Thanks Steve and Az .. 3D accel is off, but again that wouldn't explain the stutter only after BP install. I did move Ajoc to install after TDD, and it worked fine. I think the install order at this point is rather irrelevant, since installing core BP right after Fixpack causes stutter, even in the absence of ANY other mods. I just won't use the BP AI .. a bummer, but not the end of the world.

Well, looks like I'll be doing without the BP AI. The other components of BP don't cause the stutter. Installing the game in the order you suggested, Azazello, looks to be fine, but then my previous order had no difficulties aside from the BP stutter either (well, except for mismatched blocks when installing BP, which thanks to erebusant I know how to fix).

OK, will try this, duplicating my BG directory before I install BP to be able to compare performance pre- and post-BP. I'm not very hopeful about BP at this point, but if this install order works for the rest of it I'll eventually play with that.

Thanks for the added edit -- I think I'll leave out the multitude of orcs for the time being.

Edit: Ajoc is not installing properly in that order, giving me a bunch of parse errors. Perhaps because it's an "add-on" to TDD, which isn't installed yet.

[AjocMod/bcs/AGBAND.BAF] PARSE ERROR at line 2 column 35-35
Near Text: )
[Heard] argument [INCOMING_111] not found in [SHOUTIDS.IDS]

[AjocMod/bcs/AGBMAGE.BAF] PARSE ERROR at line 9 column 67-67
Near Text: )
[SetGlobalTimer] argument [FIVE_ROUNDS] not found in [GTimes.IDS]

[AjocMod/bcs/AGBMAGE.BAF] PARSE ERROR at line 26 column 67-67
Near Text: )
[SetGlobalTimer] argument [FIVE_ROUNDS] not found in [GTimes.IDS]

[AjocMod/bcs/AGSQUIR.BAF] PARSE ERROR at line 3 column 35-35
Near Text: )
[Heard] argument [INCOMING_111] not found in [SHOUTIDS.IDS]

Dual G4 867 mac, 1GB RAM, OS 10.4. I doubt the hardware is an issue, though, because the game runs fine prior to the BP install, even with the other mega mods installed (CtB, TDD, SoS).

Well, one last question. I installed just the official patch, Fixpack, then BP. Stuttering is better, but still present. Aside from 2 mismatched blocks (ar1002 and ar2601) which I didn't bother to fix for this test, the BP install went fine. If no one has seen BP do this before or has any ideas, I'll put it aside for now. Thanks for your patience and help ..

// ~TP2_File~ #language_number #component_number // [Subcomponent Name -> ] Component Name
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #0 // BG2 Fixpack - Core Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #1 // BG2 Fixpack - Game Text Update
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #2 // Super Happy Fun Lucky Modder Pack
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #100 // Party Gets XP for Sending Keldorn to Reconcile With Maria
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #101 // Improved Spell Animations
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #104 // Ghreyfain's Holy Symbol Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #106 // Giants Receive Penalties When Attacking Halflings, Dwarves, and Gnomes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #110 // Additional Script Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #111 // Bard Song Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #112 // Wizard Slayers Cause Miscast Magic on Ranged Attacks
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #113 // Additional Alignment Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #114 // Change Free Action to Protect Against Stun
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #0 // Big Picture AI/Enhancement Mod, version 177 weidu (beta)

I am sure you are getting the stutter I/we don't know anything just in BP that should cause it.

Thanks Chevalier. I never doubted your believing my problem. I certainly understand your not knowing what causes it (though of course it's a bummer), and I appreciate your reply.

One last hopeful call for help/ideas before I start a game without BP. Just FYI, I have read probably every thread concerning stutter/lag, and none of the solutions offered helps in this case. I didn't find a case like this one either, where a newly started game (in chateau irenicus, nothing in inventory) stutters only after installing BP; prior to BP install there are no problems. Replacing the baldur.bcs file with versions created by erebusant and Himself didn't work either. I'm completely at a loss.

