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[Deekow]

This specifically references installing BGT-WeiDU-1.14 into Baldur's Gate 1&2 from the new Dungeons & Dragons Anthology - The Master Collection, available for purchase from Amazon in disc form.

After installing the game and trying to remain sane while playing BG 1 with horrendous resolution on my sizable, lovely monitor... I failed. A week later, upon release from the mental institution, I decided I would see if there were resolution mods that would cure my ills. While I did find a Widescreen mod, I also stumbled upon BGT. Reading up on it, I knew immediately this was a must-have. Sadly, I found another thread describing a frustrating process of attempted installation, only to resolve with the user downloading the GoG version and installing from there. Having dumped all my savings into therapy from the low-res attempt, I decided I didn't have the $20 to spend on GoG and was determined to make what I already had work. And... I did.

The following are the steps I took for a successful install, and fulfilling beginning to the game play. The other need to knows are: 1) I have very rarely modded any games in my life, and attempts usually ended in tears; 2) I am tech savvy, but not an IT major with a Ph.D. - I know how to use Google effectively, and follow instructions carefully; 3) I am using Windows 7 64-bit OS; 4) So much of this came from Vicomte's thread here; 5) This is written as "for dummies" as possible, so that everyone should be able to follow.

1. Uninstall and Reinstall Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 in a different folder (C:\Games for example). Chances are, if you weren't planning on a BGT install from the start, you installed to default Program Files directory. From what I've seen, this can be bad due to UAC concerns with XP and Win7. You -could- download and attempt an installation without doing so, since, at worst, you're going to reinstall later if it doesn't work, but I'd recommend just getting it over with now.

2. Download WeiDU and place it in your Baldur's Gate 2 main directory.

3. Rename WeiDU.exe to setup-bgt.exe (please note, under normal circumstances, you just need to rename to 'setup-bgt' (no quotes) as it will automatically append the .exe file extension. If you see it in the file list as setup-bgt.exe and it's the only file name in the directory with a file extension, rename without the .exe and verify it's still an application file type).

4. Download BGT 1.14 here. I recommend the zip file as I'm RAR illiterate and it works just dandy.

5. Extract everything from the zip file directly into your BG2 directory, ensuring that you then have the folder 'BGT' there afterwards.

6. Rename your Baldur's Gate (not BG2) to Baldurs Gate, simply removing the apostrophe. This simple step gave me no end of heartache prior to completing as it gave "invalid version or installation directory" and blocked the install from completing. Fortunately, I work in software support, where non-alphanumeric characters toss hiccups into everything and this was finally something I figured I'd try.

7. Run your setup-bgt.exe file from within BG2 directory.

8. Watch all the pretty text fly by for a few minutes... think of this as your personal ASCII fireworks show in celebration of your victory.

9. Read the readme file. Seriously, read it. There are minor known issues that I don't see removing anything from my play experience, now that I know to expect them. I might have felt differently if I kept myself ignorant of those things.

10. Enjoy the game. Really. That's what this was all about, and it's going to be oh... so... worth it.

[William Imm]

Congrats.

I'm happy for you for getting a working BGT installation using the D&D Anthology version of Baldur's Gate. I was not sure if the D&D Anthology installs the full version of the game or not, but it looks like it does.

[hook71]

Do you have a folder named bgt and a file named setup-bgt.tp2 in your Baldur’s Gate II directory? If not, something went wrong when you extracted the mod. The latest version of BGT is 1.14.

EDIT: Good to hear!

Edited by hook71, 06 March 2012 - 10:17 PM.

[Deekow]

Glad to see this is well-received and that -jon- got his issue figured out. So far, I'm about half way through BG1 and everything's going without a hitch.

[Sai]

Keep in mind that it seems that Ascension decided to archive the BGT package in a subfolder in the archive now. You can't directly extract it, but instead have to make sure you extract the executable and the bgt directory in the archive into your Baldur's Gate 2 directory. They should be in the same directory inside the archive.

[hook71]

the bit about renaming the baldur's gate to baldurs gate, would that imply i require the original baldurs gate installed in order to use this mod?

Yes, BGT imports the BG1 game resources from a full installation of that game.

[Dakk]

the bit about renaming the baldur's gate to baldurs gate, would that imply i require the original baldurs gate installed in order to use this mod?

Yes, BGT imports the BG1 game resources from a full installation of that game.

Which kind of saves BGT from having to ship a few GB with the mod, and blatant copyright infringement

[hook71]

You are running the correct exe file but you need to install the GUI first by running Setup-GUI.exe. You should also run setup-bgtmusic.exe.

[Tormentor]

Thanks muchly, you deserve a big Baldur's Gate cake for this.

Question though, does this have the tweaks and the Unfinished Business mod?.. If not, should I have installed them to their respective folders before completing your above instruction?

[Tormentor]

Gamergate and Win7 here too and it all went off without a hitch for me.

Let's check your steps.

Weidu.exe renamed to setup-bgt.exe and in the BG2 main folder.

Bgt 1.14 unzipped and the files and folders in the ascension folder, not the folder itself , are also in the BG2 main folder.

Baldur's Gate (1st game) renamed to Baldurs Gate.

Run setup-bgt.exe

Run Setup-GUI.exe

Run setup-bgtmusic.exe

(Gui and music setup only appear after the BGT setup has been run and finished.)

Run BGMain.exe to play

That's all there is to it. Maybe trying running setup-bgt.exe as admin.

[Tormentor]

The only other thing I can think of is that your path names might be too big.. you installed under C:\Dungeons & Dragons Anthology\Baldur's gate II, I installed under e:\Games\DnDMC\Balder's Gate II.

I'd try a reinstall with a shorter path name, just to eliminate everything.

But apart from that, if you don't have UAC activated and it's not your FW or antivirus software that's interferring, then I have absolutely no clue whatsoever.