Yet another bleeding BG thread *sigh*

[duke o' york]

I made the recommended installation. Which option should I have chosen to dispense with the CDs? That would make my laptop bag a whole load lighter.

[DrSpike]

ALWAYS do a full install, or bear the consequences!

[duke o' york]

Well the only options with my version of BG1 were: minimum, recommended and custom. Should I go to custom and tick everything?

[DrSpike]

If it's more than recommended and you have the space then yes. On many games you never need the cds apart from to launch.

[Dis]

oh yes, in BG1 you have to click Custom.

And then click everything. It will say you don't have enough disk space, I think this deals with the fact they didn't have ultra large hard drives back when this game was made . Go ahead and click to continue.

I never have found a no-cd crack for Baldur's Gate or BG2. But just having the expansion disks in the drive is good enough. You never have to switch.

[Jamski]

ALWAYS do a full install of EVERYTHING, if you have HD space.

-Jam

[duke o' york]

Hmm. This thread hasn't had a single post since I went on holiday. But I'm back now, and it'll be back on the front page before you can say "Are you still playing that bloody game?"

I'm tempted to have a quicker game this time round, so may well cut down on some of the subquests. Which should I definitely do, and which will just get me some extra cash and rep +1s that I don't need? I'm going after the bracers as worn by one of the two gentlemen south of Nashkel for certain as Kivan can make great use of them, but the other items lying around may well depend upon how I feel at the time. My party is currently:
Mildred (paladin 18, 18, 14, 12, 15, 18 - I'm going to nick the cloak and get CHA 20 though. )
Khalid
Kivan
Jaheira
Imoen (going for a mage at level 3, though this will mean I'll be in trouble with the traps in the mines)

[Jamski]

You're making a Paladin wear a stolen cloak? SHAME on you, Duck, hang your head in shame

-Jam

[duke o' york]

I haven't stolen it yet, and she won't even know it's stolen. She'll think that it's a gift from her old friend Imoen, purchased while she was hanging around outside Feldepost's Inn with the rest of the party....

[Dis]

how dumb do you think your paladin is?

[Jamski]

INT 12 - pretty darn smart for a Paladin, on average

-Jam

[Traianvs]

My problem is that I always need to do all the quests I can find. I don't know why but I just can't quickly finish the game again.. I also have that mania when playing FPS games. I want every mutha****a/monstar down on the ground before I go to the next level

pretty odd since in general I'm very careless and lazy in real life

[Dis]

I learned things like this from civ2.

I just couldn't leave squares unexplored. I had to explore everything. I'm the same way in RPG's. I cannot leave black spaces on the map. So in BG1, I'll go around and explore every inch of the outdoor areas even though I know by now, there is nothing in those particular areas.

It borders on compulsion . But I'm not an obsessive/compulsive person. go figure.

[Jamski]

I'm exactly the same as both of you - therefore its simply normal gaming behaviour.

Rejoice for we be not freakish!

-Jam

[duke o' york]

Three freaks doesn't make it normal, but we're on the verge of having enough to start an asylum.

I'll probably go and do all of the quests anyway, although if I missed some before then I may miss them, just by being unable to remember. The temptation to use a walkthrough may be resisted (Jamski ).....
I did let my friend use my laptop while I was on holiday, and he sacked the cave of the ankhegs (all right, with a lot of my help), which I just walked past when playing before, excited to visit BG. His characters all kept getting killed because they were only level 2 or so and unbuffed, so I got him to send one character with plenty of HP and a decent strength to just "liberate" all the stuff and leave the ankhegs in peace. How lawful good of me, caring about all the nice little monsters!