Which NPC mods for BG2 would you recommend?

[berelinde]

You get Edwin by doing the Mae Var quest, so it's unrelated to whether you side with Bodhi or the STs.

[Guest Silverbow]

HELP!

 

The game crashes whenever I enter the Bridge district. I'm in chapter 3 and don't have a save from earlier chapter...

 

The pre-crash log doesn't really tell me anything:

---------------------Start Logging Session---------------------

 

CVisibilityMap::AddCharacter : ( 1720, 30 ) #:20250933 R:14

CVisibilityMap::AddCharacter : ( 1752, 30 ) #:20316470 R:14

CVisibilityMap::AddCharacter : ( 1776, 30 ) #:20382007 R:14

CVisibilityMap::AddCharacter : ( 1784, 48 ) #:20447544 R:14

CVisibilityMap::AddCharacter : ( 1747, 50 ) #:20513081 R:14

CVisibilityMap::AddCharacter : ( 1720, 48 ) #:20578618 R:14

CVisibilityMap::AddCharacter : ( 4328, 246 ) #:20250933 R:14

CVisibilityMap::AddCharacter : ( 4264, 282 ) #:20316470 R:14

CVisibilityMap::AddCharacter : ( 4296, 282 ) #:20513081 R:14

CVisibilityMap::AddCharacter : ( 4296, 246 ) #:20382007 R:14

CVisibilityMap::AddCharacter : ( 4312, 222 ) #:20447544 R:14

CVisibilityMap::AddCharacter : ( 4360, 258 ) #:20578618 R:14

 

And the list of mods installed:

// 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]

// Recently Uninstalled: ~AURENASEPH/SETUP-AURENASEPH.TP2~ #0 #0 // Auren Aseph V7.2 for BG2:ToB

~AURENASEPH/SETUP-AURENASEPH.TP2~ #0 #0 // Auren Aseph V7.2 for BG2:ToB

~SETUP-KETO.TP2~ #0 #0 // Keto-SOA NPC V2

~TYRISFLARE/SETUP-TYRISFLARE.TP2~ #0 #0 // Tyris Flare NPC: v2

~ANGELO/SETUP-ANGELO.TP2~ #0 #0 // Angelo NPC MOD for Baldur's Gate II, v4

~SETUP-AMBER.TP2~ #0 #0 // Amber the NPC MOD for BGII:SoA: v2.5

~SETUP-VALEN.TP2~ #0 #0 // Valen

~SARAHTOB/SETUP-SARAHTOB.TP2~ #0 #0 // Sarah NPC Romance Mod for BG2:ToB: 3.1

~SETUP-VAMPIRETALES.TP2~ #0 #0 // Vampire Tales (Requires Throne of Bhaal)

~SETUP-VAMPIRETALES.TP2~ #0 #1 // Improved Cult of the Unseeing Eye

~SETUP-VAMPIRETALES.TP2~ #0 #2 // Improved Harper Fight

~SETUP-VAMPIRETALES.TP2~ #0 #3 // CoM Store 1

~NINDE/NINDE.TP2~ #0 #0 // Ninde NPC Mod for BGII: SoA: v1.1

~TOTDG/SETUP-TOTDG.TP2~ #0 #0 // Colours of Infinity: Tales of the Deep Gardens

~TOTDG/SETUP-TOTDG.TP2~ #0 #1 // NPC Reactions (Aerie, Viconia, Jaheira, Anomen, Haer'Dalis, Keldorn)

~TOTDG/SETUP-TOTDG.TP2~ #0 #2 // Add Deep Gardens to the Worldmap - suggested component. If this component can't be installed due to incompatibilities, skip it.