Seanas, thanks for your reply and lucid explanation.  I did end up just commenting out the relevant lines from the .tp2 ... next challenge is the stuttering ..

Try removing the BETA Core Fixes of BG2 Fixpack.

Steve, thanks for your reply. I did a complete reinstall, leaving out the BETA core fixes, but am still having the problem, again, only AFTER installing BP. Any other ideas out there?

I have a saved copy of the game prior to BP install, and this has no problems with slowdown at the beginning of the game. After installing BP, movement, etc., becomes very stuttery. Can anyone point out a conflict between BP and other mods I have installed? Thanks a lot ...

// Log of Currently Installed WeiDU Mods
// The top of the file is the 'oldest' mod
// ~TP2_File~ #language_number #component_number // [Subcomponent Name -> ] Component Name
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #0 // BG2 Fixpack - Core Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #1 // BG2 Fixpack - Game Text Update
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #2 // Super Happy Fun Lucky Modder Pack
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #3 // BETA Core Fixes (please check the readme!)
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #100 // Party Gets XP for Sending Keldorn to Reconcile With Maria
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #101 // Improved Spell Animations
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #103 // Mixed-Use Dagger Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #104 // Ghreyfain's Holy Symbol Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #106 // Giants Receive Penalties When Attacking Halflings, Dwarves, and Gnomes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #107 // Remove Dual-Classing Restriction from Archers and Stalkers
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #109 // Corrected Summoned Demon Behavior
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #110 // Additional Script Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #111 // Bard Song Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #112 // Wizard Slayers Cause Miscast Magic on Ranged Attacks
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #113 // Additional Alignment Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #114 // Change Free Action to Protect Against Stun
~SETUP-SOS.TP2~ #0 #0 // Shadows Over Soubar, v1.11
~SETUP-TDD.TP2~ #0 #0 // The Darkest Day, v1.11
~SETUP-CTB.TP2~ #0 #0 // Check The Bodies, v1.8
~SETUP-TS-BP.TP2~ #0 #0 // TORTURED SOULS v6.09 (BP Compatible Version)
~SETUP-G3ANNIVERSARY.TP2~ #0 #0 // The Gibberlings Three Anniversary Mod
~SETUP-ABYSTORE.TP2~ #0 #0 // Unusual Oddities Shop
~SETUP-AJOCMOD.TP2~ #0 #0 // AjocMod Weidu v1.5
~SETUP-ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #0 // Ascension v1.41 (requires ToB)
~SETUP-ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #1 // Tougher Abazigal (optional, requires ToB)
~SETUP-ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #2 // Original Tougher Demogorgon (optional, requires ToB)
~SETUP-ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #3 // Tougher Gromnir (optional, requires ToB)
~SETUP-ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #4 // Tougher Illasera (optional, requires ToB)
~SETUP-ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #5 // Tougher Yaga-Shura (optional, requires ToB)
~SETUP-PICKS_OF_THE_LITTER.TP2~ #0 #0 // Plasmocat's Picks of the Litter Portrait Pack
~SETUP-NPCFLIRT.TP2~ #0 #0 // Aerie Flirt Pack For SOA
~SETUP-NPCFLIRT.TP2~ #0 #2 // Aerie Flirt Pack For TOB
~SETUP-NPCFLIRT.TP2~ #0 #4 // Jaheira Flirt Pack for SOA
~SETUP-NPCFLIRT.TP2~ #0 #6 // Jaheira Flirt Pack for TOB
~SETUP-NPCFLIRT.TP2~ #0 #8 // Viconia Flirt Pack for SOA
~SETUP-NPCFLIRT.TP2~ #0 #10 // Viconia Flirt Pack for TOB
~SETUP-BANTERPACK.TP2~ #0 #0 // Pocket Plane Banter Pack for BG2: Shadows of Amn
~SETUP-BANTERPACK.TP2~ #0 #1 // Install SOA Banter Accelerator script? (Increases the frequency of interparty banter)
~SETUP-BANTERPACK.TP2~ #0 #2 // Pocket Plane Banter Pack for BG2: Throne of Bhaal
~SETUP-BANTERPACK.TP2~ #0 #3 // Install TOB Banter Accelerator script? (Increases the frequency of interparty banter)
~SETUP-BWQUEST.TP2~ #0 #0 // Black Rose Part I: Market Prices
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #4 // Alternative Harper/Xzar Plot
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #5 // Extended Reynald Sequence
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #6 // Intrigue In The Copper Coronet
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #7 // Rahul Kanakia's Potion Quest
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #9 // Improved Oasis II -> IO2 Dialogue & Combat Enhancement
