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[silz]

Atari, the licensee and publisher of D&D games did announce the on-going works of BG 3 along with NWN2 in 2004. At the time it was announced, we also have no idea who's the developer for NWN2 gonna be. We probably won't hear anything about BG3 until 2008. It will probably come with an entirely new graphics engine and I'm pretty sure Bioware will have no part in it other than some comments or suggestions.

[Borodin]

I'm actually starting up a new game of BG1, using BG1 Tutu so I can apply the BG2 engine to it. Also grabbed a bunch of mods from the Pocket Plane Group and Gibberings Three, to add quests and a few new kits. Not sure whether I'll play a fighter, or a cleric, because there are quite a few fighters in the game (Minsc, Ajantis, etc), but the clerics come along later. I don't think multiclassiing is the answer, since the game doesn't allow party characters to gain too many levels.

[Tito]

What is that Tutu thing you talk about? I've never heard of it, and it would be interesting if it enhances the performance of Baldur's Gate I. How does it work?

[Borodin]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tito @ Feb 19 2007, 07:43 PM) [snapback]280013[/snapback]</div>

What is that Tutu thing you talk about? I've never heard of it, and it would be interesting if it enhances the performance of Baldur's Gate I. How does it work?
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Tutu gives you the functionality of the BG2 engine inside BG1, including a host of neat features. Some of these include higher resolution, new races, classes and kits, and dual-wielding, though I'm very partial to the labeling of buildings on town maps. You might start here, if you're interested. Note that if you're strong in English, consider EasyTutu, instead. It's English-only, but makes installation of Tutu much easier.

[Tulac]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Borodin @ Feb 20 2007, 03:00 PM) [snapback]280168[/snapback]</div>

Tutu gives you the functionality of the BG2 engine inside BG1, including a host of neat features. Some of these include higher resolution, new races, classes and kits, and dual-wielding, though I'm very partial to the labeling of buildings on town maps. You might start here, if you're interested. Note that if you're strong in English, consider EasyTutu, instead. It's English-only, but makes installation of Tutu much easier.
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Is the XP cap the same as in BG2 too?

[dolphan]

Playing as a mage in BG1 is pretty hairy at the start, since at level 1 you have about 3 hit points.

[Borodin]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(dolphan @ Feb 20 2007, 04:24 PM) [snapback]280205[/snapback]</div>

Playing as a mage in BG1 is pretty hairy at the start, since at level 1 you have about 3 hit points.
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Key to survival is to turn down the difficulty all the way, then take off and let the guards deal with your opponent.

Mages aren't all that powerful in BG1, in any case. There's a large NPC group of them out there waiting to be used, so for my latest run through I finally chose a cleric. Use the Divine Remix mod, and took one of the kits that arranged spells according to circles of influence, along with a few useful powers you get spread over 15 levels or so.

[Scatty]

Mages are strong in Baldur's Gate II though, especially with Throne of Bhaal expansion, that's where they become very powerful. In Baldur's Gate (with Tutu) Fighters & Clerics mixed with a Bard for support might be funny.
Reminds me to play Baldur's Gate 1 through, bought the entire Baldur's Gate saga with packages, manuals & everything but didn't find the time to play it yet...

[Tito]

What about the Baldur's Gate mods? Are they worth enough to download them? Because I'm planning on playing the whole saga again (I recently bougth a pack with both games and it's expansions). Any recomendations? Do you know if there are problems with translations? As I bougth them in Spanish.

[Borodin]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tito @ Feb 21 2007, 10:40 AM) [snapback]280315[/snapback]</div>

What about the Baldur's Gate mods? Are they worth enough to download them? Because I'm planning on playing the whole saga again (I recently bougth a pack with both games and it's expansions). Any recomendations? Do you know if there are problems with translations? As I bougth them in Spanish.
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I have no idea about the Spanish versions, but I've found BG1 Tutu with Tutu-compliant mods work well together. They also fix innumerable small problems in the original title, and help you customize a huge range of features. These include how many health points party members get when leveling, the class of each party NPC you encounter, allowing party members you kick out to meet you in specific inns, adding potions to adversaries' inventories which they can use, making battles tougher, etc. My favorite, though, is one that adds a large amount of dialog and interjections from all party members, much in character.

Is the XP cap the same as in BG2 too?[/b]

There's a Tutu-compliant mod, BG2 Tweaks (which is something of a misnomer; it also works on Tutu) that lets you set the cap to 20 levels, 30 levels, or remove the cap completely.