I've been lurking around forever, but it looks like a fine time to really load up BG thanks to some incredible modders
I am preparing to install the BG, and I've been looking through various topics, fourms, etc...
0# I think I have it mostly narrowed down for an install, but I'd like to see what the experienced members / modders have to say? Anything apparently wrong? Order-wise? Incompatibility I missed? [Major content conflicting mods?]
Here's my proposed install~
er well before I lose you
Extra question:
1# Under BGT Compatibility, Banter Pack for BG2 is listed as partially compatible [due to banters starting during BG1...] If I wait to install this after I reach BG2 ... would that be a workaround? Or would it cause problems [installing at the end]?
http://www.shsforums...showtopic=19539
Answer :
Looks okay!do you mean 'can you install these after the worldmap'? yes, you can. there's no good reason why you can't do this: the banterpacks and flirtpacks are essentially just dialogue additions, and nothing dicks around with dialogue states (with the exception of TS and NEJ; however, notwithstanding all the advice i've ever given about BP, i've never had any trouble with TS+NEJ+banter+flirtpack installs) so wherever you add them is going to be fine.
2# Does NeJ require Baldur Dash? Or would G3 Fixpack work? Or if not, could I install both? [assuming I can install components individually and avoid doubles]
"1) BD-WeiDU 1.5 or G3 Fixpack" keyword "Or"
http://www.shsforums...showtopic=18294
Answer :
Invalid Question till G3 Fixpack is released!
3# I noticed Horred mentioned something ... http://forums.blackw...?showtopic=1689
Am I taking this out of context? or should I be worried about using TS-BP v6.04.01?"*If you install the (unofficial, unsupported by this forum) install of more mods than this, we have been commenting out these lines and using BD-weidu afterwards. I don't believe that BD-weidu is really incompatible. Unsupported, definitely , but it does the same things as the old patch, in a new way. Apples and oranges, to be honest. However, I found another issue with TS-BP, that makes it necessary to use TSv55 once more. So, the argument is moot for now."
Answer :
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And without further adieu here's my proposal!
You should have at least 15 GB free if you install all of this [only takes about 10 or less; that's a lot though!]
This install's highest WeiDU version was 1.91.
0) Full BGII SOA+TOB+26498_patch (and BG1+ToTSC+5512_patch for installing BGT)
1) run NEJ2v42 and NEJ2v602 patch, but DO NOT install with WeiDU install NeJ-Setup [Neverending Journey]
In other words when
"What should be done with all components that are NOT YET installed?
nstall them, [S]kip them, [A]sk about each one?"
this comes up, just close the dos prompt, and do the same thing for NEJv602.
+ Next
open Setup-NEJ2.tp2 with yr favourite text editor (notepad works fine) and remove the following lines:
REQUIRE_FILE ~Data/25Dialog.bif~ ~Please install "Throne Of Bhaal" and the official ToB patch before installation of this mod.~ REQUIRE_FILE ~override/Animate.ids~ ~Please install the official ToB patch before installation of this mod.~ REQUIRE_FILE ~override/MusicList.ids~ ~Please install the official ToB patch before installation of this mod.~ REQUIRE_FILE ~override/CLASS.ids~ ~Please install the official ToB patch before installation of this mod.~ REQUIRE_FILE ~override/AreaType.ids~ ~Please install the official ToB patch before installation of this mod.~ REQUIRE_FILE ~override/Spell.ids~ ~Please install the Baldurdash fixpack before installation of this mod.~
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NOW use Setup-NeJ2Biffer.exei biffer instructions to run WeiDU setups
2) BD-WeiDU 1.5!!!
WARNING
If this comes up during Baldurdash install choose option N for NO or Q for QUIT, you do not want to install the gui at this point.G:\Black Isle\BGII - SoA>Setup-GUI.exe
[Setup-GUI.exe] WeiDU version 191
[Setup-GUI.exe] Using scripting style "BG"
Install Component [Game Graphical User Interface (GUI)]?
