Have been trying to install EET for a few times with different combinations (including all latest versions of the games and the tools and also tried older versions, both the games and also the installer, as well), every time it stopped and hang (need to Ctrl-C to break it off) at the same step:
BG1801.ARE issue: Rest Spawn creature file does not exist (ÿÿ.cre)! Nulling...
I am guessing it relates to the strange characters of this creature file.
The latest run I've done:
1) both BG1 and BG2 are of latest versions, totally clean without any mods, directly go to EET importation
2) Modmerged BG1 as I'm using Steam
3) EET installer was 12.2
Because the installer hanged, the debug file doesn't contain the above error line (It's too large >700K even zipped thus can't be uploaded here).
Using Win10 latest build and all anti-virus and even wifi was disabled during the installation.
Any help is highly appreciated!!