Mods Options

[Shadan]

Since I don't want to play BG2 over and over (I am not able to do due to my time limit), I would like to put into my game as much content as I can with mods. I am searching, checking mods since 2 weeks while I am playing BG1 still. I would be crazy if I would find my game screwed due to incompatibility at middle or end of my game. So I made a mod list from wanted ones in installation order. I would like to ask Sikret and/or any mod expert player to check my list and pls inform me about any possible incompatibility, wrong installation order, or anything what is a somekind of cheat in game balance.

1. TOB Official patch
2. Baldurdash TOB fixpack-1.12 (Non-weidu version)
3. Herbs and Potions
4. Ribald’s Genie
5. Tower of Deception
6. Banter Packs
7. BG2 Tweak Pack
Cosmetic Changes
Viconia Skin Color Change
Avatar Morphing Script
Commoners Use Drab Colors
Icon Improvements
Force All Dialogue to Pause
Content Tweaks
More Interjections
Alter HP Triggers for NPC Wounded Dialogues
Improved Athkatlan City Guard (Andyr)
Breakable Nonmagical Armor, Helms, and Shields
Improved Kick-out Dialogues (Weimer)
Add Bags of Holding
Exotic Items Pack
Add Map Notes
Stores Sell Larger Stacks of Items
Gems and Potions Require Identification
Multiple Strongholds (Sabre, Baldurdash, Weimer)
Bonus Merchants (Baldurdash, Weimer)
Rule Changes
Two-Handed Bastard Swords
Two-Handed Katanas
Weapon Styles for All
Change Experience Point Cap
Expanded Dual-Class Options
Wear Multiple Protection Items
Shopkeepers Have Limited Identification Ability
Multi-Class Grand Mastery (Weimer) ???
True Grand Mastery (Schumacher, Weimer)
Change Magically Created Weapons to Zero Weight
Make +x/+y Weapons Consistent
Description Updates for Make +x/+y Weapons Consistent Component
Un-Nerfed THAC0 Table
Un-Nerfed Sorcerer Spell Progression Table
Alter Mage Spell Progression Table
Alter Bard Spell Progression Table
Alter Cleric Spell Progression Table
Alter Druid Spell and Level Progression Tables
Triple-Class HLA Tables
Convenience Tweaks and/or Cheats
Higher HP on Level Up
Maximum HP Creatures (the bigg)
Easy Spell Learning
Bottomless Bags of Holding
Remove Fatigue from Restoration Spells
Shut Up "You Must Gather Your Party ..." (Weimer)
Change Effect of Reputation on Store Prices
Unlimited Ammo Stacks
Unlimited Jewelry and Gem Stacks
Unlimited Potion Stacks
Unlimited Scroll Stacks
Faster Chapter 1&2 Cut-Scenes & Dreams
NPCs change
Adjust Evil Joinable NPC Reactions
ToB-Style NPCs
Change Jaheira to Neutral Good Alignment
Make Montaron an Assassin (Andyr)
Change Korgan to Neutral Evil Alignment .
Give Kagain A Legal Constitution Score of 19
8. Victor's Improvements Pack
Victor's Wizards Know Better (have more Lore) component
The Djin Merchant (Are these lvl 9 spells and new items somekind of cheat?)
Lydia's Scroll
Special Encounters
Improved Irenicus Dungeon (only if I find Improved Ilyich too hard.)
Grandpa's Shield quest
9. NPC Kitpack
Anomen will gain the Priest of Helm kit on passing his knighthood test.
Imoen & Nalia get an Adventurer kit and/or specialist mage kit.
Minsc's kit title to be changed to Rashemaar Ranger.
Sarevok gets a proper Deathbringer kit, instead of the one ability he has now.
10. Tactics:
Improved Ilyich
The Ritual
Improved Sahuagin City
Improved Bodhi
"Kuroisan", the Acid Kensai
"Red Badge" Poison-Based Encounter
Gebhard Blucher's Improved Mae'Var
Gebhard Blucher's Lich in the Docks
Kensai Ryu's Gnome Fighter/Illusionst in the Docks
Kensai Ryu's Improved Crypt King
Ishan's "Always Toughest Random Spawns in Dungeons"
Gebhard Blucher's Random City Encounters
Kensai Ryu's Random Wilderness Encounters
Improved Undead
Improved Golems
Gebhard Blucher's Improved Mind Flayers
Smarter Beholders
Kensai Ryu's Smarter Vampires
Göran Rimén's Improved Nymphs
Kensai Ryu's Improved Copper Coronet
SimDing0's Improved Oasis
Mike Barnes' Improved Small Teeth Pass
Mike Barnes' Improved North Forest
Mike Barnes' Improved Marching Mountains
Slightly Tougher Demons
Tougher Druid Grove
Tougher Fire Giants
11. Unfinished Business
The Kidnapping of Boo, by Cliffette
Kalah and What He Was Promised, by Andyr
Cat and Mouse: Bodhi Hunts You in Spellhold, by Ghreyfain
Gorje Hilldark and the Extended Illithium Quest
Restored Crooked Crane
Restored Encounters
Artemis Entreri in Bodhi's Lair
Corrected "Xzar's Creations"
Gorf the Squisher Fix, by Gebhard Blucher
Item Restorations
Yoshimo's Original Portrait
Anomen's Original Portrait
NPC Portrait Restorations
Corrected BAMs and Scripts
Corrected Character Names
Restored Minor Dialogs
Restored Bhaalspawn Powers, by David Gaider
Extended Throne of Bhaal Item Descriptions
Throne of Bhaal Minor Restorations
Sarevok's Remorse for Yoshimo and Tamoko, by Sovran and Winterine
12. Quest Pack
Additional Shadow Thieves Content
Alternative Xzar/Harpers Plot
Extended Fallen Paladins Material
Intrigue In The Copper Coronet
Rahul Kanakia's Potion Quest
Saving Sanik In Brynnlaw
Burglary Of The Bookkeeper
The Tragedy Of Besamen
Sending The Solamnic Knights Home
Nazarial The Lich
Reward Negotiation
Infernal Thievery
13. Improved Anvil
14. Auramaster
15. Tortured Souls ???
16. Never Ending Journey ???

