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Need help with modding

ThornumThornum Member Posts: 3
in General Modding
Hey guys,

I've been getting back into BG2 by playing the BG2EE steam version. Now, I've tried installing mods a couple times, but every time somewhere along the process any mod I've tried returned errors in the installation process. I get the cmd-like window and can pick options just fine, it's just that at some point it starts giving errors and at the end it tells me the mod is not installed. What am I missing? What am I doing wrong? I haven't been able to find a single place that eases players into modding their BG2EE, on top of the fact that there are about 4(?) sites that have a modding community next to eachother.

I might be posting this in the wrong place, I might have missed 'simple to find' information, but please enlighten me. I've gotten interested in all the work people have put into these mods, and it'd be a shame if I'd miss out on it all due to lack of information.

Thanks in advance!

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  • GrimLefourbeGrimLefourbe Member Posts: 637
    This isn't really precise, all I know is that you're not managing to install as many mods as you want, can you provide your weidu.log ?
  • ThelsThels Member Posts: 1,416
    Also, which mod(s) are you installing, and where did you download them from? Mods need to be made EE compatible to run on BGIIEE.
  • GrammarsaladGrammarsalad Member Posts: 2,582
    Can you upload any debug files? That might really help
  • ThornumThornum Member Posts: 3
    edited August 2016
    I realise it's not really precise, as I have little clue how to be precise. To indicate: is modding BG2EE a matter of running a .exe? Confirming this would already be more information than any introductory piece I have found.

    So far I have tried to run three mods: Big Picture (with the aim to install Ascension mainly), Unfinished Business, and Stratagems (SCS). I have provided the weidu log for BP below (which raises the question: what is "weidu"). I cannot find a comparable file after running the Stratagems installer. Right now I have no leftovers from the Unfinished Business one as I clean installed it after the errors.

    For BP: as far as I can tell a range of components installed fine. At the same time, a number of them gave errors during installation and would refuse to continue unless I entered "N" (the Trolls modification comes to mind).
    For Stratagems: it errors completely at the end, telling me "not installed due to ERRORS Initialise mod (all other components require this)"



    // Log of Currently Installed WeiDU Mods
    // The top of the file is the 'oldest' mod
    // ~TP2_File~ #language_number #component_number // [Subcomponent Name -> ] Component Name [ : Version]
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #0 // Big Picture, core component (required for most subcomponents): v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #10 // Patching all the existing innate spells, setting level to one.....: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #25 // BP GUI (for GUI Switcher Mod): v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #35 // Add Bags and Magic Throwing Daggers to Stores: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #50 // Level-50 Ruleset (Code By King Diamond): v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #60 // Custom Grandmastery (w/ extra attacks): v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #75 // Halberds and Spears Extended Ranges: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #325 // Animals: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #350 // Beholders: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #375 // Demons and Devils: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #390 // Djinni, Efreet, & Dao: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #400 // Dragons: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #425 // Drow: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #440 // Duergars -> Duergar: The Works: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #475 // Elementals: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #500 // Generic Mages: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #525 // Generic Priests: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #550 // Generic Thieves: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #575 // Githyanki: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #600 // Golems: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #625 // Hellhounds: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #650 // Humanoids: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #675 // Knights and Paladins: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #700 // Mind Flayers: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #725 // Mists: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #750 // Sea Devils: Sahuagin and Kuo-Toan Enhancements: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #760 // Shadow and Wraith Enhancements -> Shadows - The Works: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #800 // Shadow Thieves: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #900 // Undead (Except Shadows/Wraiths/Vampires): v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #925 // Were-Animals: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1020 // Beholder Cult: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1070 // Vampire Encounters -> Chapter 3 and 6 (w/ bodhi): v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1130 // Drizzt Encounter (Chapter 6): v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1170 // Treant Encounter: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1190 // Hell Trial Additions: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1200 // Horreds Lair: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1210 // Irenicus Dungeon Enhancements (except Duergar): v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1300 // Mae Var: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1315 // Nalia Quests: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1330 // Tavern Brawl (In the Seven Veils): v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1350 // Planar Prison: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1375 // Planar Sphere Enhancements (including Tolgerias): v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1570 // Improved Spellhold -> Spellhold Enhancments - Full Package: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1600 // Improved Suldanessallar: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1625 // Tanners Quest: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1650 // Trademeet Enhancements: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1675 // Wand of Orcus Add-In: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1700 // Windspear Hills Enhancements: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1400 // Improved Random Encounters, by Gebhard Blucher and Kensai Ryu: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1110 // Kensai Ryu's Brown Dragon: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1120 // Kensai Ryu's Improved Crypt King: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1175 // Kensai Ryu's Gnome Fighter/Illusionist in the Docks: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1225 // Improved Kangaxx Encounter, by Kensai Ryu: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1275 // Gebhard Blucher's Lich in the Docks: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1525 // Improved Small Teeth Pass, by Kensai Ryu: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1250 // Kuroisan the Acid Kensai, by Westley Weimer: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1425 // Red Badge, Poison-Based Encounter, by Westley Weimer: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1450 // The Ritual, by Westley Weimer: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1750 // Watchers Keep Improvements: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #1800 // ToB Improvements: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #2000 // Ascension for BP: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #2100 // Improved Abazigal: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #2200 // Improved Demogorgon: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #2300 // Improved Gromnir: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #2400 // Improved Illasera: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #2500 // Improved Sendai: v181-b4611
    ~BP/SETUP-BP.TP2~ #0 #2600 // Improved Yaga-Shura: v181-b4611
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  • GrammarsaladGrammarsalad Member Posts: 2,582
    Well, you can fudge. But i wouldn't fudge with scs or ascension!
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  • ThornumThornum Member Posts: 3
    Thanks for the responses guys! Pretty great to see this by now ancient game having such a lively community. The reason I tried these mods is because they gave me the impression to be a quick catch-all improvement for a large part of the game. Guess I thought too easy of it... my bad.

    One last question: is there a way to undo/uninstall anything I tried to change with mod packs other than doing a clean install? So far I've reinstalled the game a couple of times, which, as far as I'm aware with steam, means redownloading the thing every time I uninstalled it. This is a lengthy process if to be done every time something goes wrong.
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