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POLL: Side areas

Discussion in 'BG2: Shadows of Amn (Classic)' started by Xerxes, Nov 25, 2003.

  1. Xerxes Gems: 3/31
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    Remove all ads!
    How many of you BG2 players out there want a mod that would add all those side areas that you discover yourself by exploring (like in BG1) in BG2 ? (eg, sea watcher ruins, firewine bridge, all those forests and hilly bits where you find all sorts of interesting people/items)

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    Poll Results: Side areas (27 votes.)

    Side areas (Choose 9)
    * wouldn't download - 7% (2)
    * download under 1mb - 4% (1)
    * download 1mb-5mb - 15% (4)
    * download 5mb-10mb - 11% (3)
    * download 10mb-25mb - 11% (3)
    * download 25mb-50mb - 15% (4)
    * download 50mb-100mb - 11% (3)
    * download 100mb-200mb - 11% (3)
    * download 200mb + - 44% (12)
     
    Xerxes, Nov 25, 2003
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    Aslong as it is not identical to the areas in bg with people and items
     
    Sarevok•, Nov 25, 2003
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  3. Apeman Gems: 25/31
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    Agreeing with Sarevok. Size doesn't matter since I have broadband.
     
    Apeman, Nov 25, 2003
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  4. Equester Gems: 18/31
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    yeah if it was new areas i would love it.
     
    Equester, Nov 25, 2003
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    sounds good to me, but i'd stick to under 100MB
     
    Tassadar, Nov 25, 2003
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  6. CamDawg

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    I'd love new wilderness areas in BG2; it's one of the BG1 features I really miss. The problem is that tilesets for new areas are really big and while the compression available for them helps, they still end up being very large. For example, BGT included tilesets for all of the BG1 areas, and it totaled ~500 MB in compressed tilesets alone.
     
    CamDawg, Nov 25, 2003
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    [​IMG] WOAH! 500mb! I didn't realise how huge they could be...
     
    Xerxes, Nov 26, 2003
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  8. CamDawg

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    Yeah, but that's for all of the BG1 areas. A tileset for an individual area is probably closer to ~8 to 10MB compressed.
     
    CamDawg, Nov 26, 2003
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