Thanks in advance!

[Vardaman]

Has anyone had any experience with IA and the Rogue Rebalancing mod? It looks like it adds some new items, an encounter in chapter 6 and tweaks some HLA's and dual wielding proficiencies. I'm just wondering if it changes anything that could cause incompatibilities.

[Sikret]

Has anyone had any experience with IA and the Rogue Rebalancing mod? It looks like it adds some new items, an encounter in chapter 6 and tweaks some HLA's and dual wielding proficiencies. I'm just wondering if it changes anything that could cause incompatibilities.

Just checked its readme file and it is surely incompatible with IA. The new trap for bounty hunters and the revised bard songs will break IA's scripts without a shadow of doubt. It will be added to the list of incompatible mods.

In general, do not install any mod which revises bard songs or adds new kind of traps to the game. There may be other conflicts too, but these which I mentioned are enough to create incompatiblity.

Thanks for drawing my attention to this issue, Vardaman! I don't usually check all and every mod's readme files and specially not those which I don't use myself.

[aVENGER]

Just checked its readme file and it is surely incompatible with IA. The new trap for bounty hunters and the revised bard songs will break IA's scripts without a shadow of doubt. It will be added to the list of incompatible mods.

If only the Bard and Thief changes are the problem, I could add a check in the next version of Rogue Rebalancing which would prevent those components from installing if Improved Anvil is detected. As a foreword, I've listed those components as incompatible with IA on my forum.

However, I respect your work Sikret and I view Improved Anvil as a sort of general re-imaging of Baldur's Gate 2. If you say that Rogue Rebalancing as a whole does not fit into your concept, I will make a compatibility note about it and prevent it from installing at all in case Improved Anvil is already present.