I would like to know how to play with two to four created characters. This would allow me and friends to play in the same room with the same PC.
Can you help me?
Multi-Character play -- How??
In Icewind Dale is their any NPC's or do you creat your own??? I know this is a BG2 Forum but flinfman seems to have played Icewind Dale
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(I would betray the world before i let the world betray me.) Cao Cao 192 a.d.
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(I would betray the world before i let the world betray me.) Cao Cao 192 a.d.
"Vile and evil, yes. But, That's Weasel" From BS's book, MD 20/20: Fine Wines of Rocky Flop.
For a multi-player game, you must first correctly set the protocol used. Most commonly is TCP/IP, which is also used for the Internet. Make sure you know the IP-address of the machine hosting the game, other must fill this in.
Then select Create Game, and you get to name the session, and provide an optional session password. I recommend using a password if you're also connected to the Internet, as this prevents others from the outside to join your game. Once done, select 'New Game' or 'Load Game'. With 'New Game' you get a screen with six empty character slots, all assigned to the host of the game. Once other players have joined, you can assign these slots to those others players (click the bar with you name, and select the other player's name). Everyone should either create or import one or more characters, depending on the assigned slots. You don't need to fill all slots though. If you want to start with just, say, 3 characters, you simply leave three slots empty. They can later be filled by NPC's. Once a player is done with his character, check the 'ok' flag to the right of the character. Once everyone is set and done, the host can start the game.
Note: when the host terminates the game (whether by choice, or not (computer crash or whatever)), all other players are kicked out as well.
Weasel: Icewind Dale is aimed at a party completely created by yourself. There are no NPC's to recruit anywhere in the game.
Then select Create Game, and you get to name the session, and provide an optional session password. I recommend using a password if you're also connected to the Internet, as this prevents others from the outside to join your game. Once done, select 'New Game' or 'Load Game'. With 'New Game' you get a screen with six empty character slots, all assigned to the host of the game. Once other players have joined, you can assign these slots to those others players (click the bar with you name, and select the other player's name). Everyone should either create or import one or more characters, depending on the assigned slots. You don't need to fill all slots though. If you want to start with just, say, 3 characters, you simply leave three slots empty. They can later be filled by NPC's. Once a player is done with his character, check the 'ok' flag to the right of the character. Once everyone is set and done, the host can start the game.
Note: when the host terminates the game (whether by choice, or not (computer crash or whatever)), all other players are kicked out as well.
Weasel: Icewind Dale is aimed at a party completely created by yourself. There are no NPC's to recruit anywhere in the game.
But you can. Simply start up a multi-player game by yourself like I wrote above, and keep all character slots for yourself.
I read a while ago that after creating a game, and saving it in MULTI-player, you can exit the game, start up the Windows Explorer, and browse through your BG II directory. Copy your savegame from the MULTI-player folder to the SINGLE-player folder, and you can play the game with your own PC's in single-player mode. If the SINGLE-player folder doesn't yet exist, start and save a single-player game first; this will create the correct folder for you.
I read a while ago that after creating a game, and saving it in MULTI-player, you can exit the game, start up the Windows Explorer, and browse through your BG II directory. Copy your savegame from the MULTI-player folder to the SINGLE-player folder, and you can play the game with your own PC's in single-player mode. If the SINGLE-player folder doesn't yet exist, start and save a single-player game first; this will create the correct folder for you.
On a second read through the forum, the idea of what you're trying to do is starting to dawn on me. You want MULTIPLE players to play the game in MULTIPLAYER mode on ONE machine ... how did you think to pull that off? Do you have multiple mouses connected, and multiple monitors to one machine? Or do you intend to do some form of 'turn-based' game??
