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[Salk]

I am trying to download the Baldur's gate trilogy mod but it is not working for me. No matter what I type it keeps saying enter the full path to your baldur's gate installation directory. How do I tell what this is/what do I enter? this is the folder for baldur's gate C:\Program Files\Black Isle\Baldur's Gate and this is the folder for the second one C:\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA please help

You have to type exactly the path to your BG1 installation directory.

In your case, at the prompt type: "C:\Program Files\Black Isle\Baldur's Gate" (without the "") and the modification will continue its installation.

[Jarno Mikkola]

Quit the setup-bgt.exe and open up the file it creates, it's the setup-bgt.debug , you open the file with any text editor like the Notepad just like any other .txt file, then highlight all the text content and copy paste it into a post...

[Jarno Mikkola]

incorrect Baldur's Gate installation.

Or your problem is just... incorrect installation. What Operation system do you have ? If any new Windows... read this !

[Sasha Al'Therin]

Also when I go to download baldurs gate the only option I have it program folders, how do I change that?

when you install the game and the default location is shown, you can click inside the text box and type a new location. it does not need to exist as the installer will create it for you. so that if the default is
C:\Program Files\Black Isle\Baldur's Gate\

you can change it to
C:\games\Black Isle\Baldur's Gate\

or whatever you wish really

Another thing I was confused about is that it also does not ask me to use all 4 cds, I only use the first one for baldur's gate I is that normal?

If you have the 4 in 1 boxed DVD set, one disc is for BG, one disc for ToTSC, one disc for BG2 SOA, one disc for TOB. You would install BG1 with the first disc, but after you'd need to install ToTSC from the 2nd disc. It won't ask for it, you have to install each disc on it's own. You said download earlier which leads me to believe that you have the GoG version. I've never seen it and don't know how it works, but if it's on 4 discs like the 4 in 1 boxed dvd set it should still behave in the same manner.

This could also be a reason why BGT isn't installing, if you weren't installing ToTSC after installing BG1 then BGT wouldn't recognize your BG1 install as it requires ToTSC to be installed too. Also you have to make sure that you are properly patched to the correct game versions for BGT to recognize your game installs. See the modlist at pocketplane.net for links to the official patches if you don't already have them.

[Jarno Mikkola]

I meant to say only the first cd is used to install it, sorry heh.

Is it a CD(~700MB's), or DVD(~2.5GB's) ?
If it's just a CD, then you should use the Custom install option with everything selected, not the minimal one that using just the first CD indicates. And if the computer reports that you might not have enough space in the hard drive, it's just internal erroneous space counter that can be bypassed if you have more than 2.5 GB's space in the hard drive.

[Sasha Al'Therin]

that is a known issue. it's an old game and can't recognize large drives. say okay and let it go on with the installation.

[Jarno Mikkola]

Also should I download the fixpack and tweakpack before trying to mod with trilogy?

Meaning exactly what ?
If you want to install the (G3)BGII Fixpack and the Tweak Packs, the install order needs to be this:
<clean games installed fully in two directories>
BGIIFixpack
BGT-WeiDU
Tweak Packs

[Sasha Al'Therin]

Thanks guys it finally worked and I appreciate it. Is the tweak pack neccessary/important? like what does it do?

tweaks is not necessary to play the game, but it has some nice options. For me the most important are the convenience tweaks such as increasing the amounts of stackable items.