Tweaks Anthology v5 Released
CamDawg
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The Tweaks Anthology is a WeiDU compilation of fixes, cosmetic changes, and tweaks that will run on every Infinity Engine game, from the original Planescape:Torment, through the Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate series, and the new Enhanced Editions of the games. The successor to BG2 Tweaks and several other tweak packs, some of these were fan requests, others are needed fixes, and others simply make dealing with the more irritating aspects of the game engine easier. Each component can be installed separately so the player can pick and choose only which ones they wish to install. Version 5 includes several new components (Death Cam, NPCs Cannot Pass Doors, Start New Games with Party AI Turned Off, No Depreciation in Stores, Disable Romances, and Accelerate/Decelerate Romances), updated French and Chinese translations from Isaya and Angel respectively, and many bug fixes.
Version 5 Changelog
- Various components would fail to install on IWD2 since the underlying macros could fail for non-BG2 resources.
- Another run has been made to get all options of Adjust Cromwell's Forging Time to work for all platforms.
- The level 2/1 and 4/3 versions of Khalid in Make Khalid a Fighter-Mage (Domi) have been bumped slightly to bring his hit points in line with the other versions
- Disable Non-Hostile Rest Spawns and Alter Hostile Rest Spawns will no longer fail on areas that lack rest spawn info.
- Updated the Simplified Chinese translation, thanks to c4_angel!
- Updated the French translation, courtesy of Isaya
- Reputation Resets at Beginning of BG2 is no longer an option for EET games, as this is already the default for EET
- Added new components: Death Cam, NPCs Cannot Pass Doors, Start New Games with Party AI Turned Off, No Depreciation in Stores, Disable Romances, and Accelerate/Decelerate Romances
- Updated the fl#add_kit_ee.tpa library (for EE kits) to the latest version
- Fixed a bug where Loosen Item Restrictions for Multi- and Dual-class Clerics and Change Item Restrictions for Multi- and Dual-class Druids could fail with a malformed 2da file.
- Allow Cromwell to Upgrade Watcher's Keep Items now accounts for the formula changes introduced by Item Revisions
- The greater werewolf form in Shapeshifter Rebalancing now receives the promised base THAC0 of 6
- Various components, especially in the rules section, were being made available for IWD2 games even though they did not apply
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Death Cam
BGEE, BG2EE, EET
Sometimes in the chaos of battle, you can lose track of the main character and get surprised with the game over screen. This component will give you a chance to view the feedback window by jumping to the main character when he dies, and giving you a full round--six seconds--to view the combat log (including the ability to pause) before the game over screen plays.
NPCs Cannot Pass Doors
BG2(EE), Tutu, BGT, EET, BGEE, IWDEE
This component will prevent non-party NPCs from traveling between areas, which was the default behavior for the original Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale games.
Start New Games with Party AI Turned Off
All games except PsT
This component simply turns off the 'Party AI' button for new games. You can still enable it by clicking it.
No Depreciation in Stores
All games
As you sell items to a merchant, they will start to offer less to buy items they already possess. This component will disable this process, so that they will offer the same amount for the first short sword as the 100th you sell.
Disable Romances
BG2EE, EET, BG2, BGT
This component will prevent the original BioWare/Beamdog romances from starting in BG2(EE). Mod romances will not be affected.
Accelerate/Decelerate Romances
BG2EE, EET, BG2, BGT; skipped if Disable Romances is installed
This component will adjust the wait time between romance banters (aka love talks) for the original BioWare/Beamdog romances; mod romances are not affected. This will help the player adjust the length of the romance track to their play style. The speed can be adjusted faster or slower by a factor of 5 (20% to 500% of the default timers). Note that this will only affect the timers, not any other special conditions (such as resting, being outside, etc.) that may be required for the romance track to progress.
Thank you for your hard work @CamDawg !
Installing [Alter Weapon Proficiency System -> BG-Style Weapon Proficiencies, With Weapon Styles (the bigg)] [v5]
I receive the following warnings:
* Warning: not able to account for all free pips on BDCAELA2.CRE
* Warning: not able to account for all free pips on BDIMOEN.CRE
EDIT: I'm not sure what's different, but after a second install, it installed fine. I've attached a Weidu log from the time it went wrong, but I'm not sure it's worth checking it out. It may simply be incidental.
Also, perhaps useful for others to know. While not mentioned, the Alter Multiclass Restrictions module has been updated, adding options to restrict multiclass combinations to combinations where they can access the single-classes.
Also, I noticed two issues when comparing the Readme file to the Adventurer's Guide, particularly the table on page 44: http://cdn.baldursgate.com/files/AdventurersGuide.pdf
First, the component [Neutral Characters Make Happy Comments at Mid-Range Reputation] describes that Neutral characters are never happy. But the Adventurer's Guide describes Neutral characters being happy at Rep 16 and higher. Is this table correct? If so, will installing this component stop them from being happy at high Rep?
Second, the component [Change Effect of Reputation on Store Prices -> Low Reputation Store Discount (Sabre)] describes the discount going up to 35% on both ends, while the table describes the discount going up to only 30%. This means this module makes the discount slightly better than the base game. Is that intended?
I understand that these may be changes introduced by the EEs, but they may still be worth noting.
http://www.shsforums.net/files/file/1205-35-edition-weapon-style-rebalance/
Would be awesome if possible. Regardless thanks a bunch. I use tweaks on all BG(s) and IWD.
is it possible to add a component that makes the xp you get by party member on Baldur's gate 2 after completing a quest to become a single number?
