Unless you have conducted IWD2 Best Party runs beforehand, you will miss out on the experience of creating, building and operating an array of other characters.
That said, unless you are an incurable hoarder, you will quickly learn that 99% of the crap isn't worth picking up.
Inventory clutter can become an issue despite there being containers and a Bag of Holding itemized early on.
(That said, newbies will be able to solo if they follow this guide.)
Successful soloing requires deep foreknowledge of game mechanics, campaign structure and cRPG combat encounter design and cRPG dungeon design.
Extract the CRACKNOCD.EXE Patch from the File Archive to the game directory.
Extract the CRACK201.EXE Patch from the File Archive to the game directory.
Replace the original IWD2.EXE file with the one from the File Archive.
Extract the IWD2V201GER.EXE Patch from the File Archive to the game directory.
Apply the official Icewind Dale 2 v2.01 Patch.
Execute the Patch to remove the CD-Check.
Extract the ICEWIND DALE II V2.0 NOCD.EXE Patch from the File Archive to the game directory.
Apply the official Icewind Dale 2 v2.0 Patch.
Execute the Patch to remove the CD-Check from: IWD2.EXE.
Extract the PATCH.EXE Patch from the File Archive to the game directory.
Apply the official Icewind Dale 2 v Patch.
ALL available trainers are for Single Player/Offline use ONLY! Don't try to use them online else your account can/will be banned/closed!.
If you have problems using a trainer in combination with Windows Vista, 7, 8 or 10 then make sure to run the trainer with Administrator rights and when needed in Windows XP or Windows 98 compatibility mode!.
In ALL cases this is a FALSE ALARM as NONE of the Game Trainers GCW contain known malicious code! More info in the PC Games FAQ!
Some Game Trainers are sometimes reported to be a Virus or Trojan, the most common is a keylogger called HotKeysHook or the file has been packed/protected with VMProtect or Themida and is recognized as Win32/Packed.VMProtect or Win32/Packed.Themida.
In most cases using a No-CD or Fixed EXE will solve this problem!
Some original games do not work when a certain application has been installed, like DAEMON Tools.
When using Fixed Files make sure to use a Firewall which controls outgoing traffic, as some games call back to report the use of these modified files!.
When this happens use the original EXE to play online, else you could find yourself banned from the game!
Some No-CD/Fixed EXE files work fine in Single Player mode but are detected to be modified when trying to play online.
Always make a backup of the files that are overwritten by the File Archive, as the original files are usually required to update the game to a newer version or to play Online!.