Axatax

Does anyone have a working link for Infinity Animations?  I've tried the internet archive for the SHS link but the download isn't cached, and the github page for this project doesn't contain anything useful for an end-user.

https://web.archive.org/web/20170805044247/http://www.shsforums.net/files/file/859-ia-infinity-animations-core-mod-weidu-beta-5/

https://github.com/GwendolyneFreddy/Infinity-Animations/tree/master

1 minute ago, Sam. said:

BG1varFIX.exe

That's!  That's it.  You're a champ!

Just now, Sam. said:

Do you know the exact filename of the downloadable archive?

A previous version was BG1VARFIX.EXE (without versioning).  I don't know if thats the most current version.

Does anyone have a copy of the BG1 Global Variables Extender? -

http://www.shsforums.net/files/file/968-bg1-engine-fix-extending-limit-of-maximum-global-variables/

The file itself doesn't appear to be archived on Way Back Machine.

https://web.archive.org/web/20190710164055/http://www.shsforums.net/files/file/968-bg1-engine-fix-extending-limit-of-maximum-global-variables/

I believe the original file name is BG1VARFIX.EXE

I can understand blocking posting to avoid abuse, but why a blanket block on people just browsing the site?  What harm do you think can come from this?

Tor is a good tool for getting past restrictive firewalls (workplace filters) and it's not always some nefarious thing if a user is connecting through this network, anymore than a VPN is.  And no, nobody is going to DDoS you through Tor.

403 ERROR
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Request ID: RBM1e5bcSfC4OWXcMP2Jcc6Mu3oRB0r3ZtMtO7i8haJSJ3xVVjqehw==

I'm not surprised Cloudfront has something to do with this.  They protect the worst villains that humanity has to offer but god forbid you should try connecting to a game-related forum through Tor!

When fighting the Thayan group in Beregost in order to recruit Neera, if the Wizard casts Horror on Neera and the Wizard is killed in battle, Neera initiates dialog with the player while in the Horror state and when asked to join, she accepts but just walks off the screen never to be seen again.  She should probably not initiate dialog with the player while under these types of spell effects.

I don't know what the 'official' position is on this, but I've always used all three together and never had any issues.  They're all listed as compatible with EET, anyhow.

One other problem I've observed, and I'm not sure this is SCS-related - On tactical, when getting into the Bandit Camp by talking your way in, completing the fight in Tazok's tent doesn't cause the camp to become hostile, In fact, leaving the tent, I can sit there and pummel Taurgosz Khosann to death and he never becomes hostile (blue circle) and other enemies don't react to the attack.  The camp used to become hostile after leaving the fight in the tent.

On 6/5/2023 at 7:59 AM, jastey said:

@Axatax just so you know, I identified the problem with the chapter change in your game. It was Framed mod, and Framed alone. Thanks for pointing this out, I'd would have taken me a while to find this.

This also means that NTotSC had nothing to do with it. There isn't even a compatibility problem with Duke Eltan taking back the work note. It worked all fine for me with the current mod versions.

The chapter change bug is an oversight in Framed where the mod assumes that the PC does not return to the Iron Throne after doing Candlekeep the normal way. The chapter change is triggered any time the party returns to the Head Quarters after being in Candlekeep. Will be fixed in a future version.

I can only repeat that in a multi-mod install, without digging through the code it is never clear which mod introduced a bug, even if it might seem like it. Be careful about putting the blame, and always report bugs so we can identify and fix it.

Thank you for looking into this and I didn't mean to come off with that attitude. 

Something I just realized -- I got the dialog where the Duke wants me to explore the Northern Citadel.  This is usually where he takes the Candlekeep Work Order back with just Framed installed but I don't recall this happening.  The scripting thinks I did the early quest and that's why the chapter is advanced.

5 minutes ago, jastey said:

How did you solve the problem?

Not really a solution, but removing just NTotSC and going back to that point allowed normal progress.  Maybe Framed is having some unintended interaction with this mod?

