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[Neil79-]

If anyone purchased baldurs gate 1 on gog.com and have the second one and it's expansion , you can use this setup guide to install both + mods and play from one game to the other with the same characters!. It also enables the first one in the engine of the second plus much much more

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comme...ldurs_gate_and

several hundred new areas
over a hundred NPCs (as in only the ones who can join your party), which of course have their own storylines, dialogue (lots of them voiced)
unimaginable numbers of new spells,
quests,
monsters,
tactical challenges,
class-kits,
romances,
engine modifications
custom-GUIs
widescreen resolutions
and just about every bug or hiccup to ever glance the game has been squashed


BGT Minimal-version <--- purists who are merely in it to relive their fond childhood memories of the games combined ( the one i use )
This minimal installation is very easy and fast done. You don't need anything to know about the BG mods. Install this version to play BG1 with the BG2 game engine until the end of ToB.

Recommend-version <- for curious newbies
The recommend mods depends on recommendations from gamers and modders from different BG game forums. This version is a small megamod and a solid basis. This version alone gives you much new game-experience and content and if you wish you can add some more of your lovely choosen mods to it.

Standard-version < - for everyone who played the games before about once or twice,
Herewith you can install all mods which have not an absurd degree of difficulty or known bugs. You can take all these Standard-mods or choose the ones, you like.

Tactic-version < - for people who whip the games out every year and breeze through it
With this installation you can add mods and components to the Standard-version that make above all the fights with the enemies more difficult and, therefore, are thought for experienced gamers.

Expert-version <-- Very buggy
This version tries to fathom the feasible and includes all available mods of the Standard- and the Tactic-version and additional the mods, which are bugged at the moment. You have a 100% chance of running into bugs and/or CTDs (crash to desktop)


MY SETUP GUIDE WHICH WORKS 100% !

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Install both baldurs gate completely, that means you choose "Custom" or " Full " during the BG1 installation and check every component and you choose "Full" during the BG2 install. *WARNING* Don't install them into their standard default folders. Drop the Program Files , Don't change the root directory names. Install into C:\BG\BGII - SoA and C:\BG\Baldur's Gate

Once done, patch both of them: BG1+TotSC patch, BG2+ToB patch ( IF YOU HAVE THE GOG VERSIONS BG1 & 2 SKIP THIS STEP! )

Start a BG1 game, press Q for quicksave. Start a BG2 game, press Q for quicksave. Start a BG2:ToB game, press Q for quicksave.

Extract the BiG World Setup into your BGII - SoA folder.

Execute BiG World Setup.vbs

On the next screen, you see three directories. Even if the first two already match with your installation folder, click the [...] besides them and navigate to the according directories. Why? If you installed and patched the games according to my instructions, the [...] will turn green. Green is good. Leave the third directory intact if you don't have a good reason not to.

On the Mod choice Type Screen

Click on MINIMUM VERSION
Tick - Do NOT install Foreign-Language Mods
Tick - Further Customization of your mod settings

Click Continue Twice

Tick - In the darkest day (TDD) , Region of Terror , The Grey Clan Episode 1 , BG1 NPC Project , BG NPC Project Music Pack , BG1 Unfinished Business , BGT Tweak Pack , NPC Flirt Packs , PC SoundSets Version 2 , BP-BGT WorldMap.

Install or continue for it to download the mods....( It may ask you to verify the mod urls , it's easy to do on the next screen )

It should at some point go through command prompts and windows open up , let it's do it's thing. Then it will stop and it will ask you were a certain mod should be installed and you will need to point it towards your baldurs gate either 1 or 2 folder. It will also ask you what language , i think it's L for english and LS for all mods in english.

Then

Load BGConfig , then display - hardware , push the details to max , tick both boxes

Download the widescreen mod

http://www.gibberlings3.net/download...reen-v2.60.exe

Load the file and unpack/install it to your BGII - SoA directory

It should have a dos style window open up , follow the instructions till completion

Download [BG2:ToB] ToB Extender (Beta 0012)
http://www.shsforums.net/index.php?a...s&showfile=871

1. Extract TobEx.rar to your Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal installation directory.
2. Run Setup-TobEx.exe created in the installation directory.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts to install, re-install, or uninstall components. ( Install -> Compatibility -> would you like to see the components ( YES ) )
4. Click Install on all of them!
5. Done , run the game as normal via TobExLoader.exe

Basically further issues/updates are posted here
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...php?t=18195246

[twillight]

Are you 100% sure all those mods do not interfere with each other on a harmful level?

Btw, BG1(+mods, exp.) can be installed completly separately from BG2 (+mods, exp.), as you need/can transfer your BG1 character to BG2 by the official tool (and it is highly recommended, as you might want to pick a subclass).

And to rise the challenge: I heared BG2 + ToB can be played without any party with only the protagonist. How about extending this to BG1 + BG2? (Not all quest should be included, as in BG1 some quest's solution is "throw 6 fireball the same time or your party die".)