The patch is an executable replacement (BGMain.exe or BGMain2.exe) for fixing an issue with DirectX 7 or 8 and not being able to join a multiplayer game. The Baldur's Gate only patch came in an "English Version" and an "International Version", the Tales of the Sword Coast patch came in an "North American English Version", an "International English Version" and an "International Non-English Version". , Aug: This patch came separately for Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate with with the Tales of the Sword Coast Expansions.
The patch is available in a "North American English Version", an "International English Version" and an "International Non-English Version" The Expansion Pack's retail CD release was updated with this patch. , J: The patch for Baldur's Gate with the Tales of the Sword Coast Expansion. The Expansion brings several improvements to the base game when it is installed. If you want to obtain a physical copy of the original unpatched release, the US disc must have the text "CD-C95-898-0" on its label. May be installed over an unpatched install of Baldur's Gate. , Ap: The original release of the Tales of the Sword Coast Expansion on one CD-ROM.
This version is notable for allowing the player to adjust the pathfinding nodes from a fixed 4000 to anything between 200. The patch is available in an "English Version" and an "International Version". Generally only disc 1 will differ between and with US releases of Baldur's Gate. The 5 CD release was updated with this patch, and all DVD releases will have this patch applied. , Febru: Finalized version of the previous patch. This patch has probably been lost to time.
, Janu: Beta patch, presumably this was released to the public but due to a crash bug with save games it was problematic and quickly replaced. This version would only be released as 5 CDs. If you want to obtain a physical copy of the original unpatched release, US Disc 1 must have the text "CD-C95-625-0" on its label. December 14, 1998: This is the original retail release of Baldur's Gate, which came on five CD-ROMs. I will not discuss any unofficial patches (such as the Baldurdash and Dudleyville fixpacks), engine conversions (such as BG1Tutu or Baldur's Gate Trilogy) or Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition. I have written this blog article to help enlighten people on the version and patches available for the original game, significant physical releases and localization changes and finally the three demos of the game which were sold at some point. Dark Savant found an interesting article on Nerdly Pleasures about the version, release and demo history of Baldur's Gate:īaldur's Gate Version, Release and Demo Historyīaldur's Gate is one of my most favorite games and has a surprisingly complex patching, release and demo history.
0 kommentar(er)