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #11 // Saving Sanik In Brynnlaw
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #12 // Burglary Of The Bookkeeper
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #13 // New Fate For The Dryads' Acorns
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #14 // The Tragedy Of Besamen
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #15 // Further Slaver Involvement
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #16 // Sending The Solamnic Knights Home
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #17 // Nazariel The Lich
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #18 // Reward Negotiation
~SETUP-DOS25.TP2~ #0 #0 // Desecration of Souls 2.5
~SETUP-DSOA.TP2~ #0 #0 // Kensai Ryu's Deeper Shadows of Amn v2.2
~SETUP-DSOA.TP2~ #0 #1 // Difficult Brown Dragon
~SETUP-DSOA.TP2~ #0 #4 // Ghost Shadow Dragon
~SETUP-DSOA.TP2~ #0 #6 // Grothgar the Red Dragon
~SETUP-DSOA.TP2~ #0 #8 // Curse of the Underground Shade Lord
~SETUP-FR_ROV.TP2~ #0 #0 // Freedom's Reign (SoA or ToB)
~SETUP-FR_ROV.TP2~ #0 #1 // Reign of Virtue (ToB)
~SETUP-GBTHFKP.TP2~ #0 #0 // Expanded Thief Stronghold
~SETUP-ITEMUPGRADE.TP2~ #0 #0 // Shadows Of Amn Item Upgrades
~SETUP-ITEMUPGRADE.TP2~ #0 #1 // Throne Of Bhaal Item Upgrades
~SETUP-PSTELE.TP2~ #0 #0 // PlanarSphere_Return_v2 Weidu
~SETUP RGENIE.TP2~ #0 #0 // Ribald's Genie
~SETUP-RUAD.TP2~ #0 #0 // Ruad Ro'fhessa (SoA)
~SETUP-RUAD.TP2~ #0 #1 // Ruad Ro'fhessa (ToB)
~SETUP-SHARDSOFICE.TP2~ #0 #0 // The Price Of Friendship
~SETUP-SHARDSOFICE.TP2~ #0 #1 // Some of My Best Friends Are Slimes
~SETUP-TB#QUEST.TP2~ #0 #2 // A large battle
~SETUP-TB#QUEST.TP2~ #0 #3 // Underdark Mage Duel
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #3 // "Cat and Mouse" (Bodhi hunts you in Spellhold) by Ghreyfain
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #4 // Gorje Hilldark and the Extended Illithium Quest
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #5 // The Pai'Na/Spider's Bane Quest
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #6 // Restored Crooked Crane Inn
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #7 // Restored Encounters
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #8 // Artemis Entreri in Bodhi's Lair
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #9 // Corrected "Xzar's Creations"
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #10 // Restored Hell Minions, by SimDing0
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #11 // Gorf the Squisher Fix, by Gebhard Blucher
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #12 // Item Restorations
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #16 // Corrected BAMs and Scripts
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #17 // Corrected Character Names and Biographies
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #19 // Restored Bhaalspawn Powers, by David Gaider
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #20 // Extended ToB Item Descriptions
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #21 // Throne of Bhaal Minor Restorations
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #24 // Sarevok's Remorse
~SETUP-TASHIA.TP2~ #0 #0 // Tashia NPC Mod -> Full version (ToB required)
~SETUP-TASHIA.TP2~ #0 #2 // Tashia Add-on Pack by Bri and Lord Ernie (English only, Tashia ToB Required) -> Action Style dialogues
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #0 // Big Picture AI/Enhancement Mod, version 177 weidu (beta)
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #1 // Improved Suldanessallar
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #2 // Improved Spellhold
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #3 // Wand of Orcus Add-In
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #4 // Improved Small Teeth Pass, by Kensai Ryu
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #5 // Improved Kangaxx Encounter, by Kensai Ryu
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #6 // Kensai Ryu's Improved Crypt King
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #7 // Kensai Ryu's Gnome Fighter/Illusionist in the Docks
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #9 // Gebhard Blucher's Lich in the Docks
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #10 // Red Badge, Poison-Based Encounter, by Westley Weimer
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #11 // Kuroisan the Acid Kensai, by Westley Weimer
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #12 // The Ritual, by Westley Weimer
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #8 // Improved Random Encounters, by Gebhard Blucher and Kensai Ryu

