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[Miloch]

I then went over to BG2 but there's a bug with my character or the NPCs: they have much trouble finding their way through the Irenicus Dungeon and worse, my character can't get past a certain point, as if there was an invisible wall.

I have seen this reported in various forms lately. I'm not sure what is causing the problem, but I would suspect one of the more complicated mods that has changed (versioned up) recently.

I also installed ascension (with tougher demogorgon) after BW, if that matters.

This is a bad idea on at least two accounts:
1) The current version overwrites a lot of game resources and therefore should be installed early (before the Fixpack in fact)
2) You shouldn't put any mod that adds creatures after Infinity Animations as it says in the readme of that mod

Luckily, you've got Ascension installed almost last so can uninstall it easily. Unfortunately, if you want it (and it's said to be a good mod) you'd pretty much have to reinstall everything so it's in the proper install order. I don't think it's causing the problem you describe, but it could definitely cause other problems having it at the end of your install (perhaps even crashes).

Also, make sure you start a new game after installing any mods, at least any that are fairly complex (most of those you've got are).

[Jarno Mikkola]

Luckily, you've got Ascension installed almost last so can uninstall it easily. Unfortunately, if you want it (and it's said to be a good mod) you'd pretty much have to reinstall everything so it's in the proper install order. I don't think it's causing the problem you describe, but it could definitely cause other problems having it at the end of your install (perhaps even crashes).

Also, make sure you start a new game after installing any mods, at least any that are fairly complex (most of those you've got are).

And the best way to do this is to make sure ones saves are safe before reinstall, which means you should copy the save folder to a safe place on your hard drive, then after the un/reinstalling is over, you start the BGII - SoA game from the BGT's usual spot, the former tutorial start in fact, then import the characters from the earlier made saves and have a go. This can be made in "single player multicharacter/multiplayer trick" too, so there should not be a problem with any of this.

But yeah, installing Ascension mod after the BWS is the most *more than a few harsh words* you can do. In fact the Ascension mod is part of the Tactical install that the BWS offers, it just comes in the BP mod.

Also these:

~JA#BGT_TWEAK/SETUP-JA#BGT_TWEAK.TP2~ #0 #22 // Soundpatch Part I - Gamesounds: 1.4.1
~JA#BGT_TWEAK/SETUP-JA#BGT_TWEAK.TP2~ #0 #23 // Soundpatch Part II - Personen: 1.4.1

Make the characters use German voices...

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 28 March 2011 - 10:33 PM.

[Karmapowered]

I installeg the Big World setup and played through BG1 without much problems. I then went over to BG2 but there's a bug with my character or the NPCs: they have much trouble finding their way through the Irenicus Dungeon and worse, my character can't get past a certain point, as if there was an invisible wall.

I remember getting pathfinding issues in Irenicus dungeon too, after a clean install of "standard" version with BWP 9.8. They would happen near doors, but sometimes also cutting off whole sections of a corridor (leading to the room with the golem that opens the door to Irenicus' inner sanctum, for example).

I have since moved over to BWP beta, and the issues seem to have vanished, for now anyway.

NB : I am having bad issues with unkillable trolls in deArnise's Keep now though. Ctrl+Y does not work, "waiting" for the "falling" script to fire does not work either. I remember getting those issues after installing Unfinished Business 3 or 4 years ago. However, on the module forums, they seem to have fixed it, so I have no idea what is going on.

Edited by Karmapowered, 29 March 2011 - 03:50 AM.

[Jarno Mikkola]

Anyway, I'm wondering, can I have the minimal version + ascension without having to install the other Tactics components (the mods included in the standard version)? Or better yet, can I have the Tactics components that improve some key battles without selecting fan made mods (that is, no additional quests that weren't part of the original games)? I think I can unselect components from the Tactics instalation, right?

Yes, you can do exactly that with Tactical Compilation, remove the mods with the standard BWS, or even components with the BWS Beta that you don't wish to be installed, and the game remains stable, as long as you don't remove fix mods, which there aren't that many.