A Gibberlings Three Mod
Authors: CamDawg
and Idobek.
Converted for Baldur's Gate by grogerson
On the web: discussion forum Version Beta 1 - Check
for the most recent version
Languages: English
Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
This mod will only tweak Baldur's Gate, with or without Tales of The Sword Coast. For BGT, Tutu, or EasyTutu installs, please use this mod's parent, BG2 Tweaks.
The BG1 Tweak Pack is a WeiDU compilation of fixes, cosmetic changes, and tweaks. Some of these were fan requests, others are needed fixes, and others simply make dealing with the more irritating aspects of the game engine easier. Each component can be installed separately so the player can pick and choose only those components they wish to install.
This mod works on normal Baldur's Gate, with or without the official expansion Tales of the Sword Coast.
This mod is designed to work with Baldur's Gate; the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion pack is not required. Every component in this mod makes interactive changes and should, in general, be compatible with other mods. Except where noted, the tweaks adjust items or dialogues added by other mods. As such, it is highly recommended that you install this mod last if you wish to take full advantage of it. For example, installing a mod that adds weapons after you install Alter Weapon Proficiency System from Tweaks will mean that the mod's weapons may not use the new system.
Windows
The BG1 Tweaks is packaged and
installed with WeiDU and
is distributed as a self-extracting archive. To install, simply double-click
the archive and follow the instructions on screen.
Alternatively the files can be extracted from the archive using WinRAR. If properly extracted, you should have a BG1_Tweaks folder and Setup-BG1_Tweaks.exe in your BG folder. To install, simply double-click Setup-BG1_Tweaks.exe and follow the instructions on screen.
Please run Setup-BG1_Tweaks.exe in your BG folder to reinstall, uninstall or otherwise change components.
Mac OS X
If the mod was previously installed, uninstall it before extracting the
new version. The BG1 Tweaks
is packaged and installed with WeiDU.
To install, simply extract the contents of the mod into your BG folder.
If properly extracted, you should have a BG1_Tweaks folder, Setup-BG1_Tweaks,
and Setup-BG1_Tweaks.command in your BG folder.
To install, simply double-click Setup-BG1_Tweaks.command and
follow the instructions on screen.
The BG1 Tweaks has many components, which can be installed completely independent of one another. For convenience, they are grouped into five broad categories. At installation time, players can select or ignore entire categories to streamline the installation process.
This batch of tweaks generally changes the look and feel of the game, without making general rule changes or altering the underlying mechanics of the engine.
Remove Helmet Animations
Many don't like how any of the helmets look on the character avatars. Now
they can't be seen at all - just like ioun stones. This component will
affect all helmets in the game, including helmets introduced by
mods.
Weapon Animation Tweaks
By default, spears in BG use
33% overhead swings, 33% backhand swings and only 34% thrusting attacks.
Wouldn't it make more sense to use the pointy end?
This component adjusts the attack animation balances of various weapons classes: spears, staves, short swords, and one-handed blunt instruments such as clubs and maces. Spears and short swords now primarily use thrusting attacks and staves are more consistent as a class and use more swinging attacks. A handful of clubs and maces were using thrust attacks; they now only use swinging attacks like all other one-handed blunt weapons. This component also changes morningstars to use a mace animation when attacking, instead of the flail-like ball-and-chain animation. Morningstars are depicted in inventory icons and description pictures as being closer to spiked maces. This component will affect all items in the game, including items introduced by mods.
Icewind Dale Casting Graphics (Andyr)
When your character casts a spell, you get a pretty sequence of colors swirling
around their hand depending on the school the spell cast came from. A necromantic
spell, for example, looks quite different from creating an illusion. The
Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale games use different sets of animations for
the schools. This component changes the spellcasting animations to those
of Icewind Dale. Note that this is purely a cosmetic change--the spells
themselves function exactly as before. Screenshots for comparison are available
in the Tweaks
gallery.
Disable Portrait Icons Added by Equipped Items
This component will prevent items from displaying the small icons (fire resistance,
protection from charm) that appear on the character portrait while equipped.
This will not affect the actual effects of the items, only the display
of the icon. It will also not affect icons added by spells or other means.
