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Trying to reproduce the error has turned out to be rather difficult: The day before yesterday, I reinstalled BG2 including mods three times, and each time Baldur.exe would hang after startup. Yesterday, I reinstalled everything three times and each time the component worked just like a charm. I started with identical game backup folders and mod folders each time (or at least I am pretty sure I did), so I can't really explain what went wrong, or why things suddenly started working again.

I experience the same problem, but with BG2:EE and EET (both latest version, with BG1NPC v26). Game language is set to en_US. Launching Baldur.exe creates the game process, which uses 100% of a single CPU core, but the window never appears. The process has to be killed. Changing the game language to de_DE, for example, fixes the issue (Google suggests that invalid string entries in dialog.tlk may cause this behaviour, so it appears logical that changing language would help). Weidu.log as follows: // 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] ~EET\EET.TP2~ #0 #0 // EET core (resource importation): 1.0 RC12 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #0 // Rewritten Final Chapter of Throne of Bhaal: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #10 // Balthazar can be redeemed: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #20 // Improved Sarevok-Player Interactions: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #30 // Improved Imoen-Player Interactions in Throne of Bhaal: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #50 // Improved Slayer Transformation: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #60 // Expanded Epilogues for Bioware NPCs -> David Gaider's expanded epilogues for Bioware NPCs: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #1000 // Tougher Abazigal: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #1100 // Tougher Balthazar: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #1200 // Tougher Demogorgon: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #1300 // Tougher Gromnir: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #1400 // Tougher Illasera: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #1500 // Tougher Yaga-Shura: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #2000 // Full-body portrait for Bodhi: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #2200 // Extended Epilogues for additional Beamdog NPCs, by shawne: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #2300 // Sharper portraits of Abazigal and Gromnir for the Enhanced Edition, by DavidW: 2.0.17 ~ASCENSION\ASCENSION.TP2~ #0 #2400 // Slightly improved cutscenes, by DavidW: 2.0.17 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #0 // The BG1 NPC Project: Required Modifications: v26 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #10 // The BG1 NPC Project: Banters, Quests, and Interjections: v26 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #22 // The BG1 NPC Project: Ajantis Romance Core (teen content) -> Speed: 30 minutes real time minimum between LoveTalks: v26 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #32 // The BG1 NPC Project: Branwen's Romance Core (teen content) -> Speed: 30 minutes real time minimum between LoveTalks: v26 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #42 // The BG1 NPC Project: Coran's Romance Core (adult content) -> Speed: 30 minutes real time minimum between LoveTalks: v26 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #52 // The BG1 NPC Project: Dynaheir's Romance Core (teen content) -> Speed: 30 minutes real time minimum between LoveTalks: v26 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #62 // The BG1 NPC Project: Shar-Teel Relationship Core (adult content) -> Speed: 30 minutes real time minimum between LoveTalks: v26 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #72 // The BG1 NPC Project: Xan's Romance Core (teen content) -> Speed: 30 minutes real time minimum between LoveTalks: v26 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #80 // The BG1 NPC Project: Female Romance Challenges, Ajantis vs Xan vs Coran: v26 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #110 // BGEE Banter Timing Tweak -> Banter Timing: Normal (about 27 minutes between banter dialogs): v26 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #120 // The BG1 NPC Project: Bardic Reputation Adjustment: v26 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #130 // The BG1 NPC Project: Sarevok's Diary Adjustments -> SixofSpades Extended Sarevok's Diary: v26 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #240 // The BG1 NPC Project: Kivan's Proficiency -> Kivan uses spears: v26 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #160 // The BG1 NPC Project: Add Non-Joinable NPC portraits to quests and dialogues: v26 ~BG1NPC/BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #200 // The BG1 NPC Project: Player-Initiated Dialogues: v26 Ascension being there can be ignored, the problem happens regardless of its installation. Removing component #10 of BG1NPC resolves the problem. Oh, and this is probably wholly unrelated to the problem, but I notice that BG1NPC is the only mod in my list that inserts forward slashes into the TP2 path in Weidu.log instead of backslashes. I reckon Weidu probably doesn't care either way, but maybe some tooling along the way does? Some Windows tools do not deal well with forward slashes.