changing the big metal unit?

chanser69 · Post by **chanser69** » Wed May 01, 2002 7:54 pm

Hey guys,

Just got the big metal unit and it appears... you can't walk through doors. Which kinda sucks cause thats a useful thing to do lol. So instead of switching armor all the time, i thought hmmmmm... why don't i just use shadowkeeper to change my form to something that looks just as cool and gives off the same impression... something like... Sarevok. Well I can't help but feel that might be considered cheating... ONLY because maybe that is a hindrance of the suit that must be lived with... so what do you guys think? Is it fair to change from an iron golem to sarevok look wise?

Glod · Post by **Glod** » Thu May 02, 2002 12:01 am

Whatever you feel comfortable with, its a game after all. I wouldn't do it though to be honest. I do think that the clunky size of the thing was intended as a tradeoff for the uber-ac.

On the other hand my response is just not to use the thing. If you really want to use it, then maybe make a sort of compromise, edit the thing but dont wear it in places that the size would really make it impossible to use rather than just annoying.

Pogoman · Post by **Pogoman** » Wed May 08, 2002 11:41 am

BIG METAL SUIT

I actually cheated to get this, BUT, I used the armor for a while, but found that it was too much to change everytime you want to go into a building, or through a door.

What I did was make someone else in the party the lead character, that way everyone else in the party, inccluding the BMS, gets loaded into the building.

It also gets in the way when fighting because you can't really move around things. I had a hard time getting other characters to go around the character....so I ended up using another piece of armor I found and ditching the BMS.

If this helps at al.....

GNGSpam · Post by **GNGSpam** » Wed May 08, 2002 12:37 pm

Chanser, just curious here, but did you actually play through BG1 with the golden pantaloons or did you just cheat them in?

Ieo · Post by **Ieo** » Wed May 08, 2002 12:51 pm

Similarly to what Pogo said (assuming I understood correctly), I just put whoever has BMU on behind everyone else while going through a doorway/etc. This is the same trick I use to get a thief hiding-in-shadows through a door or up stairs without getting out of hiding. Of course, you need at least one other party member to do this... I don't think it should be edited

it's a cute egg, and it has to be balanced someway, after all.

Leonardo · Post by **Leonardo** » Wed May 08, 2002 1:23 pm

Slightly off topic...

I tried to change the appearence of my Inquisitor to Sarevok`s (!) but it crashed the game every time. I remember reading elsewhere that it is a known issue. I settled for the Demon Knight`s, which is just as cool

GNGSpam · Post by **GNGSpam** » Wed May 08, 2002 1:59 pm

To much of a contradiction, Saravok and Inquistor, just blew the games mind I think (though demon knights really not that much better)

Leonardo · Post by **Leonardo** » Wed May 08, 2002 2:08 pm

But they were brothers after all, they COULD have some common traits...
Just remembered, I tried it before I installed Ascension. Since Sarevok appears in his old self at the final battle, maybe the avatar is not bugged anymore... must try it again soon

chanser69 · Post by **chanser69** » Wed May 15, 2002 3:57 pm

oops forgot to check the forum for a while

anyways yeah i saw the first 2 posts and decided it would be better to play the way it was meant to be played. It is also good to know about the Sarevok thing too cause i was considering that. And as to GNGSpam's arrogant comment... yes i did get them all the way from BG1. If I cheated to get them you think I would ask a morality question about changing it? Thanks everyone except GNGSpam. Bye.

Chanser

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Wed May 15, 2002 5:41 pm

Originally posted by chanser69
oops forgot to check the forum for a while anyways yeah i saw the first 2 posts and decided it would be better to play the way it was meant to be played. It is also good to know about the Sarevok thing too cause i was considering that. And as to GNGSpam's arrogant comment... yes i did get them all the way from BG1. If I cheated to get them you think I would ask a morality question about changing it? Thanks everyone except GNGSpam. Bye.

Chanser

GNG was sust curios, not many people have done it,
But the BMU is to powerfull for the game, but just fun to get once.
(I did it once myself)

But it's so powerfull you shouldn't see it as a real item, just as a funny part of the game!!!

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Wed May 22, 2002 12:12 am

But it's so powerfull you shouldn't see it as a real item, just as a funny part of the game!!!

Indeed. After all, who in their right mind would be caught dead without the bronze pantalettes?

I didn't play through BG1, so unfortunately I couldn't have the BMU made. However, the entire scene where you acquire the pantalettes was entertaining enough for me!

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Wed May 22, 2002 2:48 am

Originally posted by Chanak

Indeed. After all, who in their right mind would be caught dead without the bronze pantalettes?

I didn't play through BG1, so unfortunately I couldn't have the BMU made. However, the entire scene where you acquire the pantalettes was entertaining enough for me!

That's true, it also brought back memmory's!!!
getting the silver ones was a big suprise to me to (and that's also where (a very small) light went on with me about a possible pantaloon enigma!