07-08-2003, 10:11 AM | #1 |
Manshoon
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i just got a crapload of good drow armor. i can wear it inside underdark, but im worried that if i go out it will go away. is there any way to use drow equiptment in the sun? spoil me
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07-08-2003, 10:18 AM | #2 |
Symbol of Moradin
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I noticed there was a trick to save the drow items
upon leaving the underdark. I liked this idea, but did not want to kick a member out of my party to do it. Also, my main character was in a romance with Jaheira so I didn't know what kicking her out would do. I decided to try to come up with an alternate method of doing this. What I came up with works, but it is somewhat incovenient to do if you're walking around with full inventories due to having to trade the armor between many people. My trick works because the game only checks the items every round or so and will not decay items on the ground. Here is what you do. (When picking up items, use the inventory screen instead of the overhead display method of picking stuff up) 1. Immediately pause the game when you gain control of the party after leaving the underdark, before the drow equipment decays. Transfer ALL the drow stuff you want to keep on to one person and have that person drop it all into a pile on the ground. You can then unpause it. Adamantine dust will appear in your inventory just like if the items decayed, but they will still be on the ground. Also, opening the bag of holding seems to decay items as well even if paused, so do not put anything you want to keep in there. 2. Next, string your characters to the edge of the map, and have one of them as close as you can get without trying to exit the screen. The trick here is to have the people close enough together that they may pass items still. Keep the character that dropped the items in the same spot so that he can pass them all to the next person. 3. Now, repause the game, and have the character over the stack of items pick them up and pass them down the line of characters until the person near the edge has them. Have that person drop them all in a pile on the ground again. (Since the game is paused here, you are in effect, moving the items to the edge of the map before any time can pass, so they do not decay.) 4. Move your whole party close enough to the edge of the map so that you can leave the area with just a single click and no one will have to walk. Leave the guy on the stack of items again. 5. Pause again, and pick up all the equipment, passing some of it to other people if you need to again. Leave the inventory screen, and click where the party will leave the area. Then unpause, and the party will leave before the items decay. |
07-08-2003, 02:07 PM | #3 |
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Very nice Xen, I just tried it in my game and it works beautifully.
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07-08-2003, 02:10 PM | #4 |
Symbol of Moradin
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Glad to hear it!
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07-08-2003, 02:20 PM | #5 |
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But if you have Throne of Bhaal, you can't keep your drow armor. The game will make another "drow armor out of the Underdark" check, and Xen's trick won't work then.
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07-08-2003, 03:29 PM | #6 |
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I noticed that aswell pirengle, but apart from that it is cheating. You are only ment to have it in the underdark and so you are cheating the game.
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07-08-2003, 03:31 PM | #7 |
Symbol of Moradin
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Yes. I have never used this(i copyed my post from somewhere else!),excatly becuase of the reason wich is cheating.
Altough,the game itslef,sometimes cheates you! |
07-08-2003, 03:40 PM | #8 |
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In short: put all the stuff in the bag of holding, drop it as soon as you have the chance, and pass it along the party to the map edge (while the game is paused).
If I recall correctly, it works with the bag, items don't crumble when the game is paused (?). But I did it about ten months ago so I could be wrong. And, after all, why bother? The game checks only that area (and some ToB areas), and you can easily create those armors with Shadowkeeper when you're away from it.
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07-08-2003, 03:43 PM | #9 |
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True and my opinion is that apart from AC bonus Drow armor suck! There are plenty of better armors in BG2+ToB!
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