Question about NPC Continuity & XP

[Wasabiiwu]

Hi all,

 

I've recently installed EET for the first time with Recommended BWS settings. I'd like to have a solid playthrough from BG1 all the way to BG2 but have some concerns about how the XP adjustments works (if any) for characters that I have had in my party. I've only just started so I don't want to commit playing all the way through until I fully understand the way NPC continuity works in case I end up in a scenario that can't be fixed.

 

Apologies if this has been answered in another thread. I've trawled through every post but can't find a clear answer to this, or maybe I'm just not understanding it.

 

A bit of context:

 

I'd like to have the following party members and bring them all the way through to TOB:

CHARNAME

Jaheira

Minsc

Viconia

Edwin

Neera

 

However, due to the paired NPC of Jaheira/Khalid & Minsc/Dynaheir I have to lug around the dead weight and means I can't bring one of the pairs across and will have to abandon one of the pairs and recruit them again in BG2 to fit the 6 party limit. They are around Level 1-3 when I recruit them and kick them out of the. What level will they be when I recruit them again in BG2

 

I.e I recruit Minsc & Dynaheir in BG1 at around Level 1-3. I remove them from the party alive. By the time BG2 starts and I recruit Minsc in Irenacus's Dungeon, what level will he be? The same as when I left him in BG1 or will he have his XP & Level adjusted to match CHARNAME.

 

If anyone can shed some light on this, it will be much appreciated. I'm itching to start playing tonight .

 

Cheers.

[Roxanne]

Hi all,

 

I've recently installed EET for the first time with Recommended BWS settings. I'd like to have a solid playthrough from BG1 all the way to BG2 but have some concerns about how the XP adjustments works (if any) for characters that I have had in my party. I've only just started so I don't want to commit playing all the way through until I fully understand the way NPC continuity works in case I end up in a scenario that can't be fixed.

 

Apologies if this has been answered in another thread. I've trawled through every post but can't find a clear answer to this, or maybe I'm just not understanding it.

 

A bit of context:

 

I'd like to have the following party members and bring them all the way through to TOB:

CHARNAME

Jaheira

Minsc

Viconia

Edwin

Neera

 

However, due to the paired NPC of Jaheira/Khalid & Minsc/Dynaheir I have to lug around the dead weight and means I can't bring one of the pairs across and will have to abandon one of the pairs and recruit them again in BG2 to fit the 6 party limit. They are around Level 1-3 when I recruit them and kick them out of the. What level will they be when I recruit them again in BG2

 

I.e I recruit Minsc & Dynaheir in BG1 at around Level 1-3. I remove them from the party alive. By the time BG2 starts and I recruit Minsc in Irenacus's Dungeon, what level will he be? The same as when I left him in BG1 or will he have his XP & Level adjusted to match CHARNAME.

 

If anyone can shed some light on this, it will be much appreciated. I'm itching to start playing tonight .

 

Cheers.

Minsc will have the level you left him with, but gets some extra XP you can use to adjust him.

[K4thos]

I.e I recruit Minsc & Dynaheir in BG1 at around Level 1-3. I remove them from the party alive. By the time BG2 starts and I recruit Minsc in Irenacus's Dungeon, what level will he be? The same as when I left him in BG1 or will he have his XP & Level adjusted to match CHARNAME.

 

Minsc will have the level you left him with,

There is actually vanilla BG2:EE patch 2.x implementation that still exists in EET (BD_JOINXP variable is reset after moving to SoA). XP will be roughly adjusted like this:

- if Player 1 XP > 1249999 and NPC XP < 1250000 set XP to 1250000

- if Player 1 XP > 999999 and NPC XP < 1000000 set XP to 1000000

- if Player 1 XP > 749999 and NPC XP < 750000 set XP to 750000

- if Player 1 XP > 499999 and NPC XP < 500000 set XP to 500000

- if Player 1 XP > 249999 and NPC XP < 250000 set XP to 250000

- if Player 1 XP > 124999 and NPC XP < 125000 set XP to 125000

- If Player 1 XP <= 124999 keep NPC XP as it is