i Entire installation instructions for the Baldur's Gate Mega-Mod

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IN THREE STEPS TO SUCCESS: CONDITION
1. HARD DISK
The hard disk should be formatted as NTSF, not as FAT32. The number of files in the override folder
for a full installation of BWP exceeds the limit of the FAT32 system to max. 65 534 files!
If your computer is equipped with a second hard drive then install BWP there. The installation on the
second hard disk is much faster (in my case in less than half the time!)
2. INSTALLATION PATH
(will be executed by the BiG World Install.bat)
BGII will be installed into the directory „C:\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA“ (without quotes) by
default. As of BWPv10.1 you can install BG2 at any other location and rename the folder as desired.
The BiG World Install.bat checks the installation of the main directory and corrects the paths in the
baldur.ini.
Windows Vista and Windows 7 are using a security feature that protects the programs which are
installed into Program Files folders (inluding x86 on 64-bit systems) from being altered after the install
is complete. This is an issue for older games like Baldur’s Gate because they want to create and
edit save games and settings files within the game's installation folder, which the security feature is
preventing you from doing.
You will either need to disable UAC while running the Big World installer (you can enable it again afterwards)
or better install the game outside of the Program Files folder (for example C:\Games\...).
In any case you change the default directory you need to adjust the baldur.ini inside the main directory.
Open it with a text editor. You will find below [Alias] the pathnames like this:
HD0:=C:\Program files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA\
CD1:=C:\Program files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA\CD1\
CD2:=C:\Program files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA\CD2\;C:\Program files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA\CD2\
CD3:=C:\Program files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA\CD3\
CD4:=C:\Program files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA\CD4\
CD5:=C:\Program files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA\CD5\
Make sure that the listed pathnames are identical with the real pathnames and rename them if necessary.
3.1. CLEAN INSTALL - CD AND DVD VERSION ONLY
1. Install Baldur's Gate with all components (all check boxies activated).
2. Install the extension TotSC legends of the sword coast with all components.
3. Install the patch 5512.
DO NOT install Baldurdash and DO NOT install the TOSC DirectX 8+ Patch!
OR: Baldur’s Gate: The Original Saga with all components (all check boxies activated)
4. Install Baldur's Gate II - Shadows of Amn with all components (all check boxies activated).
5. Install the extension Thrones of Bhaal with all components.
6. Install the patch 26498.
DO NOT install Baldurdash and DO NOT install the Patch 26499!
7. Check that the 25Movies.bif file is in your Baldur’s Gate\movies folder. This file is not copied with
some DVD versions. The absence of this file causes a crash to desktop when you enter the city of
Baldur’s Gate. In addition, some mods cannot be installed. Copy the file 25Movies.bif from the DVD
from the folder ...\CD5\movies into the movies folder.
8. With the BioWare BG1 Patch some BG1 files are deleted. In order to repair this again, you need to
download after patching the “BG1 MISSING files” and unpack them in the BG1 main directory.
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