Concerning the Herbal Mod for BG1, Assertion failure crashing game Options

[kix]

Just recently got into BG1 [5 disk set] and happened across the Herbal Mod while browsing through the forum. Followed the install instructions for the BG1 download, met Julius, got the herbs and then...

1) Can't find the herbal shop anywhere I've looked in Nashkel

2) Right-clicking on the fiery drake and Gaia poison herbs brought up the their descriptions, but right-clicking on all the rest crashed the game with a D-drive Assertion failure. [My D-drive being my CDrom]

I did the full-install for the game, and I've read through postings to see if anyone else has had this prob. Being a newbie to most things besides point-and-click;
I'd be grateful for any assistance with this.

Thanks

[kix]

I finally got around in installing my copy of the Original Saga with TotSC, and re-installed your herbal mod [along with Ease of Use and Vault v4 mods]. All work perfectly without any probs at all. Many thanks to all who make these great mods.

I'm anxiously awaiting the BG QuestPack

Also, for a suggestion, I mod that allows the player to further "adjust" degrees of overall gameplay difficulty [hp's, thaco's, etc] might be desired by many players.
I realize that there is one called Harder, but according to the read-me it offers only set values [hpx3+50, etc] and does not un-install without uninstalling the entire game. Perhaps an incremental adjustment like, but greater than, the Difficulty adjustment within BG itself - but with additional xpts rewards.

Thanks to all again
kix