For example, after finishing a quest every party member gets 35k xp
I would like that you get 35k xp * 6 = 210.000 instead, so if you go solo you are rewarded with the total amount instead of the fixed amount chosen by developers.
Last night I started getting this error during my BWS EET installs. Any idea what is wrong?
I tried installing several times, and get this error every time.
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In state 460, I expected one of these tokens:
[48] BEGIN
Parse error (state 460) at REPLACE_TEXTUALLY
[CDTWEAKS/SETUP-CDTWEAKS.TP2] PARSE ERROR at line 4492 column 1-21
Near Text: REPLACE_TEXTUALLY
GLR parse error
[CDTWEAKS/SETUP-CDTWEAKS.TP2] ERROR at line 4492 column 1-21
Near Text: REPLACE_TEXTUALLY
Parsing.Parse_error
ERROR: parsing [CDTWEAKS/SETUP-CDTWEAKS.TP2]: Parsing.Parse_error
ERROR: problem parsing TP file [CDTWEAKS/SETUP-CDTWEAKS.TP2]: Parsing.Parse_error
FATAL ERROR: Parsing.Parse_error
I also tried importing a selection that I am playing right now and that installed a week ago with no issues. That selection gives me the same errors.
You can try to download the latest stable release of the mod from here and point BWS to the new file. You'll probably have to delete the original file "Tweaks-Anthology-master.zip" from the BWS download folder to trigger the query.
@CamDawg There is currently a syntax error in setup-cdtweaks.tp2 around line 4491 (a missing BEGIN after DECOMPILE_AND_PATCH).
Parse error is fixed at least.
npc go to inn and Allow BG NPC pairs to separate can't install
scs v32 don't have stratagems_external folder
Copied [cdtweaks/dw_components/resource/depart.d] to [stratagems_external/workspace]
Compiling 1 dialogue file ...
ERROR: error loading [stratagems_external/workspace/depart.d]
ERROR: compiling [stratagems_external/workspace/depart.d]!
Stopping installation because of error.
Stopping installation because of error.
Stopping installation because of error.
ERROR: [.../stratagems-inline/inn_data.2da] -> [.../stratagems-inline] Patching Failed (COPY) (Unix.Unix_error(20, "stat", "stratagems_external/workspace/depart.d"))
Stopping installation because of error.
The feature "NPCs Cannot Pass Doors" will break the game in the Aslyum dream, where you have to bring Bhaal's essence to Imoen -
[C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Baldur's Gate II Enhanced Edition\setup-cdtweaks.exe] WeiDU version 24600
{setup-atweaks.exe} Queried (pid = 720) version = 24700
Newest WeiDU is version 24700, updating!
WeiDU files in version order:
[Setup-Unofficial Item Pack.exe] version 24700
[setup-stratagems.exe] version 24700
[setup-itemupgrade.exe] version 24700
[setup-bg2fixpack.exe] version 24700
[setup-atweaks.exe] version 24700
[setup-sod2bg2_iu.exe] version 24600
[setup-cdtweaks.exe] version 24600
Copying [Setup-Unofficial Item Pack.exe] -> [setup-sod2bg2_iu.exe]: true
Copying [Setup-Unofficial Item Pack.exe] -> [setup-cdtweaks.exe]: false
[Setup-Unofficial] WeiDU version 24700
Auto-Updating on behalf of [setup-cdtweaks.exe]
ERROR: error loading [Setup-Unofficial]
Unknown argument: [Item]
WeiDU (version 24700: "Return of the Warlock")
usage: WeiDU [options] BAF,BCS,D,DLG,TRA,TP,TP2-files
General Input Options:
--game X set main game directory to X
--game-by-type X set main game directory to the one where X is installed (BG,BG2,IWD,IWD2,PST)
--nogame do not load any default game files
--search X look in X for input files (cumulative)
--search-ids X look in X for input IDS files (cumulative)
--tlkin X use X as DIALOG.TLK
--ftlkin X use X as DIALOGF.TLK
--use-lang X on games with multiple languages, use files in lang/X/
--tlkmerge X merge X into loaded DIALOG.TLK
Press Enter For More Options
You might be able to circumvent this bug by updating all WeiDU setup executables in the directory manually to the latest WeiDU version. Just create a copy of one of the other mod installer executables (or use the binary from the official WeiDU package) and rename it to the respective setup filenames (e.g. "setup-sod2bg2_iu.exe" or "setup-cdtweaks.exe").
Yes. Unpack the weidu.exe from the zip archive and rename it to "setup-sod2bg2_iu.exe". Do the same for "setup-cdtweaks.exe". Based on the log you've posted these two files are the only setup executables based on an older WeiDU version.
Hey seems like it worked! thanks alot
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Extending game scripts ...
ERROR: error loading [itemupgrade/baf/scs_compat.baf]
Stopping installation because of error.
Stopping installation because of error.
Stopping installation because of error.
ERROR Installing [Shadows Of Amn Item Upgrades -> Original Version (new upgrades in a list)], rolling back to previous state
Will uninstall 112 files for [ITEMUPGRADE/ITEMUPGRADE.TP2] component 0.
Uninstalled 112 files for [ITEMUPGRADE/ITEMUPGRADE.TP2] component 0.
ERROR: Unix.Unix_error(20, "stat", "itemupgrade/baf/scs_compat.baf")
Please make a backup of the file: SETUP-ITEMUPGRADE.DEBUG and look for support at: http://forums.pocketplane.net/index.php/board,43.0.html
Any help is much appreciated.