Icon Improvements
This component uses a combination of BG,
IWD, and BG2
icons to better differentiate armor when it is on the ground. Screenshots for
comparison are available in the Tweaks
gallery.
Force All Dialogue to Pause
This component will change all dialogue to pausing. No longer will bandits
attack in the middle of a conversation. This component will affect all dialogues
in the game, including ones introduced by mods.
These components make alterations to content in order to provide a better player experience.
Make Cloakwood Areas Available Before Completing the Bandit Camp
This component will allow you to travel to the Cloakwood forest from a nearby
area prior to completing the Bandit Camp. This will allow you to explore,
complete Cloakwood quests, and pick up Cloakwood NPCs earlier
in the game. The component has two options: open up the first area only (with
the lodge and Aldeth Sashenstar) or open up all four wilderness areas, leaving
just the mines themselves inaccessible until after the Bandit Camp.
Multi-Player Kick-out Dialogues (Weimer)
This allows you to ask multi-player created NPCs to "wait
here" or to go to the Friendly Arm Inn. Without this they
just disappear forever if you kick them out.
Note: If you don't have Tales of the Sword Coast installed, you are limited to sending only one NPC to the Friendly Arm Inn.
Reveal City Maps
In Baldur's Gate II, city maps were revealed as soon as you entered the area.
This component will reveal the maps of Baldur's Gate, Nashkel, Beregost,
Candlekeep, and (if Tales of the Sword Coast is installed) Ulgoth's Beard.
Stores Sell Larger Stacks of Items
This component will alter all stores in the game to use higher stacks of
arrows, bolts, bullets, darts, throwing axes and throwing daggers. This
component will affect all stores in the game, including ones introduced
by mods.
Gems and Potions Require Identification
This component assigns a lore value to gems and potions, meaning that they
now require identification. Lore value is calculated by an algorithm based
on the value of the item, but smaller gems and lesser potions should still
be fairly easy to identify by the party.
Note: This component is incompatible with "Identify All Items" and will be skipped if it is already installed.
Friendly Arm Inn Hidden Container Restoration (Ascension64)
There is a hidden container with a magic ring in early versions of Baldur's Gate. It
was removed with the 4315 patch, then restored with Tales of the Sword Coast. If you
don't have the official expansion, then this will restore this very helpful easter egg.
These components make alterations to rules, game mechanics, and other aspects of the underlying game.
Two-Handed Bastard Swords
It always seemed odd that the general description of bastard swords implied
they could be wielded with two hands. This tweak adds an ability to all
bastard swords that will create a two-handed version of the sword in your
inventory. The one-handed version will be removed. The new sword will have
the animation of a two-handed sword but, in all other respects, will be
the same as the one-handed version. You can switch back to the one-handed
version at any time. The ability is found behind the backpack icon, once
the sword is equipped. This component will not affect items introduced
by mods.
Note: Instances may occur when a bastard sword appears to have a selling price of 1 gp. Resting will fix this.
Universal Clubs
From the description of a basic club in BG:
'Anyone can find a good stout piece of wood and swing it'--so why can't mages
use clubs? This tweak allows mages to wield clubs as well as gain a proficiency
point in clubs. This component will affect all items in the game,
including items introduced by mods.
Description Updates for Universal Clubs Component
Requires Universal Clubs
This component will update the descriptions of clubs altered by the Universal
Clubs component to reflect that they're usable by mages. This will only affect
clubs available in the original BG and
TotSC games.
Warning: Unlike the items themselves, there is no really good way to interactively alter item descriptions. If another mod has altered one of the items, the descriptions added by this component may not be accurate as they are based on an unmodded game. This will not affect gameplay or the ability of the items, as the descriptions are purely cosmetic.
Change Experience Point Cap
In Baldur's Gate, characters have a maximum experience point cap of 89,000 in
the standard game, or 161,000 with Tales of the Sword Coast. This component
will allow you to alter the experience point cap in one of four ways:
Allow Stealth and Thieving Abilities in Heavy Armor per P&P
In BG, thieves and rangers are
prevented from using stealth and thieving skills while in heavy armor. This
component implements the P&P method
of allowing these abilities in heavier armor, but at a penalty to the character.
