Baldur's gate help

[L4hlborg]

Short version: BG TotSC assertion error 581 pops up. Internet says I have installed game to a root of a drive. I disagree. Any help?

Long version: On saturday, I finally found myself the Baldur's gate 4 in 1 boxset. I was really happy. After reinstalling the game 3 fucking times, I'm not very happy.

First, I just couldn't get it to install. After forum browsing, I found out that I have to install in windows safe mode. Interesting, but it seemed to work. Then I got to the game and realized, that the resolutions were fucked up. I find out that I need a mod for this.

I download mod. Mod doesn't work. Reinstall. Mod still doesn't work. Reinstall. Mod doesn't work. Reinstall. Mod works. Have to try 3 times before realizing that mod only applies to the game itself, menus appear in a very strange way. I thought I could live with that. After getting it to work I was proud of myself and turned of my pc.

And now I can't restart the game because of assertion error 581. The internet says that I have installed the game to a root of a drive. I haven't. Internet says reinstall. I'd rather not, because then I'd have to reinstall the game, it's expansion pack, a patch, a mod and apply the mod. Please help.

 

[rockyoumonkeys]

It might be worth the ten bucks to just get it on GOG.

For me, ten bucks for no hassle is totally worth it.

 

[L4hlborg]

It might be worth the ten bucks to just get it on GOG.

For me, ten bucks for no hassle is totally worth it.

Hahaha, the thing is, I bought all the baldur's gate shit for pretty much the same price. I didn't know there was gonna be any hassle. Hell, I didn't even know that GOG existed when I bought it. Now that I do, I'm pissed off. I won't pay the same price again.

 

[Baby Tea]

Here is the trick:
Install and patch BG1 and ToSC.
Install and patch BG2 and ToB.
Install the BGT MOD which combines them all into one huge game that uses the much nicer BG2 engine.
Install the Widescreen MOD (Which really lets you do most any resolution, not just widescreen).
THEN play.

A hassle, no doubt, but BG1 came out in, what, '97?
It's hard to assume that it'll work with newer operating systems perfectly.
But I do the above, and it works like a charm on my Netbook running Vista.

 

[Zacharine]

Here is the trick:
Install and patch BG1 and ToSC.
Install and patch BG2 and ToB.
Install the BGT MOD which combines them all into one huge game that uses the much nicer BG2 engine.
Install the Widescreen MOD (Which really lets you do most any resolution, not just widescreen).
THEN play.

A hassle, no doubt, but BG1 came out in, what, '97?
It's hard to assume that it'll work with newer operating systems perfectly.
But I do the above, and it works like a charm on my Netbook running Vista.

Pretty much this.

Also I can confirm it works perfectly on my 64-bit win7.

OP, I really don't know what you've done wrong with such a simply process but in my experience 9 times out of 10 the answer is PEBCAK: Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard.

Few suggestions.

1. Do not install to C: drive if using win7. That user protection and what not might not like the folder and thus mess you up with 'permission to access' problems. Yes, even if you are logged in as admin account.

2. Do not install any mods until both games and expansions have been installed, in order of appearance: BG1, TotSC, BG2, ToB.

3. Install mods in order of significance: major mods first, minor last. Use only mods that you know work together, such as the WeiDu-type mods that checks for presence of other WeiDu mods before doing anything else AND modifies the content of files rather than just replacing them entirely. This results in almost guaranteed intercompatibility of various mods, and in my experience the WeiDu-supported mods also tend to be far less buggier.

 

[L4hlborg]

A hassle, no doubt, but BG1 came out in, what, '97?

I think it was 1998, actually.

I did expect a little patching and a mod or two, but not reinstalling the game 3 times. And the annoying error sound. You know the DING? The one that kills your ears? Yeah, I've heard it a couple of times now.

But thanks for the advice. Hope it works.

 

[Amnestic]

Here is the trick:
Install and patch BG1 and ToSC.
Install and patch BG2 and ToB.
Install the BGT MOD which combines them all into one huge game that uses the much nicer BG2 engine.
Install the Widescreen MOD (Which really lets you do most any resolution, not just widescreen).
THEN play.

A hassle, no doubt, but BG1 came out in, what, '97?
It's hard to assume that it'll work with newer operating systems perfectly.
But I do the above, and it works like a charm on my Netbook running Vista.

You have to make sure you use the correct installation type as well. It needs: [http://readme.spellholdstudios.net/BGTReadme.htm]

"# A custom install (with all checkboxes ticked) of Baldur?s Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast, patched to version 5512"

and

"# A full install of Baldur?s Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur?s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, patched to version 26498"

I managed to glance over that "Custom Install" part the first time and ended up reinstalling everything once I realised my mistake.

 

[Baby Tea]

You have to make sure you use the correct installation type as well. It needs: [http://readme.spellholdstudios.net/BGTReadme.htm]

"# A custom install (with all checkboxes ticked) of Baldur?s Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast, patched to version 5512"

and

"# A full install of Baldur?s Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur?s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, patched to version 26498"

I managed to glance over that "Custom Install" part the first time and ended up reinstalling everything once I realised my mistake.

Good point! I totally forgot about that!
Yeah, listen to this guy.

Custom install, check off everything.

 

[Virgil]

1. Do not install to C: drive if using win7.

I bolded this because of how important it is. Never try to install anything to the root of C: in Windows 7, even though a lot of documentation on older games may encourage this. Windows 7 by default has a lot of restrictions on where programs can write to on the primary hard drive. Also, in general, Windows 7 doesn't like programs that try to 'write' to the Program Files directory either, which can cause problems with older games.

If you have a second drive/partition, you can install it there, otherwise you might want to install the game under your user folder. For example, my user folder is under C:\Users\jsmith

This isn't a problem particular to Baldur's Gate, but it is something that comes up trying to run older games on Windows 7. The 64-bit version is more picky about these things too.

 

[L4hlborg]

OK, I either really suck at life or there is something seriously wrong with this. I've followed all the advice here and I just can't get the game to run. Now that I have installed the BGT mod it says that I activate the thing from BG2. But BG2 doesn't start. It opens to start up window and when I press play, it tells me to configure settings and come back. I do that. Game repeats. I don't get it.

 

[Christopher Jones]

I'm going to assume by BGT you mean Baldur's Gate Tutu.
If not look for that and it'll fix everything from errors to graphical errors.

 

[Amnestic]

I'm going to assume by BGT you mean Baldur's Gate Tutu.

BGT and BGTutu are two separate mods. As I recall, BGT combines the two games together into one large game in the BG2 Engine, while BGTutu creates a separate game of BG1 in the BG2 engine but leaves BG2 mostly untouched.

I only played with Tutu the once though and switched to BGT soon after, so I might be remembering wrong.

OK, I either really suck at life or there is something seriously wrong with this. I've followed all the advice here and I just can't get the game to run. Now that I have installed the BGT mod it says that I activate the thing from BG2. But BG2 doesn't start. It opens to start up window and when I press play, it tells me to configure settings and come back. I do that. Game repeats. I don't get it.

I'm afraid I've never come across this glitch and a quick google search on my part didn't give me an answer. I will however give this thread a nice bump to the first page in the hopes someone else does

/I answered something on BGT/Tutu. Legitimate post. No jury would convict.