Big Problems with BG

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I was quite happily running through a nice game of BG. I had Ease of Use installed (just the maximum XP levelling, guaranteed spell memorisation, happy NPCs and XP cap remover parts installed) plus some components of BG1 Unfinished Business (mostly the quest parts).
(Plus TotSC).
I usually try to do the TotSC parts before hitting Baldur's Gate (aside from getting the shipping charts), so I slogged through all those areas and finally got to BG . Worked through the quests there. When I went to enter the Seven Suns I had a massive blue screen crash and my PC rebooted itself.
Reloaded. Went in - no trouble this time, but I was missing one of my save games. Then when I went to the Iron Throne the movie would play over and over when I was on the ground floor. I fought through that, did the rest of it and then went to the duke. He wouldn't recognise that I'd finished the investigtion.
So, I uninstalled the whole thing, reinstalled with the mods, and went back into my save game (unfortunately I had to go through the whole Aec'Letec battle and werewolf island part again as my previous saves were corrupted).
All OK...until I get to Candlekeep. Then I get the movie repeat thing again.
So, uninstalled.
Went to reinstall and it hung on installation. I terminated the program and rebooted my PC.
Now when the CD is in, it says unintall (only there's nothing to uninstall) and won't let me reinstall it.

First up, how can I get it to reinstall again.
Second, any idea what was causing the movie problem and glitches?
Obviously I need to write off this game, which is fiercely annoying, as I was close to the end, and had a great character to import into BG2. Suck! But there you go.

 

You've hit one of the nastiest bugs added by the expansion. Apparently BG1 has a limit to how many variables the engine can handle. Once you hit the limit the game no longer increments any of the variables, meaning that no quest can be flagged as completed (therefore the NPCs don't recognise you've done what they asked), hence your problem with the Duke. As for movies in Iron Throne and Candlekeep, the game has a trigger to play them as soon as you enter the location, then flags them as played (through a variable) so that they don't play again. Of course if you hit the bug then the variables aren't set, so the game thinks the movies haven't been played... and plays them over and over again. The official TotSC patch should solve the problem, but I don't know if any of the mods you're using are interfering with the fix. I also don't know what's causing the reinstall problem - I don't think it's related to the variables bug.

 

The reinstallation problem will probably be due to lingering files or references in the registry. You could try running regedit to delete the game manually from the registry. Also, be sure to reboot your pc after uninstalling the game.

As for the game bug... I think I heard about that, but I also heard it was fixed? Maybe in Dudlyville's patches, if not in the original?

 

This is straight out of the TotSC official patch readme:

I struggled with this bug in my original playthrough but never had a problem after getting the patch. Cal, if you haven't installed the patch I strongly suggest you do. Restoring to a game before the engine ran out of variables should then ensure no additional problems occur.

 

Most Readmes for mods will also mention you should install the official patch before mods to ensure it all works correctly. You may need to reinstall some components to ensure you don't get mixed up strings and such.

 

Thanks, that all makes sense. I think I did probably forget to install the patch in my hurry to reinstall the game to my PC (after a reformat).
I guess I will have to delve into regedit (a dangerous thing -ugh!)