There is always a small chance of success or failure regardless of the adjustments
below. Any armor above leather will impose penalties on these skills. This
component will affect some mod items; if you find armor not affected by these
tweaks, please report it at the Tweak
Packs forums. The adjustment of the item descriptions to reflect these
changes has now been incorporated directly into this component and is done
on-the-fly, so it should also catch mod-added items and reduce conflicts.
(Note that descriptions are only adjusted if there are translations available.)
From the Complete Book of Thieves, by armor type:
| Armor | Pick Pockets | Open Locks | Find/Disarm Traps | Stealth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elven Chain | -20% | -5% | -5% | -10% |
| Studded Leather | -30% | -10% | -10% | -20% |
| Hide Armor | -60% | -50% | -50% | -20% |
| Ring or Chain Mail | -40% | -15% | -15% | -30% |
| Brigandine or Splint Mail | -40% | -15% | -25% | -30% |
| Scale or Banded Mail | -50% | -20% | -20% | -50% |
| Plate Mail | -75% | -40% | -40% | -75% |
| Full or Field Plate Armor | -95% | -80% | -80% | -95% |
Allow Arcane Spellcasting in Armor
This component will allow mages with access to armor the ability to wear
it and cast arcane magic, though at a miscast penalty. It will not allow
mages to wear armor they normally can not, but it will broaden the selection
for multi and dual-class mages. The penalty will not affect divine magic.
This component will affect some mod items; if you find armor not affected
by these tweaks, please report it at the Tweak
Packs forums. The adjustment of the item descriptions to reflect these
changes has now been incorporated directly into this component and is done
on-the-fly, so it should also catch mod-added items and reduce conflicts.
(Note that descriptions are only adjusted if there are translations available.)
The full tables of penalties are below (penalties from armor and shields
are cumulative):
| Armor | Miscast Penalty |
|---|---|
| Buckler, Small Shield | 5% |
| Leather Armor | 10% |
| Medium or Large Shield, Studded Leather | 15% |
| Hide Armor | 20% |
| Scale Mail | 25% |
| Chain Mail | 30% |
| Full Plate Armor | 35% |
| Splint or Plate Mail | 40% |
| Tower Shield | 50% |
Wear Multiple Protection Items
This component allows players to wear more than one "X of Protection" item
at a time. Players have their choice of two different implementations (from
Ease of Use and G3/Tutu
Tweaks respectively):
Shopkeepers Have Limited Identification Ability
This component makes the identification abilities of stores more in line
with the shopkeepers' abilities. There are three ways to implement this,
and players are given a choice:
Note: This component is incompatible with "Identify All Items" and will be skipped if it is already installed.
Multi-Class Grandmastery (Weimer)
This is for players who believe that AD&D's dual-class
and multi-class system is inherently broken and that there is no conceptual
reason for multi-class characters to be denied grandmastery. Multi-class
characters can now put more than two pips in things. In effect, any multi-class
character that could put two stars in a weapon can now put five stars in
that weapon.
Baldur's Gate II Grandmastery
Baldur's Gate II nerfed the benefits of grand mastery (as compared to Baldur's
Gate or Icewind Dale, which used P&P tables) for balance reasons. This component
will use the tables from BG2 instead of BG1 if installed.
Change Magically Created Weapons to Zero Weight
Nearly all magically created items in BG have
zero weight, though there are a few exceptions. This component will change
Shillelagh, and a few others to have zero weight. This
component will not affect items introduced by mods. If the BG1 Fixpack is
installed, this component will be skipped as this fix is already included
in the Fixpack Core Fixes.
Un-Nerfed THAC0 Table
This component allows the player to select the un-nerfed THAC0 table. THAC0 can now
progress until it reaches zero instead of no longer improving once you hit
level 20.
Alter Mage Spell Progression Table
This component offers two variants for mage spell progression. The
first option is the Un-Nerfed THAC0 Table,
and the second is the progression table from P&P. A comparison
of the spell progression tables is available.
