I've already started a game with 22.2, though I haven't entered either the area with the wyverns or Coran yet. Should I uninstall and reinstall with the hotfix version, or would that break the game? Since I haven't entered the affected areas yet, is there a way to fix an existing save game with 22.2 already installed?
If you haven't been to the wyvern cave yet, you should be able to reinstall with the fixed version. If not, once you have defeated the wyverns, add a global variable using EE Keeper:
EDIT: I think I was able to make it work… I think I was using the wrong setup.command. Will try it and see if it works
You need to find the folder with the chitin.key file and install the mod there. The organization of the game files changed with v2. GOG and Steam don't put files in exactly the same place as the Beamdog installer, so this is my best guess for the location:
Go to /Applications/Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition
Right click on the app and select "Show Package Contents".
Hey, I'm not sure if I screwed something up, but....
After the latest patch, when I reinstalled the NPC Project, things seemed to work okay except all player-initiated dialogue with any companion gives me lines that appear to be conversations with Xan (who is not even in my party). I mean, I try to talk to Imoen, Dynaheir, whoever, it's Xan talking. I've had Xan lovetalks coming from Minsc and QUAYLE!
I've tried a fresh install, no luck. Nor does uninstalling and reinstalling the mod. I've even tried installing the mod without the player-initiated dialogue option and I can still get it!
I can live without player-initiated talks. I'm just a bit worried there may be something else screwy that I just haven't noticed yet.
Hey, I'm not sure if I screwed something up, but....
After the latest patch, when I reinstalled the NPC Project, things seemed to work okay except all player-initiated dialogue with any companion gives me lines that appear to be conversations with Xan (who is not even in my party). I mean, I try to talk to Imoen, Dynaheir, whoever, it's Xan talking. I've had Xan lovetalks coming from Minsc and QUAYLE!
I've tried a fresh install, no luck. Nor does uninstalling and reinstalling the mod. I've even tried installing the mod without the player-initiated dialogue option and I can still get it!
I can live without player-initiated talks. I'm just a bit worried there may be something else screwy that I just haven't noticed yet.
Did you do a clean install of all mods? Because you need to do that. It sounds like the entries in the dialog.tlk which normally hold the player-initiated dialogue are corrupted. It's possible you did everything correctly, but it can't hurt to be sure, right?
Hey, I'm not sure if I screwed something up, but....
After the latest patch, when I reinstalled the NPC Project, things seemed to work okay except all player-initiated dialogue with any companion gives me lines that appear to be conversations with Xan (who is not even in my party). I mean, I try to talk to Imoen, Dynaheir, whoever, it's Xan talking. I've had Xan lovetalks coming from Minsc and QUAYLE!
I've tried a fresh install, no luck. Nor does uninstalling and reinstalling the mod. I've even tried installing the mod without the player-initiated dialogue option and I can still get it!
I can live without player-initiated talks. I'm just a bit worried there may be something else screwy that I just haven't noticed yet.
Did you do a clean install of all mods? Because you need to do that. It sounds like the entries in the dialog.tlk which normally hold the player-initiated dialogue are corrupted. It's possible you did everything correctly, but it can't hurt to be sure, right?
I tried uninstalling, then downloading and installing a fresh copy of the mod as well, with no luck.
In the end I deleted everything, reinstalled the game and fresh copies of the mods. A pain, but it gave me a good excuse to install modmerger so I can have SoD installed as well. Now everything seems to be working.
* Fix Gatekeeper dialog if CHARNAME has been to the Friendly Arm Inn * Updating Jaheira's interjection to ELMIN2.DLG * Moving SetGlobal actions to before non-INSTANT actions * Updating CRE sounds for Xan's quest CREs * Update for Coran Wyvern Quest fixes for BGEEv2 * No Dynaheir Romance endgame cutscene on SoD * Disable "your voice is strange" PID function on BGEE and BGT.
I have this really weird bug with BG1NPC where all the NPCs introduced by the mod had their names replaced by journal entries. This happened after the last patch, I then proceeded to reinstall the whole game and fresh intall all mods in the same order as before, the problem persists. Here's a screenshot. That's the NPC name in-game.
