A mod install order list?

[Guest Kyario]

So I've spent a long time looking up and downloading a whole load of mods for BG2:ToB. I've concocted a list to show what order I plan to install them in, so maybe other people can use it and not have to do all the legwork.

But I'm not 100%, so if anyone has any comments, questions or suggestions, noticed any conflicts or anything like that... I'd love it.

 

Patch

G3 Fixpack

Hell Trials fix from Quest Pack (http://forums.gibberlings3.net/index.php?showtopic=8676)

Kits, Items, Spells:

Baldur's Gate II Character Portrait Mod

Keenmarker kit pack

NPC Kitpack

Sorcerer's Place Collection

RPG Kitpack (KPv1)

Level 1 NPCs

Ashes of Embers (items only)

Freedom's Reign of Virtue

Boards o' Magick Item Pack

Desecration of Souls (only if AI component doesn't have to be installed)

Wild Mage Additions

SpellPack

 

Quests etc:

Ascension

Redemption

Turnabout

Ghost

Item Upgrade

Ajoc's minimod

Assassinations

Banter Pack

IEP Banter

NPC Flirt

Lucy

Planar Sphere Mod

Planar Return

Potion Quest

Unfinished Business

Viconia Friendship

ToB Heads

Fading Promises

Dungeon-be-Gone

Dungeon Crawl

D0Quest Pack

Calculator

Tower of Deception

 

NPC:

Kelsey

Nathaniel

 

More items: (needs to be later on)

iiItem

iiKeynames

 

Tactics/AI:

GMinion

Tactics

Rogue Rebalancing

Sword Coast Stratgems

Graphic:

Ace's Alt Music

One Pixel Inventory Icons

One Pixel Flame Swords

One Pixel Paperdolls

One Pixel Shields (D1)

One Pixel Shields (D2)

The Way of Heroes

Widescreen mod

W_GUI

 

Tweaks:

G3 Tweak Pack

 

I read that maybe I should install Ascension before the fixpack. Crazy, confusing stuff.

So yeah, any help, advice or comments, I would love.

[DavidNowlin]

This is what I've got and the order I install it in.

 

Core

Install BG1 + TotSC and patch

Install BG2 + ToB and patch

BG2_Fixpack-v4.exe (G3 Fixpack)

BGT105a_Install.exe (BGT newest version)

BGT Patch

 

NPCs

BG1NPC-v14.exe (G3 NPC additions)

Beyond the Law (SHS)

Chloe (SHS)

Sarah

Auren Aseph

Amber

Kivan and Deheriana

Fade (SHS)

Tashia (SHS)

Solaufein Romance

Nalia Romance (PPG)

Imoen Romance (PPG)

Imoen Patch (PPG)

NPC Flirtpack (PPG)

Romantic Encounters

 

Quests

BGQE

BG1 Unfinished Biz (PPG)

BG2 Unfinished Biz (PPG)

 

Tweaks

BG2_Tweaks-v5.exe (G3 Tweaks)

[Lemernis]

FWIW, here's my rules of thumb for installation order:

 

1) SoA

2) ToB

3) Official Patch

4) BG2 Fixpack

5) Items/Stores/Spells

6) Kit mods

7) NPC mods

8) NPC Banter and Flirt Packs

9) Quest-related and Weimer Tactical mods

10) Tweak, Rules Change, newer AI/Tactical mods

[ericp07]

The most success I've had, as I've probably mentioned around here somewhere before, has been to install components of mods in the order given in the BiG World mega-mod install guide, located over at Spellhold Studios. Even though I don't do BGT or TuTu (but someday, maybe, I'll give BGT a try), I appreciate the logic in installing things the way this guide suggests.

 

That said, I occasionally manage to screw up my installs at times (or to add mods that aren't put together as well as they maybe should be), but I've taken to keeping notes, and went so far as to print out the instructions for convenience, printing only those pages I need. Eventually, I'll probably be able to do much of the procedure by memory; as it is, the process--even with the many, many mods I install--takes only a couple-three hours or so, where before it was taking over twice that long!

 

The guide is a .pdf, written by a person whose native language, I believe, is German, but the English is easy enough to decipher I highly recommend trying things the BiG World way.

 

Good luck,

Eric