Alter Bard Spell Progression Table
This component offers two variants for bard spell progression. The
first option is the Un-Nerfed THAC0 Table,
and the second is the progression table from P&P. A comparison
of the spell progression tables is available.
Alter Cleric Spell Progression Table
This component offers two variants for cleric spell progression.
The first option is the Un-Nerfed THAC0 Table,
and the second is the progression table from P&P. A comparison
of the spell progression tables is available.
Druids Use Cleric Level Progression Table
This
component alters druids such that they use the same experience point
table as clerics for their level progression. They already use the same
spell progression table.
Paladins and Rangers Use Icewind Dale-Heart of Winter Spell Progression Tables (grogerson)
Icewind Dale expanded the level and number of spells high level paladins and rangers could cast. This component
replaces the BG1 tables with those of IWD-HoW.
Druids Use 3e Alignment
Restrictions
This component will allow druids to be any alignment as long as it lies on
one axis of neutrality (NG,
LN, TN,
CN, NE),
as in the 3e rules. By default in IWD,
druids can only be True Neutral.
Loosen Item Restrictions for Multi- and Dual-class Clerics and Druids
Multi- and dual-class druids and clerics retain their restrictions on items,
i.e. a mage-cleric still can not use daggers and a fighter-druid can not
use plate armor. This component will open up more items for druid and cleric
multi- and dual-classes by allowing them to use all items available to
both classes.
Add Save Penalties for Spells Cast by High-Level Casters (BETA)
By request, this component will adjust spells to have save penalties when
cast by high-level casters. For every five levels over the minimum level
required to learn a spell, a -1 to saves will be imposed.
For example, Hold Person is a second level cleric spell, and can be learned when a character hits level three. When the character hits level eight, the spell now has a -1 penalty to the victim's saving throw. At level 13 it's -2; at 18 it's -3, etc. all the way out to -9 at level 48. The penalties are extended out to level 50 in case players are playing an XP cap-free game or with one of the various level-50 rule sets.
The penalties will work against you for spells from enemies, but I expect this component will, in general, probably make the game a lot easier. You'll have the choice to add these penalties to divine spells, arcane spells, or both.
NOTE: This component has been flagged as beta. In BG2 Tweaks there have been sporadic reports of crashes with this component installed, but I have not yet been able to replicate and solve these issues. If you should encounter issues with this component, please file a bug report at the mod's forum--I really, really want to get this nailed down and fixed.
These components seek to remove annoying aspects of the game or to make it easier.
Higher HP on Level Up
This component provides the player with a choice of two options that will
increase average HPs when characters
level up.
Maximum HP Creatures (the
bigg)
This component, based on code from the bigg, will alter creatures to have
their theoretical maximum hit points. Creatures will get either a hit point
total based on maximum hit dice rolls appropriate to their level, or their
current hit point total--whichever is higher.
Identify All Items
Annoyed with having to identify items all the time? Now you don't have to.
This component will affect all items in the game, including items
introduced by mods.
Note: This component is incompatible with "Gems and Potions require Identification" and "Shopkeepers Have Limited Identification Ability," and will be skipped if either are already installed.
Easy Spell Learning
This component makes it easier for arcane spellcasters to scribe scrolls
to their spellbook. The player has a choice between two implementations:
Shut Up "You Must Gather Your Party ..." (Weimer)
This tweak disables the sound file played when you try to move less than a full party
into or out of a party-required area.
Change Effect of Reputation on Store Prices (Sabre, Richardson,
Weimer)
This component has been broadened into a general alteration of how reputation
affects store prices. The original variant, Low Reputation Store Discount,
is unchanged: reputation values of 8-13 result in no discounts; items are
sold at their original prices. Every point lower or higher then 8 or 13,
respectively, gives the party a 5% discount. This reaches a maximum of 35%
-- meaning that the party will only pay 65% of the item's original price
-- at reputation values of 1 and 20.
Three new variants, courtesy of Luiz, remove the effect of reputation on storekeepers outright. The resulting prices can be set to 60%, 80%, or 100% of their listed values in general, but note that storekeepers will retain their original markups and buy discounts.
Unlimited Ammo Stacks
This tweak will adjust the maximum number of ammo--bullets, arrows, bolts,
darts, throwing axes and throwing daggers--in a stack to 9,999. This component
will affect all items in the game, including items introduced
by mods.
