Now finally BWP v12 is ready to release. I had never planned to do such a huge update as it became now.
Initially I had included 1PPv4 together with the most recent mods to the guide. BWP was nearly ready to release when BP v181 came out. With the splitted components it is now so much easier to handle the AI within a BWP installation. However, the new main component required massive changes in the install order. It needed a long time and several tries to figure out the new install order.
The current state is not final and I must admit I am not happy with it. The installation process goes smoothly and almost all requirements are fullfilled. But I had to install atweaks before BP that theoretically should be installed after BP and SCS.
I also tried to include the new stratagems mod v23 instead of the previous SCSI and SCSII. However I run into some unforeseen problems that I could not solve yet:
A few files from several mods prevent the main component "Initialise mod" to install. Unfortunately I cannot solve this because I have not the needed knowledge. I also don't know how to exclude the related files from stratagems patching procedure.
There are also certain files from different mods that cause that the installation of the components "Add high-level abilities (HLAs) to spellcasters" and "Smarter Mages" will fail. Two of them come from TDD, some from other mods and two apparently from BG2 itself.
I experimented with a workaround to exclude those files temporary from the patching procedure until they are fixed, however, I failed so far. It may need some time to figure out which files are responsible for this. Also some other components caused some glitches. So I decided not to include stratagems v23 for now to not to delay the release any longer.
The new release includes about 30 mods, among them also the new BG Graphics Overhaul, the old but popular original Ascension and a few for testing purpose. Other than former releases this one is mostly untested in game and I would be surprised if no problems will occur.
As of v12 there will be no update for the Spanish guide because Ancalgon is no longer active. German and Russian edition are coming soon.
Please post your experiences and suggestions here.
Initially I had included 1PPv4 together with the most recent mods to the guide. BWP was nearly ready to release when BP v181 came out. With the splitted components it is now so much easier to handle the AI within a BWP installation. However, the new main component required massive changes in the install order. It needed a long time and several tries to figure out the new install order.
The current state is not final and I must admit I am not happy with it. The installation process goes smoothly and almost all requirements are fullfilled. But I had to install atweaks before BP that theoretically should be installed after BP and SCS.
I also tried to include the new stratagems mod v23 instead of the previous SCSI and SCSII. However I run into some unforeseen problems that I could not solve yet:
A few files from several mods prevent the main component "Initialise mod" to install. Unfortunately I cannot solve this because I have not the needed knowledge. I also don't know how to exclude the related files from stratagems patching procedure.
There are also certain files from different mods that cause that the installation of the components "Add high-level abilities (HLAs) to spellcasters" and "Smarter Mages" will fail. Two of them come from TDD, some from other mods and two apparently from BG2 itself.
I experimented with a workaround to exclude those files temporary from the patching procedure until they are fixed, however, I failed so far. It may need some time to figure out which files are responsible for this. Also some other components caused some glitches. So I decided not to include stratagems v23 for now to not to delay the release any longer.
The new release includes about 30 mods, among them also the new BG Graphics Overhaul, the old but popular original Ascension and a few for testing purpose. Other than former releases this one is mostly untested in game and I would be surprised if no problems will occur.
As of v12 there will be no update for the Spanish guide because Ancalgon is no longer active. German and Russian edition are coming soon.
Please post your experiences and suggestions here.