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[Roxanne]

BWP v15.2 released

The only reason for this update is to add the brand new BWP mods SandrahNPC and SandrahRTF for testing purposes. Player who want to test the beta of Sandrah are enabled to do a flawless installation in one go. Because of the many dependences and conflicts with other mods Sandrah is a little tricky to install. As always, this is handled by the BWP Installpack.
Otherwise there are no other changes in BWP v15.2 to the previous release.

The few minutes I played the first chapter of BG1 with Sandrah installed looked very promising and I would like to play the mod sooner rather than later.

I had the time now to download the new version and to take a look at it. Here are some comments:

 

1- SandrahNPC and RtF should be installed either after Haiass the Wolf or do not install Haiass when you have Sandrah installed. The mod adds improvements and additional contents to Haiass which will probably be partly overwritten again if you install Haiass after Sandrah. In some cases you might get a CtD in the RtF part while re-visiting original game areas (e.g. when you leave Irenicus dungeon during RtF).

 

2- Sandrah is not compatible with Level 1 NPCs components after 230 (changing original classes of NPCs).

 

3- Sandrah RtF is not compatible with the BGT Tweak Pack - "Import more NPCs into Shadow of Amn" components

Those will not be detected by the cleanup scripts of the mod and may lead to having NPCs twice in the game or having an NPC in the party that has become a quest character in RtF.

 

And a question - How is the second RtF Folder containing the area TIZ files added to the respective folder?

4- Sandrah both parts are not compatible with the "Teleport" mod.

The mod would allow you to teleport out of the new quest areas while quests are running but with no way to return. Using teleport within the RtF mod will make the sequel amost unplayable. Sandrah contains a similar capability for SoA, ToB and RtF that is compatible with the mod and provides equal functionality.

[The Imp]

Maybe talking about incompatability we could distinguish between what is technically feasible in the game and what still makes sense (even if that could differ as well from person to person).

These are mine: one is the factual, another is conceptual incompatibility.

4- Sandrah both parts are not compatible with the "Teleport" mod.
The mod would allow you to teleport out of the new quest areas while quests are running but with no way to return. Using teleport within the RtF mod will make the sequel amost unplayable. Sandrah contains a similar capability for SoA, ToB and RtF that is compatible with the mod and provides equal functionality.

Hah, the Teleport mods are done better than you think, as they can return the party automatically to the place they left, even if the game has no entrances to the area ... as it's done with leaving a marker when the spell is cast and that marker is used to return to it. Just like the Bhall Spawns ToB power of casting the pocket plane. As they are the very same structure that allows you to do this in the ToB.

[Roxanne]

Maybe talking about incompatability we could distinguish between what is technically feasible in the game and what still makes sense (even if that could differ as well from person to person).

These are mine: one is the factual, another is conceptual incompatibility.

4- Sandrah both parts are not compatible with the "Teleport" mod.
The mod would allow you to teleport out of the new quest areas while quests are running but with no way to return. Using teleport within the RtF mod will make the sequel amost unplayable. Sandrah contains a similar capability for SoA, ToB and RtF that is compatible with the mod and provides equal functionality.

Hah, the Teleport mods are done better than you think, as they can return the party automatically to the place they left, even if the game has no entrances to the area ... as it's done with leaving a marker when the spell is cast and that marker is used to return to it. Just like the Bhall Spawns ToB power of casting the pocket plane. As they are the very same structure that allows you to do this in the ToB.

 

You are partly correct, however...

The functions you quote use the StorePartyLocations() script before transporting you and by this you can return just like you describe. The problem comes up when you are in a longer quest sequence and e.g. rest your party - a lot of mods use the function for dream sequences to move the PC to the scene of the dream or cutscene etc and then returns him to the party afterwards. The system stores the last party location and overwrites previous ones. The same is true for the planar sphere spell.

If that happens you can only CLUA yourself back or use the worldmap if the area allows it.

