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Ok, so I've played over SoA countless times, i love it, and i want to play ToB, i got it for Christmas a couple years ago and was never able to get it to work because i didn't have a full install. I found the game in a cabinet a couple days ago and decided to give it another go seeing as im a little smarter with how these things work now days.

I couldn't figure out how to do a full install so I faked it by editing the Baldur.ini folder, I made the following changes:

"Install type=1" was changed to "Install type=3"

and

the "[Alias]" section was changed to read:

HD0:=[BG2]
CD1:=[BG2]\CD1
CD2:=[BG2]\CD2
CD3:=[BG2]\CD3
CD4:=[BG2]\CD4

Then I took all the raw data from each disc and put it into the BGII-SOA folder.

This worked to perfection and I was able to get ToB installed, which is farther then ive ever gotten.

So as the instructions tell me i go into the BGII-SOA folder and try to open "Baldur's Gate 2" then it gives me a cryptic error that reads:

"An Assertion failed in ChDimm.cpp at line number 666
Programmer says:Unable to Open
BIF:data:MISSound.bif"


I have no idea where to go from here... i could really use help. Im on a mac and i don't have any Baldur's Gate mods or anything on here. Also I do have the line Debug Mode=1 in the Baldur.ini for the cheat console, i don't know if that could be the problem.

Thanks

T

ToB requires you to have CD5 too, doesn't it? I had a few problems with ToB instal before on my old laptop. What i did was copy/paste the CDX folder from ToB CD to game folder on HDD and THEN ran setup, fixed every problem that i had

by CD5 you mean the ToB disc right? if so then yes that info is also in the BGII-SOA folder. And Just throwing it out there, the code for CD5 also showed up in the Baldur.ini after i installed ToB.

Somebody somewhere has got to have some advice on this? If not does anyone know of maybe a better site to post this on?

5th CD.

I recall that happening to me as well once upon a time. It seems as if you do a full install for both SOA and ToB the 5th CD does not cause a problem. I know of no better forums than Gamebanshees for Baldurs Gate. You might want to take a peek in the ToB forum as well.

Hope that helps.

How do you do a full install for ToB? im not seeing any options... maybe im just dumb

Full install.

Should be an option when you install. If might only be a SOA option been awhile since I played.

Cheers.

Yeah i don't see it anywhere. Also, as if there weren't enough issues, its not letting me reinstall ToB, it says I can't because I don't have a full install of SoA... So I guess its not reading the fake anymore...? ToB is still installed, just can't re do it...

It's the full install of SoA that counts. If memory serves, ToB doesn't even give you the option.

You're not able to reinstall ToB because the installation permanently makes changes to the core files of SoA.