~WHEELS/SETUP-WHEELS.TP2~ #0 #0 // The Wheels of Prophecy: v2

~ASSASSINATIONS/SETUP-ASSASSINATIONS.TP2~ #0 #0 // Assassinations mod for Baldur's Gate II, v8

~SETUP-ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #0 // Ascension v1.41 (requires ToB)

~DC/SETUP-DC.TP2~ #0 #0 // Dungeon Crawl, v5

~FADINGPROMISES/SETUP-FADINGPROMISES.TP2~ #0 #0 // Fading Promises: v6

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #3 // Creature & Area Improvements -> Boss Improvements Only

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #4 // Alternative Harper/Xzar Plot

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #5 // Extended Reynald Sequence

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #6 // Intrigue In The Copper Coronet

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #7 // Rahul Kanakia's Potion Quest

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #8 // Revised Hell Trials

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #10 // Improved Oasis II -> IO2 Dialogue Enhancement Only

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #11 // Saving Sanik In Brynnlaw

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #12 // Burglary Of The Bookkeeper

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #13 // New Fate For The Dryads' Acorns

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #14 // The Tragedy Of Besamen

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #15 // Further Slaver Involvement

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #16 // Sending The Solamnic Knights Home

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #17 // Nazariel The Lich

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #18 // Reward Negotiation

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #19 // Infernal Thievery

~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #2 // Creature & Area Improvements -> All Creature Improvements

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #0 // The Kidnapping of Boo by Cliffette: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #1 // The Suna Seni/Valygar Relationship: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #2 // Kalah and What He Was Promised: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #4 // Gorje Hilldark and the Extended Illithium Quest: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #5 // The Pai'Na/Spider's Bane Quest: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #6 // Restored Crooked Crane Inn: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #7 // Restored Encounters: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #9 // Corrected "Xzar's Creations": v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #11 // Gorf the Squisher Fix, by Gebhard Blucher: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #12 // Item Restorations: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #15 // NPC Portrait Restorations: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #16 // Corrected BAMs and Scripts: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #17 // Corrected Character Names and Biographies: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #18 // Restored Minor Dialogs: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #20 // Extended ToB Item Descriptions: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #21 // Throne of Bhaal Minor Restorations: v19

~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #24 // Sarevok's Remorse: v19

~IEPBANTERS/SETUP-IEPBANTERS.TP2~ #0 #0 // Extended NPC-NPC Interaction SoA: 3.2

~IEPBANTERS/SETUP-IEPBANTERS.TP2~ #0 #1 // Extended Minsc/Aerie Interaction ToB: 3.2

~IEPBANTERS/SETUP-IEPBANTERS.TP2~ #0 #2 // Imoen "Retrospection" dialogue for BGII: ToB: 3.2

~IEPBANTERS/SETUP-IEPBANTERS.TP2~ #0 #3 // Wake-Up dialogue for Anomen Romance (By David Gaider with additions from Kulyok): 3.2

~IEPBANTERS/SETUP-IEPBANTERS.TP2~ #0 #4 // NPC Conflict Revisions: 3.2

~IMOEN/IMOEN.TP2~ #0 #0 // Imoen Friendship for SoA: 1

~MAZZY/SETUP-MAZZY.TP2~ #0 #0 // Mazzy Friendship: 2

~VICONIA/SETUP-VICONIA.TP2~ #0 #0 // Viconia Friendship: 3

~YOSHIMO/YOSHIMO.TP2~ #0 #0 // Yoshimo Friendship Mod for BGII: SoA: 2

~SETUP-BANTERPACK.TP2~ #0 #0 // Pocket Plane Banter Pack for BG2: Shadows of Amn

~SETUP-BANTERPACK.TP2~ #0 #1 // Install SOA Banter Accelerator script? (Increases the frequency of interparty banter)

~SETUP-BANTERPACK.TP2~ #0 #2 // Pocket Plane Banter Pack for BG2: Throne of Bhaal

~SETUP-BANTERPACK.TP2~ #0 #3 // Install TOB Banter Accelerator script? (Increases the frequency of interparty banter)

~AURORA/SETUP-AURORA.TP2~ #0 #0 // Aurora's Shoes and Boots: v5

~AURORA/SETUP-AURORA.TP2~ #0 #10 // Small portraits for NPCs -> Merchants and minor NPCs: v5

