Vortaka

1- Weird... Just weird! If you close it and open it again, does it remain the same? 2- It crashes sometimes for me also when I enter Gilded Vale inn... I just reload and everything's good... Save often would be my guess! It happened... I'd say... So, 2 times to about 40...

Ah, its Windows 7 i think mate I reread your original post, and I understand a little more... I can tell you that, I am stuck too at that quest because when I finish it, everybody attacks me! It's a known bug, unfixable by IE (duh) and I will have to wait for version 1.05... But like you said, it's a workaround, not a fix... But I hope you can get your hands on the mod...

Well, I retested it (to be sure) and nexus works fine... True, I already have an account... What OS and version do you want?

Unforunately, Nexus do not allow account creation for those who use Tor (and presumably other online privacy tools). Now that is their perogative, but it does confirm the post title as correct - mods on Nexus not being freely available. And their method of pushing premium accounts is really just as sleazy (though not illegal) as the behaviour of some "free" download sites. Not Obsidian's fault, but a plea for any modmakers out there - please provide mirrors using sites that don't require accounts. Also some of the BG2 modding forums should be willing to provide hosting. Yeah you do have a great point and on top of that, wtf? is it really so hard for Obsidian to just create the IE mod themselves and then just give it to the consumer and say you can use this tool or not its up to you wether you want to use it or not, why do I have to go through Nexus and go through all the hassle of registration to obtain this is my quesion?? and weirdly enough, im now getting denied acess to the file because, the account I just registered with Nexus isnt working?? What are you talking about??? First, a nexus account is FREE and you do NOT need a premium account to download anything... I've been on the nexus for years already and, except for some site glitches (happens on EVERY site, someday or another) I had no major problems with the Nexus... For two, this is a mod... You can MOD it, if YOU like... Obsidian made a game, and it's the way they wanted it to be... Some people (myself included mind you) do not like, one thing or another, so, someone created a mod for it... Making it official would require a lot more QA testing (and I'm sure they have their hands full already) and it would no longer be a mod but "options"! But it's still a mod! And such things aren't officially supported! Live with it, I guess... P.S. If you want it to be free for all... Why not download it yourself and share it over a web page or something?

Well, just to say that I too experienced that bug (my first "breaking" one) but I am very glad Obsidian's on the fix! Thanks guys!

Huge problem with this is my raid 0 SSDs are not my windows drive. PoE saves games to my windows drive. Just create a symbolic folder! (So, move the game to your ssd drive and link a symbolic folder to it). My friend configured his steam folder to run on another drive... so tested and true!

I would agree with the custom map marker! To leaves notes and stuff... Cannot open a door? Mark it! And when you return, later, you just go back there!

Ok, main thing here is that since the AI can be turned off, you don't want it? Then don't use it! Simple! I'm talking here for the people, like myself, who don't want to control all six characters like dead puppets (or simply puppets I guess... Never saw a live one anyway!)! Second thing... As I stated before, yes, I do use the pause (and that, a lot) but having to micro manage everything and every move is a pain in the... you know! Third: I wonder, with all the power it should need (referring to the start of your post), how my pentium 1ghz was able to run Baldur's Gate with 6 totally different scripts detailing exactly what to do for each skill/spell... Every skill/spell/feat was detailed for each class I used (Monk, Ranger, Cleric, Sorcerer, Thief (Imoen) and Fighter)... I even had to remove some since they were not doing what I wanted... Again, you don't want it, disable it! (Or simply take the none script like in Baldur's Gate). If they DID attack (even if only normal attacks) every time, I would be less concerned but only after 3 maps (the three first ones), during battles, my characters just stopped fighting even if others where fighting... For me, this is unacceptable! Oh yes, I saw him not fighting after a couple of seconds, but those seconds/actions are now lost and wasted... Now understand me that I'm not complaining or anything, I know that some would want it with AI and some without... And, understand that people WILL complain about almost everything... That's why I like mods! I mod it the way I want to! It's like an option! And that's that!

That will be great...or maybe someone can mod it in if you are thinking about the way you can set different party members to do different things (warriors to attack on sight/thiefs to detect traps at all times etc...). As for basic AI...it is already here. If your companions/party members are engaged by the enemy/you manually tell them to attack they will go and search (and auto attack) other enemies once the initial one is dead. It is very basic one mind you. They will just use the auto attack and no abilities (which can be good). I actually have the opposite problem - I want to turn off the AI. Because currently it is set that once an enemy engage your party member they turn and start fighting this enemy....and that can be deadly in the harder encounters. The game have killed me a few times because the tank don't want to take the free hit by passing an enemy and engaging the boss, but start a fight with the wrong mob and the boss (ofcourse) go and kill the rest of the poor party at leisure:) I'm sure you could tell the script to ignore them and fight the person with the most HP! Anyway, that's what most modded scripts did in Baldur's Gate!

Well, BG also had a lot of micromanagement... And, the pause is a great thing! However, there was a modded AI I used (still used it with BGEE (BP series if I remember right... There was a beta version for EE also). I modded it myself, since some actions where not what I wanted... The AI didn't control EVERY action of the companion, but it controlled the main ones... And, now, because abilities are regenerating after each combat (well, most of them), you could even use the script to cast an ability once each 5 or 6 seconds or so... Good thing!!!

That would be cool actually (and I hope the expansion would be release far sooner! Like, next week or so!!! hihihi... )

Good game, Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Planescape style... Love it! However, for me, the thing missing is party AI... Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2, had it (and I'm sure the others had too), and it was even moddable... And, to say the truth, I loved it cause I could take the AI and make it my own... like I wanted it to be... (DA: Origins had a ok one, but not as moddable!). Now, there's not even an AI... And it's bad in my opinion... It's like playing a D&D game and controlling all six characters at the same time... uurrgg... Never tried it, and I hope I never will! (and even with the pause, I find it bad)... I mean, yeah, control one character at a time, great! Give your comrades orders (like in D&D when you tell your friends to go here or there, and attack left or right) sure, it's great! But, not each and every move... Of couse, bugs are bad and all, but I find that having no AI for party member is atrocious... I mean, hey, image a fight against 6 foes, a boss and 5 henchmen... And the 5 henchmen had no AI... atrocious, no? And, people that don't want them? Just don't use the AI (Baldur's Gate style!). Win win! Support your gamers... P.S. Hey, here's something! Reply or give a sign or whatever if you'd like "at least" an AI... I know, it's not a petition or anything but, it might help, who knows? For me, it would really keep the game alive! (Baldur's Gate is still my reference here!).