BAlDUR’s
GATe
™
:
DARK
AlliAnce
™
BlAcK
Isle
STUDios
- 13
-
In Game P
ause Men
u:
Y
ou can access an options menu within the
game itself b
y
pressing the ST
AR
T button.
T
he game is paused while
this screen is up
. On this screen are the f
ollo
wing options:
Retur
n to Game
W
hen this option is selected, it will retur
n you to the game
.
Load Game
T
h
is will allo
w you to abor
t the current game and load a pre
viously
sa
ved Baldur’
s Ga
te: Dar
k
Alliance game
.
Reca
ll
Pr
o
vided you ha
ve recall potions
, this option uses one of these
potions to retur
n you to the nearest safe loca
tion in the area. In
Baldur's Ga
te
, Recall takes you to back to the Elfsong
T
aver
n. It is
useful when you don't want to ha
ve to trek all the wa
y back up to
the surface to sell your loot.
Options
W
hen this option is selected, it brings up the Options Menu.
T
his
allo
ws you to adjust the brightness
, music volume
, sound effects
volume
, change the contr
oller conf
igura
tion, toggle the contr
oller
vibra
tion on and off (when vibra
tion is on, your contr
oller will
vibra
te when you are badly wounded), toggle stereo sound, toggle
dialog and subtitles
, and toggle the in-game dama
ge te
xt.
Expor
t Pla
ye
rs
T
h
is function allo
ws you to:
1.
Impor
t a character fr
om another sa
ve game
.
2.
If an Xbo
x contr
oller is present in contr
oller por
t 2, you are able
to impor
t or add a new character to pla
y as pla
yer 2.
3.
If the current game is a two pla
yer game
, you ma
y delete pla
yer 1
or pla
yer 2, con
ver
ting the two pla
yer game to a single pla
yer game
.
Note tha
t when two pla
yer
s are present, you ma
y not impor
t or
add a pla
yer race tha
t is being used b
y
the other pla
yer
.
T
he f
irst screen you see will sho
w the character
s tha
t are currently
being pla
yed in the game
. If you ha
ve two contr
oller
s present,
pla
yer 1 will
be able to select either pla
yer slot b
y
using the
directional pad or left thumbstick. Se
veral options are possible a
t
this point:
BAlDUR’s
GATe
™
:
DARK
AlliAnce
™
BlAcK
Isle
STUDios
- 12
-
Sw
itching W
eapons:
T
here ma
y be cir
cumstances where you want to
switch between your bo
w and your melee weapon... quickly
. T
o
do
this
, press left or right on the directional pad, and your character will
switch weapons
.
Note:
Y
ou ha
ve to ha
ve these weapons equipped in
your in
ventor
y bef
ore you can toggle between them.
Blocking:
Block (holding do
wn the Black button) will deflect most
incoming pr
ojectiles or melee a
ttacks
—
though it is not pr
oof a
gainst
e
ver
y a
ttack.
Y
o
u can block with a shield or any weapon, but only a
shield will allo
w
you to keep blocking indef
initely; if you block with a
weapon, it will only last f
or a shor
t period of time
. If you ha
ve the fea
t
Impr
o
ved Block, ho
we
ver (see Spells and F
e
a
ts
, p
. 26), you can block
with a weapon indef
initely
. Y
ou cannot block if you are wielding a bo
w
.
Hea
ling:
Pressing the right trigger will cause your character to drink one
of the healing potions in your in
ventor
y,
replenishing some of your hit
points
.
A
uto-Map:
Pressing the W
hite button will cause a map of the le
vel to
appear on the screen.
Y
our character’
s position is sho
wn b
y
a yello
w
arr
o
w
.
Y
ou can press the W
hite button a
gain to shrink the map and
mo
ve it to the upper right cor
ner of the screen.
T
o
make the automap
disappear
, press the W
hite button a
gain. Sa
ve points and lar
ge bodies
of wa
ter will appear on your automap as well, which helps na
viga
tion
considerably
.
Rejuvenation:
Pressing the left trigger button will cause your
character to drink one of the rejuvena
tion potions in your in
ventor
y,
replenishing some of your ar
cane ener
gy
.
Rotate Came
ra:
Sometimes you ma
y want a better angle to see do
wn
a corridor or benea
th a wall; to r
ota
te the game camera, mo
ve the right
thumbstick until the camera is a
t the angle you want. If a
t any time you
need to reset the camera back to its original position, click the right
thumbstick, and the camera will reset.
Breaking Items:
Many items
, such as vases
, cra
tes
, and barrels
, can be
br
oken open b
y
a
ttacking them (using the
A
button). Sometimes these
breakable items will ha
ve treasure inside
. Be careful when a
ttacking
barrels
, ho
we
ver
, as some of them will e
xplode when str
uck.
Pus
hing Items:
Pushing items is done b
y
mo
ving into an object.
Objects tha
t can be pushed will be pushed in the direction your
character is walking
.
