As Vlad said, NEJ is most compatible with Improved Anvil. But I think Improved Anvil is

too difficult for me, so could anyone give more info for the NEJ compatibility with the

game enhancing mod, such as: Tactics, Improved Battles, Ascension, Sword Coast

Stratagems II...

Thank you!

As Vlad has mentioned before:



In other words, after finishing the first part of NEJ2, your party will probably be powerful enough to handle IA's battles much more easily. So, I don't think that you should worry much about the difficulty.

Moreover, consider the fact that IA is not comparable with any of those other mods you mentioned. IA is not merely a tactical mod; it adds lots of new quests, a unique item randomizer, and a big amount of new content to your game.

Of course, the full compatibility of IA and NEJ2 has not been tested yet. But as mentioned before, if you encounter any conflicts between the two mods, we will be here to resolve any possible issue.

The final decision is yours to make, of course.

Sikret, thank you for your reply. As a novice for BG, I just played BG for several times, so I'm

afraid of your mod. But I think I will try it, do you have any advice for me which I could make

my adventure in IA easier? Just like, don't install some part of your mod, the team formation...

And because I have already installed NEJ first, could you give me a recommed install order/list

if I want to install IA? Now, I like to install to XP mod, do you recommend it?



This post has been edited by nerieo: Dec 25 2007, 02:35 PM

If it was Tortured Souls, I would say that IA could be installed after it with little risk; but since it is NEJ2, I don't recommend it. What I recommend is this:

1- Uninstall NEJ2
2- Install IA
3- Install NEJ2 again



If you are referring to the XP cap remover component of Ease-of-use, it has no problem with IA (and should be installed before IA); but since you have NEJ2 as well, you should not install any component of Ease-of-use. See Vlad's recommended install order again or ask him for more information.

I v read your advice and the recommendation of Vlad on mods, then I think the only

install order I could use is

SoA + ToB + ToB patch + Baldurdash-WeiDU v1.64 + IA + NeJ2 v6.9.3

And I have two more questions:

1, Could Baldurdash-WeiDU v1.64 works correctly with IA, or I should use none-WeiDu version?

2, If I uninstall NEJ and reinstall like above, can I use the save-game before? Or I should start a new game?

Since you are going to install NEJ2, you should use the WeiDu version recommended by Vlad.



You will have to start a new game for sure. After starting a new BG2 game, you should wait enough in Irenicus' dungeon to see the message "Item Randomizer Successfully Initiated" on the screen. Then, you can leave the dungeon. It usually takes less than 40 seconds to see this message.

Simple uninstall of NeJ2 may cause problems. Normally I advise to backup your override folder and dialog.tlk file before installation of the mods. If you do not have backups of the original override and dialog.tlk, then please uninstall your present installation of the game, remove everything, and install again SoA, ToB, ToB patch, Baldurdash-WeiDU v1.65, make backups of override folder and dialog.tlk file, and only then install IA, NeJ2 v6.9.1 and NeJ2 patch v6.9.4. Then start a new game.