Can I play Nej and IA together? Options

[tobiasdouglas]

Hi there,

I am a super newbie to modding BG2 but I'm very excited about creating an excellent install done to maximize the Bg2 experience.

I've looked around a few major Bg2 sites (including Black Wyrm) and I notice that IA and NeJ seem like the most popular full mods.

I've also read the installation instructions for both these mods. And this is where my question comes from:

Nej requires Baldurdash 1.66 while IA seems very strictly to say that the baldurdash 1.1.2 TOB fix is what should be installed. Are these two files the same? I'm guessing they aren't...and if they aren't it seems these two great sounding mods are incompatible with one another?

Thanks for the help

This post has been edited by tobiasdouglas: Jun 18 2008, 11:26 PM

[Baronius]

1) WeiDU is a software platform for manipulating Infinity Engine games (such as BG2) and for building/distributing mods. It allows you to create compatible mods (but this often requires much attention from the developer). It isn't too user-friendly for beginners, and has a few other limitations as well. WeiDU is considered to be the best way for creating BG2 mods nowadays.

2) As far as I remember, Ymarsakar was playing it a few months ago, and he didn't encounter any serious bugs. However, it was long ago, so hopefully someone else will be able to tell more up-to-date information.

3) NEJ2 indeed offers a lot of content, and so does Improved Anvil. Depending on interpretation, the content provided by IA might actually be much more, but it is because it affects many dimensions of the game (unlike NEJ2).