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[glx]

you can try to go to TT0100 (start area of TS).
i think i had the same prob/my party was standing in a cut scene nothing happend. so i clua'ed my party.

[seanas]

if you can clua yrself to TT0100, then things are all good. however...

crashing at the that point is the classic proof that you installed incorrectly. i'm guessing you did a manual install, yeah? the TS part of the manual install is really finicky - which is why i strongly recommend the auto-install process - and very easy to get wrong. most usually, ppl forget to trasfer the area files across, or to mark them as not-read-only before extracting them, there are various threads in this forum explaining what to do in these circumstances - it *is* possible to dupe a TS install, and then copy all the area files into yr override folder, which is the easiest solution, so i'd recommend searching this forum for instructions.

[glx]

hmm i found the manual install very easy - u can do all thinks step by step, and store a valid step. its true there was something with read only files during the ts install (patch has to override some) .

the only usefull think in bp-autoinstall was the buffing stuff, so long ....

[seanas]

it looks like you missed the dummy folders in the TS part of the install - you've got the same problem as the person posting here.

it's easily done - god knows, i've done it - and not all that clear fromteh auto install doc. personaly, i'd recommend yazzuie''s bp install guide, which makes it quite clear what directories you need to install TS to.

in yr NEJ install procedure, it's usually recommended to install BP-NEJ vefore NEJ1v14, but it won't really make much difference, as NEJ1v14 makes only a small number of changes, and none that BP-NEJ also changes.

at any rate, the problem you describe is definitively caused by a bad TS install. if you *only* had a crash when going to Kara-Tur, you can get around the problem by making a dummy TS install and copying over the area files; if you've got misplaced dialogue strings and missing portraits, you only have two choices: complete reinstall and start a new game, or continue on but avoid all TS content (easily done - just don't have Kachiko or Sime in yr party).

[Sir BillyBob]

Then misc WieDU mods-but being wiedu they arent supposed to screw it up are they?

*rolls with laughter* That is the best line I have heard here in weeks.

[Warmonger]

I've got similar problem, but after copying some files Kara-Tur is working. unfortunatelly, I cannot say the same about the cave located in a middle of this area. Game cashed while I'm trying to load it.

YES, I reinstalled TS. The only thing that changed is layout of main menu.

On the Black Wyrm I was told to ask here, so doe anybosy know the source and possible solution of my problem?

[seanas]

as i said on BWL, this is the classis indicator that you missed an instruction in the BP install process (i'm assuming here, from what you said on BWL, that yr playing 'classic' BP-NEJ or BP-BGT-NEJ).

the short story is that the version of TS used in BP is very picky aobut how it is installed. If yr using the manula install process (and i hope yr not) then yuo've either installed one or more parts of TS to the wrong dummy directory; you've not changed the files to be not-read-only (what is the opposite of read-only? read-write? anyways...); or you've not transferred all the relevant files over to yr BP install.

if yr using the auto-install, then you've probably chosen the wrong sub-directory when installing the TS part (at least one of the install guides is wrong on this score).

fortunately, you can save the situation without doing a full re-install. what you need to do is a dummy TS install - ie, install TS to a new directoy (any directory other than yr BGII one!). i'll cut-n-paste from Yazzuie's BP install guide:

4:  Install Tortured Souls 5.01 with patches  5.03, 5.04, and 5.05 to a "dummy" folder 
 4a: Create a dummy folder ?TSDummy? (file path "~\TSDummy?, where ~ is wherever you choose other than the BGII game folder) 
 4b: Run the installer program ?TSv50.exe? 
 4c: Read the License Agreement and select Accept. 
 4d: Change the Destination Directory to the dummy folder (file path "~\TSDummy?) 
and select Install. 
 4e: Run the installer program ?TSv503.exe? 
 4f: Select Accept. 
 4g: Change the Destination Directory to the dummy folder (file path "~\TSDummy?) 
and select Install.  Choose Overwrite All if prompted. 
 4h: Extract the archived file ?TSv504.zip? to the dummy folder (file path "~\TSDummy\Override?), choose Overwrite All when prompted. 
 4i: Extract the archived file ?TSv505.zip? to the dummy folder (file path "~\TSDummy\Override?), choose Overwrite All when prompted. 
 4j: Make the new files NOT Read Only; 
- From Windows Explorer, open the folder path "~\TSDummy\Override? 
- From the top menu, choose EDIT ? SELECT ALL  
- From the top menu, choose FILE ? PROPERTIES.  A new window opens. 
- Make sure that the READ ONLY check box is NOT checked.  Select OK. 
 4k: Open the folder "~\TSDummy\Areas? and run the batch file ?TSAreas.bat?.  
A DOS window will appear showing many scrolling files for several minutes. 
 4l: Move the contents of  folder "~\TSDummy\Areas? to "\Black 
Isle\BGII-SOA\Override?.

and then yr done. it's actually not as hard as it looks. once you've done this, open yr game, and do a

CLUAConsole:MoveToArea("TT0100")

if it loads! yay! open yr saved game and play on. if it doesn't - err, you missed a step; rinse and repeat the dummy install.

edit:

On the Black Wyrm I was told to ask here, so doe anybosy know the source and possible solution of my problem?

yep, source: bad TS install; solution: as i've just described. the cave crash is a rare phenomenon, and yr not likely to get it unless you installed, err, the wrong version of TS - but if that was the case, you wouldn't have been able to play yr game as far as you already have.

Edited by seanas, 08 February 2006 - 11:05 AM.