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Editing, enhancing and reworking games with add-ons? Questions.

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:28 am
by Minotaur
Hi all, Minotaur Newbe here -be kind okay, I know this might seem stupid of me...

(let me first say that I am not sure if I am posting this is the correct place - Moddy's please let me know if needed. :) )

Now.

I am in the process of D/L a bunch of add ons, custom made bits and new sections/quests to my BG2-SoA set. I am getting all of the extras from a site (found through this forum) called Sorcerer's Place and although some of it takes awhile to D/L I am having a ball (I am loving being able to add to a game I truly already love)

Here is the thing though. I will, in the end, have d/l Several added quests sections (Imoen's romance and a large add on that leads to new quests with Yoshimo for starters) and such, but...

I have my eye on adding something that claims to make SoA a whole new game, plus I am adding new NPC's - what I am wondering is will this screw up all the extra quests I have d/l?

Is there like a master file program to bring all edits together? I am looking into ShadowKeeper. :)

I don't mean to sound dumb, I am just new to this. Please direct me somewhere if nothing else.

Minotaur

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:58 am
by garazdawi
it might, that's one of the drawbacks of addons...

oh... and this thread is much better suited in the SoA forum...

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:51 pm
by Aegis
Moving it to the SoA forum now :)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:58 pm
by nephtu
Well, it depends...

If the mods are all WeiDU mods, you're fine. The Darkest Day has the greatest compatibility issues, I believe.

The Yoshimo Mod is Tortured Souls, no? I believe it has some compatibility issues. Generally do the following
Official/baldurdash patch
All WeiDU mods, in any order
The non-WeiDU mods, with care.

The majour modder communities all have their own boards, where you can likley get better assistance.

Good gaming!

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:18 am
by Numinor
It's generally better to install non-WeiDU Mods before WeiDU mods.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:53 am
by Luis Antonio
And it is better to play the entire game before playing it with the mods - some things may become unpleasant for newcomers.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:34 am
by nephtu
Doh!

That's right, non-WeiDU mods first. I stand corrected :eek:

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 3:09 pm
by JackOfClubs
I believe Tortured Souls has some specific installation instructions in its readme with regard to other mods. I had some issues and had to reinstall because I didn't read the readme first. :rolleyes: