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[Zyraen]

Eh no I've not finished the ToB portion of BTL ^^;; I just managed to get ToB working on my laptop so I can develop BTL ToB content.

Meantime I would suggest its ok to go ahead and play the SoA, it shouldn't pose much problems and from what I hear (complaints ^^;; is that BTL SoA is not an easy piece either.

[Zyraen]

Thanks Ymarsakar ^^;; unfortunately the main fights won't be very randomised, though I can still include random pursuits as a component if you so desire. That being said, they'll probably pop up at a time that is well... really not a good time

[Tassadar88]

Thanks Ymarsakar ^^;; unfortunately the main fights won't be very randomised, though I can still include random pursuits as a component if you so desire. That being said, they'll probably pop up at a time that is well... really not a good time

I can´t wait
I played BTL in some of my larger installs, but I never got to the end of it - once I ran into bugs caused by other mods, and other times, I mostly stopped playing and when I got round to starting again, I started from the scratch...
But I am still looking forward to going all the BGT way with BTL as one of the main mods in it.

On a different note - how are your other projects going? Apart from BTL, I am chiefly interested in the Elvan´s Intrigue and the Hidden Kits

[Ymarsakar]

You might be able to come up with a Pocket Plane gauntlet, which spawns enemies in those small rooms.

I found the backstabbing thieves to be the most dangerous elements in any modded fight, given that their first strike is always a backstab, instead of the player where we need to get behind a character.

In most fights, the player's party can overpower or outlast the enemy because of how clever the human player usually is. When it comes to backstabbing, outlasting the enemy or outpowering an enemy backstab is just not in the cards. You either need instant true sight via Inquisitor or you need to run away very fast.

[Zyraen]

Stoneskinning and other Protective Options are actually available but nvm, that's just a sidenote.

[Ymarsakar]

I usually encountered them while moving around the map outside Athkatla, where the travel time is more than 8 hours.

[Zyraen]

I've started work on rewriting the Banters, while taking some time away from the frustrating non-invisibling (and hence, extremely squishy) Thieves of Silmarillion, lol.

Edited by Zyraen, 27 April 2008 - 08:23 PM.

[Lava Del'Vortel]

I am wondering... Are you going to give players the beta version of ToB part? I am going to install BTL soon, but if the publication of new version is in plan for this week... is it? Maybe just create a version from the materials which are already created. It is better than nothing... and for sure it is much more than other mods can offer

[Zyraen]

Unlikely I will first need to redo most of BTL SoA first, since there is quite a bit of rewriting and reordering of the Banters going on.

[Lava Del'Vortel]

I understand... I hope everything will be ok. So I will play old version for a moment. I also wanted to say that your mod is very interesting and have something diffrent from other mods... and that's great!

[Zeevico]

Your mod (what I have played of it) is interesting so far. What I like is this:
- Kova is a competent mage/thief, and he's not Jan Jansen either. The fact that I am forced to lug him along past Spellhold is good, because otherwise I would never have a reason to do that (I would simply swap Jan for Imoen and be done with it). This way I will at least see what thieves can do late-game [twiddle their thumbs, I suppose ].
- Kiyone is a competent archer.
- Both have interesting personalities.
However, I do have one gripe. While it's a bit late to revise their dialogue, I admit that I find it unnecessarily long at times. There are also a few typos and grammatical errors. These can absolutely *kill* the immersion effect, no matter how good your writing might otherwise be. I suggest you ask someone to edit your work for these errors and/or point out where your sentences might need some work.

I would love to see Kiyone and Kova's little side-role in Baldur's Gate II continue into TOB. I must admit that so far they have injected some freshness into the game.
Thank you.

Edited by Zeevico, 22 July 2008 - 12:51 AM.

[Chulainn]

Just wanted to add my encouragement to the rest So far I've played BTL through the first half of Chapter 6 and I'm loving the mod. I look forward to the ToB content (as much as your willing and able to do) although I'd settle for just the banters throughout (right now I have Minsc and Viconia in the party with K&K), lots of fun

[Lava Del'Vortel]

Zyraen, any news about ToB part?

[Zyraen]

Actually, I've been pretty caught up in Silmarillion. I almost completely forgot about BTL
Yeah I think I will do a simplified ToB for BTL then (ie no Kharen, no Seida, no visit to the Sentinels, etc)
It shouldn't be too much work... IF I can find the half-written banters that I have done up.

@Synt - Sorry I totally missed your post.. sigh.
1 - it takes a bit of planning and luck, but it is actually possible to kill Edwin. Just very difficult. One of the cheesy methods I found that worked reasonably was - move party away from him, have a mage with some light magical protections stand in his sight and summon creatures around him. Most of the time he will target the summoned creatures, and the rest of the time if he does target your mage its usually with some magic protection stripping spell rather than something lethal. This only applies if your mage has a reasonable number of hitpoints - less than 60 will invite a PW:Kill. Kova comes to mind here as a good bait. But he's good bait for almost everything in the finale.
In any case, you can kill Edwin before the fight starts (in the Copper Coronet inn) anytime of the game, except near that part of BtL. Ideally before the witness quest I think. So... be my guest
2 - at a certain point in time before you kill Irenicus, Kova should have proposed to Kiyone. IF you have seen this before, you *should* be teleported to the wedding after killing Irenicus. However many people have mentioned missing this, I'm not sure why, I need to fix it.
In any case, after Kova has proposed, you can load a game before fighting Irenicus and use CLUAConsole:MoveToArea("AR2812") on the entire party. That should get it to work.
If Kova doesn't propose, check your KKRomance variable. If it is 1, set it to 2.
Meantime, feel free to add me to your msn - zyraen@hotmail.com

Edited by Zyraen, 12 August 2009 - 05:54 AM.

[Zyraen]

Finishing up a re-release of BTL, to lay groundwork for ToB writing. Here's what to expect

Done
- bug fix, no more CTD on porting to Finale by adding Ambients
- bug fix, no more skipping of the Wedding Scene after the big event
- Rewrite, core Banters between Kova & Kiyone
- Rewrite, some bits of the introductory dialogues by Kova & Kiyone
- Rewrite, reorganisation of the banter progression between Kova & Kiyone, shorten the time required for KKRomance to be set to 2.
- Rewrite, randomisation also so each replay with them in the party may have greater difference in banter between the Kova & Kiyone

Not yet Done
- bug fix, testing and implementation to ensure Wedding Scenes all run and transit smoothly
- Rewrite, reduction of interjections, especially by Kiyone
- Tra-ification

[Lava Del'Vortel]

It's great that you decided to finish the BTL ToB

[Cal Jones]

Likewise - I generally won't play an NPC mod unless it has a ToB section, so looking forward to see what you do with this.