Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast.

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Here is the official Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast readme file.

Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast

Readme and Manual Addenda


Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (tm)
Release Version 1.3.5508

Contents

1. Getting Started
a. System Requirements
b. Installation
c. Registering Tales of the Sword Coast with Black Isle Studios
d. Running Tales of the Sword Coast
e. Visit the Baldur's Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast Web Sites
f. Revision History
2. TroubleShooting
a. Tweaking Performance
b. Known Problems
c. Updates
d. Manual Addendum
e. Multiplayer
3. Customer Service Information - North America
4. Legal Information


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1. Getting Started

Important Notes:

Cache Size
Tales of the Sword Coast will increase your minimum cache size to 140MB if it is currently smaller than that. You can manually change this to a smaller amount, but we do not recommend you play Tales of the Sword Coast with a cache of less than 140MB

Multiplayer with Tales of the Sword Coast
Multiplayer games must exclusively use Tales of the Sword Coast. Games in which some players have TSC installed and some do not are not possible.

Font Change
There is a new font in the Fonts directory in the root of your TSC CD-ROM. IF you wish to try the new font, copy it into the override directory where you installed TSC. You will notice the font is larger and more easily read. If you don't like it, just delete the font file from your override directory.

MCONVERT.EXE
When you install Tales of the Sword Coast, we recommend you accept the option to automatically convert your saved games. However, if you don't select this option, you can convert your saved games later using MCONVERT.EXE which is included in the root of your Tales CD.

Override directory
Installing Tales of the Sword Coast will replace many of the contents of your override directory. Some items like character portraits and sounds will be left intact, but you run the risk of losing any hacked or otherwise modified files.

Installation
If you have uninstalled Baldur's Gate and want to install Tales of the Sword Coast, you must first reinstall Baldur's Gate and then install Tales of the Sword Coast.

1a. System Requirements

Required:
Pentium (or compatible) 166 MHz
16 MB RAM
*32 MB RAM for multiplayer
Windows 95 with DirectX 5.0 or later
600 MB of Hard Drive Space
4X or faster CD-ROM
DirectX Certified Video Card with at least 2 MB of video RAM
DirectX Certified Sound Card
Keyboard, Mouse

Recommended:
Pentium (or compatible) 200 MHz with MMX
32 MB RAM
600 MB (or more) of Hard Drive Space
8X (or faster) CD-ROM
DirectX certified Video Card with at least 4 MB of video RAM


1b. Installation

Insert the Tales of the Sword Coast CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and follow the onscreen instructions. If your autorun is disabled, find the autorun.exe application in the root your CD-ROM and double click to launch
the Installer.

Note: You MUST have Baldur's Gate installed to play Tales of the Sword Coast.

If you have uninstalled Baldur's Gate and want to install Tales of the Sword Coast, you must first reinstall Baldur's Gate and then install Tales of the Sword Coast.


1c. Electronic Registration

Please take a few moments to fill out the Electronic Registration for Tales of the Sword Coast. Your feedback will make you eligible for special offers and promotions, and it also provides us with information we need in order to make better games. We'd appreciate your time.


1d. Running Baldur's Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast

If you use the default installation settings for Baldur's Gate, it will be installed in a 'Black Isle Studios' Program Group in your Start menu.

Tales of the Sword Coast is an expansion for Baldur's Gate. Playing the expansion will be the same as playing Baldur's Gate, but with a larger world and more subquests. Therefore, to run Tales of the Sword Coast, you need only run Baldur's Gate.


1e. Baldur's Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast Web Pages

If there is anything that you are having problems with or cannot find in the manual, stop by the Baldur's Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast Web Pages at http://www.interplay.com. Aside from cool game materials and errata, you may be able to find an answer for whatever question you might have.

1f. Revision History

1.0.4309 - Full Release - Baldur's Gate
1.1.4312 - Beta Patch - Baldur's Gate
1.1.4315 - Release Patch and Product Revision - Baldur's Gate
1.3.5508 - Full Release - Tales of the Sword Coast

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2. TroubleShooting

2a. Tweaking Performance

Pathing Performance

Note that changing the pathing as outlined below can also be done with the Baldur's Gate Config program that is installed with the game.

To increase the path searching AI, the following entry can be modified in the baldur.ini file that is installed in the root of the installation directory:
[Program Options]
Path Search Nodes=4000
To increase or decrease the AI, vary the number of Nodes (4000 above).
The range can vary from 2000 to 400000.
Increases the number above will increase the number of nodes in path searching at the expense of responsiveness to movement commands. Note that unless your machine is slower than a P2 you can probably set the value to 32000 and not notice any speed difference. This will help fix getting stuck on terrain obstacles.

2b. Known Problems

There have been some problems with dial-up internet connections and multiplayer games. If you are finding you cannot connect to other multiplayer games, add the following line into the baldur.ini file located where you installed the game:
under:
[Multiplayer]
add:
AsyncEnumeration=1

2c. Updates

If necessary, patches may become available for the product that add functionality or correct bugs. These updated versions will be made available at the Interplay site at http://www.interplay.com or you can connect directly to the Baldur's Gate Files directory by clicking on the 'Update' button in the Baldur's Gate AutoRun.