~AURORA/SETUP-AURORA.TP2~ #0 #9000 // Fix area creature references: v5

~SETUP-ITEMUPGRADE.TP2~ #0 #0 // Shadows Of Amn Item Upgrades

~SETUP-ITEMUPGRADE.TP2~ #0 #1 // Throne Of Bhaal Item Upgrades

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #10 // Remove Helmet Animations

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #20 // Change Imoen's Avatar to Mage

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #60 // Weapon Animation Tweaks

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #110 // Icon Improvements

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #120 // Change Avatar When Wearing Robes or Armor (Galactygon)

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #130 // Force All Dialogue to Pause Game

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1010 // More Interjections

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1020 // Alter HP Triggers for NPC Wounded Dialogues

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1040 // Improved Athkatlan City Guard

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1070 // Improved Kick-out Dialogues

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1080 // Add Bags of Holding

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1120 // Stores Sell Higher Stacks of Items

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1150 // Shapeshifter Rebalancing

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1160 // Multiple Strongholds (Baldurdash)

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1170 // Bonus Merchants (Baldurdash)

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1180 // Female Edwina

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1190 // Romance Bug Fixes

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #1200 // Imoen ToB Dialogue Fix

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2010 // PnP Spell Progression Tables

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2060 // Weapon Styles for All

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2070 // Druids Use Cleric Level and Spell Progression

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2090 // Change Experience Point Cap -> Remove Experience Cap

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2151 // Wear Multiple Protection Items -> No Restrictions

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2180 // Un-Nerfed THAC0 Table, Saving Throws, Grand-Mastery, and Arcane, Divine Spell Progression (Blucher)

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2210 // True Grand Mastery (Baldurdash)

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2220 // Change Magically Created Weapons to Zero Weight

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2230 // Make +x/+y Weapons Consistent

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #2231 // Description Updates for Make +x/+y Weapons Consistent Component

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3000 // Higher HP on Level Up -> Maximum

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3012 // Maximum HP for NPCs (the bigg) -> For Party-Joinable NPCs Only

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3030 // Easy Spell Learning -> 100% Learn Spells

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3040 // Make Bags of Holding Bottomless

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3060 // Remove "You Must Gather Your Party..." Sound (Weimer)

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3080 // Unlimited Ammo Stacking

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3090 // Unlimited Gem and Jewelry Stacking

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3100 // Unlimited Potion Stacking

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3110 // Unlimited Scroll Stacking

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3150 // Turn Off The Hideous Cloak-of-Mirroring and Spell-Trap Animation

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3160 // Keep Drizzt's Loot, Disable Malchor Harpell

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3170 // No Drow Avatars On Party In Underdark

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3200 // Sellable Staffs, Clubs, and Slings (Icelus)

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #4010 // Improved Fate Spirit Summoning

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #4031 // Consistent Stats: Edwin -> Use BG2 Values

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #4041 // Consistent Stats: Jaheira -> Use BG2 Values

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #4061 // Consistent Stats: Minsc -> Use BG2 Values

~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #4071 // Consistent Stats: Viconia -> Use BG2 Values

[Guest Guest_Ipsy_*]

1) No Fixpack, which should always be first

2) "Recently Uninstalled: Auren Aseph", implies that you recently reinstalled it. But since you installed it first, that would mean that the other mods in your install were also reinstalled. I think. Anyway, reinstalling mods in a saved game is a very, very bad idea. Sometimes characters end up with random lines of text in place of their names, item descriptions get swapped around...Suffice to say, it isn't pretty.

 

Did you patch your game before modding it? Playing an unpatched, un-fixpacked game with a bunch of mods installed can result in some nasty issues. Unless you're using the Baldurdash fixes, which are difficult to uninstall and quite outdated as well.

