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#1 -Dasanath-

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 09:08 AM

First of all, hello, and thank you for creating such good mods!

I've posted this topic because of a problem I have with BGT and BG2 fixpack from The Gibberlings Three. The problem is simple : when I run my BGT installation with the fixpack installed, it doesn't recognize BGT at all. It's like a clean installation of BG2 + TOB.

First, I installed BGT with BG1 + TOSC + BG2 + TOB, all the games patched (I even patched BG1 before installing TOSC, same thing for BG2) and then I installed BGT. Everything was fine : When running the game at the beginning, Sarevok's head on my left for BG1-TOSC-BG2 and TOB on my right. I tried it and played on BG1, BG2 and TOB, everything was ok. I uninstalled ALL my BG2 folder. (I didn't knew I could only uninstall Trilogy, since I'm new with BG mods.)

That was the part where everything is ok. Here is the part where I'm running with BG2+TOB instead of BGT. I'm gonna say every detail, if it can help you.

I didn't unistalled BG1 + TOSC. When I installed it, I :
-Installed BG1 (full install, everything)
-Patched BG1
-Installed TOSC (full install)
-Patched TOSC

Then I installed BG2 :
-Installed BG2 (full install)
-Patched BG2
-Installed TOB (full install)
-Patched TOB
-Installed Fixpack v6 (I installed EVERYTHING I could install from the fixpack, even the beta fixes)
-Installed BGT

Then, few minor details :
-SETUP-GUI : I chose ''Elminster with a sword''
-Setup-BGTMusic : Hybrid


That's it. That's exactly what I've done. Without the fixpack, on my left, when I run BGT, I got BGT icon (Sarevok) and can play to the mod. With the fixpack, I got SOA icon on my left, just like a clean installation.

Oh, and maybe it could help you : My BG1 + TOSC are in french, but my BG2 + TOB are in english (but I don't think this can cause any conflict) and I always choose ''French'' language during the fixpack and BGT. I don't know if it changes anything, or if it's only for the setup, but well...

You can ask other problems if it may help you, but I think I already said everything. Anyway, thank you for helping me !
(By the way, sorry if my english isn't good! :) )

#2 Jarno Mikkola

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 01:19 PM

Well, did you start the game from the BGMain.exe , as it need to be. :devil:

By the way, you don't need to patch both games twice.

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#3 Ascension64

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Posted 11 August 2008 - 07:41 PM

When you uninstalled BG2, did you make sure you deleted your BG2 installation folder before you re-installed BG2 to the same place? Residual files (like a residual WeiDU.log) can cause major problems.

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#4 -Dasanath-

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Posted 13 August 2008 - 04:47 PM

Hello,

I've finally found what was the problem. I forgot to tell another thing, that might have helped you : I had a copy of BG2 folder : so if I wanted to play BG2, not trilogy...and the thing was that my baldur.ini was directed (not sure on my english here, let's say the path used) to the original BG2 folder, not the copy with trilogy inside. I redirected it to trilogy, and after doing this it worked (by running BGMain...I was looking to run trilogy on baldur.exe instead, since it worked this way before installing the fixpack...and before I modified baldur.ini, I couldn't run BGMain...)

I'm sorry for making you search a solution for a problem which, in a way, never existed. I uninstalled-reinstalled the mods and my BGs so many times (6 times, I think...3-4 times because I didn't knew I could only uninstall Weidu mods if I wanted...so funny to be new in something :)) I guess I forgot to mention few things I did during the installation of the saga.


Anyway, thank you for taking time to give me answers, trying to help me. I appreciated it. (and sorry for answering days later, I didn't have much time trying to find a way to run trilogy and visiting the forum...)

By the way, let me say that Spellhold Studios is a goldmine for Baldur's Gate and the others games the forum talks about.


Dasanath

(by the way, if you wish to delete this topic, since the problem was associated with the wrong thing...)