I like the advice given at G3 ("non-Spellhold") forum.

Thanks for the reply, Azazello, I appreciate it.  Since I'm not confident in my ability to rewrite the BP tp2 files, my inclination is to comment out the portion of the .tp2 that replaces the blocks in the original DEMNABSU.bcs file.  My hesitation is in what Miloch (@G3) wrote in the boldface sentence below:

But since the changes in the Fixpacked script appear (to me at least) to be "smarter" than the BP changes, it might make more sense actually comment out the line(s) in the BP tp2 attempting to do the REPLACE_BCS_BLOCK. But I give that advice knowing nothing about BP or why it's trying to do this replacement.

I guess that's the insight I was hoping for from someone who knows BP.

Is no one able to give me any pointers on this?  I only have a limited time window in which to play, and was hoping to be able to use BP.  Thanks again ..

I got this from another forum (non-Spellhold), but could really use the knowledge of someone involved in BP.  Thanks ..


A quick and rather hacked fix would be to try replacing the "oDEMNAB01.bcs" from BP with the third block from DEMNABSU.BAF in the Fixpack. But since the changes in the Fixpacked script appear (to me at least) to be "smarter" than the BP changes, it might make more sense actually comment out the line(s) in the BP tp2 attempting to do the REPLACE_BCS_BLOCK. But I give that advice knowing nothing about BP or why it's trying to do this replacement.

A third option is to try to rewrite oDEMNAB01.bcs yourself to take advantage of the Fixpack's smarter targetting but BP's reweighting of the script. It seems to be trying to remove TANARI_DEATH_GAZE, though I'm not sure why.

I think I'm close to completing a successful mega install, but have one remaining problem.  Several "cannot find block matching ... " errors popped up, and I fixed most of them.  There are two, however, that I'm stuck on.  

WARNING: cannot find block matching [BPv177/SNIP/oDEMNAB1.bcs]
WARNING: cannot find block matching [BPv177/SNIP/oDEMNAB2.bcs]

The appropriate original file to compare these files to is DEMNABSU.BCS.  However, I don't know which parts of the BP files correspond to which parts of the original file.  If someone could help me with what to change in the BP "o" files I'd really appreciate it.  

demnabsu.BCS (original file)

IF
    OR(6)
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.0.CLERIC_ALL])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.0.LONG_BOW])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.DEMONIC.CLERIC_ALL.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL ])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.DEMONIC.LONG_BOW.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.0.CLERIC_ALL.0.SUMMONED_DEMON.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.0.LONG_BOW.0.SUMMONED_DEMON.LAWFUL_EVIL])
    Global("silence","LOCALS",0)
THEN
    RESPONSE #100
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_SILENCE)
        SetGlobal("silence","LOCALS",1)
END

