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yay! we have a winner - thanks for your thoughts
things i did differently were:
- taking the option to reinstall directX when i reinstalled BG (rather than the 'compatible' one (?) the install routine found
- took out the group before you get to the alter room
one of them (maybe) made the difference (my money's on the 1st one!)
to finish the story - i sneaked down the side of the throne room and when i spotted sarevok he spoke to me (i still think its a bit unfair that i can stay in shadows at this point) - it was a bit summons heavy after that i'll confess although i did go toe to toe with the mage at the front albeit with a bit of waiting out his spell protections
i then summoned a few dogs, stealthed, and moved them forward, angelo and tavok (sp) came out of invisibility to attack (although i'm not sure i'd have bothered if i had a fully armed super hasted fighter to deal with them) and my real bit of luck was angelo injuring sarevok and getting chooped to bits for his treachery (which was nice) and after that it was summoning blockers buffing like mad and unloading arrow after arrow until the big guy went down!