2d. Manual Addendum

On Page 9 of the manual, under Quickload, the key listed is <CTRL> - L. Currently this key combination will give you your location instead of a Quickload. To remap this function, run the Baldur's Gate Config.exe located in the directory you installed Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast to. You should then select the tab entitled Keyboard Shortcuts. When you assign it, hold down the <CTRL> key as well as the Z key as you map and it will map to <CTRL> - Z (we recommend this location). This will now be your Quickload Hotkey.

2e. Multiplayer

During installation, two Winsock 2.0 .dll files are copied onto your hard drive if you are running an Operating System that does not have Winsock 2.0 installed. These files are only used if you are using TCP/IP. If you would like to use any TCP/IP Winsock 2.0 applications and you do not have TCP/IP installed, you will have to reinstall Winsock 2.0 after you have installed TCP/IP in order to use the TCP/IP protocol.

If you encounter any problems with Modem Play, please try re-installing DirectX 6.0.
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3. Interplay Customer Service Information

This information is only valid in North America.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT TROUBLESHOOTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE!
Interplay Productions Technical Support now offers troubleshooting guides with complete installation and setup instructions as well as information that will help you overcome the most common difficulties. If you have access to the World Wide Web, you can find these at:

www.interplay.com/support/

Here you will find troubleshooting information on as well as information on regular system maintenance and performance.

DirectX www.interplay.com/support/directx/
Joysticks www.interplay.com/support/joystick/
Modems and Networks www.interplay.com/support/modem/

(For game-specific information and additional troubleshooting, visit our main page at www.interplay.com)

If you have questions about the program, our Technical Support Department can help. Our web site contains up-to-date information on the most common difficulties with our products, and this information is the same as that used by our product support technicians. We keep the product support pages updated on a regular basis, so please check here first for no-wait solutions:

www.interplay.com/support/

If you are unable to find the information you need on our web site, please feel free to contact Technical Support via e-mail, phone, fax, or letter. Please be sure to include the following information in your e-mail message,
fax, or letter:
Title of Game
Computer manufacturer
* Operating system (Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 98, etc.)
CPU type and speed in MHz
Amount of RAM
Sound card type and settings (address, IRQ, DMA)
Video card
CD-ROM
Mouse driver and version
Joystick and game card (if any)
A copy of the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files from your hard drive
A description of the problem you're having

If you need to talk to someone immediately, call us at (949) 553-6678 Monday through Friday between 8:00AM-5: 45PM, Pacific Standard Time with 24 hours, 7 days a week support available through the use of our automated wizard. Please have the above information ready when you call. This will help us answer your question in the shortest possible time. When you call you will initially be connected with our automated wizard. For information pertaining to your specific title, press "1" on the main menu and listen carefully to all prompts. All titles are listed alphabetically. After you have selected your title, the most common difficulties will be listed. If the difficulty you are having is not listed or you need additional assistance, you may press "0" on your games main menu, and you will be transferred to a Technical Support Representative. No hints or codes are available from this line. You must call Interplay's HINT Line for hints, tips, or codes at 1-900-370-PLAY (1-900-451-6869 $1.25 in Canada only). You must be 18 years +, have a touch-tone phone, and the cost is $0.95 per minute.

Interplay Productions Support Fax: (949) 252-2820
Interplay Productions Technical Support
16815 Von Karman Avenue
Irvine, CA 92606
HOW TO REACH US ONLINE
INTERNET E-MAIL: support@interplay.com
WORLD WIDE WEB: www.interplay.com
FTP: ftp.interplay.com


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4. Legal

SOFTWARE USE LIMITATIONS AND LIMITED LICENSE

General Product License. This copy of Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (the Software) is intended solely for your personal noncommercial home entertainment use. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Software, except as permitted by law. Interplay Productions and Bioware Corp. retain all right, title and interest in the Software including all intellectual property rights embodied therein and derivatives thereof. The Software, including, without limitation, all code, data structures, characters, images, sounds, text, screens, game play, derivative works and all other elements of the Software may not be copied, resold, rented, leased, distributed (electronically or otherwise), used on pay-per-play, coin-op or other for-charge basis, or for any commercial purpose. Any permissions granted herein are provided on a temporary basis and can be withdrawn by Interplay Productions at any time. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

MODEM AND NETWORK PLAY.

If the Software contains modem or network play, you may play the Software via modem transmission with another person or persons directly without transmission through a third party service or indirectly through a third party service only if such service is an authorized licensee of Interplay. For the purposes of this license, a third party service refers to any third party service which provides a connection between two or more users of the Software, manages, organizes, or facilitates game play, translates protocols, or otherwise provides a service which commercially exploits the Software, but does not include a third party service which merely provides a telephonic connection (and nothing more) for modem or network play. Authorized licensee services are listed on the Interplay Productions World Wide Web Site located at http://www.interplay.com. This limited right to transmit the Software expressly excludes any transmission of the Software or any data streams thereof on a commercial basis, including, without limitation, transmitting the Software by way of a commercial service (excepting those specific commercial services licensed by Interplay) which translates the protocols or manages or organizes game play sessions. If you would like information about obtaining a pay-for-play or commercial license to the Software, please call Interplay Productions in the US at +(949) 553-6655.

ACCEPTANCE OF LICENSE TERMS.

By acquiring and retaining this Software, you assent to the terms and restrictions of this limited license. If you do not accept the terms of this limited license, you must return the Software together with all packaging, manuals and other material contained therein to the store where you acquired the Software for a full refund.

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