Hello.. I did a search on Ease of Use mod and I didn't find anything that answered my question, so I'm going to ask it here.

The romance fixes in Ease of Use are failing to install for me.. I have no idea why.

I do have the NPC Banter and NPC Flirtpack installed though, is that the problem?

I'm fairly certain those two mods have nothing to do with the error.

Can you post the error message from the DOS window here? Either that, or open up the file "SETUP-EASE.DEBUG" and copy it here, and we might be able to see where the problem lies.

Okay here's what I think is the relevant text from the SETUP-EASE.DEBUG file:

Install Component [Romance: Bug Fixes (required for later components).]
[Y]es or [N]o or [Q]uit?
Installing [Romance: Bug Fixes (required for later components).]
Compiling 1 dialogues/scripts ...
[ease/romhap/rom/JAGALVAR.D] parsed
Processing 1 dialogues/scripts ...
BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [C:\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA\CD5\/data/Dialog.bif]
BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [C:\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA\CD4\/data/Dialog.bif]
BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [C:\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA\CD3\/data/Dialog.bif]
BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [C:\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA\CD2\/data/Dialog.bif]
BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [C:\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA\CD2\/data/Dialog.bif]
BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [C:\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA\CD1\/data/Dialog.bif]
[./data/Dialog.bif] 4557664 bytes, 2729 files, 0 tilesets
[JAGALVAR.DLG] loaded
[JAGALVAR.DLG] saved 47 states, 75 trans, 1 strig, 16 ttrig, 3 actions
Copying 1 file(s) ...
[./override/AERIE.BCS] loaded, 39082 bytes
WARNING: [ease/romhap/rom/AERIE_1.bcs.patch] is a 0 byte file
[ease/romhap/rom/AERIE_1.bcs.patch] loaded, 0 bytes
[override/AERIE.BCS] loaded, 39082 bytes
[override/AERIE.BCS] backed up to [ease/backup/21/AERIE.BCS]
Copied [AERIE.BCS] to [override/AERIE.BCS]
Copying 1 file(s) ...
[./override/ANOMEN.BCS] loaded, 48842 bytes
[ease/romhap/rom/ANOMEN_1.bcs.patch] loaded, 1955 bytes
!!! FAILED PATCH CHUNK:
ERROR: Cannot apply patch ease/romhap/rom/ANOMEN_1.bcs.patch (1 bad chunks).
ERROR: [ANOMEN.BCS] -> [override/ANOMEN.BCS] Patching Failed (COPY) (Failure("Cannot Apply Patch"))

ERROR Installing [Romance: Bug Fixes (required for later components).], rolling back to previous state
[ease/backup/21/UNINSTALL.21] loaded, 41 bytes
Will uninstall 2 files for [SETUP-EASE.TP2] component 21.
Deleting [override/JAGALVAR.DLG] (to restore original game condition)
Restoring backed-up [ease/backup/21/AERIE.BCS]
[ease/backup/21/AERIE.BCS] loaded, 39082 bytes
Uninstalled 2 files for [SETUP-EASE.TP2] component 21.


Please do help me analyse what's wrong :)

Corrupt File?

The problem is that WeiDU can't read Anomen_1.bcs due to a corrupt file. Also, Aerie's romance patch apparently doesn't exist.

Try redownloading the mod.

Nope, still doesn't work. Would providing a list of mods I've installed help to narrow down the problem?

If so, I believe I have the following:

1. Ascencion (WeiDU version)
2. NPC Banter Packs
3. Dungeon Be Gone
4. NPC Flirt Packs
5. Oversight
6. Unfinished Business
7. Weimer's Item Upgrade with Cespenar audio
8. Weimer's Ease of Use (part of it)

Of course, I've patched the game and installed the ToB Fixpack with the Game Text Update as well.

I've had this exact same problem before. I ended up having to completely reinstall the game. But once I did, it worked fine.

Ah, okay.. I might just do that so that I'd have a cleaner install.

BTW.. Does the bottomless Bag of Holding fix in the mod extend to all other containers like gem bags, scroll cases and potion bags? Or is it just for the Bags of Holding?

Are there any other mods that can make all containers bottomless?

Incidentally, does anyone know what are the differences between the True Grandmastery that the mod installs, compared to the grandmastery originally in the game, along with the UnNerfed Thac0 and Spell Progression in the mod, as compared to what was originally in the game?

[ January 02, 2004, 18:48: Message edited by: Strife ]

Ease of Use should probably be installed before those others, but they all are compatible.

There are no other mods that make containers bottomless. There's really no point in repeating someone else's work.

The changes to THAC0 and Grandmastery and Spell Progression will make everything resemble the way it was under AD&D and BG1 rules. It will make the game ludicrously easy at higher levels.

Okay, thank you very much Rastor.

I guess I shouldn't install that component then :)

I tried all different combinations of installing them mods, but no end of bugs in the game, gave up on them ;z

Well I've tried a clean install and various sequences in which to install the mods.. Still doesn't work. I'm giving it up, can live without it after all.