IF
    OR(4)
        See([GOODCUTOFF])
        See([ GOODCUTOFF.0.DEMONIC.0.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.0.TANARI.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.0.0.0.SUMMONED_DEMON.LAWFUL_EVIL])
    OR(2)
        !See([0.0.DEMONIC.0.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.DEMONIC.0.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
    OR(2)
        !See([0.0.0.TANARI.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.0.TANARI.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
    OR(2)
        !See([0.0.0.0.0.SUMMONED_DEMON.LAWFUL_EVIL ])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.0.0.0.SUMMONED_DEMON.LAWFUL_EVIL])
    Global("abilities","LOCALS",0)
THEN
    RESPONSE #100
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_DEATH_GAZE)
        SetGlobal("abilities","LOCALS",1)
        Wait(1)
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_PARALYZE)
END

IF
    OR(4)
        See([GOODCUTOFF])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.DEMONIC.0.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.0.TANARI.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL ])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.0.0.0.SUMMONED_DEMON.LAWFUL_EVIL])
    OR(2)
        !See([0.0.DEMONIC.0.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.DEMONIC.0.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
    OR(2)
        !See([0.0.0.TANARI.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL ])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.0.TANARI.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
    OR(2)
        !See([0.0.0.0.0.SUMMONED_DEMON.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([GOODCUTOFF.0.0.0.0.SUMMONED_DEMON.LAWFUL_EVIL])
THEN
    RESPONSE #60
        AttackOneRound(LastSeenBy(Myself))
        AttackOneRound(LastSeenBy(Myself))
    RESPONSE #20
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_VAMPIRIC_TOUCH)
        AttackOneRound(LastSeenBy(Myself))
    RESPONSE #15
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_PARALYZE)
        AttackOneRound(LastSeenBy(Myself))
    RESPONSE #5
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_DEATH_GAZE)
        AttackOneRound(LastSeenBy(Myself))
END

IF
    OR(6)
        See([0.0.0.CLERIC_ALL])
        See([0.0.0.LONG_BOW])
        See([0.0.DEMONIC.CLERIC_ALL.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([0.0.DEMONIC.LONG_BOW.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([ 0.0.0.CLERIC_ALL.0.SUMMONED_DEMON.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([0.0.0.LONG_BOW.0.SUMMONED_DEMON.LAWFUL_EVIL])
    Global("silence","LOCALS",0)
THEN
    RESPONSE #100
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_SILENCE)
        SetGlobal("silence","LOCALS",1)
END

IF
    OR(4)
        See([ANYONE])
        See([0.0.DEMONIC.0.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([0.0.0.TANARI.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([ 0.0.0.0.0.SUMMONED_DEMON])
    Global("abilities","LOCALS",0)
THEN
    RESPONSE #100
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_DEATH_GAZE)
        SetGlobal("abilities","LOCALS",1)
        Wait(1)
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_PARALYZE)
END

IF
    OR(4)
        See([ANYONE])
        See([0.0.DEMONIC.0.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL])
        See([0.0.0.TANARI.0.0.LAWFUL_EVIL ])
        See([0.0.0.0.0.SUMMONED_DEMON])
THEN
    RESPONSE #70
        AttackReevaluate(LastSeenBy(Myself),30)
    RESPONSE #15
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_VAMPIRIC_TOUCH)
        Wait(2)
    RESPONSE #10
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_PARALYZE)
        Wait(2)
    RESPONSE #5
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_SILENCE)
        Wait(2)
END

======================================================================

oDEMNAB01.bcs (from BP)

IF
    See([GOODCUTOFF])
THEN
    RESPONSE #60
        AttackOneRound(LastSeenBy(Myself))
        AttackOneRound(LastSeenBy(Myself))
    RESPONSE #20
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_VAMPIRIC_TOUCH)
        AttackOneRound(LastSeenBy(Myself))
    RESPONSE #15
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_PARALYZE)
        AttackOneRound(LastSeenBy(Myself))
    RESPONSE #5
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_DEATH_GAZE)
        AttackOneRound(LastSeenBy(Myself))
END

