EXP Cap

Silverblade · Post by **Silverblade** » Fri Jan 05, 2001 4:14 pm

I'm at the EXP Cap and I can't decide if I should get a program to remove it or not to?
Any input would be helpful

magusg · Post by **magusg** » Fri Jan 05, 2001 4:45 pm

I'm all for exceeding the exp cap... if I could just get it to work right with my game

It just kills RPG's to be stuck at a level for any period of time because improving is what they're all about. Besides, you still have to earn the experience! Now summoning pit fiends for the sake of killing them to gain exp is another matter entirely... but earning experience beyond the cap through quests is perfectly alright. The most rewarding mage spells (9th level)aren't even learned without breaching the cap.

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Anatres · Post by **Anatres** » Fri Jan 05, 2001 4:51 pm

Personal preference. In the BG games the conventional wisdom is that the cap is there for game balance (as per Bioware).....

zorac · Post by **zorac** » Fri Jan 05, 2001 8:22 pm

Removing the xp cap is called cheating. That said it seems that some people have a problem with this and try to delude themselves into thinking that it's not.

Go ahead use the xp cap remover if that's what you want. The usual advice at this point is to finish the game without cheating and after that go ahead...

Do as you please, you paid for it...

[This message has been edited by zorac (edited 01-05-2001).]

magusg · Post by **magusg** » Fri Jan 05, 2001 8:32 pm

Well, Zorac, thanks for that ever-so-tactful comment (delusion etc.)

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Ron · Post by **Ron** » Fri Jan 05, 2001 11:24 pm

With the cap removed. I wonder how high you can go?

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Drakron Du´Dark · Post by **Drakron Du´Dark** » Fri Jan 05, 2001 11:27 pm

As High as you What.
By the way you have now ruin your chanses of inporting that caracter to the "Neverwinter Nights" game.

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magusg · Post by **magusg** » Fri Jan 05, 2001 11:30 pm

Are you sure about that Drakron? I have made sure to keep a saved game of my mage before he exceeded the cap, but I've heard A LOT that Neverwinter Nights will just bust you back down to what your level should be if you import a "hacked" character.

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Drakron Du´Dark · Post by **Drakron Du´Dark** » Fri Jan 05, 2001 11:35 pm

Well, I´t does not matter, Any problems just reinstall the game create a new charater and use shadow keep to put him back to levels you can get in this game.
By the way have you seen weasel?

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Anatres · Post by **Anatres** » Sat Jan 06, 2001 12:26 am

Drakron; He's in the LODOSS WAR thread....

Ron · Post by **Ron** » Sat Jan 06, 2001 1:08 am

Who cares NWN takes you to lvl 1 anyways.

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magusg · Post by **magusg** » Sat Jan 06, 2001 1:22 am

Even an imported character? Hmmm... but some of these people have superpowered characters that they might not want to lose anyway.

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Elenias Nal'nair · Post by **Elenias Nal'nair** » Sat Jan 06, 2001 9:02 am

About how high you can get (in the game...): I think the levels could be unlimited till the end of implemented XPtables. But using the XPcap=-1 variant you won't benefit from leveling up beyond the cap (never tried this anyway). Using the remover with level 50 benefits implemented (new 2da and BAM files) you could reach lvl 50 AND benefit from it.

e.g. IIRC in BG1 and IWD you could remove the cap but didn't benefit from.

Seabass · Post by **Seabass** » Sat Jan 06, 2001 9:52 am

I just wanna say something to Zorac...
How is it cheating you idiot?
Just because you go beyond the game limits??
You're a damn fool man...
makes me sad

magusg · Post by **magusg** » Sat Jan 06, 2001 1:37 pm

Elenias, it does work. I know, because my mage is level 18 and has 9th level spells

Unfortunately, my game also stopped working...but I'm pretty sure it's not the exp cap. Many others have used it and had no problems whatsoever.

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[This message has been edited by magusg (edited 01-06-2001).]

Drakron Du´Dark · Post by **Drakron Du´Dark** » Sat Jan 06, 2001 1:50 pm

In AD&D p&p you can only go to Level 30, that it´s, that was because PC became to Powerful and was dificult to get a real chalanger in playing. At level 30 only powers avatars could challange you in the prime , so most of the times you retire from adventure or you could go to a Planarscape adventure were the monsters were very high level.Even Elminster is only a 29 level mage.

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Elenias Nal'nair · Post by **Elenias Nal'nair** » Sat Jan 06, 2001 2:54 pm

...ok...thanx for correcting this point. As posted I only tried the remover and with it there's the very end at level 50...definitely...and I'm very sure about that...

[This message has been edited by Elenias Nal'nair (edited 01-06-2001).]

Silverblade · Post by **Silverblade** » Sat Jan 06, 2001 3:27 pm

What's Shadowkeep and How does it work and what does it do? And where can i find it?

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Sat Jan 06, 2001 3:56 pm

Originally posted by Silverblade:
What's Shadowkeep and How does it work and what does it do? And where can i find it?

As for Shadowkeep I don't know. The editor from TeamBg is used to hack a saved game char to (it does a lot than this) edit your ability scores. IMHO If you have not finished the game leave this stuff alone till you do.

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