Mod Compatibility (BG1EE, SoD, BG2EE, Modmerge, SCS, BG Tweakpack, Ascension)

Livegood118

Hi everyone,

I apologise if this has been asked before but it doesn't seem as if there's a thread that contains a consolidated guide on how to get the following mods running. A lot of the information out there I've had to put together from different sources on this forum. My last playthrough was around two years ago and things seem to have gotten a bit more complicated since SoD and the Ascension Beta came out (this is actually the first time I'll be playing the game with SoD and Ascension!)

Can anyone confirm that the install process below is correct for a PC running Windows 10?

Anyway, here goes:

BG1 Install process

1. Install clean versions of BG1EE and SoD from Steam, allow to patch fully as applicable
2. Install and run the modmerge utility (http://github.com/ScottBrooks/modmerge)
3. Install SCS v30 (http://gibberlings3.net/forums/index.php?app=downloads&showcat=32)
4. Install BG2 Tweak Pack (http://www.gibberlings3.net/bg2tweaks/)
5. Play!

BG2 Install Process

1. Install clean versions of BG2EE and ToB from Steam, allow to patch fully as applicable
2. Install Ascension 1.5 Beta (https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/45563/ascension-v1-5-beta-enhanced-edition-release-updated-6-8-2016-scs-fix-located-on-page-2/p1)
3. Download SCS and apply the fix as per page 2 of the Ascension Thread (https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/45563/ascension-v1-5-beta-enhanced-edition-release-updated-6-8-2016-scs-fix-located-on-page-2/p2)
4. Install SCS v30 (http://gibberlings3.net/forums/index.php?app=downloads&showcat=32)
5. Install BG2 Tweak Pack (http://www.gibberlings3.net/bg2tweaks/)
6. Play!

Thanks to anyone taking the time to read this. I really appreciate all that the modding community has done to improve these games but don't want to run in to any gamebreaking bugs – it happened to me once on a playthrough and I got all the way to ToB and the game broke and I was heartbroken.

PaulaMigrate

You may consider an alternative approach where you play the whole game with the same setup as continuous, by using the EET, which merges all parts and uses the BG2EE plarform throughout.
http://gibberlings3.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=27752

Which would make your install something like this:

BG1 Install process
1. Install clean versions of BG1EE and SoD from Steam, allow to patch fully as applicable
2. Install and run the modmerge utility (http://github.com/ScottBrooks/modmerge)
(3.) You can test start this game but you will actually never use it afterwards
BG2 Install process
1. Install clean versions of BG2EE and ToB from Steam, allow to patch fully as applicable
2. Install EET >>>it will use your BGEE/SoD install to include it into BG2EE
3. Install Ascension 1.5 Beta https://github.com/BiGWorldProject/Ascension/releases
4. Install BG2 Tweak Pack (http://www.gibberlings3.net/bg2tweaks/)
5. Download SCS and apply the fix https://github.com/BiGWorldProject/BiG-World-Fixpack#readme
6. Install SCS v30
7. Install EET_end
8. Play the campaign of your choice, even when starting your game at Candlekeep you will do it from the EET desktop icon or the baldur.exe in BG2EE


You can as well add further mods of your choice from here
http://gibberlings3.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=27741
Note that some of them need to go into BGEE prior the EET conversion - and some BG2EE mods may also need a fix from the above mentioned fixpack.

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Livegood118

Thanks for the help guys.

I'll probably leave out EET as it doesn't seem like its strictly necessary.

I read over the SCS readme and it does recommend last so I will do that.

Livegood118

Also, for posterity sake I also had to download fixes from here (https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/comment/732385/#Comment_732385) before SCS would work after modmerge