Posted June 14, 2013
Hi,
About three weeks ago, I've started a playthrough of BG1 EasyTuTu. I've installed these mods, in the given order:
- EasyTuTu, DeGreenifier, BG1 GUI
- BG1 Unfinished Business
- BG1 NPC Project
- EasyTuTu spawn randomizer
- 2DA XPCap Remover
The game is installed in "D:\Games\Baldur's Gate", and the entire "D:\Games" folder and all subfolders are excluded from MS Security Essentials. I don't know if these things make any difference. In the middle of the game, I also installed One Pixel Productions (only the parts to get shields and potions and such to look like the BG1 versions), which seemd to be working fine. I have been playing with 3D Acceleration enabled.
The game worked fine, up to Cloakwood 2. There, I had my first crash. At that point, I did absolutely everything south of the Friendly Arm Inn, except for Durlag's Tower, without a single crash. (I installed the 1PP mod far before I entered Cloakwood, by the way.)
After that first crash in Cloakwood 2, the game is highly unreliable. As I updated my video card driver somewhere in the middle of this playthrough without changing anything else, I returned to the version I started the playthrough with. (I used DriverSweeper to remove all remnants of any old drivers.)
This does not help. The game is crashing randomly: while walking, while standing still, while reading a scroll, when dealing with a shop keeper, when transitioning to other area's, and once, in the middle of a quick save. I've tried to use 3D Acceleration, the DirectDraw Fix by Aqrit, the ForceDirectDrawEmulation setting use the compatibility toolkit, and even 16-bit colors and the BLT-options. I've actually re-installed everything to make sure no files were corrupted. Nothing works. After that first crash in CW2, BG1 EasyTuTu has become so unreliable that I'm quicksaving like mad. The only thing I couldn't do was return to a savegame made before entering Cloakwood, because I only use two savegames: one on the beginning of an area, and a quicksave game. (Maybe I should change that practice and keep older savegames.)
I don't feel like restarting the game, as it would cost me another three weeks to catch up to where I am now; just at the moment of entering Baldur's Gate for the first time. I've actually abandoned some playthroughs between 2007 and 2013, because of various reasons, but now I'd like to finish the game again before starting BG2 with the same character.
Does anybody have an idea where this sudden instability could be coming from? (While googling, I've seen that Cloakwood 2 is also often mentioned as an unstable area in the Enhanced Edition... makes one wonder.)
About three weeks ago, I've started a playthrough of BG1 EasyTuTu. I've installed these mods, in the given order:
- EasyTuTu, DeGreenifier, BG1 GUI
- BG1 Unfinished Business
- BG1 NPC Project
- EasyTuTu spawn randomizer
- 2DA XPCap Remover
The game is installed in "D:\Games\Baldur's Gate", and the entire "D:\Games" folder and all subfolders are excluded from MS Security Essentials. I don't know if these things make any difference. In the middle of the game, I also installed One Pixel Productions (only the parts to get shields and potions and such to look like the BG1 versions), which seemd to be working fine. I have been playing with 3D Acceleration enabled.
The game worked fine, up to Cloakwood 2. There, I had my first crash. At that point, I did absolutely everything south of the Friendly Arm Inn, except for Durlag's Tower, without a single crash. (I installed the 1PP mod far before I entered Cloakwood, by the way.)
After that first crash in Cloakwood 2, the game is highly unreliable. As I updated my video card driver somewhere in the middle of this playthrough without changing anything else, I returned to the version I started the playthrough with. (I used DriverSweeper to remove all remnants of any old drivers.)
This does not help. The game is crashing randomly: while walking, while standing still, while reading a scroll, when dealing with a shop keeper, when transitioning to other area's, and once, in the middle of a quick save. I've tried to use 3D Acceleration, the DirectDraw Fix by Aqrit, the ForceDirectDrawEmulation setting use the compatibility toolkit, and even 16-bit colors and the BLT-options. I've actually re-installed everything to make sure no files were corrupted. Nothing works. After that first crash in CW2, BG1 EasyTuTu has become so unreliable that I'm quicksaving like mad. The only thing I couldn't do was return to a savegame made before entering Cloakwood, because I only use two savegames: one on the beginning of an area, and a quicksave game. (Maybe I should change that practice and keep older savegames.)
I don't feel like restarting the game, as it would cost me another three weeks to catch up to where I am now; just at the moment of entering Baldur's Gate for the first time. I've actually abandoned some playthroughs between 2007 and 2013, because of various reasons, but now I'd like to finish the game again before starting BG2 with the same character.
Does anybody have an idea where this sudden instability could be coming from? (While googling, I've seen that Cloakwood 2 is also often mentioned as an unstable area in the Enhanced Edition... makes one wonder.)
Post edited June 14, 2013 by Katsunami