Saved games store copies of the area files for areas you have visited and copies of the creature files in those areas. Those area files and creature files will have string references to the dialog.tlk file pre-update. Post-update, if those string references change (e.g., Beamdog adds N strings to the dialog.tlk file, so all mod-installed strings are now shifted by N after re-installation), then the mod-added creatures in areas you have visited will have their names pointing to the incorrect string.
There is no way to fix this other than to start a new game, or manually edit all the ARE and CRE files stored in your saved game.
Saved games store copies of the area files for areas you have visited and copies of the creature files in those areas. Those area files and creature files will have string references to the dialog.tlk file pre-update. Post-update, if those string references change (e.g., Beamdog adds N strings to the dialog.tlk file, so all mod-installed strings are now shifted by N after re-installation), then the mod-added creatures in areas you have visited will have their names pointing to the incorrect string.
There is no way to fix this other than to start a new game, or manually edit all the ARE and CRE files stored in your saved game.
Thank you for the clarification. Since it's only the NPC names that got wacky and their dialogs work fine, I'll keep playing since it's not keeping me from completing their quests and the like.
Dumb question, but I just can't seem to find the answer anywhere: does BG1NPC add dialogue between old NPCs and BG:EE NPCs? Or is that core BG:EE content?
@AstroBryGuy I just want to thank you for all your hard work. There are only a few mods that I'd consider "must have" and this is one of them.
I'm finally going to be updating from v1.3 (I wanted to give some time for bugs to be worked out, and mods to be udpated). Would you recommend I completely uninstall my game and reinstall, patch, then add mods? Or would I be safe with just patching and then reinstalling mods? I'll be starting a brand new character of course.
I'm finally going to be updating from v1.3 (I wanted to give some time for bugs to be worked out, and mods to be udpated). Would you recommend I completely uninstall my game and reinstall, patch, then add mods? Or would I be safe with just patching and then reinstalling mods? I'll be starting a brand new character of course.
The typical recommendation is to download & install the patch (via Beamdog or Steam or GoG), then to run ModMerge if you have Steam/GoG, and then to install all of your mods again.
Dumb question, but I just can't seem to find the answer anywhere: does BG1NPC add dialogue between old NPCs and BG:EE NPCs? Or is that core BG:EE content?
There is no content added for the EE NPCs (Neera, Dorn, Rasaad, Baeloth) by BG1NPC.
@AstroBryGuy I just want to thank you for all your hard work. There are only a few mods that I'd consider "must have" and this is one of them.
I'm finally going to be updating from v1.3 (I wanted to give some time for bugs to be worked out, and mods to be udpated). Would you recommend I completely uninstall my game and reinstall, patch, then add mods? Or would I be safe with just patching and then reinstalling mods? I'll be starting a brand new character of course.
I'm not sure what the vendor you purchased from does during a v1.3->v2.1 upgrade, but you wouldn't want any leftover modded files from v1.3. So, I'd recommend either going with a fresh install or uninstalling all mods, patching, and then reinstalling mods.
I was thinking about starting a male dwarven fighter/cleric, but for some reason no single NPC in BG1NPC (or BG2 for that matter) outside of the EE npcs (and I don't want to romance Neera or an evil character) is available for romance.
When looking around for a mod to fix this the only thing I could find was the BG2 Tweak pack to remove race (and gender I guess) restrictions from the love interests. I did find some statements about it being used for BG1(NPC), but nothing definitive. So I was wondering if this mod also works for the BG1NPC npc's or is there a better mod out there that I am unaware of?
AFAIK, the Tweaks Anthology component only works for original BG2 romances.
You would have to either edit the script code that sets the romance match variable to exclude the relevant checks or use the console to set the match variable in game.
@AstroBryGuy: Since there are more people interested, any chance this mod could have "No Romance Requirements" and "Multiple Romances" components built in for the romance options this mod provides?
so what is the estimate for the banter timers? I know normal is 27 minutes but what about the rest?
