Mister Jack Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Shit, I'm never gonna get to actually playing DA2. I still have all that DLC to go through, including Awakenings. My OCD won't let me ignore it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted March 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Shit, I'm never gonna get to actually playing DA2. I still have all that DLC to go through, including Awakenings. My OCD won't let me ignore it. I know what you mean - I'm reaaaally bad about shit like that, and thus why I'm trying to blast through Awakenings right now. For those who are curious, here's the specific details on importing you character, from a Bioware employee on the DA forum: "You import a single save file into DA2. If you want to know what data is being imported, trace that save game back to its genesis; that is when you created a new character. If you created an Orlesian Warden then that is a new character and the genesis of a save game. There is no import history for such a save game. An Origins save game imported into Awakening does however have a full history of Origins decisions. If you took your end of Awakening save and imported it into Golems, then took your Awakening save and imported it into Witch Hunt, the new Golems save game would have no knowledge of Witch Hunt data and the Witch hunt save would have no knowledge of the Golems data. You must import your save games in a single chain tracing all the way back to origins to be able to import all data (Origins->Awakening->Golems->Witch Hunt). Think of the decision data like an item in your inventory. Jokes aside about DLC items and Awakening imports, imagine you got an item at the same time you made the decision and never disposed of it. If the item would be in your inventory in the save file you import into DA2, then the decision will be imported. If the item wouldn't be there because it's in a different branch of your save game tree, then it will not be imported. There is no world state/decision tracking on a per character basis that transcends individual save files." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 that sounds overly complicated. or maybe I'm just fuzzy brained right now. Either way, I'm not too interested or worried about importing once I get it. Seems silly since you don't even get to play the same character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurial Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Oh great...I have like 20 saves to import then. I did 6 playthroughs with different origins and what not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Well, I think the various decisions you make have a much more global effect than most of Shepard's did, which were more personal. For example, who you put on the throne for Ferelden and Orzammar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted March 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Yeah, considering this game is supposed to span ten years, your decisions should have some pretty far reaching consequences. Also, if you looked at just how many of the decisions you made in Mass Effect imported to Mass Effect 2 (some in smaller/larger ways than other), chances are, there's going to be a ton of stuff that imports to DAII in similar smaller/larger ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 I don't think I can be bothered to actually play DA:O again to see the status of my world. After I'd reformatted and did a fresh install of Win 7, despite there being a DA save game folder in my docs from the previous game, DA:O refused to acknowledge those saves. I'm not about to revisit 60 hours or so just to see how the hell my world played out. It's really annoying that the game didn't detect its own saves (although granted it was a win7 32 bit install and then i switched to a 64 bit Win 7 ultimate). If DA2 doesn't accept those saves then I just cba. Never had that problem with Mass Effect 1 or 2 which reads the save files fine (and no the files aren't corrupted, the game just doesn't acknowledge them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted March 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 I don't think I can be bothered to actually play DA:O again to see the status of my world. After I'd reformatted and did a fresh install of Win 7, despite there being a DA save game folder in my docs from the previous game, DA:O refused to acknowledge those saves. I'm not about to revisit 60 hours or so just to see how the hell my world played out. It's really annoying that the game didn't detect its own saves (although granted it was a win7 32 bit install and then i switched to a 64 bit Win 7 ultimate). If DA2 doesn't accept those saves then I just cba. Never had that problem with Mass Effect 1 or 2 which reads the save files fine (and no the files aren't corrupted, the game just doesn't acknowledge them). Hmmm... if you still have them, could they possibly be in the wrong folder somehow now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vargras Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Ctrl+Alt+Del ACTUALLY managed to put up a funny comic today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 I don't get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enervation Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 I don't get it It's Charlie Sheen. The dialogue choices are all from his most recent interview where he asserts that "Charlie Sheen is one hell of a drug." