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Savegame Compatibility?

Discussion in 'Baldur's Gate (Classic)' started by crowleyhammer, Feb 3, 2009.

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    Are save games compatable between the 3 cd version with TOTSC and the 5 disk original with TOTSC.

    Reason i ask is i just bought my mates PC off him and he had the 3 CD version already installed, so i was using that as i hadnt played for a BG in an age, anyway finally get to friendly arm inn and it asks me to enter disk 2, i do so then of course i realise this is the 3cd version not the 5 cd version and i dont have the 3cd version.

    I cant see why not as long as it is patched to the same version as the 3cd one right?

    Cheers for any and all replies!
     
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    Seems like it's best to do a complete install from the disks you are actually using before playing.
    You only need the TotSC disk then and never have to "switch".
     
    Aces, Feb 4, 2009
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    You might want to give a link to the instructions for a complete install. If his 5CD version is like mine, there is no such option.

    IIRC, you need to manually copy the contents of the 5 CDs data folders to the data folder in your Baldur's Gate folder.
     
    SlickRCBD, Oct 9, 2009
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    I initially played the 5-CD version and while there was no option labelled as "complete install" you could check which areas to install to HD and which ones not to. Checking everything was practically a full install and I could then play the game with any of the CDs in the drive (this was before I installed TotSC)
     
    Ziad, Oct 9, 2009
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    Yep, there's an option called custom install where if you check all the boxes it will do a full installation.
     
    olimikrig, Oct 10, 2009
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    In broad terms, anything that alters dialog.tlk or such mission-critical files in your BG installation is bound to create incompatible save game files.

    Do a byte-by-byte comparison between the 3cd and 5cd installs to check if compatibility between those two is at least theoretically possible.
     
    Sir Rechet, Oct 10, 2009
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