[N]o, [Q]uit or choose one:
1] "Original SoA/ToB"
2] "Neverending Journey"
3) SoS v1.10 [Shadows of Soubar and as for TDD v1.10 FOLLOW THE CODE BELOW! The Darkest Day]
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In Setup-TDD.tp2 find:
COPY_EXISTING ~TOOLTIP.2DA~ ~override~
SET required_columns = 6 //10 for CtB, 6 for TDD
SET rows=2
SET rows_prev=0
SET col_cnt=0
WHILE "%rows%">1 BEGIN
col_cnt = col_cnt + 1
rows_prev = rows
COUNT_2DA_ROWS col_cnt rows
END
col_cnt = col_cnt - 1
SET ccc = col_cnt - 1
PATCH_IF 1 BEGIN
SPRINT str_add ""
SPRINT str "%ccc%"
FOR(cnt="%col_cnt%"; cnt<="%required_columns%"; cnt+=1) BEGIN
SPRINT str "%str%"^" %cnt%"
SPRINT str_add "%str_add%"^" -1"
END
PATCH_IF("%ccc%"<"%required_columns%") BEGIN
SET_2DA_ENTRY 0 ccc ccc "%str%"
FOR(j=1; j<="%rows_prev%"; j+=1) BEGIN
READ_2DA_ENTRY j ccc col_cnt "last"
SPRINT str "%last%"^"%str_add%"
SET_2DA_ENTRY j ccc col_cnt "%str%"
END
END
END
BUT_ONLY_IF_IT_CHANGESand replace withCOPY_EXISTING ~TOOLTIP.2DA~ ~override~
SET required_columns = 6
SET rows=2
SET rows_prev=0
SET col_cnt=0
WHILE "%rows%">1 BEGIN
col_cnt = col_cnt + 1
rows_prev = rows
COUNT_2DA_ROWS col_cnt rows
END
col_cnt = col_cnt - 1
SET ccc = col_cnt - 1
PATCH_IF 1 BEGIN
SPRINT str_add ""
SPRINT str "%ccc%"
FOR(cnt="%col_cnt%"; cnt<="%required_columns%"; cnt+=1) BEGIN
SPRINT str "%str%"^" %cnt%"
SPRINT str_add "%str_add%"^" -1"
END
READ_2DA_ENTRY 0 0 3 "test"
PATCH_IF( "%test%"=1 ) BEGIN
SET_2DA_ENTRY 0 0 3 "0 1"
END
PATCH_IF("%ccc%"<"%required_columns%") BEGIN
SET_2DA_ENTRY 0 ccc ccc "%str%"
FOR(j=1; j<="%rows_prev%"; j+=1) BEGIN
READ_2DA_ENTRY j ccc col_cnt "last"
SPRINT str "%last%"^"%str_add%"
SET_2DA_ENTRY j ccc col_cnt "%str%"
END
END
END
BUT_ONLY_IF_IT_CHANGESI chose not to install the TDD Character Kits, so I wouldn't deal with having too many Kits at once.4) TS-BP v6.04.01 [Tortured Souls]
5) FIRST read the instructions below, then install BGT-WeiDU v1.00, and NeJ2-BGT compatiblity patch [Baldur's Gate Trilogy]
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2. IMPORTANT! Ensure that no Baldur?s Gate-related CDs/DVDs/virtual images are in any of your CD/DVD/virtual drives. Failure to do this will likely result in errors during installation. For best results, either put CDs/DVDs/virtual images not related to Baldur?s Gate in any way into all of your CD/DVD/virtual drives (recommended), or remove all CDs/DVDs from all of your CD/DVD drives, and disable all virtual drives
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Following lines #8402-05 must be removed from Setup-BGT.tp2
COPY_EXISTING ~GUI_Mods/GUI_Mods.2DA~ ~GUI_Mods~ READ_2DA_ENTRY 0 1 2 "slot_name" SET_2DA_ENTRY 0 1 2 "%slot_name%"+1 //NEXT_AVAILABLE_MOD_SLOT
6) DSotSCv181Full.RAR [Dark Side of the Sword Coast]
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So don't run this utility until all BG1 mods are in...Biffing Note: BoneHill and BG1NPC both modify some of the same files that DSotSC and NTotSC modify. Therefore, run the biff utilities after installing all mods so only the final version of the file gets placed into the \DATA directory. Do not use the DSotSC-Biff.BAT file, it is included inside the NTotSC-Biff.BAT file.
7) NTotSCv142Full.RAR [Northern Tales of the Sword Coast]
SirinesCall_v42_BGT.rar [Sirines Call] and SecretOfBoneHillv201.rar+SoBHpatch202.rar or just SoBHv202Full.rar [Secret of Bone Hill] maybe+
BHDSNTpatch4BGT.RAR
For those of you using SoBH with BGT-Weidu 1.0, here is a small collection of files that you will need so area BH1300 doesn't CTD on you. Area BH1004 also has a problem which this collection will fix. Just download this RAR and extract it into your override folder. This is a collection of gnoll CREs, 1 WAV ambient file, and the SKELET02 (skeleton) CRE file. If you have already downloaded this file from the DSotSC forum here, don't bother repeating yourself here. This patch covers all three mods.
