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[Circe]

I´ve tried to install BP but it doesnt work.
I´ve installed according to the Mega mod installation faq.
I try to install by clicking the setup bpv176.exe and it installs everything BUT Big picture.
At the end of the installation process it says
Cannot append column-wise because there are 9 lines in spawngrp.2da but I was only given 12 things to append.
Stopping installation because of error.

ERROR installing BP.

Plz help.

[glx]

I´ve tried to install BP but it doesnt work.
I´ve installed according to the Mega mod installation faq.
I try to install by clicking the setup bpv176.exe and it installs everything BUT Big picture.
At the end of the installation process it says
Cannot append column-wise because there are 9 lines in spawngrp.2da but I was only given 12 things to append.
Stopping installation because of error.

ERROR installing BP.

Plz help.

please attach your weidu.log (rename it to weidu.log.txt)

[Circe]

Here it is.

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[Chevalier]

Did you read this?

- Ease of Use
NOTE: Do not install the following components:

* Multi-Class Grand Mastery
* True Grand Mastery (extra half-attack, etc.) (Baldurdash)
* Un-Nerfed THAC0 Table, Saving Throws, Grand-Mastery, and Arcane, Divine Spell Progression
* Bonus Merchants

LIST OF NOT COMPATIBLE (OR HIGHLY DUBIOUS) MODS:

- Tactics

[Circe]

Actually I haven´t.
Thought I´d seen it all.
Been looking around forums all over the net for a couple of weeks now.
You always miss the important ones.

I´ll try to exclude those ones and reinstall everything again.
Thx a lot.

....to be continued.

[seanas]

what version of BGT are you using, Circe? this was a known problem with early versions of BGT, but hasn't come up in a while. yr weidu.log doesn't give version numbers, unfortunately.

[Circe]

Im using the newest one I found.
BGT.100 something. Supposedly weidu.

[seanas]

Im using the newest one I found.
BGT.100 something. Supposedly weidu.

ok, so BGT isn't the source of the problem. hmm. something you've installed has broken yr spawngrp.2da file, so that when BP looks to patch it, it can't cos, well, spawngrp is broken. it's just a matter of a: finding out which mod it was; and b: fixing it so you can install properly.

with regards to a: all of the big mods you've got installed - TDD, SoS, CtB, NEJ2, TS-BP, DSotSC, NTotSC and BoneHill are all modern weidu mods: they don't cause these errors (other than the early beta version of BGT, which yr not using). so the suspect is going to be one of the older mods - my guess would be Tactics. pretty much all of Tactics is included in BP anyway, so installing it is unnecessary at the best of time; it's also old and likely to break things - these components in particular:

~SETUP-TACTICS.TP2~ #0 #16 // Ishan's "Always Toughest Random Spawns in Dungeons"
~SETUP-TACTICS.TP2~ #0 #17 // Gebhard Blucher's Random City Encounters
~SETUP-TACTICS.TP2~ #0 #18 // Kensai Ryu's Random Wilderness Encounters

are the most likely source of the problem.

solving this: uninstall Tactics. about the only component that is both safe and not already part of BP is Improved Irenicus - you can leave this installed if you want, but i'd be recommending uninstalling the lot. then, install BP - it should all work. if it doesn't - before you uninstall Tactics, search the backup folder of Taqctics for a copy of spawngrp.2da, and when you find it, copy the file to somewhere safe (copy, not move). then, if BP fails to install after removing Tactics, place yr rescued spawngrp.2da into the override folder and try again. at this point it should all work. if not - a full reinstall might be necessary.

basically, something you've installed - i'm guessing Tactics - has overwritten a necessary game file. in the old days of over-writing mods, this didnt matter, cos any other mod that changed the file would also overwrite it. now that we have patching mods tho, which are designed to work with as many other mods as possible, the old over-writing mods end up breaking yr game. oh joy. try what i've suggested above, and let us know how you get on.