======================================================================


oDEMNAB02.bcs (from BP)

IF
    See([ANYONE])
THEN
    RESPONSE #70
        AttackReevaluate(LastSeenBy(Myself),30)
    RESPONSE #15
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_VAMPIRIC_TOUCH)
        Wait(2)
    RESPONSE #10
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),TANARI_PARALYZE)
        Wait(2)
    RESPONSE #5
        ForceSpell(LastSeenBy(Myself),0)
        Wait(2)
END

I'm trying to install BP, and had a few "WARNING: cannot find block matching...." errors.  I fixed most of them, however two of them refer to .bcs files that I can't locate in the BG directory using NI:  

[BPv177/SNIP/oDEMNAB1.bcs]
[BPv177/SNIP/oDEMNAB2.bcs]

The closest sounding thing I find in the .bcs section of NI is "demnabsu.bcs," but obviously this isn't the same thing and don't contain corresponding material to the two files above.  Any thoughts?  Thanks very much.

p.s. I plan on dealing with the XPCAP and XPLEVEL files after actually installing BP, but thanks for the info above.

1. I get my XP Cap and XPlevel set by my Refinements install at the end. I had to replace them with a level 50 ruleset though before install, and not any level 50 files will work properly. If you use NI to extract the 2da files to replace the ones in Refinements, be certain to test them with a new game and be certain you actually gain experience points and level up properly afterwards. I had a lot of problems finding the right files that would work. Been so long I don't know where I got them from now.

I'm still confused about how the level cap, etc., works.  The "Mega-Weidu Install Instructions" thread at http://www.shsforums...showtopic=20736 has an attached file titled "Refinements_41st_Level_Workaround.doc" that says the following:

The way to work around the Refinements 41st level limitation is to copy the 50th level rule set XPLEVEL.2DA from the TuTu_Tweaks\XP and overwrite the Refinements\Hlab\_shared\copy\XPLEVEL.2DA.

However, I'm not playing BG1 and don't have TuTu tweaks.  The BP-WEidu compatibility thread at http://www.shsforums.net/index
.p...=20240&st=0://http://www.shsforums.net/...=20240&st=0 says

before installing Refinements, copy the files XPCAP.2DA and XPLEVEL.2DA that were updated by BP, paste them into folder \Refinements\Hlab\_shared\copy (thus overwriting the existing files)

Are these .2da files simply those that would be extracted from the main game directory using NI?

p.s. Thanks for the Gaelan.cre link!

A few more questions --

1.  erebusant, looking at your stickied weidu log, I didn't see the XP cap remover from BG2 Tweaks installed.  Is this safe to do?  If not, is there another XP cap remover I can install either before or after BP?  

2. From the BP compatibility thread:  

Redemption
NOTE: Modification to .tp2 file needed!
locate the following two lines in Setup-Redemption.tp2 and remove them:

REQUIRE_FILE ~override/BODHIND.2da~
@2 // Ascension check

Is the Redemption mod compatible if these changes are made?

3.  erebusant, wondering if before installing your Refinements components you had to make a change to the XPCAP.2DA and XPLEVEL.2DA files updated by BP (as per the first sticky in the BP compatibility thread).

Thank you!

Great - thank you both ...

I'd like to confirm whether or not Expanded Thief Guild and COM Encounters work with BP.  The thread on BP-Weidu compatibility ( http://www.shsforums...showtopic=20240 ) suggests otherwise ..
Thanks

I'm installing on a Mac, after BG2 Fixpack, TDD, SoS, and CtB. The installation seems to go fine, except at the end, when I get what is below. After this the installation seems to complete without difficulty. The specified .tiz files are not in the TIZ directory in the mod folder. I'm wondering if this is going to completely mess up play, in which case I'll uninstall ..
Thanks


SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED [Region Of Terror, v2.0]
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/ra4202.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/ra4401.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/ra4402.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/ra4501.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/ra4502.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/ra4503.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/ra5800.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/ra5801.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/ra5802.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/rr3101.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/rr3107.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/rr3108.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/rr3111.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/rr3112.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/rr3115.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/rr3116.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/rr3402.tiz
Couldn't open RoTerror/TIZ/rr3408.tiz
[weidu-mac] WeiDU version 199
[./chitin.key] 222 BIFFs, 52791 resources
[./dialog.tlk] 98894 string entries
[weidu-mac] Using scripting style "BG"
[CD3/DATA/AREA090A.BIF] 13175718 bytes (compressed), 59 files, 7 tilesets
...
...
...

