'guest', on 19 April 2011 - 06:06 PM, said:
Is this fixpack recommended for those going a manual installation route too?
I won't be using BGT, but can I run this on both my easytutu and BG2 folders separately for a smoother game?
Or is it truly just meant for BWP only?
Don't want to break anything obviously, but it looks like this is some sort of fixpack for all mods, ever, like the bg2fixpack is for the vanilla game?
It is a cross-compatibility fixpack, primarily. Mods are, first and formost, designed to be stand-alone. Additional effort is sometimes needed to make all the various mods in the Big World Project play nicely together and many mod authors cannot, or will not, alter their mod in such a way as to attain
BWP compatibility without possibly jeopardizing the integrity of their mod as a stand-alone offering. In other words, sometimes it is more practical to let a mod stand as is so it works properly for everyone NOT using the
BWP, and then allow the BiG World folks to overwrite with whatever interoperability fixes they require. The Modder themselves (if they are still active) will usually handle core fixes.
I couldn't really recommend it for manual installations or even Tutu installations, but I'm not really qualified to make such a judgement. Perhaps someone who knows more about the Fixpack could be of more help in that regard.