Install DLCMerger as your first mod.

https://github.com/Argent77/A7-DlcMerger

27 minutes ago, jastey said:

@Axatax The mod is hosted at SHS, yes. Bugs can also be reported on its GitHub repo. Or here.

Do you still have this game? I really wouldn't know how NTotSC would trigger a chapter change, least a transition to SoD (and without it occurring so far anywhere else), but in a modded install, weird things can happen. Does it only increase the chapter or is there a real transition to SoD into Korlasz' Dungeon and everything? The latter should only happen if MoveToCampaign("SoD") is called. Where exactly does it happen, Iron Throne ground level?

I'll look into the transitions things.

No prob - and I apologize if I came off as overly hostile toward this mod.  I nuked the EET/save files as I wasn't planning on reporting anything here.  In the future I'll keep backups of everything.

What happens with what I call the 'Chapter 8 transition', in this order --

I return from Candlekeep to BG, are greeted by Husam and deal with Slythe and Krystin.  I then enter the Iron Throne building to get the diary (not the canonical order of events, but I've played this so many times).  As soon as I enter the building, the game cuts to the chapter 8 intro sequence (as if I just spoke with Duke Eltan in Endless BG1 and agreed to continue into SoD), and the Chapter advances to 8, but I'm still in the lobby of the Iron Throne building (not actually going into SoD/Korlasz's Dungeon).  This prevents the battle in Chapter 7 in the Palace from occurring (the usual people aren't there). 

The only other component I have that might mess with this is Framed, but I didn't accept the early quest to Candlekeep and played through with the usual path.

I can't install the 'Smarter Beholders' component.  Any ideas?

ERROR Installing [Smarter beholders], rolling back to previous state
Will uninstall 132 files for [./stratagems/setup-stratagems.tp2] component 6550.
Uninstalled    132 files for [./stratagems/setup-stratagems.tp2] component 6550.
ERROR: Unix.Unix_error(Unix.ENOENT, "stat", "stratagems/../weidu_external/workspace/ssl_out/global_steal.baf")
Please make a backup of the file: WSETUP.DEBUG and look for support at: For help troubleshooting installation problems, go to the Sword Coast Stratagems forum at forums.gibberlings3.net.
Automatically Skipping [Smarter beholders] because of error.
Using Language [English]

wsetup_debug.zip weidu.log

37 minutes ago, jastey said:

Chapter changes don't just happen, they have to be triggered. NTotSC does not add a chapter change anywhere.

Which areas, which transition points?

I'm for a new rule in IE modding: if you don't report bugs to help us identify and fix them, you have no right going around telling a mod would be bugged.

Please don't take this criticism personally.  I didn't know you're responsible for this mod otherwise I would have posted here and would have been more vigilant in collecting a more detailed report.  The documentation I have leads me to believe this is from SHS which I can't access.  I wasn't prepared to make a bug report *here* - I was merely offering my opinion on this mod.

I'll address the map transitions first --

Two broken transitions I encountered were traveling east from Field of the Dead to Larswood.  On the Larswood map, I appeared on a previously 'unexposed' portion of the map on (on the west side), and I became stuck.

The second, is a broken transition from one of the new map areas (which I don't recall) to Upper Chionthar.  You can go north from UC but not back to UC from the map section that was just transitioned to.

As for the Chapter 8 transition - this is the only 'new' mod I've added to my BG1 portion of my EET install and I've never encountered this behavior.  Maybe this is not the source of this problem but I don't know what else would have caused this.  Never seem this before I played with NTotSC.  You're right there shouldn't be any type of chapter transition here, in an un-modded game or otherwise.

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Northern Tales of the Sword Coast: This is an interesting mod.

