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[phordicus]

The readme says BG-TotSC needs to be patched to 5512. The last patch I found is 5521 and seems to address a few bugs with 5512.

Do I need to reinstall BG-TotSC and patch up only to 5512? If so, can someone provide a d/l link?

Edited by phordicus, 25 February 2012 - 12:18 AM.

[Bartimaeus]

Yes, you will need to reinstall.

http://www.sorcerers.../index_misc.php

Third down.

Speaking of patches, the links in the BG1/BG2 patches topic should be fixed...

Edited by Bartimaeus, 24 February 2012 - 06:09 PM.

[Enkida]

Wait, what? I use patch 5521 and have not noticed any problems so far. I thought the suggestion to use 5512 instead of 5521 came from the BiG World Project readme, not the BGT readme. I also thought it was a typo, because logic says higher number patches are generally better, and also because back when I actually was looking for them, I had a hard time finding a 5512 patch.

Also, this. BGT and BWP aside, I will always take the Bigg's last word as law, since he maintains WeiDU.

If I am totally wrong about this please correct me.

[Anomaly]

You can perfectly use the 5521 patch. But you will need to install 5512 first. The 5521 alone isn't enough, it's only an EXE patch that requires 5512 patch already applied.

[phordicus]

I appreciate the responses. I am going to stubbornly ignore it all and continue on with 5521 since I'll be doing what many of us do anyway: modding as I go. I'll keep a list if I hit any bugs and see exactly if whatever's missing from 5512 is truly critical.

[Enkida]

'Anomaly', on 25 Feb 2012 - 07:01, said:

You can perfectly use the 5521 patch. But you will need to install 5512 first. The 5521 alone isn't enough, it's only an EXE patch that requires 5512 patch already applied.

ARRGH. And doubly true for me since I use the original multiple CD version. ARRG.

But thank you so much, too.

Wait, by this logic you cannot install 5521 at all unless 5512 is already there! I hope? I will test.

Edited by Enkida, 25 February 2012 - 12:39 AM.

[Anomaly]

'phordicus', on 25 Feb 2012 - 08:18, said:

I'll keep a list if I hit any bugs and see exactly if whatever's missing from 5512 is truly critical.

If you mean : missing in 5512 but included in 5521, no need to check, the only difference between the two is that the latter enables multiplayer on directX 8 and above.

[Enkida]

Well, I did test, and to be clear: nothing goes wrong with the 5521 patch if you install BGT.

HOWEVER!

If you install 5521 and use the BWP, you will get errors. Specifically trying to install Finch NPC, though there are probably more.

So in essence, do whatever you want for BGT, but use 5512 only for BWP.