A rushed dad and Ctrl+J, wondering about issues Options

[smr49]

Hello,

I've been playing BG2 for 6 years (off and on), and just installed Improved Anvil -- wow! Great mod! The Copper Cornet quest was much harder and it sure is fun finding new treasures; excellent work on the kits (Auramaster and Riskbreaker) as well.

However, now I have kids, so my gaming time is quite limited. I tend to use Cntl+J to jump around in a map (Entrance of docks to Cromwell, Entrance of WP to Adventure Mart) and I'm wondering what kind of problems that will cause. Your readme talked about the other hotkey shortcuts (which I don't use), but I wondered if you can tell me exactly what kind of issues I'll be looking at.

Cntl+J typically cuts a good couple hours out of every run through the game, so I am loathe to leave it behind....

[smr49]

Bummer.

Yep - Jan is my only mage, and the Auramaster is the only cleric (as such).

The Greater Yuan-Ti looked like he was activating animations for HLAs - a bright, tightly focused light that looks like a high pressure water pipe burst a leak right under him? He had one other too -- maybe they were just spell animations that I don't use... whatever they were, he sure sawed through my party with them...

I play on the level just under insane, to max my XP. Maybe I'll have to start a new game when the next version comes out and run the evil super-party of Korgan, Edwin, Viconia, and a player character mage/dualled to a fighter so he can fight but still use scrolls and wands.

The bummer with that is that playing that group true to form ends up with a lot of missed quests and less XPs...

My favorite party I ever ran the game with was a LotR themed party:
1.) Elven Archer (Legolas)
2.) Dwarven Berserker (Gimli)
3.) Human Ranger (Aragorn) -- Player character
4.) Halfling Thief (Bilbo)
5.) Human Invoker (Gandalf)

Legolas had easily 70% of the party's total kills, and Gimli did the mop up.

Guess I'll make a more mage-heavy party for IA v.3

I can't thank you enough for your work on a game that is over 6 years old -- lots of games lose their modders at the 1.5 year mark.