I've used NI several times in trying to figure out problems, so I can probably handle it if you give me some help with those specific problems.   I appreciate your help, erebusant...  

This is how the log looks so far.  I plan on installing more 'small' mods before BP, but want to make sure the game starts alright with the 'mega' mods installed (was having problems with game hanging earlier).  Since my first post I've installed SoS and CtB.  On installation of BP I now also get the warning:

WARNING: ADD_CRE_ITEM: Unknown slot FIST.  Default to INV15 for placement.


~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #0 // BG2 Fixpack - Core Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #1 // BG2 Fixpack - Game Text Update
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #100 // Party Gets XP for Sending Keldorn to Reconcile With Maria
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #101 // Improved Spell Animations
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #104 // Ghreyfain's Holy Symbol Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #114 // Change Free Action to Protect Against Stun
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #103 // Mixed-Use Dagger Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #106 // Giants Receive Penalties When Attacking Halflings,    Dwarves, and Gnomes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #107 // Remove Dual-Classing Restriction from Archers    and Stalkers
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #109 // Corrected Summoned Demon Behavior
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #110 // Additional Script Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #111 // Bard Song Fixes
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #112 // Wizard Slayers Cause Miscast Magic on Ranged Attacks
~SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #113 // Additional Alignment Fixes
~SETUP-TDD.TP2~ #0 #0 // The Darkest Day,  v1.11
~SETUP-SOS.TP2~ #0 #0 // Shadows Over Soubar, v1.11
~SETUP-CTB.TP2~ #0 #0 // Check The Bodies, v1.8
~SETUP-CTB-CHORES.TP2~ #0 #0 // Candlekeep Chores, v2.0
~SETUP-CTB_FF.TP2~ #0 #0 // Check the Bodies Fast Forward, v1.1 (for CtB v1.
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #0 // Big Picture AI/Enhancement Mod, version 177 weidu (beta)
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #1 // Improved Suldanessallar
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #3 // Wand of Orcus Add-In
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #4 // Improved Small Teeth Pass, by Kensai Ryu
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #5 // Improved Kangaxx Encounter, by Kensai Ryu
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #6 // Kensai Ryu's Improved Crypt King
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #7 // Kensai Ryu's Gnome Fighter/Illusionist in the Docks
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #8 // Improved Random Encounters, by Gebhard Blucher and Kensai Ryu
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #9 // Gebhard Blucher's Lich in the Docks
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #10 // Red Badge, Poison-Based Encounter, by Westley Weimer
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #11 // Kuroisan the Acid Kensai, by Westley Weimer
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #12 // The Ritual, by Westley Weimer
~SETUP-BPV177.TP2~ #0 #15 // Ascension for BP

Not sure if this is the right place to be asking this question, but since a similar one was answered a few pages back, I thought I'd give it a try.  Perhaps someone can redirect me if I'm not in the right thread.

Getting the following errors when installing BP after BG2 Fixpack and TDD:

WARNING: cannot find block matching [BPv177/SNIP/oDEMNAB1.bcs]
WARNING: cannot find block matching [BPv177/SNIP/oDEMNAB2.bcs]
WARNING: cannot find block matching [BPv177/SNIP/oAR1002.BCS]
WARNING: cannot find block matching [BPv177/SNIP/oAR2601.BCS]

Does anyone know if this will affect the gameplay, and/or how to fix the problem here?
Thanks ..