                              Baldur's Gate:
                         Tales of the Sword Coast

                        Readme and Manual Addenda


Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (tm)
Release Version 1.3.5512

Contents

X. Problems that we have addressed in Version 5512   
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
   f. Voodoo 3
3. Customer Service Information - North America
4. Legal Information


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X.  Problems that we have addressed in Version 5512
    
    Global Variable Bug: It was possible in Tales of the Sword Coast 
    to run out of Global Variables.  This would cause many problems 
    including the failure of sub-plots and multiple spawns of NPCs.

    Sound Volume Reset: Occasionally the sound volume would reset to 
    full volume which could be adjusted, but was not what we had wanted 
    when we shipped.

    The Bard Song and Turn Undead modes are now exclusive with other 
    actions.  Prior to this, you could use these skills and do other 
    things (like attack) while they were active.  This has been 
    addressed.

    The reset of Thieving skills for Bards and Rangers has been fixed.

    The price on the Horn of Kazgaroth was fixed.  It will now be 
    worth more than 1 Gold Piece, as it should be.

    Killing Karoug before transformation no longer breaks the 
    Balduran's Island subplots.  This would cause the plot to be 
    unfinishable.

    Various spelling and grammar changes to ingame text. 

    The Demonknight can only exist once.  Previously re-visiting 
    Durlag's Tower would cause him to reappear and kill Ike.  Now he 
    will stay dead.

    Multiplayer stability has been increased.

    The Soultaker is correctly marked as a weapon not a quick item. 
    This prevents an item duplication bug.

    The graphics on spell scrolls have been resized to fit properly 
    on the page.

    The color on the Full Shield +2 fixed.  It looks pretty again.

    A general price increase of new items has been implemented to 
    reflect their higher value.

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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
        1.3.5512  -  Release Patch and Product Revision - 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 6.1.

2f.  Voodoo 3
   There is a known bug with the Voodoo3 chipset.  DO NOT minimize Baldur's
   Gate and then maximize it later if you have this chipset.  The game
   can experience a problem redrawing the screen when this is done and
   will appear to crash, even though the game is just not drawing to the
   screen.  This bug will hopefully be fixed in future revisions of the
   Voodoo 3 video drivers.
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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,
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        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
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4.  Legal

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