I'm not very happy finding out the mods will have problems with the DVD versions of both games.
Kaliesto
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I really didn't see that coming. Is there a way to fix this currently? Also will 2.0 patch will even work for BG1, and BG2?
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There are BGEE DVD's (attached are some really poorly taken pictures of my BGEE dvd that I just took).
I'm not sure if this is relevant but I recently had to re-install everything onto a new computer after my old one died. I started from scratch with BG and only installed my Deep Silver versions of the games. When I then tried to install the XP cap remover and DbG I noticed that the game folders and files are named/arranged differently in the DS versions and these two mods wouldn't work. I managed to get the XP cap remover to work by creating an override folder, but when I finally got DbG to run (in what I thought was the right folder) it just caused the game to crash and I had to uninstall/reinstall.
What I'm getting at is that a patch that works for downloaded versions of the game might not work for DS versions if it can't find the right files to fix.
Edit: The problem might be that DS creates some of the game folders in 'My Documents' rather than in 'Program Files (x86)'.
Post edited by dunbar on March 17
ProgramFiles(x86), Steam, Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition, then all the subfolders.
The Deep Silver discs however install into two different created locations, namely:
ProgramFiles(x86), Deep Silver, Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition, then the following sub folders: data, lang, manuals, movies, music, scripts.
AND
Documents, Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition, then the following subfolders: characters, save, baldur (ini), jingle (log).
What the significance of this is, if any, I have no idea as I'm not remotely computer literate.
With the exception of where it is installed within program files (it gets installed in the Deep Silver folder instead of the Beamdog folder) that doesn't sound any different than what you would get if you owned the game via Beamdog.com
Then I can feedback on whether it works or not.
Technically, it is possible to install games, including BG:EE, in Program Files without experiencing any problem, at least in Windows XP and 7 (I haven't tried in 8 and 10), but you need to take additional steps to ensure that everything will work fine, so I would recommend it only for power users.
For everyone else @subtledoctor advice is a sound one.
The easiest way is doing what @subtledoctor says, i.e. uninstall the game, create a folder called Games directly in the root of your hard drive (e.g. C:\Games) and reinstall there.
In Windows 10 it may be required to install under something like "My Documents\Games" instead, because it is even more restrictive.
I have several games installed in c:\games in Windows 10 and never had any problems.
Good to know. That was something I read somewhere, but I don't have Windows 10 myself.
@dunbar It's not about reinstalling the mod, but about reinstalling the entire game. Since your saves are in my documents, they should remain, but it may be safe to back them up just because. If you install in C:\Games or in
That said, I wonder if and how you are able to get the SoD expansion with a Disk version of the base game...
@Thels Can I create a new Games folder in my C drive and simply cut and paste my existing installation into that, or would that just be too easy?
P.S. I'm wondering the same thing about SoD.
They'll tell you.
The last one could apply to lots of Windows users. I know plenty who think Windows peaked with XP or 7.