Problems with modded game user interface, [Topic split by Baronius] Options

[plainab]

Not so much biffing related (so you can move this if needed), but something technical (and you guys seem to know the technical) that I've had some issues with and perhaps something that needs to be watched out for in the creation of tools like IEMF/IEMT. I've got two pcs both with bg1, bg2 and easytutu. Here are their stats:

PC 1
Win 98se, 800mhz Intel Celeron processor, 512mb, 20gb hd & 2gb hd, CDR-drive -- using mod programs (DLTCEP, Infinity Explorer .75 & .85, current weidu and ConText)
FYI - E-series causes bad stutter on this machine.

PC 2
Win XP, 2.4ghz Pentium 4, 512mb ram (I know this is right), 40gb hd & 8gb hd, CDR-drive & High speed CD-Rom. -- using mod programs (DLTCEP, NI, Infinity Explorer .75 & .85, current weidu and ConText)
FYI - E-series is wonderful on this machine.

Both computers have the same issue after a heavy session of modding. It's not consistent when it starts (i.e. amount of time that passes), but it is consistent about where it starts when it does happen. NOTE: This tends to happen if I've made changes via weidu, go test in game, make changes again, go test again, etc... Like I said, there is no set pattern in the usage of the programs, just that I used all the programs at my disposal and have been in the game testing at least one time prior.

Here is what happens: I start the game, mouse click once to skip each movie/splash screen until I get to first menu, choose new game and start to make choices. It is here that the issue presents itself, every screen as soon as opened at the first click of the mouse goes back to the main character creation screen without letting me choose what I'm supposed to. I can choose gender, but choosing a picture other than the default that shows up is impossible. I exit at this point because it is annoying. Should I have chosen to load an existing game, the inventory and other screens would dump me back into the game screen without me getting to adjust or look at anything. Restarting after this has happened results in the same thing. I have to reboot the machine for it to correct itself.

I'm not sure what is happening. My thoughts are: 1) that somehow my clicks through the introductory movies/splash screens are affecting it (but it doesn't do that when I just want to play the game without having done any modding at all). 2) that the excessive use of third-party modding tools has done something to cause this.

BTW, it doesn't matter which game bg1, bg2 or easytutu so I'm leaning more towards the third-party mod programs having something to do with it, perhaps leaving something behind that the game doesn't like. So since it happens on both machines and the operating systems are different, I can't say for sure that it could just be a quirk of my computer. Also, since I use all the programs, I can't pin it down to a specific one. I've never had it happen, if I just stick to one editor/viewer + weidu. It's when I use all of them together that this arises... I will say that I have seen it more on the older/slower pc, but it has happened on both. So maybe there is some memory issue involved and it's more noticeable on the older machine because the hard drive is smaller and so the windows swap file is smaller. But I don't know.

Again, move this if necessary, because it is not specifically about biffing. I just hope someone with a bit of technical know how, could at least tell me what could be going on and to determine if this is something that needs to be addressed in the creation of any new modding tools such as IEMT/IEMF.