I just played through BG1 with this mod and I couldn't stand it.  It feels maybe 50% complete.  For me at least, it was bugged in some area transitions with the new maps and with EET, it triggered Chapter 8 start (yes, SoD) when going back into the Iron Throne building to fight Cythandria to retrieve the diary which broke the game.  Enemy magic users have buffs that are not dispellable in any way with the spell selection available in BG1.  Frustrating hordes of powerful enemies for seemingly no reason other than to piss you off and waste your time.

You should check out Shades of the Sword Coast and basically anything from Weasel Mods (which don't seem to get much attention here) for BG2.  Also Sellswords and maybe Back to Brynnlaw as honorable mentions.  Sellswords is probably somewhat 'beardy' if you're not up on Forgotten Realms lore which I'm not.  If you can get past the non-optional voice acting and an unconvincing Drow city it's a decent mod.  With a little polish it could be A+.

There's some problem with Wheels of Prophecy and maybe EET (or?).  See link below and look at my weidu logs.  We're using a lot of the same mods and I've run through the game without issue with this particular install order.

With WoP installed, the game is not completeable.

Great thread. 

What are you using to make the dialog boxes have the portraits outside of the text box like that?

Ridiculous American class-action lawsuits.  You'll get a coupon, maybe, for $1.00 off your next (c)Steam(tm)(R) game from this monopolist you hate.

I have the same bug as what's discussed in that Reddit thread.

After defeating either Sendai or Abazigal (probably dependent on which is completed first), Balthazar and Melissan appear in the bosses room, and go through their dialogs that would normally occur in the Monastery, then start fighting each other forever.  It's actually humorous to watch this play out but annoying after you've gone through the whole game up until this point.  There's something very bugged about this mod, I think.

weidu-bgee.log weidu.log

In Kagain's quest to deal with the caravan after you initially recruit him, when you talk to the female by the overturned wagons (I don't recall her name), there is one line of audio that is spoken and it's some random line from Irenicus (EET install).

I'm not even certain the Kagain quest is from this mod...

14 minutes ago, jmerry said:

As for Marek's antidote ... what game version are you playing? In the current game, that's definitely classified as a potion, and goes in the case. Lothander's bottle of useless colored liquid isn't a potion, though.

Ah.  That's probably what I'm thinking of.  The 'real' potion can be put into the case, the useless one can't.

On 10/11/2021 at 5:19 AM, Guest 311stylee said:

I installed vEAOB.5 many months ago and finally made it to the Seatower area.  Everything I've seen so far has been fun, and it feels like it fits right in with the rest of the game.  I had only one issue that I feel is important, as everything else I'm sure will be fixed/finished if not already: 

I arrived to the sea tower area at night, and it was really difficult to tell the difference between the ground and the walls of the buildings.  Not only was it quite dark but they also have very similar textures (different types of grey stones).  Maybe this has already been changed, but maybe you guys could consider doing something like the Gnoll Stronghold fortress, where the ground is significantly smoother and a different color than its walls. 

Keep up the good work and good luck on the rest of the mod!

I understand the artwork is done, but if it's ever to be re-worked, maybe consider adding something like flags or tapestries to impart some color on this map. 

I'm not sure these have anything to do with this mod, but --

You can't put bodies in the BoHs, at least the one from the noble girl in the sewer in BG.  You should be able to do this and it shouldn't contribute to encumbrance.

Also, you can't put Marek's Potion of Antidote into a potion case.

I'm having some trouble installing Ajantis BG1, specifically the component 'Ajantis SoD NPC: Crossmod Content'.  Weidu bombs out with:

ERROR: Unix.Unix_error(Unix.ENOENT, "stat", "ajantisbg1/ajantissod/baf/bg1npc_shield.baf")
Please make a backup of the file: WSETUP.DEBUG and look for support at: Please post at G3 or Kerzenburgforum, refer to readme.

To troubleshoot this, I've reduced my EET install to just EET, BG1NPC, and then this mod.  Despite what the error may suggest, skipping the "shield" component has no effect either way.

EET v13.4, vBG1NPC 30, AJANTISBG1 v19.

wsetup.debug weidu.log