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[siveon]

Hello, I'm a bit new here but so far I've been looking through the forums for a solution to my Baldur's Gate Trilogy problem.

 

I installed the updates to the gamersgate version of the DnD Master Collection pack. I put down the security (as said in the Megamod FAQ) just in case. But still (before and after) I get the same problem:

 

"An Assertion Failed in ChDimm.cpp at line Number 628

Programmer Says: Unable to Open BIF:Data\Hdogmost.Bif".

 

Any help would be great.

[Jarno Mikkola]

Hello, I'm a bit new here but so far I've been looking through the forums for a solution to my Baldur's Gate Trilogy problem...

Well, the net is full of questions like this, but I failed to find a solution from there that would give the exact answer ... so open the game directory, then open the file called "setup-BGT.debug" with the Notepad program and copy+paste the text on it to a post, so we can find possible errors in it... and also you did check that the game actually works before you install the mod ?

The one answer given in the most would be to install the game away from the Program Files -folders, but that's Operation System dependent thing, like indicated in my MMFAQs answer 2... which also means that you haven't actually patched the game at all. But the gamersgate version doesn't specify if it needs that.

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 26 March 2013 - 10:46 PM.

[siveon]

Well yeah, I tried the game a bit before I installed the mod. No problems there.

 

Here's what I got from the DEBUG file:

 

 

WeiDU v 23100 Log

 

 C:\Users\Andrew\Desktop\Baldur's Gate Trilogy\Baldur's Gate II\setup-bgt.exe

[./CHITIN.KEY] loaded, 590551 bytes

[./CHITIN.KEY] 182 BIFFs, 41793 resources

[dialog.tlk] loaded, 10864870 bytes

[dialog.tlk] 87259 string entries

[./Autorun.ini] loaded, 1452 bytes

[./baldur.ini] loaded, 2533 bytes

Possible HD/CD Path: [C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\DnDMC\Baldur's Gate II\data\]

Possible HD/CD Path: [C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\DnDMC\Baldur's Gate II\data\]

Possible HD/CD Path: [C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\DnDMC\Baldur's Gate II\data\]

Possible HD/CD Path: [C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\DnDMC\Baldur's Gate II\data\]

Possible HD/CD Path: [C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\DnDMC\Baldur's Gate II\data\]

Possible HD/CD Path: [C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\DnDMC\Baldur's Gate II\data\]

Possible HD/CD Path: [C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\DnDMC\Baldur's Gate II\]

[./Keymap.ini] loaded, 5615 bytes

[C:\Users\Andrew\Desktop\Baldur's Gate Trilogy\Baldur's Gate II\setup-bgt.exe] Using scripting style "BG2"

[dialog.tlk] claims to be writeable.

[dialog.tlk] claims to be a regular file.

 

Choose your language:

 0 [English]

 1 [International English]

 2 [Castellano (Castilian/Spanish)]

 3 [Francais (French)]

 4 [Deutsch (German)]

 5 [Italiano (Italian)]

 6 [Çѱ¹¾î (Korean)]

 7 [Polski (Polish)]

 8 [Russian]

 9 [¼òÌåÖÐÎÄ (Chinese - Simplified)]

10 [ÁcÅ餤¤å (Chinese - Traditional)]

11 [Cestina (Czech)]

Using Language [English]

[English] has 5 top-level TRA files

[bgt/language/english/prompts.tra] has 85 translation strings

[bgt/language/english/setup.tra] has 82 translation strings

[bgt/language/english/dialog.tra] has 113 translation strings

[bgt/language/english/journal.tra] has 319 translation strings

[bgt/language/english/scripts.tra] has 22 translation strings

 

Would you like to display the readme? [Y]es [N]o

[./override/xnewarea.2da] loaded, 287 bytes

 

Install Component [Baldur's Gate Trilogy - Core]?

[I]nstall, or [N]ot Install or [Q]uit? 

Skipping [Baldur's Gate Trilogy - Core]

Saving This Log:

 

WeiDU Timings

load TLK                        -0.000

adding translation strings       0.000

parsing .log files               0.000

eval_pe                          0.045

unmarshal KEY                    0.063

parsing .tra files               0.086

Parsing TP2 files                0.115

unmarshal TLK                    0.200

loading files                    1.660

stuff not covered elsewhere     15.531

TOTAL                           17.700

 

I did try installing it away from Program Files, but the launcher didn't really let me. I don't think putting the files in another location really helps either.

[Jarno Mikkola]

This is why I asked the file...

This is your problem:
Possible HD/CD Path: [C:\Program Files (x86)\Atari\DnDMC\Baldur's Gate II\data\]

You need to install the game to a different folder, because this one is Windows protected folder.

But then again this:
[C:\Users\Andrew\Desktop\Baldur's Gate Trilogy\Baldur's II\setup-bgt.exe] Using scripting style "BG2"
Says that you have extracted the mod to the Desktop, which is a problem because it works only in the game folder.

So install the BG2 to say here: C:\Games\BGII - SoA\
Then when you extract the BGTv1.16-install.rar, make sure it goes to the C:\Games\BGII - SoA\ -folder, and then run the setup-bgt.exe .

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 27 March 2013 - 12:13 PM.

[siveon]

Yeah I know, I saw it too. Would simply dragging and dropping the files from program files to say C:\Games, work? The launcher just simply doesn't let me change the file destination.

[Jarno Mikkola]

Yeah I know, I saw it too. Would simply dragging and dropping the files from program files to say C:\Games, work? The launcher just simply doesn't let me change the file destination.

Nope... well, you can then alter the baldur.ini file, and then always starting the game via the BGMain.exe... but I believe that you get a better result with the uninstall-reinstall path.