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[Jarno Mikkola]

So my question: does TobExLoader.exe do something that is necessary? Is the fact that it's not working going to mess up my game later?

The TobExLoader doesn't cause more problems if it's not used, as it's sort of a command extended, so it can add features that you wouldn't be able to use otherwise, but if the BGMain.exe starts fine and you can live without the extended features, there shouldn't be anything game breaking.

[justgeekenough]

I'm getting the same error as -Unquist- after installing. It's happened twice now. After the first time, I did a restore to a clean install and re-installed BWP overnight again, with a slightly different selection of mods. Partly to better understand the modding process, to make better choices and to deal with the g3 site being down, I spent quite a bit of time reading the BWP User Guide, looking at the script code, debug files and batch files and looking at (and tweaking) the .ini files. Both times I also uninstalled/reinstalled TobEx and I just tried uninstalling TOB_hacks, then reinstalling TobEx. All had the same result. The game itself runs fine, but I'd really like to get TobExLoader.exe to work so I can have access to a larger amount of kits for my characters. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.

[Ascension64]

You may need to install the VC++ 2005 Redistributables

x86: http://www.microsoft...&displaylang=en
x64: http://www.microsoft...&displaylang=en

[justgeekenough]

Thanks, Ascension. Sigh. I tried that, but it didn't change anything. Upon looking closer (this isn't my main pc, which is down with a dead power supply), I found that Visual Studio 2005 (and 2010) is installed on this machine, so it makes sense that it didn't work. Well, I was gonna dig through everything taking a closer look anyway, so I can understand the nuts and bolts better...

[Ascension64]

Just play without TobEx, you aren't missing on any crucial features.

As for the problem, I am not certain at the moment. What OS are you using?

[justgeekenough]

As for the problem, I am not certain at the moment. What OS are you using?

Windows XP Media Center SP3 32bit

[Ascension64]

I am pretty sure that we are missing some runtime files from Visual Studio 2005. Not sure what at the moment - I'm digging into the manifest.

Edit: I ran the beta 0008 TobEx through Dependency Walker. The critical dependencies are detoured.dll (installed with TobEx), kernel32.dll, user32.dll, comctl32.dll, gdi32.dll, and winspool.drv. I have no idea why there is a dependency on winspool.drv, TobEx doesn't use your printer (!), but perhaps that is missing from Windows/System32. Could you check that?

Edited by Ascension64, 03 September 2010 - 01:36 AM.

[Ascension64]

It should be installed with TobEx into the BG2:ToB directory. It is found in TobEx\core\. If you have UAC installed, it might get copied somewhere else, or nowhere at all. If it isn't extracted, try and find it in the archive.


For the loader itself, the EXE depends on kernel32.dll, user32.dll, version.dll, and msvcr80.dll. I suspect that the last dependency may be causing some troubles if you don't have the redistributables installed.

Anyway, for future versions, I'll remove the msvcr##.dll dependency so that the redistributables aren't needed.

Edited by Ascension64, 03 September 2010 - 10:25 PM.

[Ascension64]

Perhaps you have jumped straight to step 3 in the Troubleshooting section of the TobEx readme.

Some things to try if you think TobEX is spouting errors or crashing on you.
1. Open TobEx.ini and disable hacks by setting them to 0. The hacks under [UI] are probably the most likely to crash, so try disabling these first.
2. If the console/log questions whether you have installed the required WeiDU components, make sure you have installed all the necessary components of TobEx. To do this, run Setup-TobEx.exe and install all components. If you recently upgraded using the 'Soft Upgrade' option, uninstall and re-install TobEx completely.
3. Get some help on the Spellhold Studios forums.

If you enable 'Logging On=1' in under [Program Options] in baldur.ini, you might also see errors reported in TobEx.log, baldur.log, or baldur.err.

Edited by Ascension64, 30 September 2010 - 08:09 PM.

[Ascension64]

Did you install the required WeiDU component?

I thought this was suggestive enough. Make sure TobEx is installed fully. BWP does not always install all the WeiDU components.