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[Lopov]

[macole]

Thanks for the pics. They take me way back when I enjoyed playing Baldur's Gate.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Patch 8 drops for Baldur’s Gate 3 today. 1 new subclass for each class, and a slew of other features.

[Lopov]

I completed my first solo playthrough of BG1 EE. My character was an evil mage/thief elf Evian. Quite some modifications through the EEKeeper were required to make combat easier or my character more buffed but it was nevertheless a unique and very enjoyable experience.

From the roleplaying perspective, the events of the DLC Siege of Dragonspear don't take place in Evian's game, so we're immediately off to BG2 EE.

This post has been edited by Lopov: Apr 16 2025, 05:55 PM

[SubRosa]

Patch 8 drops for Baldur’s Gate 3 today. 1 new subclass for each class, and a slew of other features.

Thanks for the heads up. I am updating my copy now. Wow, it is a 125 GB. It looks like it is just downloading the entire game all over again.

I completed my first solo playthrough of BG1 EE. My character was an evil mage/thief elf Evian. Quite some modifications through the EEKeeper were required to make combat easier or my character more buffed but it was nevertheless a unique and very enjoyable experience.

From the roleplaying perspective, the events of the DLC Siege of Dragonspear don't take place in Evian's game, so we're immediately off to BG2 EE.

Congrats! I bought Siege of Dragonspear a little while ago during one of the sales, but have not had the opportunity to play it yet. I probably won't until after do another full playthrough of BG1 EE.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Patch 8 drops for Baldur’s Gate 3 today. 1 new subclass for each class, and a slew of other features.

Thanks for the heads up. I am updating my copy now. Wow, it is a 125 GB. It looks like it is just downloading the entire game all over again.

But of course!

[SubRosa]

It looks like the full install files are 127 GB, so yes, patching and just reinstalling from scratch are about the same.

It took all night and some of the morning (I started the download yesterday afternoon and it finished sometime while I was at work today). I once more had a hiccup, and the game froze while starting. It turned out to be a mod conflict again. The No Press Any Key Menu mod was causing it. But I found a new version of it that is updated to work on Patch 8, and it does work.

I did some basic testing, and the game starts, and I can both start a new character and load my old saves. So yay. Photo Mode is finally enabled. The funny thing is that that there is a Photo Mode mod added to the mod list. But I never activated it, and it still works in the game. There is also a GustavX mod listed first. I left that active. I have no idea what it is for. I assume it is the equivalent of Skyrim.esm, the main plugin for the game.

I don't really plan to play it yet. But it will be nice to know it is there when I do.

So far as I know, this is the final patch of the game. So I should not have to worry about updating it again. Unless there is a patch for the patch...

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

It looks like the full install files are 127 GB, so yes, patching and just reinstalling from scratch are about the same.

It took all night and some of the morning (I started the download yesterday afternoon and it finished sometime while I was at work today). I once more had a hiccup, and the game froze while starting. It turned out to be a mod conflict again. The No Press Any Key Menu mod was causing it. But I found a new version of it that is updated to work on Patch 8, and it does work.

I did some basic testing, and the game starts, and I can both start a new character and load my old saves. So yay. Photo Mode is finally enabled. The funny thing is that that there is a Photo Mode mod added to the mod list. But I never activated it, and it still works in the game. There is also a GustavX mod listed first. I left that active. I have no idea what it is for. I assume it is the equivalent of Skyrim.esm, the main plugin for the game.

I don't really plan to play it yet. But it will be nice to know it is there when I do.

So far as I know, this is the final patch of the game. So I should not have to worry about updating it again. Unless there is a patch for the patch...

Yeah, me and my bros in law were playing 3 player co op on Tuesday and only encountered a few graphical oddities (one was hilarious; Us had some how managed to seat themselves lower in their victim’s skull and they were clipping through the victims upper neck with purple “quill” looking things sticking out of the lower neck. ). If this was related to the new patch or not, we could not determine.

[Kane]

Wish me luck; I'm an hour in and I've never played a game remotely like this, lol. Opted to mix up from my normal RPG comfort zones and went with a Bard.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Wish me luck; I'm an hour in and I've never played a game remotely like this, lol. Opted to mix up from my normal RPG comfort zones and went with a Bard.

Which one are you playing?

[Kane]

BG III. It's been in my GoG library aince before I had a PC that can run it.


Edit: here is Soryn, my wood elf

This post has been edited by Kane: Aug 3 2025, 10:35 PM

[SubRosa]

What class(es) are you going with?

[Kane]

Soryn's character sheet!

[Renee]

Cripes that's a lot of gigs. PROBably more than all my modded Beth game folders combined!
LOPOV: did not know (or remember) Evian was also a mage!

ON topIC: I'll probably return to BG1.Sir Tannley just pwned the wizard boss of Nashkel Mine before I went in th3 hospital, and BG is an easier game to play than any 3D I've got. Norhing's been going smoothly in my life though lately; wouldn't surprise me if there's some unforseen "problem' with my gaming computer.

This post has been edited by Renee: Yesterday, 02:50 AM

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Soryn's character sheet!

Noice. Makes me want to start a new game.

Who am I kidding, I always want to start a new game!