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

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IN THREE STEPS TO SUCCESS: AUTOMATED INSTALLATION
1. AVOID PROBLEMS
Although the whole installation is well documented, on account of his complexity and the
many patches during the installation it is nearly impossible to install this megamod by hand.
Please, use instead of this the installation files!
Using these batch files means mods can be automatically installed as per my guide. You just need to
double click the batch files. Besides, you save a lot of time!
The installation process lasts several hours. Take the following precautions to avoid strange
things happening which can break your installation.
1. Disable your antivirus program and any unnecessary programs that are running in the background.
Deactivate automatic updates for your operating system. Reboot your computer.
2. Make absolutely sure that the folder in which you run the current installation is named BGII - SoA.
Some mods read the path stated in the baldur.ini which is registered there with the installation of
BG2. If the current directory does not agree with the path registered there, the installation will fail.
3. Installation of mods such as BG2 Tweaks, Mid_BiFF, End_BiFF, Ding0’s Experience Fixer, BGT-
NPCSound-WeiDU is extremely memory-intensive! To avoid a system crash, adjust your virtual
memory to a minimum value of 2 GB.
4. TAKE YOUR BG CD OR BG DVD OUT OF YOUR DISK DRIVE BEFORE YOU CONTINUE! You
should also have no other CD in your disk drive!
2. SPECIAL CASE WINDOWS VISTA
1 Open the Start menu and write into the seach field "cmd.exe"
2. Right-click on "cmd.exe" and select in the context menu "Administrator"
3. A command line window opens.
4. Write into the line C:\Windows\system32> behind the arrow the directory where you had installed
the megamod: cd "\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA" and press Enter.
5. Then write into the line C:\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA> behind the arrow "BiG
World Install v6.bat" (the version number could have also changed) and press Enter.
Now the installation starts normally as also under other Windows operating systems.
Please look at the introduction video: http://kerzenburg.baldurs-gate.eu/files/BGT-Vista-en.htm
3. INSTALLATION WITH BATCH-FILES
(will be executed by the BiG World Setup)
c) Start the file BiG World Install.bat in your BGII - SoA folder. All the mods, which are present in the
BG2 - SvA folder, will be installed exactly as described in the guide. The batch file differentiates between
the selected language and three different versions. Missing Mods will be simply skipped
thereby.
1. Standard version:
This installation incorporates mods recommended by the majority of the testers and is aimed at
achieving the best possible play experience. Mods with an absurd degree of difficulty and/or buggy
mods are not installed.
If however, you are nevertheless of the opinion that, one or another isolated mod would be worthwhile,
please inform us and we will reintegrate it.
2. Tactic version:
With this installation you can add mods to the standard version that make above all the fights with
the enemies more difficult and, therefore, are thought for experienced players.
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