Didn't save Gale from the portal. What to do? =)

[NAERRO]

That's how unlucky I am. When there were 2 checks to pull Gale out of the portal, both failed. I don't want to reboot. But I do not believe that it cannot be found elsewhere. He must fall somewhere in another part of the location.
Does anyone have any solutions?

[Naru]

Saving frequently and reloading when something unacceptable for your playthrough occurs. F5 and F8 are your friend.

...I have made 431 quicksaves on top of several dozen manual saves so far. Just because I don't like the risk of ever having to redo too many things.

[wei270]

don't worry you will see him in act 2, i don;t know what happen if you chop his arm off though, will he appear in act 2 1 handed lol

[Ne[M]esis]

just accept the conseguences lol

[Ari]

Originally posted by Enoch:

Saving frequently and reloading when something unacceptable for your playthrough occurs. F5 and F8 are your friend.

...I have made 431 quicksaves on top of several dozen manual saves so far. Just because I don't like the risk of ever having to redo too many things.

Wow, people really do that? I just roll with the rolls. Actually some funny outcomes when you fail. Ah well, you do you.

[ggsnake]

Agreed, too many quickloads spoil the fun. Just take what the dices give you and deal with it.

[Naru]

There's nothing fun about all 4 people failing a perception check so you, the player, now know there's a secret doorway that you can no longer access that could contain either really cool loot or an entire underground cavern with a unique boss fight I'd have otherwise missed if I'd 'rolled with the roll'.

Maybe if failed perception checks didn't let me know 'hey, there's something to be perceived here but now you have to either swap out a companion and hope they pass the check or just reload in order to interact with it' then I'd let things go.

Most failed checks in moments are minor inconveniences and fine to roll with. Sometimes failing can be more entertaining. I don't reload constantly. But some rare moments are unacceptable, so I habitually press F5 every 5 or 10 minutes regardless of what's happening.

Rolling with the punch of losing an entire companion at the very beginning so you don't get Gale for your entire first playthrough of maybe a hundred hours or more? When many people aren't gonna have the time to put in more than one playthrough? That's worthy of a reload.

Besides, the fact that they know the hand they needed to pull out was a potential companion on first meeting them means they already have some meta knowledge about who Gale is before their character does, so it's not a fully blind playthrough. The sense of wonder from failing that check is already gone, just disappointing in that scenario.

[Martyrofsand]

I mean you could of been like me. Roll double 1s when attempting to release Shadowheart from her pod. At least you can still get her later but damn did that suck.

[Kitnal]

Originally posted by Enoch:

There's nothing fun about all 4 people failing a perception check so you, the player, now know there's a secret doorway that you can no longer access that could contain either really cool loot or an entire underground cavern with a unique boss fight I'd have otherwise missed if I'd 'rolled with the roll'.

Maybe if failed perception checks didn't let me know 'hey, there's something to be perceived here but now you have to either swap out a companion and hope they pass the check or just reload in order to interact with it' then I'd let things go.

Most failed checks in moments are minor inconveniences and fine to roll with. Sometimes failing can be more entertaining. I don't reload constantly. But some rare moments are unacceptable, so I habitually press F5 every 5 or 10 minutes regardless of what's happening.

Rolling with the punch of losing an entire companion at the very beginning so you don't get Gale for your entire first playthrough of maybe a hundred hours or more? When many people aren't gonna have the time to put in more than one playthrough? That's worthy of a reload.

Besides, the fact that they know the hand they needed to pull out was a potential companion on first meeting them means they already have some meta knowledge about who Gale is before their character does, so it's not a fully blind playthrough. The sense of wonder from failing that check is already gone, just disappointing in that scenario.

Isn't this exactly how the game is suggested to *not* be played. You aren't meant to get everything, losing a check is part of the game.

[Overeagerdragon]

Meh... didn't mind missing out on Gale that much during one of my playthroughs... more magic items for me to keep my mitts on or sell for cash after all....

[アンジェル]

When he appears from a different source
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3014027724

[Man of Culture]

lol my first time through I rolled a 1 twice in a row. It's not important though just make your campaign unique. Leave him in the portal. See how it plays out.

[Zogtar]

Originally posted by Man of Culture:

lol my first time through I rolled a 1 twice in a row. It's not important though just make your campaign unique. Leave him in the portal. See how it plays out.

Imagine "and in Waterdeep's place was a huge crater"

[Operation40]

just be warned - it saves to your windows drive
i'm up to ~500MB in save files with only 28 saves..

%appdata%\..\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles\Public\Savegames

something to consider if you have a small drive for windows and run the game on a larger drive

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Operation40:

just be warned - it saves to your windows drive
i'm up to ~500MB in save files with only 28 saves..

%appdata%\..\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles\Public\Savegames

something to consider if you have a small drive for windows and run the game on a larger drive

Wrong thread?

[Adam__86]

Originally posted by Ari:

Originally posted by Enoch:

Saving frequently and reloading when something unacceptable for your playthrough occurs. F5 and F8 are your friend.

...I have made 431 quicksaves on top of several dozen manual saves so far. Just because I don't like the risk of ever having to redo too many things.

Wow, people really do that? I just roll with the rolls. Actually some funny outcomes when you fail. Ah well, you do you.

Yeah because sometimes it can really screw you over to the point it makes the experience worst