dr_asik

As a long-time fan of the series, I want to thank you for your gracious and invaluable contribution to BG:EE and BG2. Downloading and trying out now!

Thanks for all the help guys. I love my SCSII + Ascension install, I think that's what I'll stick with. By the way, to install both I ended up following this guide which seemed both up-to-date and complete: http://social.biowar...index/8707977/1 (post by The Cow King on that page)

I see. So there's no way of having both Ascension and SCS2?

Thanks for your patience. Yeah SCS2 looks good, I'm just worried it might not play well with any of the BP components. Does this install order look good?

1. G3's BG2 Fixpack
2. G3's BG2 Tweaks
3. SCS2
4. BP - only the David Gaider components, Ascension etc.

So I started playing with BP, on my usual difficulty setting of insane, and I don't like it very much. It adds a bunch of weird creatures that look like slightly altered versions of existing ones (troglodytes = green gnolls, bugbears = hobgoblins), it takes a bunch of monsters from IWD2 and sticks them in the most random locations. Just in the slavers quarters I've seen Yuan-Ti, Orcs, Orogs, an Ettin... If I want to play IWD2 I'll play IWD2!

I like that enemy AI is generally better (targeting weaker party members, better use of spells), but the use of monsters is out of place and breaks the immersion. Is there a way I can get only the better AI without actually importing all these extra monsters in the game?

If not I'd just like to keep at least the Ascension and David Gaider's Improved X components. Is it possible to keep them without the core component of BP?