Posted August 02, 2015
I am just curious what methods have been found to softlock this game.
Here are some notes about what I am looking for:
1. A softlock is any situation where progressing through the main quest is no longer possible. This can include things like the game not accepting input or an important character getting killed. It does not include situations that prevent a sidequest from being completed. For purposes of this topic, Watcher's Keep counts as a main quest as does the area from the Baldur's Gate 1 expansion.
2. The softlock must be possible without hacks, mods or cheats. Glitches and engine exploits are acceptable.
2a. TuTu and Trilogy are mods and are therefore disallowed. Softlocks for the original Baldur's Gate must be possible in the original engine.
2b. Fixpacks also count as mods so don't post softlocks that require them.
Anyway, here is one that I can think of:
Start Baldur's Gate 2's tutorial and kill the tuturial guy. (Note that actually doing this is tricky; the one method I've found is to import a Throne of Bhaal character who knows Greater Deathblow.) Without the tutorial guy, there is no way to finish the tutorial and start the main game. (Well, you could still export the main character and import her into the main game, so this isn't a major issue.)
Here are some notes about what I am looking for:
1. A softlock is any situation where progressing through the main quest is no longer possible. This can include things like the game not accepting input or an important character getting killed. It does not include situations that prevent a sidequest from being completed. For purposes of this topic, Watcher's Keep counts as a main quest as does the area from the Baldur's Gate 1 expansion.
2. The softlock must be possible without hacks, mods or cheats. Glitches and engine exploits are acceptable.
2a. TuTu and Trilogy are mods and are therefore disallowed. Softlocks for the original Baldur's Gate must be possible in the original engine.
2b. Fixpacks also count as mods so don't post softlocks that require them.
Anyway, here is one that I can think of:
Start Baldur's Gate 2's tutorial and kill the tuturial guy. (Note that actually doing this is tricky; the one method I've found is to import a Throne of Bhaal character who knows Greater Deathblow.) Without the tutorial guy, there is no way to finish the tutorial and start the main game. (Well, you could still export the main character and import her into the main game, so this isn't a major issue.)