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Originally posted by BlackPeter: i think tactics removes traps, at least a lot of them anyhow

Tactics certainly doesn't remove traps.
From the Ease-of-Use readme:

No Traps or Locks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All floor traps that can be disarmed are removed from the game. All door and container traps are removed from the game. All locked doors and containers have their lockpick difficulty set to 0 (they can be bashed open by anyone in one blow). All hidden doors have their detect difficulty set to 0 (anyone will detect them by standing around long enough). "Special" traps like the wand traps in Chateau Irenicus or the Monster Summoning Thing in the Guarded Compound remain. Note that since the traps are gone entirely you cannot get XP by disarming them. Note also that some doors that you "should not be able to open early" can now be bashed open early, like the entrance to Harper Hall or the house of Rayic Gethras. Don't do that if it will annoy you. The theory here is to make playing (or soloing) the game without a Thief less painful. Rather than going over a trap and then running back to the inn to heal, or drinking a strength potion and bashing on the lock for minutes until the random number generator decides to like you ... you can just skip it all. Aside from making the game convenient for rogue-less parties, it also makes a small number of battles a bit easier (e.g., the upstairs Guarded Compound traps are gone, so your part can advance toward Koshi and Sion without fear of dispelling). Note that this component should be installed after all other components that replace ARE files (like the Improved Torgal component of Tactics, say) if you want the traps and locks in those areas to be disabled. Finally, note that this component will have no effect on areas you have *already visited* at least once. If you load a saved game after installing it, only areas you have not seen will be changed. If you start a new game, all areas will be affected.