Auril's Bane compatibility

[ZFR]

This is about the original IWD (non-EE).

I'm planning on replaying it yet again, but this time with mods, something I've always wanted to but never had the time. Especially Auril's Bane.

Unfortunately, most of the links for AB are long dead. I've found a link to it on CoM's download page here: http://downloads.chosenofmystra.net/iwd but very few other resources.

 

So my questions are:

I'd like to use Auril's Bane together with Unfinished Business and Item Upgrage mod. Plus a fixpack, some EoU mod for stacking and possibly Widescreen.

- Are these compatible (aside from the voice of Durdel Anatha, which if I understand correctly should be installed from AB)?

- Is the install order from the pinned thread (AB, Fixpack?, Item Upgrade, UB, Widescreen?) correct. I'm asking this since the thread is from 2012.

- Which fixpack should I use, the one included with AB, or the one from G3?

- What mod should I use for stacking? I'm only interested in having high limits for stacking items, especially ammo, but no other EoU components. Do the mods I plan to install already include it?

- Are there any good resources/guides for Auril's Bane? Maybe a even full walkthrough that I can refer to in case I get stuck. I know many links are dead, but maybe some of you have some links saved that I can access through web-archive?

 

Thanks

[Daulmakan]

8 hours ago, ZFR said:

- Are there any good resources/guides for Auril's Bane? Maybe a even full walkthrough that I can refer to in case I get stuck. I know many links are dead, but maybe some of you have some links saved that I can access through web-archive?

Breakdown of the mod by the author here: https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/66568/mod-aurils-bane-expansion-for-iwd-ee-wip

Dunno if redrake is still around at the Beamdog forums, maybe you can reach him there.

[ZFR]

Thanks. I saw that breakdown, but that thread mostly only includes item/spell/creatures tweaks and fixes.

 

What Im interested in is the extra quests. Stuff that I can get stuck on or miss.

[CamDawg]

About a year two years ago, Saltlord (user on Discord) played through a game of oIWD with Tweaks and Auril's Bane. He was fantastic about reporting bugs, so Tweaks v16 ended up getting a lot of bug fixes specifically for oIWD, and a lot of compatibility fixes for Auril's Bane.

As far as order, the one in the pinned thread should still be valid AFAIK.

As for whether you should use IWD Fixpack or AB, I'm naturally going to say IWDFP. It's more comprehensive, has been maintained over the past decade*, and uses the substantially more rigid definition of "fix" that we used for BG2FP and EEFP. I also think UB's version of the Voice is better (another unbiased opinion to be sure), mainly because I got access to the original IWD developer notes and was able to bring it better in line with the original plans.

* Yes, I know the last release was 14 months ago, don't @ me. 14 months is lightning speed for me.

Edited February 9 by CamDawg

[ZFR]

7 hours ago, CamDawg said:

I also think UB's version of the Voice is better (another unbiased opinion to be sure), mainly because I got access to the original IWD developer notes and was able to bring it better in line with the original plans.

Is there a way of installing UB's version of the Voice while keeping all of other AB components? From what I read it's not possible, since the Voice is part of AB's core.

Edited February 9 by ZFR

[ZFR]

On 2/9/2024 at 1:36 AM, CamDawg said:

About a year two years ago, Saltlord (user on Discord) played through a game of oIWD with Tweaks and Auril's Bane. He was fantastic about reporting bugs

This probably doesn't count as a "bug", but is funny nonetheless.

While the tweak component "~CDTWEAKS/SETUP-CDTWEAKS.TP2~ #0 #3310 // Start New Games with Party AI Turned Off: v16" is not incompatible with Auril's Bane, it causes its cantrips and orisons not to appear. To fix, turn AI on, wait for them to appear, then turn off again (which kind of defeats the purpose of the tweak ).

 

Posting this here, since I spend the last 2 hours trying to figure out which mod was causing the issue of AB's cantrips/orisons not appearing. The "AI off" tweak seemed such a tiny one, that I was sure it was not the issue and left it till last . So there is a tiny chance this will help someone save a few hours of their time facing the same issue.