What is order of operations for BGT setup with a handful of other mods? All mods after? Some before? If so, which ones? TX

[Guest Peter]

Hi - I've looked all over and found loads of stuff that is close but doesn't answer my question.
I have done full installations of BG + TotSC and BG2 +ToB. All with latest official patches.
NOT EE - found lots of guides for that. Not GOG, not Steam - actually bought the multi-CD games back in the day.
I plan to play the whole thing in BGT with the widescreen mod, plus a handful of other mods. I need to know what comes next.
The mods I plan to use are:
Ascension
BG2fixpack
Dark Side of the Sword Coast
NPC Strongholds
TweaksAnthology - my understanding is that this will mod both BG1 and BG2
Unfinished Business BG1
Unfinished Business BG2
Various portait packs

Do I install anything in either game before running the BGT setup?
If I install mods after setting up BGT, then in which folder do I install mods, especially BG1 mods. From what I've read BGT installs BG1 into the BG2 fodler...so then would I install BG1 mods there?
At what point and where would I setup the widescreen mod?

Thanks very much

[eyre]

The Big World Project likely has the information you are looking for.

[jastey]

7 hours ago, Guest Peter said:

Do I install anything in either game before running the BGT setup?

BG2Fixpack into the BGII game.

7 hours ago, Guest Peter said:

If I install mods after setting up BGT, then in which folder do I install mods, especially BG1 mods. From what I've read BGT installs BG1 into the BG2 fodler...so then would I install BG1 mods there?

Yes, mods need to have the "BGT compatibility" (stated in readme or mod description) and will be installed onto the BGII folder after BGT.exe.

7 hours ago, Guest Peter said:

At what point and where would I setup the widescreen mod?

Late in install order.

On the top of my head, I would order your modlist like this. The mods go all into the BG2 game:

BG2fixpack
BGT
Ascension
Unfinished Business BG2
Unfinished Business BG1
Dark Side of the Sword Coast
NPC Strongholds
TweaksAnthology
Widescreen mod
Various portait packs