Normal banter timing: ~27 minutes between banter dialogs Faster banters: ~20 minutes between banter dialogs Very fast banters: ~13 minutes between banter dialogs Slower banters: ~40 minutes between banter dialogs Very slow banters: ~55 minutes between banter dialogs
Does this work with SoD? Because it seems that the mod's confusing it's lines with SoD's; when I pick up Gorion's scroll from his body, Imoen starts talking about Ruby Wine, and when I meet Elminster for the first time, she starts spouting some of the goblin mage's lines.
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After patching the game, you must reinstall *all* mods.
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After the latest patch, when I reinstalled the NPC Project, things seemed to work okay except all player-initiated dialogue with any companion gives me lines that appear to be conversations with Xan (who is not even in my party). I mean, I try to talk to Imoen, Dynaheir, whoever, it's Xan talking. I've had Xan lovetalks coming from Minsc and QUAYLE!
I've tried a fresh install, no luck. Nor does uninstalling and reinstalling the mod. I've even tried installing the mod without the player-initiated dialogue option and I can still get it!
I can live without player-initiated talks. I'm just a bit worried there may be something else screwy that I just haven't noticed yet.
I assume that works with a game in progress? Do you need to uninstall NPCP first?
In the end I deleted everything, reinstalled the game and fresh copies of the mods. A pain, but it gave me a good excuse to install modmerger so I can have SoD installed as well. Now everything seems to be working.
https://github.com/AstroBryGuy/BG1NPC/releases
Changes for Version 22.3 - 2016-04-16
* Fix Gatekeeper dialog if CHARNAME has been to the Friendly Arm Inn
* Updating Jaheira's interjection to ELMIN2.DLG
* Moving SetGlobal actions to before non-INSTANT actions
* Updating CRE sounds for Xan's quest CREs
* Update for Coran Wyvern Quest fixes for BGEEv2
* No Dynaheir Romance endgame cutscene on SoD
* Disable "your voice is strange" PID function on BGEE and BGT.
Here's a screenshot. That's the NPC name in-game.
Saved games store copies of the area files for areas you have visited and copies of the creature files in those areas. Those area files and creature files will have string references to the dialog.tlk file pre-update. Post-update, if those string references change (e.g., Beamdog adds N strings to the dialog.tlk file, so all mod-installed strings are now shifted by N after re-installation), then the mod-added creatures in areas you have visited will have their names pointing to the incorrect string.
There is no way to fix this other than to start a new game, or manually edit all the ARE and CRE files stored in your saved game.
I'm finally going to be updating from v1.3 (I wanted to give some time for bugs to be worked out, and mods to be udpated). Would you recommend I completely uninstall my game and reinstall, patch, then add mods? Or would I be safe with just patching and then reinstalling mods? I'll be starting a brand new character of course.
When looking around for a mod to fix this the only thing I could find was the BG2 Tweak pack to remove race (and gender I guess) restrictions from the love interests. I did find some statements about it being used for BG1(NPC), but nothing definitive. So I was wondering if this mod also works for the BG1NPC npc's or is there a better mod out there that I am unaware of?
You would have to either edit the script code that sets the romance match variable to exclude the relevant checks or use the console to set the match variable in game.
C:SetGlobal("X#AjantisRomanceMatch","GLOBAL",1)
C:SetGlobal("P#BranMatch","GLOBAL",1)
C:SetGlobal("P#CoranMatch","GLOBAL",1)
C:SetGlobal("X#DynahMatch","GLOBAL",1)
C:SetGlobal("X#SharMatch","GLOBAL",1)
C:SetGlobal("X#XANMatch","GLOBAL",1)
Or would that be lots of work/too messy?
Faster banters: ~20 minutes between banter dialogs
Very fast banters: ~13 minutes between banter dialogs
Slower banters: ~40 minutes between banter dialogs
Very slow banters: ~55 minutes between banter dialogs
Are you playing on Steam?
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/50441/modmerge-merge-your-steam-gog-zip-based-dlc-into-something-weidu-nearinfinity-dltcep-can-use/p1