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Vandervecken

Member Since 17 May 2009
Offline Last Active Jul 12 2019 01:39 PM

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Just came back and very confused about Big World Project

08 July 2019 - 07:41 PM

Hi folks,

Just came back after some time away and things sure have changed. I remember some years ago playing BG mega-mods with hundreds of mods installed courtesy of the Big World Setup program (I think I used version 7 the first time, version 14 the second time). It had a number of useful features, including:

* a curated recommendation list so you could pick the stuff that was right for what you wanted

* it would download all those mods for you into one giant folder and then install them.

 

I'm looking around and noticing that while BWP has continued on to version 18, BWS is obsolete, and possibly straight-up gone. Haven't been able to piece together why though. What happened here? Is there a new program that serves this purpose? Should I try to use an old BWS and just live with it? Manually download all the mods myself (hundreds of them)? It seems like it's 'out of date' but I saved off a directory with BWS 14.3 and all the mods it downloaded about 4 years ago. Maybe with the exact mod set it would work fine?

 

Also, I haven't really decided if I should be shooting for EE or original edition. How are the current megamod offerings for EE? I made myself a list of the mods I really enjoyed from back in 2009. My top mods are:
The Longer Road 10/10

Ascension 10/10

Fade 9/10

Tashia 9/10

Beyond the Law 9/10

Northern Tales of the Sword Coast 9/10
Dark Side of the Sword Coast 9/10

BG1 Mini Quests & Encounters 9/10
BG1 Unfinished Business 9/10
Assassinations 9/10
Planar Sphere Mod 9/10
Every Mod and Dog 9/10
BG2 - Quest Pack 9/10
BG2 - Unfinished Business 9/10
Fading Promises 9/10
Improved Asylum 9/10
Adalon's Blood 9/10
Tortured Souls 9/10

Any explanation/history less on would be super helpful around now.

Cheers,

Vandervecken