[Cerek the Barbaric]

I've just installed BGII and ToB on a different PC and FINALLY managed to get the Weimer Mods I wanted installed properly also (ran into various glitches with installing the game and mods both on my first couple of tries). Apparantly, there have been some upgrades to the Mods since I originally downloaded them (around this time last year, IIRC).

I installed Tactics, Ease-of-Use, and Item Upgrade Mods. Then I began a new game. I'm just getting started in Chateau Irenicus, but I've already noticed some definite changes.

First of all, I noticed that EVERY door I open is now "magically stuck open" and apparantly can NOT be closed again. There also seems to be NO TRAPS! I noticed the "No locks and traps" component in Ease-of-Use. To be honost, I'm not thrilled with that particular change. Detecting traps is one of the MAIN reasons to bring a thief along in your party. It is an intergral part of the game, IMHO.

I also do NOT like the idea of being unable to close doors behind me. I routinely do this in Chateau Irenicus when I want to rest and regain spells (although the random thief and his war dogs would just appear inside the room anyway), but I also used this tactic extensively to defeat Improved Ilyich and his crew. I'm sure I can find a way to beat him eventually, but there is nothing wrong with being able to run away from an enemy in order to lure him into an ambush - AND to separate the party members so that I don't have to face the entire group at one time.

I'm also having to adjust to the Attacking Duergars that have apparantly replaced the Random Thief. They are much tougher and seem to generate much more quickly.

Does anybody know how to "turn off" the component that leaves doors "magically stuck open"?

Oh, and do items from Arundor's Abode cause any problems with the Weimer Mods??

I had never had any trouble before, but I have one game that FREEZES every single time I encounter the Random City Party that comes out after dark for the first time. I have made it through that battle sequence ONE TIME without the game freezing on me. Everything was working fine beforehand, then I gave my PC a couple of items from Arundor's in exchange for a couple of items from Illyich that didn't fit her character or personality. I had not encountered the Random Party before that, but I also had NO PROBLEM with the game freezing before adding those items.

Any suggestions or advice?