Again one of the things that is not a no-go for an experienced player, but a nuisance if you have no information about why it does not work at all times like you would expect it - this is why I brought the issue to attention.

[Lollorian]

Hey guys! I'm tracking down the last few mods I'm missing and can't seem to find these anywhere:

 

- BTweaks and BTweaks Lite (I think this is B!Tweaks but I can't find a package without the exclamation in the modname)

- Mortis

- Multistronghold

 

Links would be great!

So since no one likes me () and won't gimme links I used the BWS's internal link list to get the missing mods

 

Attaching it here to share the BWS' awesomeness!

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•  BiG World Link List.txt   54.24K   1452 downloads

[Leonardo Watson]

I made some changes to the installpack as Roxanne suggested.
Note: you can install Sandrah without any problems with the BWP installpack. However, that does not mean you can do the same with the BWS. BWS is the smarter tool but mostly it is not up to date.

[Roxanne]

I made some changes to the installpack as Roxanne suggested.
Note: you can install Sandrah without any problems with the BWP installpack. However, that does not mean you can do the same with the BWS. BWS is the smarter tool but mostly it is not up to date.

I am running a BWS installation of an expert megamod all-you-can have sort at the moment and Sandrah both parts are installed with it - but it required manual intervention to get the current version into the install and forcing the tool to accept it. I can only recommend this method to users with good experience and patience.

I have not tested BWP, I take Leonardo's word for it that it works.

Edited by Roxanne, 28 June 2015 - 11:56 PM.

[Roxanne]

I made some changes to the installpack as Roxanne suggested.
Note: you can install Sandrah without any problems with the BWP installpack. However, that does not mean you can do the same with the BWS. BWS is the smarter tool but mostly it is not up to date.

I found another possible incompability

between "SandrahRtF" and "Game over only on Party Dead"

>> in RtF the PC and Sandrah share a common mission that is crucial for their common survival. If one dies the other dies, too. The party dead mod would probably prevent this from happening for the PC, so if Sandrah dies you will be stuck in the game with no way to finish it.

[Leonardo Watson]

BWP v15.3 released

There had been a few new corrections that require a small update:

Lollorian has revised and enlarged the whole Fixpack. Also he has added a new subcomponent to iiitem mod.
cmorgan has revised Aran Whitehand so it can be installed without any problems by Installpack.

Roxanne's suggestions are included.

I also have added two new mods. However it seems these two are two too much for WeiDU:
During installation of stratagems component 6000 "Smarter general AI" I got errors like this:
 

Failed to apply general-AI patch to GITH03 (error message Out of memory)
ERROR: [GITH03.CRE] -> [override/GITH03.CRE] Patching Failed (COPY) (Out of memory)
Stopping installation because of error.

or:
 

Failed to apply general-AI patch to JATERMIN (error message Out of memory)
ERROR: [JATERMIN.CRE] -> [override/JATERMIN.CRE] Patching Failed (COPY) (Out of
memory)
Stopping installation because of error.

or:
 

Failed to apply general-AI patch to SUMIK04 (error message Out of memory)
ERROR: [SUMIK04.CRE] -> [override/SUMIK04.CRE] Patching Failed (COPY) (Out of memory)
Stopping installation because of error.

There is an additional information in the Debug:
 

ERROR: Failure("hd")
Detailed error information can be found in the file SETUP-STRATAGEMS.DEBUG . For help troubleshooting installation problems, go to the Sword Coast Stratagems forum at forums.gibberlings3.net.
Automatically Skipping [Smarter general AI] because of error.

First I thought the listed files are damaged although I could not imagine why because until now I never met these problems.
I tried a second fresh installation and got exactly the same errors. I moved the files temporary out of the override folder and could install component 6000 successfully. When I added another mod I got the same error messages, however with other cre-files. The cre-files that had been failed before are now processed flawlessly.

