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2 Quick questions
« on: June 15, 2007, 05:00:18 AM »
First post from a non-modding n00b to mods but longtime IE fan

I'm just starting up a heavily modded game of BG2 and have 2 quick questions -

1) I am unfamiliar with Shadowkeeper but was wondering how i would go about changing Jaheira to a Ranger / Cleric bearing in mind i've never used it before. Do i have to start at level 1, or do i have to find out what her scores should be first? I don't wnat to break the system

2) I have installed a hell of alot of mods. ALmost all of them are ones recommended here and at a couple of other BG2 modding sites. Strangely i am having problems with some of the zipped files - they are not installing but instead coming up with 'cannot find diaglogue txt file' or some such?  Is this because of a previously installed mod? As i said i am fairly noobish about mods, but tried to stick as closely as possible to the Install Order and well recognised mods.

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Re: 2 Quick questions
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2007, 05:11:57 AM »
2) You need to move the installer into your BG2 folder before you run it.

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Re: 2 Quick questions
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2007, 05:20:01 AM »
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2) You need to move the installer into your BG2 folder before you run it.

I think that it might be the stage before that. I'm not on my home PC at the moment so i'll just have to remember how it is. I think that it's when i click on the download link, it then comes up with Open/Save/Cancel etc, then the WinZip box, I click to extract it to BG2 Shadows of Amn. Then it starts going through the %s but the top line sticks at 0% then the box comes up with the 'cannot find txt dialogue' or some such.

I've installed these mods before, and I guess that i'm just worried that something i've done has wiped out the file. Note that i could still install some mods, the ones that install direct rather than those that need to be unzipped.

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Re: 2 Quick questions
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2007, 05:37:25 AM »
1) Changing Jaheira's class to Ranger/Cleric and saving should do it.

2) Do you have the mod in .rar/zip format on your hard drive? Download it(without doing anything else, just save it on your hard drive), if you do not.
Then unpack it in your BG2 directory. Then, after it unpacks, go to your BG2 directory and run Setup-ModName.exe from your BG2 directory. If it doesn't run right away, that's okay - it might be self-updating. Run it again, and it should work.

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Re: 2 Quick questions
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2007, 06:29:08 AM »
1) If i do that will it change everything like her thaco, abilities, spells, etc automatically?

2) Didn't try it from the Hard Drive but rather just Opened it. The problem is occuring when i am unpacking it into the directory. The error message is coming up then.



However i do have about 20 good mods (some of which i've tried before) installed. So i have enough to get going with - I am just missing 1 or 2 from the list i'd prepared.

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Re: 2 Quick questions
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2007, 07:16:50 AM »
1) Her spellbook will be changed - you will be able to scribe other spells into it. Her stats will remain the same. As for THAC0, if you want to further improve it, you will have to change it manually - though the fewer changes you make via ShadowKeeper, the better.

2) Which is why I am telling you: do not open it right away, save it to your hard drive first.

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Re: 2 Quick questions
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2007, 07:43:57 AM »
1) Ok so her thac0 will be automatically changed from a f/d to an r/c's then? Likewise with hitpoints and abilities?

2) Great. Ok I'll do that tonight  :)

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Re: 2 Quick questions
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2007, 12:39:14 PM »
1) I am unfamiliar with Shadowkeeper but was wondering how i would go about changing Jaheira to a Ranger / Cleric bearing in mind i've never used it before. Do i have to start at level 1, or do i have to find out what her scores should be first? I don't wnat to break the system
There's a mod in beta, alternate BG2 NPCs, that should be able to set this automatically.

Install it at the end of your list of mods. If you're playing just BG2, then you have to run it before starting a NEW game. If you're using TuTu or BGT, then run it before meeting Jaheira at the Friendly Inn.
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