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Baronius
post Jul 18 2005, 02:50 AM
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I tried to answer the question of 'why I revised it' in the general introduction. In this post, I'd like to illustrate it with a quote from PPG forums (I used joker characters to disguise Grey Clan NPC and area names in order to avoid spoilers).

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I got a reply on the other forum and it turns out there's a Gibberling's 3 forum where I found the answer.  Killing ****** and meeting ****** IS the end of the mod, apparently . I thought GreyClan was a great, very difficult mod, which avoided the many mistakes BG1 and 2 modders have done  in the past, such as copying and mixing old areas(eg:- Darkest Day) - that gets so boring and longwinded, plus unlike Secrets of BoneHill or BG2's  Darkest Day, it wasn't at all buggy. The conclusion could have been a bit more final. I wasted a whole hour going back to Baldur's Gate and ****** trying to work out  what I'd done wrong etc.


The player is right, in fact the Last Breath's conclusion was simply extremely poor. I had to finish the development of TGC1 very quickly, because I didn't have enough free time. And it was a wrong decision. Perhaps I should've stopped its development, and should've continued it when possible. But I wanted to release it in any way, it was my first major mod: I wasn't sure if players would like my modding/plot-writing style, and I probably wanted a quick answer -- fortunately it was a yes. Maybe it was the best in this way after all.

In Candlelight (the remake) hopefully does not contain the negative sides of the Last Breath. Its content is bigger and more complex than the old edition's, and the conclusion is hopefully more final (but it's still Episode I). However, the story of Episode I is finished at the end of the mod. The other episodes of the Grey Clan will have the same background (organizations, characters, places etc.), but they won't be the next instalments of the same story.


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Sohlside
post Jan 7 2006, 04:19 PM
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smile.gif Are you talking about Grey Clan battles or generally about BG1 Original Saga? (Grey Clan has difficult battles!)

Absolutely about the Grey Clan battles. I've beaten the game a few dozen times since 1998 I guess (BG1 addict here) but this is my first time playing with a mod since getting the 3 Disk "The original Saga" release of the game. (got it because it is fully patched unlike my original 5+1 releases) Still I found the game starting to wera thin and I was having very little 'adventure' since I knew what every battle and new area has to offer. But with the addition of the TGC mod the battles are exciting and much more difficult that the stock encounters. I was aware of the limited dialog options in v1.75 but I see tht you have addressed that as well and I am very, very eager to see what you have done.

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I guess you know the correct order, but to assure you will do everything properly, I will explain it here. Uninstallation must...

Thanks for all the info. I thought I had it figured out but I prefer to operate on as many details as possible. I have tons more to say to everyone involved in this project concerning my appreciation for things such as a non-Tutu/WeiDU version and the attention to detail and the support community.. but I'm dying to play and I only get one Saturday a . smile.gif I'll be around again to let you know how it's going. 8]


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Baronius   Why I revised it   Jul 18 2005, 02:50 AM
jastey   NULL   Jul 18 2005, 06:39 AM
Sohlside   I'm glad I found out now. I'm only a litt...   Jan 7 2006, 01:35 PM
Baronius   :) Are you talking about Grey Clan battles or gene...   Jan 7 2006, 03:33 PM
Sohlside   Absolutely about the Grey Clan battles. I've...   Jan 7 2006, 04:19 PM


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