Stratagems requires up to 1,4 GB internal memory during installation. My computer is equipped with 7 GB internal memory and 1 TB disk space, about the half is free. So my hardware equipment should be sufficiently dimensioned for the installation.

So the only thing I can think of is another case of "BWP now is too big for WeiDU" http://forums.pocket...p?topic=28057.0

 

[Chevalier]

Leonardo Watson,

 

I want to thank you for all your hard work!!!!  I fully read your last version of the BWP!  I used it to help make the decisions on what to install!!!

 

Thanks!!     

[The Imp]

Stratagems requires up to 1,4 GB internal memory during installation. My computer,,,

Yeah, but how much of that can the program that's running the file consume out of that? There's limits to that. Example, Weidu.exe can only handle ~16Mb files before running out of space to write on(without COPY_LARGE which can't patch the files). It could be an architectural limitation like say not being flagged to be able to use the additional extended memory space, aka the "App can handle >2gb address space" -flag(according to CFF Explorer VIII for .exe in their file headers Characteristics).

Edited by The Imp, 07 July 2015 - 11:57 AM.

[dreamer2007]

Thank you very much again, Leonardo Watson!

[Bill Bisco]

We could contact Wisp from the Weidu forum on G3. She might be able to verify if this is a Weidu problem or not.

[The Imp]

We could contact Wisp from the Weidu forum on G3. She might be able to verify if this is a Weidu problem or not.

You probably failed to understand that I didn't say this to be a weidu.exe problem. Cause that's not what it is, the SCS uses what's called Syntax/Semantic Language to generate a large amount of standardized scripts ... and the more those are in the game, the longer and more space it's going to take, and there can be loop holes which make them potentially infinite.
And I am pretty sure Wisp is a male, and he hangs mostly in the PPG forum, not in G3, as that's where the weidu forums are. Dun dun duuh.

[Mike1072]

We could contact Wisp from the Weidu forum on G3. She might be able to verify if this is a Weidu problem or not.

You probably failed to understand that I didn't say this to be a weidu.exe problem. Cause that's not what it is, the SCS uses what's called Syntax/Semantic Language to generate a large amount of standardized scripts ... and the more those are in the game, the longer and more space it's going to take, and there can be loop holes which make them potentially infinite.  

 
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you've got the wrong link there. SSL stands for Strategems Scripting Language and it's just something DavidW wrote in Perl to generate IE scripts..

[Lollorian]

Some things to consider adding into the next BWP:

- IR - BGT Compatibility patch

- Ascension WeiDU Script Fixer

- InfinityAnimations Tanar'ri & Wyverns Anim Fix

 

Also noticed something in the BiG World PDF: Pg 23 mentions that TheUndying needs to be installed before BG2Fixpack because the Harder Enemies component overwrites It was converted into patching code in Undying v2.50 so that won't be an issue anymore

[Bill Bisco]

Hi Leonardo, I'd love for the ZELINK mod to be added: http://www.baldursga...a=view;down=198

 

It adds Zelda and Link from the 80s cartoon as NPCs as well as a quest against Ganon!  Should be a welcome campy addition to the BWP.  Possible conflict with NeJ due to use of the upper portal in Chateau Irenicus.

[Lollorian]

Can someone inform the Skooter NPC forums that their current download does not have the russian translation in it like their forum topics seem to suggest I've attached the old archive (with russian translations) here

 

I tried to post but it always gives me a session timeout no matter how fast I try to post there

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Edited by Lollorian, 09 August 2015 - 12:00 AM.

[The Imp]

Can someone inform ...

Done.

The reason why the forum could get a session end is because the timer is by default an hour(from the first log-ging), and trying to post after that gives a bag of rocks thrown at you. It should be a good way to defend against lurker spammer-bots or something.

Edited by The Imp, 24 July 2015 - 10:44 AM.

[Lollorian]

You da man Impy! But I didn't take an hour while typing my responses... but I don't like rocks being thrown at me so I guess I'll use you to post some more eh?