop what they're doing and cast a random offensive spell, 95% of the time on themselves. Well it's meant to be a joke item.


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Deano : How big is this adventure in game terms? How long do you expect us to be playing this?
Ajoc : Well, it's no where near as big as the main TDD quests. I am aiming for a couple of hours play, and the quest does have some tricky fights (unless you cheat or are level 50), and as cheesy as it sounds, I wanted quality not quantity, in the chance to try my skills properly.


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Deano : So how big is this download then? Will it be usable by us 56k users like poor old me?
Ajoc : Well ideally, yes. It is 10mb zipped right now, and that won't go beyond 15mb. I intend to make possible multiple IAP downloads for the REALLY internet challenged.


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Deano : So how much attention would you like this to get?
Ajoc : Well, ideally I'd like everyone who enjoyed/is enjoying TDD to have a little something extra. I don't want it to be worshipped as the best thing on the net because it's not. I think, honestly, it will get it's fair share of attention, as there is now a market of people who trust downloaded MODs and this is the next thing to come out.


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