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[Grim Squeaker]

IWD1tutu will allow you to play IWD1 in the IWD2 engine, however it won't let you 'play it in one game' (as your topic subject seemed to be asking).

[kuddles]

An IWDtutu is in the works? Very cool. I assume they'll make it be compatible with Heart of Winter and Luremaster.

But playing it as one game wouldn't work very well because it would end up being inconsistent. Not only was IWD2 originally designed to have you start with level one characters, the story takes place thirty years after IWD1 and treats you as a different set of heroes in the plot.

Too bad the project moving the BG series into IWD2 fell by the wayside. In my opinion, IWD2 was the best incarnation of the Infinity Engine.

Edited by kuddles, 30 July 2006 - 10:05 AM.

[Soul Harverster]

kuddles, on Jul 30 2006, 08:04 PM, said:

Too bad the project moving the BG series into IWD2 fell by the wayside. In my opinion, IWD2 was the best incarnation of the Infinity Engine.

It would have been, if sneak attack would have been working correctly(and not work like a lesser damage variant of backstab)

[Grim Squeaker]

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Too bad the project moving the BG series into IWD2 fell by the wayside. In my opinion, IWD2 was the best incarnation of the Infinity Engine.

From a rules perspective, quite possibly. However, they removed all the code that handles party interaction and allowing NPCs to be joinable, which is why the BG2->IWD2 conversion ('Icewind Gate 2') died horribly.

[theacefes]

I thought that IWD2 was a prequel to IWD.

[Archmage Silver]

I thought the '2' made it a bit obvious.

[theacefes]

Ah you're right, my bad. I got the events confused: IWD 2 takes place before the Drizzt books, not IWD 1 (had to look up in the manuel).

However I'm sure that there are sequels to games out there that actually take place before the original, so slapping a 2 onto something doesn't always mean the same thing.

[Rastor]

theacefes, on Oct 16 2006, 01:08 AM, said:

Ah you're right, my bad. I got the events confused: IWD 2 takes place before the Drizzt books, not IWD 1 (had to look up in the manuel).

However I'm sure that there are sequels to games out there that actually take place before the original, so slapping a 2 onto something doesn't always mean the same thing.

There are plenty of sequels out there that take place before the original. That's why the term "prequel" was invented.

Although, in IWD2, there are plenty of references to IWD, so I thought it was obvious. Both games take place significantly before the Baldur's Gate series and both games take place before the Drizzt books.

[theacefes]

Gotcha.

In any case, I'm afraid I never actually finished IWD2. To be honest I got very bored of it. However there is Domi's NPC mod for it that hopefully when released, will bring more life to the game.

[roshan]

I really would like to see IWD1 and 2 merged into one game, with brand new areas and more quests and a new world map that covers all the areas! Of course, this would require some major storyline changes to IWD2.

I dont understand why no one has ever tried making any major mods for the IWD series.

[Rastor]

roshan, on Dec 1 2006, 10:26 PM, said:

I really would like to see IWD1 and 2 merged into one game, with brand new areas and more quests and a new world map that covers all the areas! Of course, this would require some major storyline changes to IWD2.

I dont understand why no one has ever tried making any major mods for the IWD series.

The first project is already underway.

[grogerson]

roshan, on Dec 1 2006, 08:26 PM, said:

I really would like to see IWD1 and 2 merged into one game, with brand new areas and more quests and a new world map that covers all the areas! Of course, this would require some major storyline changes to IWD2.

I dont understand why no one has ever tried making any major mods for the IWD series.

Nice idea. As to why... lack of interest (more dungeon crawl than rpg) and different coding than BG/BG2.

[roshan]

Rastor, on Dec 7 2006, 07:32 AM, said:

roshan, on Dec 1 2006, 10:26 PM, said:

I really would like to see IWD1 and 2 merged into one game, with brand new areas and more quests and a new world map that covers all the areas! Of course, this would require some major storyline changes to IWD2.

I dont understand why no one has ever tried making any major mods for the IWD series.

The first project is already underway.

Are you referring to IWD tutu?

That doesnt merge the games or add content, it just ports IWD to the IWD2 engine.

And it seems to be dead anyway, the forum hasnt been updated in months.

[glancer]

i could imagine IWD trilogy (should it be a trilogy? ^^) in one game like we had in WeiDu and am really looking forward to it.