Need help deciding these Mods (To Avoid Potential Bugs)

Kaliesto

I want to say first that I'm using the GoG Version, and I hope there are those on this forum that can help me figure out which mods to avoid or keep. It's been a little difficult due to the whole SoD thing, and I'm very unsure which mods currently are giving trouble for EET in general or the Mod that still clashes with other Mods or SoD. Going through the BWS (On Recommended Mode) these were the Mods I picked out:

Another reason I created this topic because today a unknown mod corrupted the Logo Movies for SoD in the EET Movie Selection under options with SoD Text from the game, and for the life of me I don't know which Mod caused this issue. I hope someone here can figure it out if he/she experience the same issue. I'm assuming if that was broken then other stuff was broken as well.


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General:
(Mandatory)
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Corrections:
(Semi-Mandatory)
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Big Mods (I didn't install any of the Big Mods last time, but I'm curious if they're safe to use right now):

Dark Horizons (Unsure of EET-SoD Status, I almost finished it back in old BGT)

Darkside of the Sword Coast (Unsure of EET-SoD Status, I remember I couldn't even get to the areas last time back on the old BGT)

Drizzt Saga (My understanding this Mod is suffering from Area Transition issues last I've read)

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Quest Mods:
Back to Byrnnlaw
BG1 Mini Quests & Encounters
BG1 Unfinished Business
Dungeon Crawl
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Eilistraee's Song
Fading Promises
I Shall Never Forget
Innershade
Tales of the Deep Gardens
The White Queen
(My understanding one of these Author's mod map areas is overlapping another area..was this fixed?)
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Lure of the Sirine's Call (I've read the Extended Lighthouse is broken, but not a total loss)
The Sellswords
The Stone of Askavar (Understanding this mod got fixed up pretty good now)
Tower of Deception
Unfinished Business
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Mini-Mods:
Adalon's Blood
Lucy the Wyvern
The Minotaur & Lilacor
Wheels of Prophecy
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NPC Related Mods:
Banter Packs
BG1 NPC Project (All Romances turned off)
IEP Extended Banters
Imoen Friendship
NPC Flirt Packs (Only Jaheira Enabled)
Sarevok Friendship
Yoshimo Friendship
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Tactical Encounters:
Ascension
Ding0's Quest Pack
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Rules & Tweaks:
Almateria's Restoration Pack (Honestly it should be Mandatory considering it restore lost content)
EET Tweaks
NPC Tweak
Klatu's Tweaks & Fixes
Rogue Rebalancing (Have most issues been corrected lately???)
Tweaks Anthology (Safe to use? Pre-release version it states, I turned off some features)
Unfinished Business
Wizard Slayer Rebalancing
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Stores & Items:
Thalantyr Item Upgrade
Thrown Hammers
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Character kits:
Rogue Rebalancing
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Graphics, Portraits & Sounds Mod:
Baldur's Gate Classic Movies
The Picture Standard
Thrown Hammers
Worldmap
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Is my setup safe or too much?

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Kaliesto

That's the thing, I did look through that, but some Mod Authors don't make it very clear whether something will overlap with new areas from BGEE1&2. I came across this one problem from the forum about this specific issue:

http://gibberlings3.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=28595

If Innershade is overlapping with a new area added by BGEE then it is possible other mods might get affected too, this is too much of a Russian Roulette Situation. Thankfully Innershade was recently addressed, and it will be updated, but I'm wondering just how many other mods are in the same situation that use Map Icons?

Chidojuan

The bigger ones, Drizzt Saga, and Ascension, can get a little buggy, but you can usually work around them with the console. They're pretty epic, and worth the bugs in my opinion.

Kaliesto

Yeah, thankfully from what I can tell about Drizzt Saga that you can make a separate save just in case things go wrong. Also I'm aware of the problems with Ascension, I usually turn off most of the tactical selections, but leave the recommended components on for Ascension to avoid potential problems.

