Ok, the save is about 18 month old, and I must say that I forgot almost everything.
I do not remember the main plot, dialogues, maps that I visited, and tactics that I used in combat.
Zadok_Allen: You got a Ranger and thus don't need to search actively btw. Active searching gives the initiative to the opponents, should a fight occur. Rangers search anyway, without active searching. As is appropriate she also has the highest Senses and is better than your other guys at searching.
Also you should sell some junk or put it in a chest somewhere: you keep many useless things, not least (heavy!) armor you don't use (although some of that armor is actually better than the armor you use).
You recently met the one and only Gadgeteer one can recruit (Madras). He's not too popular but still an option - if you do his mission. Either way your party carries around a bunch of Gadgets: don't mistake those trinkets for quest relevant! They can be discerned by checking who can use them. Quest items can always be used by everybody and they don't require anything (no specific skills). Unless you hire that Gadgeteer those are but junk. You can dump stuff anywhere and return for it later, should you need it after all (e.g. if you hire Madras).
I do not go with search turned on all the time.
I used it in this case because I was trying to find if I missed something.
Yes, a lot of various items, but after playing some RPG like games, I learned to keep unknown purpose items, because they are sometimes required later in the game (turn back the whole way to find them back? no way! and in some cases not possible).
Supply of ammo is also thing learned from some games, when you were in moment where were not able to buy or find more for longer time, so this is just in case to be prepared for such situation.
I guess that I was probably used ranged weapons before enemy could reach me.
Other items are probably collected for sale.
ussnorway: I recommend you go UP to the next level (
where the rats are) but instead of turning right, go ahead and down the lift... (
go out side) this area has a rope ladder that makes it easy to return later on when you have the other items.
You have to do the swamp next, then the bug fort (
you have options here to take a side or play both against each other) then the mines area north east of swamp opens a back door into the bug fort & THEN you can come back to finish the tree quests... even then its possible to miss items but thats the minimum.
I am in hall with four directions, and in front of me is entrance to garden room with sign named "7th" (the place where I should have special potion).
If there is nothing important to push main game forward, then I can leave without making side quests.
My question is, if I have entrance to garden with "7th" sign in front of me, where should I go exactly?
Left, right or backward?
How to reach the swamp from place where I am now?
Will I have to go back here again or is it optional only?