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Posted by: berelinde
« on: June 29, 2006, 05:39:09 AM »

Oh, my.

I wish I'd read this before I started mucking around installations. No wonder my BG2 file no longer works.

Well, I've got tutu installed in its own directory already, so it looks like I'm going to have to do that hated uninstall/reinstall for BG2.
Posted by: Silk
« on: March 12, 2005, 09:27:01 PM »

Ah, hadn't thought of that, Thanks, Hendryk.
Posted by: Ghreyfain
« on: March 12, 2005, 09:20:19 PM »

Ah, good thinking.  I hope it's the baldur.exe vs. bgmain.exe issue.  baldur.exe looks at the registry to find out where BG is installed, and that'll default to the first spot it was installed.
Posted by: Hendryk
« on: March 12, 2005, 09:18:40 PM »

Your original install is the one your computer knows about.  That matters only if you want to run games from the copied folder.  Then, you have to look at which EXE you are using to start BG2, Baldur.exe or BGMain.exe.  Baldur.exe, no matter whether you run it from the original install or the copy, looks at your computer's system files, finds where the original installation is and runs the game from the original folder.

BGMain.exe looks for the Baldur.ini file in the same place as itself.  If you've changed the pathname in Baldur.ini, BGMain.exe will let you run a game strictly from within the copied folder.  So the first thing you have to do is make certain that the shortcut on your desktop is set for BGMain.exe, rather than Baldur.exe.  Then you need to look in the copy of Baldur.ini and make sure the pathnames noted in the setup instructions are set to the copied folder.  OK so far?

Mods, Weidu mods at least, install in the game folder where you unpack them.  So uninstall DBG from your original install, install it in the copy, then doulde-click on BGMain.exe in the copy folder.  You should see the saved game you just created but should see Jasper normally in a new game.  Good luck.
Posted by: Silk
« on: March 12, 2005, 09:13:44 PM »

Thanks, I already printed that out.

<goes quietly away and starts again, with BG as well this time>
Posted by: Ghreyfain
« on: March 12, 2005, 09:08:01 PM »

Oh, I see.

Edit: Okay, here's some sort of tried-and-true method for getting two installs.  http://forums.pocketplane.net/index.php?topic=17582.msg237535#msg237535
Posted by: Silk
« on: March 12, 2005, 09:02:47 PM »

He wouldn't.  I don't have BGI installed yet, I was trying to see if the copy I made was working and only had BGII to work with.
Posted by: Ghreyfain
« on: March 12, 2005, 08:59:47 PM »

To be honest, I have no idea what the problem you're describing is.  How would Jasper even show up in Tutu?
Posted by: Silk
« on: March 12, 2005, 08:30:50 PM »

Look, I know it's a Tutu forum but I had to test the installation with something that was going to show immediately, that's whay I used DBG.

I really do need help here ... please?
Posted by: Silk
« on: March 12, 2005, 09:31:29 AM »

<growls quietly>  Okay, I loaded Dungeon Be Gone in the "new" install, chose it as the destination directory and nothing. No Jasper.  I then tried it using the default and I've got Jasper all right but he's in both installs.

What am I doing wrong?

(Just bear with me, I'll learn ... eventually)
Posted by: Silk
« on: March 12, 2005, 06:50:10 AM »

Okay, having now got two clean installs ... why does saving a game in the "new" one save the game in the "old" one too?
Posted by: Silk
« on: March 12, 2005, 03:34:24 AM »

All right, I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to need at least two installs - I've got room for them, so why not?

I want to keep one completely clean install with just the patches.

What I don't remember is whether ALL the mods ask you for a destination folder or just install automatically?

Also (colour me a newb on this) but why do you need to change the .ini file in the duplicates?  I'm sure there's an obvious reason, it just won't come to me right now.  <thinks> ... unless it's otherwise the computer won't know where the hell to look as you'll have 2-3 duplicates of the same thing?

<sighs> Why didn't I stay a lurker???????  Oh ... don't answer that one. :P
Posted by: fallen demon
« on: November 10, 2004, 09:57:12 PM »

One could bypass the problems Ghreyfain mentioned by going into tdd backup folder and manually replacing the files to the correct directory.
Posted by: Reverendratbastard
« on: October 18, 2004, 03:23:39 PM »

 EDIT: i am one blind m'er f'er.
Posted by: Ghreyfain
« on: July 30, 2004, 05:50:29 PM »

The thing is that I'm not sure whether the TDD uninstaller uninstalls based on the folder it's run from (in which case you could uninstall the TDD files located in bg2alt, if the uninstaller is there) or if it looks at the registry to see where BG2 (and thus TDD) is installed.

Try asking at Studios and see if hlid notices your post.  Or someone who knows something about TDD.