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Oh. So it's not actually funny or a video game joke. it's just a pop culture reference. Stay classy Buckley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vargras Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Oh. So it's not actually funny or a video game joke. it's just a pop culture reference. Stay classy Buckley It's better than a lot of what he normally puts out. I think the only webcomics that consistently make me laugh are Axe Cop, Dr.McNinja, XKCD, and Saturday Morning Breakfast Cartoons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Oh. So it's not actually funny or a video game joke. it's just a pop culture reference. Stay classy Buckley It's better than a lot of what he normally puts out. I think the only webcomics that consistently make me laugh are Axe Cop, Dr.McNinja, XKCD, and Saturday Morning Breakfast Cartoons. Haha, well, I think that says a lot about CAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Hmmm... if you still have them, could they possibly be in the wrong folder somehow now? Unfortunately it's not. Bioware creates a bioware folder which contains all their games on your user profile's documents folder. Thing is it overwrites the config file so I know that it is accessing the same folder just refuses to access my files... I've even oddly got my pre-release character (from when they released the character creator but that too can't be accessed. Oh well can't be fussed. 60hrs (2/3rds of it) when I was bored while waiting for clearer conditions to film was time well spent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted March 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 (edited) Oh well can't be fussed. 60hrs (2/3rds of it) when I was bored while waiting for clearer conditions to film was time well spent. To film? Off-topic, but film what? Curious. EDIT http://dragonage.bioware.com/da2/info/pennyarcade/ Looks like Penny-Arcade's doing another comic leading up to release. Edited March 5, 2011 by TheForgetfulBrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vargras Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Likely going to attend a midnight release tomorrow. I snagged a Signature Edition back when you could preorder the normal version and upgrade to Signature for free, so I've got quite the package waiting for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 I've got quite the package waiting for me. Sounds like you're in for a fun night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 To film? Off-topic, but film what? Oh I was hired for some contract work by a production company to film a pilot (which is still being considered for TV), 2 shorts and some footage for a commercial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 I have it loaded on Steam, but I can't bring myself to play it until I finish everything with my DA:O character...which will still take a few days at minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted March 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 I have it loaded on Steam, but I can't bring myself to play it until I finish everything with my DA:O character...which will still take a few days at minimum. I think you're one of the few people that I know of that's like me in this regard - can be pretty ridiculous sometimes, and it's what keeps my game queue stacked to the heavens. I buckled down and beat Awakenings this weekend, as well as the Golems of Amgarrak DLC. Now I just need to beat Witch Hunt. If you're playing the expansions and DLC and want to import them to DA2, I guess you're supposed to do a single save chain, so import your Origins End Game save into Awakenings, import your save-before-final-boss from Awakenings into Golems, then do the same thing into Witch Hunt, and supposedly Witch Hunt has a game-end save you can use to import into DA2. Almost there - ahh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 I have it loaded on Steam, but I can't bring myself to play it until I finish everything with my DA:O character...which will still take a few days at minimum. I think you're one of the few people that I know of that's like me in this regard - can be pretty ridiculous sometimes, and it's what keeps my game queue stacked to the heavens. I'm in the same boat, I've got multiple characters I'm trying to bring through ME1 and 2 in preparation for ME3. So far I've brought a paragon girl and do-whatever-I-want guy through, and I'm working on a renegade girl. After that I've got paragon guy, renegade guy, and actual-right-thing guy. The reason I need six is because I want to be able to see all the different outcomes of the different choices, which includes the reactions of the love interests from ME1 both when you stay true to them in ME2 and when you cheat on them (I'm not going to try and do the same with all the ME2 love interests though, there's just too many). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted March 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 I've still got to play through ME2. Because of what we've been discussing, I think I was hesitant to play ME2. This, because I played through Mass Effect on 360, and have ME2 on PC - and even though I found a saved game pretty close to my character and made him look similar, it still wasn't exactly 'mine,' you know? That, and I spent like eight hours scanning fucking planets instead of the game and just kind of stopped playing for a while. So ME2 has shuffled back into my game queue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 If you're playing ME2 on PC there's things you can do to make it so you don't have to scan planets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted March 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 (edited) True - I just do it because I get obsessive about doing everything in games, and kept hoping I'd fine some super secret hidden in the scanning, which I'm sure there is on one of the planets, but I could just look at a guide for that. I'm silly. Edited March 8, 2011 by TheForgetfulBrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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