Modding help pls (desperate bird lady is very foolish)
Justawetbird
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in BGII:EE Mods
Hey these mods are so cool, I can't set any of them up...it always tells me to use my infinity engine game directory to set up the mod...and that's just the engine these game use....? there's no infinity engine game directory in my files and I haven't found it online. I gave up a year ago before thinking to try forms and I'm back at it again
Despite being in the game's folder which is what makes mods go in every other game...it just...doesn't go
I feel like a cavewoman pls how I make mod go? Where game directory? How I put it there?
........thx
Despite being in the game's folder which is what makes mods go in every other game...it just...doesn't go
I feel like a cavewoman pls how I make mod go? Where game directory? How I put it there?
........thx
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There are two directories for the games. The easy one to find, is under “Documents”. There is a folder for each game. This is where you can put custom portraits. So naturally, for mods, this is not the folder you want.
Using File Explorer, go to “This PC” then select your Windows folder. Now scroll down to “Users”. Then select who you are, the User who first installed the game.
Here you’ll see a “Beamdog Library” folder. If you bought through another provider it may be called something else, or may have another layer to click through, but you should be able to recognize it. Now an important thing, duplicate the whole folder. I call this “Mod Library”, but call it anything you will remember. The thing is, you don’t want to mod your originals. Keep these perfect as Masters.
Now when you open this folder you should see all your games, listed by number. So you’ll likely have to open each one to see which is which.
Now presumably you have collected the mods you want somewhere else. These are probably all zipped. So right click, and unpack them *into* the appropriate game folder in your Mod Library.
Now navigate yourself back to the Mod Library and run the application for the mod you want. This will kick off the mod installation process.
Also, if you are using desktop shortcuts, be sure to right click on the shortcut and re-aim it at the Mod Library version of the game.
If this sounds involved, trust me, you’ll get the hang of it. It’s mostly just file management. I have a few shortcuts I use, like desktop folders of my mod collections for each game. There also are mod managers out there which some feel simplifies the process.
I’d also point you to “A New Player’s Guide to Installing and Playing Mods” which is stickied over under the “General Modding” tab. This has a ton of good information for getting started.
Second: how are you trying to install the mod. Meaning, do you download the .zip/.rar, extract its content in the game directory and try to execute the [modname].exe file or you download an .exe file, execute and it asks where to extract/install the mod?
And I made a mods folder, downloaded it, unzipped it to the game directory via browse, then went into the files to hit set up, only to be told I wasn't in the game directory. It's worked for other games just never an infinity engine game
there's two empty programs files, user data, warranty information...Steam has a filed called shared directory but I have baldur's gate from good old games
I don't know why I had a illusionary directory that didn't do anything, but I have found the real one! And the test mod is working, it was a very simple step like I thought at first, thanks
...steam has refunds right?
Sounds like you got this sorted out!
Like one mod I downloaded for daggerfall only worked if I had a copy of it outside my game files...I don't know why but I ain't taking chances