Amberbaum

It's just that when I had BPseries installed, I suddenly was confronted with the inventory lag. I never even knew that that was a thing up until this point. Like I said I am not 100% sure about this. I still had the lag without custom NPCs in my party when BPseries was still installed. So it's all a bit wishy-washy on my side, since I wasn't testing it or anything. The mod can be installed. It may cause some issues with users. Maybe keeping the red flag may be the best for this mod. Or add custom warnings and notes. Tho, I don't if you can do that with the BWS.

I did a bit of my own digging as well and found that horred (the BP creator) last provided a patch for the mod in 2014 for *rough* EE compatibility before he retired from modding. This is still used today, however, the EE game has been updated since that patch and that may have impact on compatibility.

 

meaning the NPC either stands around or does their basic attack*

In deed, the patch is *rough* as it replaces most actions in the scripts with NoAction()...

Ah, that explains a lot.

Experience based feed back required

 

I am currently attempting a clean up in BWS with respect to the *Expert* flag that makes some mods appear in red during selection.

Nearly all of them are now removed. All choices are given to the users

 

Here are some remaining candidates that I am unsure about, so any player's feedback on experience with those mods would be welcome (please comment only if you have used these mods yourself). Comments are those that I found in the BWS documentation

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BP Series Party AI

[marked expert] in EE games This mod is temporarily marked Expert because of installation errors due to missing WIZARD_REMOVE_MAGIC in Spell.IDS and missing STATE_DISEASED_FIX in Stats.IDS. General usability in EE games is not assured.

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I had the BP Series installed (all modules), after aTweaks simple AI scripts may have screwed up my ingame script button(game freezes after trying to open the AI script menu). Then I replaced the aTweaks simply scripts with the BPseries scripts and I was finally able to open up the AI script menu.

Some scripts seem to be faulty and become therefor useless, meaning the NPC either stands around or does their basic attack*. I had trouble with certain mage scripts, but it is better then nothing. It doesn't override the existing ones, it just adds new ones. So I just used the AI scripts that work. What was also very interesting is the ingame lag when picking up items that can be worn/used by your characters from your inventory menu. Someone else at the Beamdog forum seem to have a similar issue. So...the mod can be installed. It won't really break anything, but It might cause some issues. I really cannot say that the BPseries causes the inventory lag 100%. I just think that it may be responsible for it. Right now I don't have any AI scripts installed and there is no inventory lag.

*I used some of them on custom NPCs, but I can't really think that it matters much if the NPC is a mod or not.

For information

The Ajantis and Corthala beta mods are not yet included in BWS. Normally jastey, both mod's author, will initiate this when she thinks the beta test phase is successfully finished.

Oh, I am sorry. I should have expressed myself clearer. I meant BWS install (Alternatives, Tweaks, etc) and then manually install the Beta mods afterwards.

For Ajantis, having Alternatives and seeing whether his crossmod is working alright would be great, actually.

Hm, I just realized there is no Valygar - Ajantis romance conflict, yet...

Okay. Ajantis(Beta), Alternatives and Valygar(Beta) it is then. Then I need three playthroughs were I play the Alternative route and the standard routes. Ugh...that means I need to test Bodhi's route, too. Is this even possible with Valygar in my party? I know that Ajantis doesn't like it. Valygar romances people with a good reputation and accepting the help of the Vampire Faction seems counterproductive for a good or neutral person.

I use BG2EE and not EET by the way.

I still remember being a longtime lurker and following this mods progression only for it to be put on hiatus. Thank you for adopting it and thank you guys(Domi, Beyshaliban, and Caetlyn) for creating this project in the first place

So regarding the beta participation, any mod setup we are allowed to have, except anything Valygar and his quest related or do you prefer the game to be clean and stable(No 2.5 Beta BG2EE)?

- Any NPC mods? I am also interested in testing your beta version of your Ajantis BG2 mod (v15).

- Any tweak mods - for example mod components that disable some annoyances like "You Must Gather Your Party ..." or the Cloak of Mirroring SFX. Or increased stacks.

- Party AI mods? Probably not......

- Quest Mods like Alternatives? Although I guess it would be smarter to play the vanilla routes just like having the vanilla NPCs in your group.

- BWS or non BWS install?

If I ever get rich and then get laid off work, I'll take a year off and either hike the Continental Divide Trail or convert CA to be EE compatible.

That would be really great . Both for you and for the players who like the CA mod conversation. Ah well...if it's on hiatus then it's on hiatus. Maybe someone will pick it up again.