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[phlaphee]

-The Grey Clan Episode I: In Candlelight (tgc1e bgt) 1.8.T1

I've played this one on two ocassions. While I've found nothing bad about it (except the music) it didn't really feel it integrated well within the game's storyline. I actually liked it a lot better than Stone of Askavar. There's nothing wrong with it, I just don't really care if it's there or not. Though... I've played it on mega installs with big and overpowered mods... so maybe if I use it in a more controlled game it might prove a challenge. Might be worth a shot.

-Every Mod and Dog (EMaD) 6

Never got to play it. I'd appreciate you comments upon the quests it brings.

-Rupert the Dye Merchant 2.1.1

- It's interesting, I usually have it installed, but seeing as I've never actually needed to buy anything from the guy, I think I'll skip it.

-Varshoon an Illithid NPC 4.2

It's in my selection, and you've also stated your opinion about it.

-Vampire Tales 1.03

 I read somethings about it which made me decide not to include it, though I don't recall them exactly. Your thoughts about it would be appreciated.

-Wheels of Prophecy (Beta) 2

It's beta phase kind of worry me it would ruin the install at the very end of the game. Your thoughts about it would be appreciated.

[Jarno Mikkola]

Soooo... Feel free to lend me a thought or two about the mod selection listed here.

You might want to make the first post a composed list of the mods you plan to use... as it's now on all the pages, it's harder to comment... you get the list by simply using the component list editor in BWS, as you can export the list in side the function. The picture in the 3.4 of my FAQftMM.

[phlaphee]

Soooo... Feel free to lend me a thought or two about the mod selection listed here.

You might want to make the first post a composed list of the mods you plan to use... as it's now on all the pages, it's harder to comment... you get the list by simply using the component list editor in BWS, as you can export the list in side the function. The picture in the 3.4 of my FAQftMM.

Thanks, I'll try and do that tonight, as I'm at work right now.

[kreso]

Phlaphee - I can't belive I never saw this thread (till now, that is).

Little history:

I first used BWS (I was reluctant to try out BGT for some reason, and was a TuTu player) somewhere in last year's August.

I was amazed by the ammount of mods from which I could choose from - plenty of which I never heard of. 

Needles to say, I installed everything....

First 5 or so times I couldn't get the bloody thing to work - it constantly crashed when I started to play. Then I removed Infinity Animations and - WOW. It started. First time in Beregost, I see some red-plated guards everywhere, some guy named Will Scarlet (with a strong accent) greets me....I was amazed....how can things work so flawlessly, in between so much mods?

It wasn't untill I met some "improved enemies" when I found out the hard way quantity doesn't mean "quality" in BG1.

The "big" mods there are, all things considered - fine, actually. Hard, challenging, fairly-well written (I don't have high expectations story-wise). What's bad about them (and the "worst" by these standards being "Dark Horizons") is the ammount of OP equipment you gain which utterly destroys your game. Even if you decide to "leave it on the ground", enemies will use these against you - making the game imbalanced again. DSotSC and NTotSC both feature hard enemies (and plenty of loot) but nowhere near DH (and plenty of items within it have powers not documented in their descriptions). 

Big BG2 mods - the first mod I ever played (looooong time ago) was, believe it or not, The Darkest Day. It was distributed on a CD which you got with a gaming magazine. I used to play it over and over again (usually with some Drow kit  ). Nowdays, I can see fairly clearly  that this mod should (as well as the rest of "big BG2 mods") go through either a complete revision or retirement. 

Tortured Souls - bleh. You need to have Yoshi. You need to have Kachiko. You'll probably want Sime and Valygar. What's left?

In addition, those katana-wielding orientals never had any appeal to me.

NEJ - If I wanted Icewind Dale, I'll buy my copy from GoG, tyvm. I never understood this.

SoS - oh.....the bugs within this . How can you expect to finish this without some deep programming knowledge of BG2 is beyond me.

CtB - ........I never really understood this mod. Is it meant to be a joke? If it is, I fail to get it.

 

That's my reasoning for "skip all big mods". Either somebody should go through the items (manually, not some crazy random program) and balance those out or skip these.

Some of them (SoS, CtB and the rest of BG2 big mods - apart maybe TDD) are beyond salvation.

[phlaphee]

Thank you for joining the thread, 'kreso'!

 

I totally agree with what you said about the big mods. They add a lot of content (good or not so good) but the damage it does to the gaming experience is crucial. That is why, I chose to not install any of the big mods. If you haven't seen it already, I've listed the mods I've selected for my installation on the very first post of the thread. If you have the time and willingness, feel free to comment on the choice of mods, any insight is helpful!

 

'Putrid' as of today, I will be starting to test this selection wit BWP 13. If I remember correctly there are still some issues to be solved (I might be wrong though), but as soon as I get the installation to work, I'l start testing the game. Hopefully, it will be an enjoyable experience!

[Sergio]

Does anyone have any idea on Vampire tales? Is it good? How does Miriam (the character inside vampire tales) compare to Valen?