9) BG1NPC4BGTWeiduv111.rar [Baldur's Gate 1 NPC] and BG1NPCMusic-v4.exe [BG1NPCMusic]
10) Prologue_v2.rar [Restored Prologue Textscreen Music for BG1TuTu and BGT-WeiDU]
11) BGTTweak_v3.rar [BGT Tweaks]
12) UnfinishedBusiness14.exe [Unfinished Business]
13) MixModv5.exe [Mix Mod]
14) D0QuestPack_v221.zip [SimDing0 Quest Pack]
15) NPCFlirtV101.zip [NPC Flirt pack]
If starting on BG2 portion of the game and didn't install BG1NPC install this now!! Otherwise install this right before the Setup-GUI.exe step number 29.
+ Reason
- Banter Pack v6 or below
inappropriate Shadows of Amn banters occur during Baldur's Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast
16) BanterPacksV6.zip [Banter Packs BG2]
17) IndiraNPC_v71_BGT.rar [IndiraNPC]
18) yasraenav7.rar [Yasraena NPC]
19) tsujathav10.rar [Tsujatha NPC]
*untested new version!
20) saerilethv10.rar [Saerileth NPC]
21*****) Imoen Romance SoA and ToB [ToB part unreleased as of yet!]
(Might be incompatible with BG1NPC, will test to see!)
22) D0Tweak_v17.exe [SimDing0's Tweak Pack]
*untested new version!
23) Extract TOB_Druidic_Sorcerer_Kit_Weidu_v1.9.rar ToB Druidic Sorcerer Kit AND + DSBPBGTNEJ2compatv3.rar, adding/replacing files in their respective Druidic Sorcerer folders [BPBGTNEJ Compatible Druidic-Sorcerer kit]
Then run Setup-DruidicSorcererKit.exe to install!
24) BP v176 BUT replace the tp2 with the fixed version below [Big Picture]
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Use this Fix
BPv176_tp2_fix002.zipThis incorporates all of the small fixes I've posted in various threads, and another strange typo error (I didn't type it, it must have been caused at traification) that was screwing up certain GTIMES.ids entries and thus causing parse errors in subsequent mods.
EDIT--File Update: This simply adds the fixes to problems reported in the forums, that I said "updated for BPv177". Includes the script tone-down for Shoal and Tenya. Removes several (classic) BGT CRE's from the package (and the resulting "bad strings"). This is by no means a "complete fix" for this issue; I have elaborated enough, in other threads, on what this will take.
Possibly a couple other things, I forgot to mention.
25) Tutu_Tweaks-v19.exe [Tutu Tweaks]
26) G3Tweaks-v18.exe [G3 Tweaks]
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G3 Tweaks v15 or above (tentative assignment)
DO NOT install Component #0 - World Map Fixes; overwrites WORLDMAP.WMP
27) DEFJAM_v3.exe [SimDing0 Experience Fixer]
28) BP-BGT Worldmap v5.rar [Worldmap, latest version]
29) then Setup-GUI for BG1.
30) + Even though this install shouldn't overflow the SONGLIST.2DA, play it safe with these instructions...
you'll need to check SONGLIST.2DA after you've finished - back it up, then open it with notepad, and remove any entires or carriage returns after entry 99 (SONGLIST.2DA can only have 100 entries, counting from zero, otherwise the game will crash on loading. many NPCs - but not Immy - add music rather unnecessarily to SONGLIST.2DA; BGT-weidu maxes out SONGLIST.2da: put them together and it's fatal error time unless you edit the file yrself).
-seanas (Thanks!)
31) IMPORTANT! Quick fix for BG1->BG2 transition lockup
[i]The lockup in the cutscene that occurs during transition causes the player to appear with Jaheira in ARAM00.ARE. This major bug only happens in the specific situation where Khalid has died and Jaheira is alive and in the party. This causes no script block to trigger Jaheira's importation into BG2 because of the following erroneous script block in ARAM00.BCS:
http://www.shsforums...showtopic=19997
32) then Setup-GUI for BG2/NEJ. [upon reaching this point in the game]
thanks !
EDITED!!! Taking in everyone's advice! Thanks!!!
