It seems you have to pay to make an account to be able to download the mod, right? That's a shame.
EDIT: Never mind, I thought it wouldn't let me continue registering because of that, but it worked in another browser.
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Hey Era, Let's Play/Replay Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
- Thread starter Dusk Golem
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EDIT: Never mind, I thought it wouldn't let me continue registering because of that, but it worked in another browser.
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Yes, but don't let the paid options fool you if just there for the one mod. Just click for a free account and it doesn't take very long to go through.
Picked it up on GOG, then realized I have it on Steam. Ah well. Installing now. Haven't played this game since literally 2004, so this should be interesting.
Still progressing slowly. Enderal is still my primary focus these days, so Ionly play for a short session of Bloodlines per day.
I still vaguely remember the main story line and characters, but I barely remember most other stuff like mechanics and side quests.
I still vaguely remember the main story line and characters, but I barely remember most other stuff like mechanics and side quests.
I couldn't get that enb to work. Do I need to also download the main files from the site then copy the ones from nexus into directory ?
What error are you getting? Or is there just no change? All I did was extract the directory into the folder with the .exe.
EDIT: I forgot how silly the radio programs were. Reminds me of GTA.
I'm just going to leave a question here because I always hear people talk about a certain thing in this game that I have never really felt.
How do y'all feel about the replayability in this game? How big of a difference you notice between one clan and another while playing? How viable you felt different character builds where? Do you have some examples in specific quests on how different it can be?
How do y'all feel about the replayability in this game? How big of a difference you notice between one clan and another while playing? How viable you felt different character builds where? Do you have some examples in specific quests on how different it can be?
Replayability is extremely high. Malkavians and Nosferatu play completely differently between clans.
Tremere especially have specific questions triggers that give them different story paths and bonuses. I can't talk about them without spoiling the game for others in the thread, though, and the same goes for the Ventrue I believe.
This game's replayability is nuts. Even if by the end of the game every PC ends up super strong and can basically do anything, the first 2/3rds is different enough to warrant replays.
I was really enjoying this when I first started playing a while ago, but i hit a transistion to a new city (the third?) that involved about an hour of heavy lore before going and then opened up in a room with a few people who just loved to talk the ins and outs of the politics and what was going on. it was painfully boring, but it also felt really important to me actually understanding what was going on so i tried to push through it and ended up bailing on the game entirely.
Here's the question - is it important? whats the game like after that point?
Here's the question - is it important? whats the game like after that point?
It's 75% off on GOG, DRM-free, and it includes the required fan patch to make it playable on modern systems.
https://www.gog.com/game/vampire_the_masquerade_bloodlines
It's even cheaper on Humble, for a Steam key, but you'll need to install the fan patch yourself.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines
What perfect timing, was wondering if I could snag it on steam for the same price.
Dusk Golem update the thread title to say it's on sale.
No. Its from back when computer games were actually designed for computer peripherals
Unfortunately no. Im trying out various schemes using Steam controller config but to be honest its not perfect and is probably why ill bounce off this game and wait for the next one.
"He's coming"? Incidentally, I beat the game from a boxed copy without a single patch, so it's not 'unbeatable', just buggy as f.
Ah, thanks folks. Guess I'll be waiting a while before I can play the game.
I know on Windows 10 you need to rename the two "dxdg" files to "d3d11" or something like that, so maybe it's a similar issue. The dx9 files should be there, though, so maybe try verifying your installation files.
The main issue is using terminals/computers. It makes dialogue a bit cumbersome as well, but it's at least doable.
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Well just ran into a bug that caused one of the scripted scenes to not play like it was supposed to. Reloading fixed it but I guess the moral of the story is don't just rely on the autosaves save often yourself.
With that said this game is more janky than I remembered but still shows me why it is my favorite game of all time.
With that said this game is more janky than I remembered but still shows me why it is my favorite game of all time.
The general impression is that it's fanfictiony, the bad kind.
Fun fact, if you use cheats and max out your stats before you start, Jack has extra dialog where he mocks you for being a dirty cheater.
If this is your first time playing I would say no. The plus adds a bunch of shit that was cut. Some of it I like, some of it was cut for a reason.
If you have played a good chunk of the game before I say go wild.
I haven't. Only played a little bit a year or two ago and gave up before trying to fix the technical issues lol.
The fact that the end portions of the game are pretty much universally reviled didn't help either.
I always default to keeping the game as vanilla as possible for a first playthrough, so that is where I am coming from.
Yeah some of the sections are rough so keep in mind cheating in those sections is always an option.
Especially if you play Ventrue, their flaw to not eat rats really makes the sewer section that much harder.
As for the Plus Patch, it's worth it for blood healing alone.
Well that explains where that went. I decided to play vanilla this go around and was trying to figure out why I wasn't able to heal myself. I was like "I could have sworn that was a power. Am I going crazy."
Only in superficial ways like dialog options and basic RPG stuff like that.
Besides that they are very different games.
I really like the Plus version. Bloodlines is a great game to replay so it makes sense to keep your first playthough vanilla, but if you think you might only play it once I say there's nothing wrong with picking it from the start.
Ya, I fully recommend it if you're having too much trouble with those rough sections. Hitting a wall later on because you didn't invest enough into combat stats isn't fun.
Ya, I fully recommend it if you're having too much trouble with those rough sections. Hitting a wall later on because you didn't invest enough into combat stats isn't fun.
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Just run the .exe, select the directory the game is installed in, and it'll patch it. At the end of installation it'll mention to run the new .exe it generates for the game rather than the default one (it keeps the original .exe for those who want it), and if you want to run it from Steam it gives you a command line to put into Steam's launch options to launch that .exe from Steam when launching the game.
For the Steam version the mod will create a shortcut with unoffical patch in its name. Just run that. As to check in the game option menu go to the gameplay tab and it should say something like Unoffical patch 10.3 off to the right.
I actually just installed the game and the unofficial patch, the headbob and slidy feeling movement is making me motion sick as hell though, any way to disable it? Can't seem to find anything on it.
This is the layout I used with an Xbox controller. You'll need to use Steam controller config, Xpadder, or JoyToKey.
Left Stick: WASD (move)
Left Click: CTRL (crouch)
Right Stick: mouse (look)
Right Click: F (feed)
Left Trigger: RMB (use discipline)
Right Trigger: LMB (attack)
Left Bumper: Scroll up (next discipline)
Right Bumper: E (use)
Y: H (holster)
X: R (reload)
A: space (jump)
B: I (inventory)
D-pad Up: 1 (first dialogue option)
D-pad Right: 2 (second dialogue option)
D-pad Down: 3 (third dialogue option)
D-pad Left: 4 (fourth dialogue option)
Back: L (log)
Start: ESC (menu)
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I knew I wasn't the only one! I bought Bloodlines on the day of release and finished it in about a week or two, only finding out about this 'game-breaking' bug a while later in one of the monthly PC magazines.
I distinctly remember not having the internet to download any patches, as I only got broadband installed at our house when I picked up Half-Life 2 that same week and found out about Steam. It was a small wait for it to be set up and installed thanks to some issues with my area being new to ADSL, so I finished up Bloodlines just in time to jump on Half-Life 2 the day my internet was activated.
on all my replays of this i always cheat to get xp so i can artificially boost seduction. its too expensive in game to do it, and i want to play a sexy vampire without gimping my character.
