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[minotaur_in_maze]

I have used the BiG World Set up before - but found a funny thing.

The First time I used it, it dl everything fine and began the set up. UNfortunately the computer shut down due to other reasons.

After that, even doing a full reinstall of the whole BG series, I could never get the thing to work.

Now, having reformated my HD and reinstalling BG series and all required patches I am ready to go again.

In reading the FAQ/PFD instructions though I came across something I did not understand and wish to get a clairification on. (Highlighted Areas Mine) It said:

"DOWNLOAD OF THE MODS
(will be executed by the BiG World Setup)

a) Download and unpack all the mods you are interested in, into a separate folder that you name BiG
World Project. The advantage of this is, that if you mess up the installation or want to start again because of an update or additional mod, you won?t need to individually unpack each Mod into the BGII -
SoA folder again before installation. Some mods try to auto install immediately after being unpacked.
Don?t worry: they can?t actually install as long as there is no dialog.tlk file present. Move all unpacked mods into your folder BGII - SoA. A list of links for all of the BWP mods can be found here:

http://www.kerzenbur...ead.php?t=34931

b) During the Installation some fixes and patches are required. All needed files (patches and fixes) are
included in the folders BiG World Fixpack and BiG World Installpack which can be downloaded at
the same site as these instructions: http://www.shsforums...oads&showcat=72
Copy the whole content into your BGII - SoA game folder.

So, I have two questions then:

1. Am I to understand, from what the directions say, that I am to run the BiG World setup and download/save all the files to a seperate folder - is there an option for this in the Big World Setup?

2. After I dl/save all of this to the folder I was told to THEN copy it to my BGII-SoA folder then will it begin to setup all these files on its own or do I need to go in and do it one by one (figuring out what needs to be done first and so on?

Thanks for any advise. Like I said, last time I tried this the BiG World Setup program only worked once, after that it would no longer do much and I don't feel like completely reformatting my HD all over again.

Minotaur In Maze

[Jarno Mikkola]

1. Am I to understand, from what the directions say, that I am to run the BiG World setup and download/save all the files to a seperate folder - is there an option for this in the Big World Setup?

Yes, the BWS will give you this:

The download directory is the last one, it can contain all your previously made downloads too, as the BWS will check what downloads are needed.

2. After I dl/save all of this to the folder I was told to THEN copy it to my BGII-SoA folder then will it...

No, never do that, the instructions can be a lot too old for your health of mind, just know that the BWS will download, extract and then run the BiG World Install.bat(that itself downloaded) that will install all the files you need, except the games and the patched, so you don't have to do anything but react to what the 'BiG World Setup' -console and the 'BiG World Install.bat' say.

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 15 January 2010 - 12:30 PM.