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[Imperium]

I've posted on this forum in the past, but I have had so many problems I put it down for awhile. I'd like to know what is the very best, essential, mods (preferably something like Big World. For someone who wants to really enjoy the epic adventure of Baldur's Gate I-II. I have Never gotten thru either game in their entirety. I want to start over, and complete it all. At the moment I do not have BG I-II installed, so I am open to any suggestions. I have played both BG's off and on for years, (mostly off >_>) since middle school. I am in my early 20s now, and I feel I owe the Dungeon Master of RL, (and myself) an enjoyable and completed adventure.

Allow me to modify my original question.

What Mods/Mod Compilations are essential for BG1 and BG2 Separately? I'd like to have the optimal gaming experience with those two games by themselves first.

Edited by Imperium, 04 May 2011 - 03:27 PM.

[RavenSW]

I've posted on this forum in the past, but I have had so many problems I put it down for awhile. I'd like to know what is the very best, essential, mods (preferably something like Big World. For someone who wants to really enjoy the epic adventure of Baldur's Gate I-II. I have Never gotten thru either game in their entirety. I want to start over, and complete it all. At the moment I do not have BG I-II installed, so I am open to any suggestions. I have played both BG's off and on for years, (mostly off >_>) since middle school. I am in my early 20s now, and I feel I owe the Dungeon Master of RL, (and myself) an enjoyable and completed adventure.

Allow me to modify my original question.

What Mods/Mod Compilations are essential for BG1 and BG2 Separately? I'd like to have the optimal gaming experience with those two games by themselves first.

Personally speaking with both BG1 and BG2 I would go with BGT; BGT Tweaks and little else. Play through both games entirely before adding to it, there are a lot of great mods out there that add and/or change the game in some great ways, but you won't be able to really appreciate them until you see the original work in its entirety.

If you feel the need to a little spice however I would recommend BG1 and BG2 Unfinished Business, Hidden Kits, BG2 Tweaks, and Item Pack 1.4.

After finishing a first playthrough, I highly recommend Check the Bodies, Shadows Over Soubar, Tower of Destruction, Dark Side of Sword Coast, Northern Tales of Sword Coast, Secret of Bonehill and BP/BGT Worldmap(these all work well with BGT!) Also Sylvan Battlefield is good and many many more Quest mods and NPC Mods all add something different

For a very different gaming experience there are Neverending Journey, Return to Tradesmeet and Classic Adventures add something very unique and should be checked out one at a time. But definenetly try running once with very little .

[Imperium]

I've posted on this forum in the past, but I have had so many problems I put it down for awhile. I'd like to know what is the very best, essential, mods (preferably something like Big World. For someone who wants to really enjoy the epic adventure of Baldur's Gate I-II. I have Never gotten thru either game in their entirety. I want to start over, and complete it all. At the moment I do not have BG I-II installed, so I am open to any suggestions. I have played both BG's off and on for years, (mostly off >_>) since middle school. I am in my early 20s now, and I feel I owe the Dungeon Master of RL, (and myself) an enjoyable and completed adventure.

Allow me to modify my original question.

What Mods/Mod Compilations are essential for BG1 and BG2 Separately? I'd like to have the optimal gaming experience with those two games by themselves first.

Personally speaking with both BG1 and BG2 I would go with BGT; BGT Tweaks and little else. Play through both games entirely before adding to it, there are a lot of great mods out there that add and/or change the game in some great ways, but you won't be able to really appreciate them until you see the original work in its entirety.

If you feel the need to a little spice however I would recommend BG1 and BG2 Unfinished Business, Hidden Kits, BG2 Tweaks, and Item Pack 1.4.

After finishing a first playthrough, I highly recommend Check the Bodies, Shadows Over Soubar, Tower of Destruction, Dark Side of Sword Coast, Northern Tales of Sword Coast, Secret of Bonehill and BP/BGT Worldmap(these all work well with BGT!) Also Sylvan Battlefield is good and many many more Quest mods and NPC Mods all add something different

For a very different gaming experience there are Neverending Journey, Return to Tradesmeet and Classic Adventures add something very unique and should be checked out one at a time. But definenetly try running once with very little .

Thanks Man. I appreciate the advice. I'll download those 4 mods alongside BGT

[ape_style]

Personally, I found that playing through a heavily modded BGT can result in OP characters. I found that after completing the first part of Secrets of Bonehill I had acquired many items that were really overpowered. There is also much extra xp to gained from the mods. Your characters could very well become too powerful for the normal game. Adjusting the difficulty for more of a challenge will give you more xp. There are two ways to combat is issue. Firstly there is mod that reinstates the BGI xp cap for the BGI part of BGT. Downloadable here. There is another mod that alters the amount of xp gained (from everything, I think), which could balance out the extra xp gained from the mods. I saw this one a year or so ago but have recently been unable to find it. That said, I didn't look very hard.

[Imperium]

I can't find any of those 4 mods except for hidden kits. I am especially interested in item pack 1.4. Also, What AI tweaks or upgrades should I download. If any, please provide links to them.

[ape_style]

I can't find any of those 4 mods except for hidden kits. I am especially interested in item pack 1.4. Also, What AI tweaks or upgrades should I download. If any, please provide links to them.

Here is the download page for item pack 1.4
I also suggest downloading the latest TweakPack for BGT. All content is optional.
BG1 unfinished business v6 (BGT compatible) is downloadable from here. Although I am unsure of the installation order.
BG2 Unfinished business downloadable from here.

If you want to use Weimer's Tactics mod (v16 and prior only), be sure to install it *before* Unfinished Business. The City and Wilderness encounters of Tactics will intefere with some of UB's components. (quoted from BG2UB readme -I included this as you mentioned you were after "AI tweaks or upgrades".)

Edited by ape_style, 05 May 2011 - 04:45 AM.

[RavenSW]

BG2 Tweaks can normally be found at Gibberlings3.net, however the site seems to be down for the moment. Also note when you install BG2 Tweaks,with BGT don't install the componenets that speeds up the dungeon, if you look through the readme html file there is a link that shows all known compatiblity issues which there are some and usually just an item here and there.