 

I suggest also that you grab the Quest Pack fixes from here. One of the components, an encounter in the Bridge District, can sometimes cause errors like this. You should probably download the patch for Aurora, just in case. But I'm inclined to blame Quest Pack--old mod, hasn't been updated in 4 years, and adds a lot of stuff to the Bridge District.

[Guest Silverbow]

1) No Fixpack, which should always be first

2) "Recently Uninstalled: Auren Aseph", implies that you recently reinstalled it. But since you installed it first, that would mean that the other mods in your install were also reinstalled. I think. Anyway, reinstalling mods in a saved game is a very, very bad idea. Sometimes characters end up with random lines of text in place of their names, item descriptions get swapped around...Suffice to say, it isn't pretty.

 

Did you patch your game before modding it? Playing an unpatched, un-fixpacked game with a bunch of mods installed can result in some nasty issues. Unless you're using the Baldurdash fixes, which are difficult to uninstall and quite outdated as well.

 

I suggest also that you grab the Quest Pack fixes from here. One of the components, an encounter in the Bridge District, can sometimes cause errors like this. You should probably download the patch for Aurora, just in case. But I'm inclined to blame Quest Pack--old mod, hasn't been updated in 4 years, and adds a lot of stuff to the Bridge District.

Neither of those helped unfortunately.

 

My game's fully patched, I played it before with just Tweaks and had no problems. :/ Any chance of finding out which mod adds the character that's being created last in the log?

[Guest Guest_Ipsy_*]

Er...something's supposed to spawn in the Bridge District. Unfortunately, I can't really tell *what*. As I said, though, it's almost definitely Quest Pack, as Aurora is (from my experience at least) virtually bug-free, and QP adds at least 3 (probably more) encounters in the Bridge District.

 

Uninstall Quest Pack and try visit the District again. If that doesn't work, uninstall everything and restore from a clean backup, patch your game, add the Fixpack, start a new game, and try the Bridge District again. Then add mods one by one.

[Guest Silverbow]

Er...something's supposed to spawn in the Bridge District. Unfortunately, I can't really tell *what*. As I said, though, it's almost definitely Quest Pack, as Aurora is (from my experience at least) virtually bug-free, and QP adds at least 3 (probably more) encounters in the Bridge District.

 

Uninstall Quest Pack and try visit the District again. If that doesn't work, uninstall everything and restore from a clean backup, patch your game, add the Fixpack, start a new game, and try the Bridge District again. Then add mods one by one.

OK it's Aurora - uninstalling questpack completely didn't help, but uninstalling Aurora did - the game with QP but without Aurora doesn't crash. Installing Aurora's main component causes the crash even before Aegisfeld talks to you, whether QP is installed or not. With patch he'd talk and then the game promptly crashes.

 

Guess none of those boots for me, unless you have an idea how to fix that?

[berelinde]

I've had repeated crashes when I've attempted to reload a saved game that didin't include Aurora after installing the mod. Are you using a save that didn't originally include Aurora?

[Guest Silverbow]

I've had repeated crashes when I've attempted to reload a saved game that didin't include Aurora after installing the mod. Are you using a save that didn't originally include Aurora?

Not exactly.

 

I started the game with Aurora installed. I did reinstall all mods in middle of it though (because I tried to install expanded thief stronghold and it gave me weird errors when uninstalling... even though it did uninstall)

[Guest Silverbow]

Sorry for doublepost, but will I miss out on much if I simply uninstall that mod? Or is it worth it replaying Irenicus' dungeon, whole Promenade, Slums and City Gates for it?

[berelinde]

IMO, probably not. You'll miss cool boots and gossip, but that's a lot of replaying to do.

[Guest Silverbow]

Does the mod that allows more options in the Mae'Var situation mess up the ability to receive the stronghold? I have multiple strongholds installed, and Roenall told me I would get the guild when starting the quest, but when it comes to reward he doesn't give it to me.

 

There's also a bug with the Miriam mod-added merchant in the Temple district, she sells a Bag of Holding which is full of expensive loot for measly 500 gold... At least that bug can be solved by simple restraint (still, tempting ).