Returning player, first time on PC version

Iecerint

I played the iPad version of this game several years ago when it was first released. I never bothered with the mods I previously enjoyed because there wasn't a reliable way to get things to work well at that time.

I'm playing on steam this time and am really excited. Do we have a sense of which popular mods are currently broken with 2.0 and which aren't? What mods are shoo-ins at this point, and what new toys have come out? I remember a pretty UI mod when I last played on iPad, and I remember the NPC mod among others from when I first played the game modded on PC in the 2000s.

(The sticky was last edited in 2013, so I wasn't sure if the information there was still reliable, especially with the brand new patch.)

Thanks --

mashedtaters

I don't know about which mods are verified to be working yet, the game has only been out for a day or two. Mods generally tend to lag behind the game quite a bit. the devs have said that most mods should still work just fine. Take that with a grain of salt, however.

You may be one of the first people to tell us! Yay!

I rely on bg2tweaks and BGNPCProject the most.

Iecerint

So the tweak packs still aren't deprecated?

megamike15

any mod the requires the tlk file [ bg1 npc, ub,mini encouters, npc mods,etc] are broken on steam and gog atm. tweakss should work but not 100% sure.

BillyYank

They're only broken if you add SOD on Steam and GOG, if you just get the 2.0 update, they should still work.

Thels

@Iecerint: Do you have SoD on Steam as well? Then you need to run the following tool to make your SoD installation mod-compatible:

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/50441/modmerge-merge-your-steam-gog-zip-based-dlc-into-something-weidu-nearinfinity-dltcep-can-use/p1

There's a new mod, called Tweaks Anthology, that is supposed to replace all the old tweak packs in one. You could still install the old BG2 Tweaks (yes, you run BG2 Tweaks on BG1EE, not BGTweaks), but there's little reason not to use the newest version:

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/48165/testers-wanted-tweaks-is-dead-long-live-tweaks/p1

Two other great mods are the NPC Project and Unfinished Business:

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/39422/bg1npc-v22-2-and-bg1npc-music-pack-v6/p1
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/38254/bg1-unfinished-business-v14-beta-with-bgee-compatibility-updated-2016-01-24/p1

Best order of install of those three mods is probably NPC Project, then Unfinished Business, then Tweaks Anthology.

Iecerint

I don't have SoD yet. I was giong to wait to install it until after I finished BG on PC. I want to settle on a mod set before I play, though.

Thels

Well, hard to give advise when it's not clear what you're looking for. I can only provide a recommendation for the three I suggested.

Vanilla BG1 NPCs are pretty silent and dull. BG1 NPC Project gives them new life by adding banters, romances (3 male and 3 female), and personal quests.

BG1 Unfinished Business adds some quests and encounters here and there that spice up mostly empty areas.

Tweaks Anthology has a bucketload of different tweaks and options that really allow you to customize the game to your preferences.

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Iecerint

That's perfect. Thank you.