If the level of unpredictable weirdness I've seen since installing DLTCEP is any indication, I'm going to be shoveling my way through a lot of odd. And it's easier to keep track of if it's all in one thread, so hey, I'm hijacking my own thread. New stuff is at the bottom, original 1st post begins here.
I've been making my very first kit, the Shieldbearer. I've been using your handy tutorials like a good little boy, and being very careful not to suck. The TP2 looks good. I run the Setup, and everything looks fine, it says that the kit installed successfully. I crack open the Debug file just to make sure, and it has only good things to say.
Giddy, I start up BG2 to begin the first-ever game as a Shieldbearer. My heart gives a little flutter as I see it listed right where it belongs, among the Fighter kits. I read the Kit Description and make note of where I should add line breaks to make it look tidy. I select the Shieldbearer kit and move on to choose my alignment . . . what the hey? All 9 of the alignments are open to me, I should only be allowed to choose Lawful ones. Hmm, must be a bug. I get another surprise when I discover that my adjustments to my allowed Weapon Proficiencies didn't take either. Frowning, I complete the process. Irenicus talk talk talk, Imoen talk talk talk, freedom. The Special Abilities that I'm supposed to have as a Shieldbearer are not there. I look at my Records screen, Kit Description, and there I read the description of a default Fighter. Huh?
Long story short: I make a kit. I install the kit. I choose that kit. And then the game immediately forgets all about the kit and bumps me to a standard Fighter. I know I've never seen any threads reporting bugs similar to this, but does anyone have a clue what went wrong? I can post/email files if you request.