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[Jarno Mikkola]

I'm once again stuck at the same point. I start the Autoinstaller, everything is fine until I click go and it starts to run the fixpack. It managed to patch aD&L, but now it just stopped halfway through bg1ub.

If you have already exited the installer, then you should attach the "BiG World Debug.txt" which is in the Installation directory, so we can see the informations from the DOS-Window in it.

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 06 December 2008 - 05:04 AM.

[Jarno Mikkola]

If I want to use the BWP Fixpack on an EasyTutu game, do I just install EasyTutu, any EasyTutu Hotfixes, the Degreenifier, and then unpack my Tutu mods, run the BWP Fixpack etc? Is it that simple?

Don't use BWP with the EasyTuTu, use this as your guide. And why in the hells would you use BWP in the BG1 mods? It's not even compatible!!!! As the EasyTutu just coverts BG1 to BG2 engine... so you only have BG1, not BGII in the installation(in the Easy Tutu's final installation directory).

And by the way, the BWP was made for BGT compatible mods etc. only. And only them in mind. The other mods should be compatible without BWP with EasyTutu, if they say so... or the guide thread indicates that.

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 07 December 2008 - 09:10 AM.

[Jarno Mikkola]

But BWP contains fixes for mods like BG1UB and SCS, which are BG1 mods. Why wouldn't I want the BWP fixes to apply to these mods when using EasyTutu?

Because they are not Tutu Fixes!!!!!!!!!!!! or fixes on the part Tutu parts of the mods... As the BWP fixpack is about bringing the BGII and BGI mods together, among with the BGII with each others.

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 07 December 2008 - 11:35 AM.

[Jarno Mikkola]

can I apply them to a BG2-only game?

Yes. But to get the installer running, you need to do a small change so the installer doesn't need BGT(which can be done because you don't have BG1 mods). And here is a link on how to solve that, both mine and Leomars solution work, as it's almost the same...

the BWP Fixpack readme mentions Ascension64's Shilo Chen spawn fix. In that topic you can see that coaster is using EasyTutu. Ascension64 then provides the fix... Won't they also work on an EasyTutu game?

Well, the problem was solved by Ascension64, but Taimon said that the fix is also needed in BGT... The BiG World project Fixpack includes only the fixes for the BGT part of the BG1 mods. So even if you use the BWP Fixpack, you just fix the BGT things, so the program that installs the Tutu components is at best untouched, at worse it installs internally broken "solutions".

And I think that the guide I pointed to you gives good directions on how to solve all the problems you can run into in EasyTutu.

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 07 December 2008 - 12:39 PM.

[Autar]

BWP supports only BGT. If you install TuTu you need different version of the Mods you add. Some of the BWP-Fixes may fix some Tutu issues but by using BWP-Fixpack you risk to fix the wrong parts of BGT&Tutu Mods or even to break up the Mods. The Topic you Link to is primary about fixing the Mod for the next release. Before releasing the new version the mod-develepors will check if the fixes are Tutu-compatible and test them on a Tutu install. Until then I doubt anyone will support a Tutu installation with that Fixes: there is no BWP-support for Tutu installs and probably Tutu support will not support it too.

I would reccoment to not use BWP-Project on Tutu installs. Someone correct me please if I'm wrong

[Autar]

With the BiG World Install v5.5.2.bat you can install all BWP-Mods automatically. It also allow you to check what mods you're installing(or which one you might miss) applies the BWP-Fixpack (and Texpack) and adds the WeiDus to mods missing it.

BWP is designed to be played with BGT. If you want to use it with BG2 only you need to perform the changes Jarno linked to.

If you just want to use the BWP-Fixpack simply run it before installing the mods manually (after the official patch). Imho it's easier (and safer) to use the Install.bat then to install manually (especially if you install a lot of mods).

Edited by Autar, 07 December 2008 - 02:36 PM.

[Marvin]

"Is this right?" --> I'd do it as follows:

1. Install the game and apply the patch
2. Download all mods an extract them correctly into the "BGII - SoA" folder.
3. Extract the Big World Fixpack into the "BGII - SoA" folder.
4. You must copy the WeiDu.exe either in the "BGII - SoA" folder or in the "Big World Fixpack" folder. I'm not sure. Read the guide again or simply copy the WeiDu.exe in both the folders, so you can't go wrong.
5. Apply the BiG World Fixpack
6. Install the mods in the right order, provided by the guide of Leonardo Watson.


The reason why these fixes are not availably for Tutu or the single mods themselves, is that the BWP is a project which is concerned with making as many mods as possible playable all together. The very basis of the BWP is the BG2 Fixpack and BGT. All fixes are made for the usage with BGT. Obviously these fixes are getting reported in the mod's forum, so the author can include them in the next release, but the main concern is to make the BWP work. Now the BWP is not just all the mods together, but it provides a great installer, which makes it possible for you to choose the mods you want to isntall and then install them automatically. Just copy the mode you want into the folder and leave the rest out.

Marvin

[azgarth]

in the install.bat, i get this:

SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED Full Baldur's Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast Music

Next the GUI_Mod will be istalled. Please type in the component number.
Because they vary depending on the mods you had installed before it can
not be automatized.
It is "Baldur's Gate Trilogy (Wielding Staff)" according to the guide.

When you are prompted to install "Tortured Souls" - just nice in-game
Fonts, choose Not install. This step can repeat once.
Then press Enter to continue installation.

Press any key to continue . . .
[Setup-GUI.exe] WeiDU version 20800
[Setup-GUI.exe] Using scripting style "BG2"

Install Component [Game Graphical User Interface (GUI)]?
[N]o, [Q]uit or choose one:
1] "Original SoA/ToB"
2] "The Darkest Day"
3] "Shadows Over Soubar"
4] "Check The Bodies"
5] "Tortured Souls"
6] "Region Of Terror"
7] "Baldur's Gate Trilogy" (Elminster wielding sword)
8] "Baldur's Gate Trilogy" (Elminster wielding staff)"
9] "Big Picture"

which option should i choose? 8? 5?
i'm doing the standard install, minus 1 mod, and minus the mods that are gray in the linklist while showing up in the standard install "won't install because you don't have them" list.

[Autar]

I'm always installing "Baldur's Gate Trilogy" (Elminster wielding staff)" and it works fine.

[Jarno Mikkola]

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7 or 8 works without incorrect destinations, the other do work, but they may say one thing and lead to other... like if we go with the first choice and the BGT is installed, we choose the "Shadow of Amn"->"Single Player"->"New Game"->which should start a new BGII:SoA game but actually starts a BGI game, and if we choose "Shadow of Amn"->"Single Player"->"Tutorial"-> we start a new BGII:SoA game. (from Irenicus prison)

Ah, for point number 4 there I meant to say "The BiG World Fixpack will apply its fixes to the mods, so I can then move everything in the "Extracted Mods" folder to my BG2 folder and install the mods".

But there is where the problem lies in the manual style of installation... the BWP's Fixpack doesn't actually include every fix ever needed, as the BWP's Autoinstaller has few, as they are needed because of the fixes can't be static but linear(as in; if you have this or that mod, it needs to be included... and so forth).

This is all just to say that you need to use the BWP's autoinstaller, not just the (BWP) fixpack, even for BGII -only game. That's why I provided the link.

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 07 December 2008 - 11:00 PM.