How to reset all weidu Mods?

Darkcloud

How do I reset the game to its default state in a way, that weidu recognizes that no mod is installed at all. I want to update some mods and install some new ones and would rather start fresh for that.

TJ_Hooker

Re-run the .exe of the mods you have installed and simply uninstall them (in order from newest to oldest).
Altnernatively, see here: http://forums.pocketplane.net/index.php?topic=17555.0
Be aware that the instructions on that page are for vanilla BG, so I don't know if they work for BG:EE.

agris

@Darkcloud Delete the contents of your override folder, the files chitin.key and dialog.tlk, your weidu.log (move to desktop or elsewhere, so you can reference previous install order / components), and all the setup-MOD.DEBUG files. Lastly, if you're updating a mod itself (meaning using a new version), delete that mod's setup-MOD.exe file and the corresponding MOD folder in your bg directory.

Relaunch the beamdog client, it'll download clean versions of chitin.key and dialog.tlk (make a copy of these, unaltered, so that you can more quickly revert in the future). You don't need to reset the hardlink to dialog.tlk if you've already done it, the windows filesystem remembers. Lastly, launch NI and extract the tutorial.biff contents like always, and you've got a truly fresh install, ready for weidu modding.

What @TJ_Hooker also said is right, but if there any errors during uninstallation then you're screwed. Remember, any saves you made while running mods will be sensitive to not just the mod presence but the ORDER it was installed in. For example, if you install Mod1 then Mod2, both of which alter dialog.tlk (new items, anything with text), clean your game, then reinstall those mods but in the opposite order (Mod2 then Mod1), the items/dialog from your save game will likely be scrambled. If you want to add a new mod or new components that alter dialog.tlk and have it be compatible with your old save game, reinstall all your mods/components in the same order as they're listed in the WEIDU.LOG then add the new stuff on top of that.

*whew* Ok, I'm done.

Darkcloud

Thank you, with the normal BG versions I just wiped the complete installation folder after uninstalling but that seemed to be a bad option in the case of the EE.

Cuv

@Darkcloud Yes, what @agris said is a really good method. Since the installer can give you clean versions of everything... use it:)

Hariel

@agris what if my beamdog client does not download new files and throw me an error message instead?

Sorry for trouble - problem solved by deleting 00766.(...) files

Kenze

http://www.shsforums.net/topic/55772-ps-weidu-uninstaller/

Alonso

I'd like to have a method to revert to a fresh installation after I install some mods. Is the method discussed here still valid (it's been more than three years)? Does it work for any mod or only for some of them (or only for mods installed with that Weidu thing, whatever that might be)?

smeagolheart

If it's a mod or two you want to uninstall, usually it's fine to just run the uninstall. Anything more or if there has been biffing going on and you are better off with just reinstalling.

Delete the folder, close then open and run the beamdog client and it will let you re-download everything.

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