Posted by: Kulyok
« on: April 25, 2011, 10:29:32 AM »
Welcome to PPG!
I can safely recommend EasyTutu for a BG1 play in BG2 engine. My mods (Xan, Assassinations, Dungeon Crawl and so on) are okay, and so are Kelsey and Keto, Banter Packs, Flirt Packs, Dungeon Be Gone - that's what I played. I would recommend Tower of Deception by Valiant and quest mods by Lava Del'Vortel at shsforums.net. Take a look at NPC Interaction Project at shsforums - they had some issues with looping diaogues, but they offer new banters and friendships with some Bioware NPCs, which is good. From Gibberings3.net there are also a number of fun mods, namely Level1NPCs, Fixpack, Tweakpack, Kivan NPC, Angelo NPC and Romantic Encounters. Those I played, those I enjoyed with no bugs attached. I don't recommend installing more NPC mods than you need, though.
Of all these mods, Fixpack MUST be the first, and BG2 Tweaks and Level 1 NPCs must be one of the last. Widescreen mod also should go among the last. IF you are installing more than one NPC mod, install Crossmod Banter Pack from G3.
If you're going to play BG1 in BG2 engine, try BG1 NPC from G3(Level 1 NPCs and BG2 Tweaks will also be a great addition).
As for quests, BG2 tweaks removes a XP cap, and mods like Tower of Deception, Lava's Tales of the Deep Gardens, my Assassinations and Dungeon Crawl - these are all quest mods for more adventure and XP.
There are other good mods. However, please note that big installs(>15-20 mods) equal more installation time, more issues, more bugs. Also, one recommendation: before installing any mods, patch the game with the latest non-beta patch and backup your baldur.exe, dialog.tlk, chitin.key and your override directory. This way, if you want to do a full reinstall, which WILL happen at some time, you'll only need to delete your mod directories and override folder and weidu.log and restore a clean backup.
Enjoy your game!