[where I first looked : http://www.shsforums...showtopic=18294]
Here are links to information followed by download~:
0)
Baldur's Gate 2 : Throne of Bhall Patch version 26498
http://www.bioware.c.../patches/#patch
Baldur's Gate : Tales of the Sword Coast Patch
http://www.bioware.c...upport/patches/
1)
NeverEnding Journey
http://vlad.blackwyr.../download2.html for NEJ2v42 and NEJ2v602 patch
http://www.shsforums...showtopic=19792 for NeJ2Biffer_v3.rar
2)
Baldurdash 1.5 WeiDU
http://america.iegmc...ldurdash-weidu/ for Baldurdash-WeiDU v1.5.rar
3)
Shadows of Soubar
http://america.iegmc.net/sos-weidu/ for SoSv1.10.rar
The Darkest Day
http://america.iegmc.net/tdd-weidu/ for TDDv1.10.rar
4)
Tortured Souls
http://america.iegmc.net/ts-bp/ for TS-BPv6.04.01.rar
5)
Baldur's Gate Trilogy
http://america.iegmc.net/bgt-weidu/ for BGT100-Install.rar
NeJ2-BGT compatiblity patch
http://america.iegmc.net/bgt-weidu/ for BGTNeJ2_v1.rar
6)
Dark Side of the Sword Coast
http://america.iegmc.../bp-bgt-dsotsc/ for DSotSCv181Full.rar
7)
Northern Tales of the Sword Coast
http://america.iegmc.../bp-bgt-dsotsc/ for NTotSCv142Full.rar
Sirines Call
http://america.iegmc.net/bgt-weidu/ for SirinesCall_v42_BGT.rar
Secret of Bone Hill
http://america.iegmc.net/sobh/ for SoBHv202Full.rar
Bonehill patch for BGT-WeidU 1.0
9)
Baldur's Gate 1 NPC
http://america.iegmc.net/bgt-weidu/ for BG1NPC4BGTWeiduv111.rar
BG1NPCMusic
http://america.iegmc.net/g3/ for BG1NPCMusic-v4.exe
10)
Restored Prologue Textscreen Music for BG1TuTu and BGT-WeiDU
http://america.iegmc.net/bgt-weidu/ for Prologue_v2.rar
11)
BGT Tweaks
http://america.iegmc.net/bgt-weidu/ for BGTTweak_v3.rar
12)
Unfinished Business
http://mods.pocketpl...dBusiness14.exe for UnfinishedBusiness14.exe
13)
Mix Mod
http://www.edgefiles...ok/MixModv5.exe for MixModv5.exe
14)
SimDing0 Quest Pack
http://mods.pocketpl...stPack_v221.zip for D0QuestPack_v221.zip
15)
NPC Flirt pack
http://mods.pocketpl...PCFlirtV101.zip for NPCFlirtV101.zip
16)
Banter Packs BG2
http://mods.pocketpl...nterPacksV6.zip for BanterPacksV6.zip
17)
IndiraNPC
http://america.iegmc.net/bgt-weidu/ for IndiraNPC_v71_BGT.rar
18)
Yasraena NPC
http://www.gilalion.com/yasraenav7.rar for yasraenav7.rar
19)
Tsujatha NPC
http://www.gilalion....tsujathav10.rar for tsujathav10.rar
20)
Saerileth NPC
http://www.gilalion....aerilethv10.rar for saerilethv10.rar
21)
Imoen Romance SoA and ToB
http://www.imoen.org...oen-v12Full.rar for Imoen-v12Full.rar
http://www.imoen.org...Patch-v1201.rar for ImoenPatch-v1201.rar
22)
SimDing0's Tweak Pack
http://mods.pocketpl...D0Tweak_v17.exe for D0Tweak_v17.exe
23)
ToB Druidic Sorcerer Kit
http://america.iegmc.net/hlid/ for TOB_Druidic_Sorcerer_Kit_Weidu_v1.9.rar
BPBGTNEJ Compatible Druidic-Sorcerer kit
http://www.shsforums...pe=post&id=3295 for DSBPBGTNEJ2compatv3.rar
24)
Big Picture
http://america.iegmc.net/bigpicture/ for BPv176.rar
Fixed tp2 for BPv176
http://www.shsforums...pe=post&id=3381 for BPv176_tp2_fix002.zip
25)
Tutu Tweaks
http://www.camagna.n..._Tweaks-v19.exe for Tutu_Tweaks-v19.exe
26)
G3 Tweaks
http://www.camagna.n...3Tweaks-v18.exe for G3Tweaks-v18.exe
27)
SimDing0 Experience Fixer
http://mods.pocketpl...t/DEFJAM_v3.exe for DEFJAM_v3.exe
28)
Worldmap, latest version
http://america.iegmc.net/worldmap/ for BP-BGT Worldmap v5.rar
That's all folks!!!
Edited by X-Calibar, 05 May 2006 - 09:17 AM.