You know? I thought of a interesting work around for these mods that use new areas, but would it be interesting to make a mod where you're given a magical item that allows you to teleport back to a original area? Given the player should only use it in case the Mod traps you, and shouldn't be abused outside of those cases.

brunardo

DUring my BWS setup I went with the teleport mod spell for that reason and downloaded alot of the same mods from above...got this back from the debig on BWS set up not compatible

Mod: Keto NPC (SoA)
Component: Keto-SOA NPC

Mod: Dark Side of the Sword Coast for BGT and EET
Component: Dark Side of the Sword Coast
Component: More common encounters in vanilla areas
Component: Distribute DSotSC items also in vanilla content

Mod: The Picture Standard for BG2:EE
Component: Dark Side of the Sword Coast -> Vanilla

Mod: NTotSC for EET Interim Version
Component: NTotSC for BGT-Weidu

Mod: Northern Tales of the Sword Coast (Dialog-Patch)
Component: Fix NTotSC Issues

Mod: Sandrah Saga
Component: SandrahNPC Check for required Installation
Component: Sandrah Worldmap Entries
Component: SandrahNPC for EET Core
Component: Mods Compatibility
Component: Sandrah Kit
Component: SandrahNPC Creatures and Items
Component: Sandrah Shops
Component: Sandrah Movies and Sounds
Component: SandrahNPC for EET Compiles
Component: Pelligram, Sandrah's Animal Companion
Component: Worldmap Update for SandrahNPC for EET
Component: SandrahNPC Extensions
Component: Mod Interactions
Component: Shauhana for Shadow of Amn EET
Component: Sandrah ToB (EET)
Component: Sandrah Return To Faerun Transition
Component: Sandrah EET additions

Mod: Sandrah Saga - Return to Faerun
Component: Check Requirements for EET
Component: RTF Movies and Sounds
Component: Sandrah Return To Faerun Areas
Component: Sandrah Return To Faerun Area Modifications
Component: Sandrah Return To Faerun Creatures
Component: Sandrah Return To Faerun Items and Stores
Component: Sandrah Return To Faerun Compiles
Component: Sandrah RtF Cross Mod Contents
Component: EET Compliance

Mod: Sandrah Saga - Time of Troubles Revisited
Component: Sandrah Time of Troubles Revisited Areas
Component: Sandrah Time of Troubles Revisited Compiles

Mod: The Grey Clan Episode I: In Candlelight
Component: The Grey Clan Episode One: In Candlelight -> Normal edition

Mod: Lure of the Sirine's Call
Component: The Lure of the Sirine's Call

Mod: Thalantyr Item Upgrade
Component: Thalantyr - Item Upgrade

Mod: Sword Coast Stratagems
Component: Faster Bears
Component: More realistic wolves and wild dogs
Component: Smarter sirines and dryads
Component: Slightly harder carrion crawlers
Component: Smarter basilisks
Component: Improved doppelgangers
Component: Tougher Black Talons and Iron Throne guards
Component: Improved deployment for parties of assassins
Component: Dark Side-based kobold upgrade
Component: Relocated bounty hunters
Component: Improved Ulcaster
Component: Improved Balduran's Isle
Component: Improved Durlag's Tower
Component: Improved Demon Cultists
Component: Improved Cloakwood Druids
Component: Improved Bassilus
Component: Improved Drasus party
Component: Improved Red Wizards
Component: Improved Undercity party
Component: Tougher chapter-two end battle
Component: Tougher chapter-three end battle
Component: Tougher chapter-four end battle
Component: Tougher chapter-five end battle
Component: Improved final battle
Component: Improved minor encounters

Mod: EET (Enhanced Edition Trilogy) Tweaks
Component: Consistent NPC appearance (EET)

Mod: Nightfarer's Area Patcher
Component: Fix BG1NPC Romance Challenges - X#AJR1.ARE
Component: Fix BG1NPC Romance Challenges - X#CH11.ARE

Kaliesto

I've talked with Roxanne about the Mods, and I'm told most of the Mods I had should be compatible with EET, but she has not tested the BG2 Mods as of yet. However things like SCS might create issues, I always thought that script altering mods could bring in rather "odd & interesting" results that could clash with Quest & Mega Mods.