Pocket-Plane-Group / Item_Upgrade

The Item Upgrade Mod Pack allows Cromwell and Cespenar to upgrade more items for you. Half of them are conveniences, the other half try to prop up weapon categories that are "weak" by comparison (e.g., maces and clubs).
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[Documentation] Could the main README specify suggested installation orders, as well as whether it may conflict with other mods? #7

Closed rubyFeedback closed 10 months ago

rubyFeedback commented 1 year ago

Could the main README specify suggested installation orders, as well as whether it may conflict with other mods?

For instance, this is my current installation list of mods - don't mind the wrong numbers on the right, I update them manually and did not quite do (need to first play through that list, before I change the numbers).

- Every_mod_and_dog                                # 01
- Tower_of_Deception                               # 02
- The_Sellswords                                   # 03
- Trials_of_the_Luremaster_mod                     # 10
- Tales_of_the_Deep_Gardens                        # 04
- Innershade                                       # 05
- The_White_Queen                                  # 06, should come after Tales of the Deep Garden.
- Romantic_Encounters                              # 08
- Back_to_Brynnlaw                                 # 09
- Assassinations                                   # 11
- BridgesBlock                                     # 12
- Southern_Edge                                    # 13
- The_Ooze_Lounge                                  # 14
- Tangled_Oak_Isle                                 # 15
- lucy-the-wyvern                                  # 16
- Eilistraee                                       # 17
- Fishing_for_Trouble                              # 19
- The_Dreadful_Tales_In_Love_Undeath               # 20
- The_Dreadful_Tales_Juniper_and_the_Stone_Leech   # 21
- Reunion_mod                                      # 22
- Sirene-NPC                                       # 23
- Alabaster_Sands                                  # 24
- Heroes_Thieves_and_Moneylenders                  # 25
- Tales_of_Anegh                                   # 26, for chapter 6 and beyond
- Ascalons-questpack                               # 27
- Isra_NPC                                         # 29
- Lhannd                                           # 30, a NPC but it also installs new areas
- The_journey_to_the_Whin_Hill                     # 30
- Pai-Na-NPC-mod-for-BG2-EE-1.8a                   # 31, another NPC mod
- willowisp                                        # 31
- walahnan_NPC_v1.00                               # 32
- Skie_the_cost_of_one_girl-5.2                    # 33
- Fade_v5.6                                        # 34
- Wings-1.05                                       # 35, wings mod for aerie
- Dusk_Aldant                                      # 18, may be better to install it fairly late.
# - Dark_Tidings                                   # 36, v1.5, from https://www.baldurs-gate.de/index.php?resources/dark-tidings.65/; I think this one creates problems.
- wheels                                           # 28, Wheels of Prophecy
- Unfinished_Business                              # 37; Should come late, but before cliffkey. Contains Artemis Entreri and the kidnapping of Boo.
- Quest_Pack                                       # 38 Should come after "Unfinished Business".
- Unofficial_Item_Pack                             # 39
- Made_in_Heaven_mod                               # 40
- forgotten-armament                               # 41
- Check_the_Bodies                                 # 42; also installs the Saerk Farrahd's banquet invitation. This one crashed the game in September 2023, so I moved this mod downwards.
- A_mod_for_the_orderly                            # 43 This is cliffkey. Should come fairly late.
- Skip_Chateau_Irenicus                            # 44; should come late
- I_Shall_Never_Forget                             # 07, by Lava, should come late as it adds new areas
- Tactics_Remix                                    # 45
- Tweaks_Anthology                                 # 46; should come last

In particular I wonder whether Item Upgrade has any conflict with:

Quest Pack
Unofficial Item Pack
Made in heave
forgotten armament

Sort of. In other words, other item mods. I had some awkward results in the past with some mods.

CamDawg commented 10 months ago

The following is being added to the readme as of v52:

Item Upgrade is available for Baldur's Gate II, the original or Enhanced Edition, and the conversion projects BGT and EET. Item Upgrade is a fairly stand-alone mod and as such has no known compatibility issues.

In terms of install order, because it doesn't interact much with other mods, it can go fairly early in the installation order.

As of v33, Cromwell and Cespenar dialogues no longer replace critical states, making it much easier for other mods to interact with IU. In v42 Cespenar audio was folded into the main mod and is no longer available separately.