Unlimited Jewelry and Gem Stacks
This tweak will adjust the maximum number of gems and jewelry in a stack
to 9,999. This component will not affect magical rings or amulets.
Bandit scalps and winter wolf pelts will also be affected by this component. This component will
affect all items in the game, including items introduced by mods.
Note: Unstack the winter wolf pelts before talking to the Nashkel shop keeper or he will take the whole stack for 500gp. Unstacked he pays 500gp per pelt.
Unlimited Potion Stacks
This tweak will adjust the maximum number of potions in a stack to 9,999.
This component will affect all items in the game, including items
introduced by mods.
Unlimited Scroll Stacks
This tweak will adjust the maximum number of scrolls in a stack to 9,999.
This component will affect all items in the game, including items
introduced by mods.
Happy Patch
This component disables NPCs complaining
about the party's reputation. For example, evil characters will no longer
be unhappy in a high reputation party. This component will also disable the
BioWare NPCs from fighting
with one another (Kivan/Viconia, Tiax/Quayle, etc). This component
is completely compatible with the Neutral Characters Make Happy Comments
at Mid-Range Reputation component.
Neutral Characters Make Happy Comments at Mid-Range Reputation (Luiz)
Every joinable NPC has lines
they say when they're happy, ambivalent, or upset about the party's reputation.
In the original tables, neutral characters would never be happy--even at
mid-range reputation values, they would remain ambivalent. This component
alters the reputation table so that they are now happy at middle of the road
values, so you can now hear lines from neutral NPCs which
were previously not available. This component is completely compatible with
any variant of the Happy Patch.
No Traps or Locks (Weimer)
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
remain. Note that some doors that you "should not be
able to open early" can now be bashed open early--don't do that if
it will annoy you.
Note: The dungeons of Durlag's Tower have some exceptions. The door to, and several doors on, level three require runes to open, as does one trap on level five to disarm. These are not effected by this component.
Rest Anywhere (Japheth, Weimer)
This component allows you to rest in any area. Inns and outdoor campsites
are no longer required.
Sellable Items (Icelus)
Originally, this component made previously unsellable staves, clubs, and
slings sellable for a single gold piece as well as restoring the Root of
the Problem club to its original selling price from BG.
It's been expanded to include other unsellable items, as well as introducing
a store tweak: stores which buy arrows now buy bolts as well. The store changes
will have little effect in BG2,
but in Tutu games there are no stores that buy bolts.
Minimum Stats Cheat
This component will let you set a universal minimum stat for all classes
and kits. Minimum stats are a drawback in P&P,
but in BG2 it just makes your
stats move upward to always meet the minimum--essentially an unnatural
boost to your dice rolls at character creation. This component will allow
you to select a minimum stat value between 6 and 15. Note that at higher
minimums, your flexibility in re-distributing the points can become more
and more limited. Play around with the range to find a minimum that works
for you.
Components in this category directly affect joinable NPCs.
Adjust Evil Joinable NPC Reactions
In Baldur's Gate, most NPCs use
reaction rolls to determine their dialogue with the PC.
Reactions rolls are d20 plus adjustments
for charisma and party reputation. The problem is that the PC can
get low rolls and evil joinable NPCs may
refuse to join the party as a result--for evil NPCs this
doesn't make a lot of sense, as a low-reputation party is probably what they
would prefer. This component adjusts the reaction rolls of evil-aligned joinable
NPCs to
be more favorable. This doesn't mean that Viconia still won't leave without
joining, but it makes it less likely.
Give Edwin His BG2 Stats
A number of joinable NPCs that
are in Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II have slightly different stats in
both games. This component allows the player to use the BG2
stats for Edwin for a consistent experience. The changes will only show up
in your game if you have not met Edwin yet. BG2
stats: 10 Strength and 10 Wisdom.
Give Jaheira Her BG2 Stats
A number of joinable NPCs that
are in Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II have slightly different stats in
both games. This component allows the player to use the BG2
stats for Jaheira for a consistent experience. The changes will only show up
in your game if you have not met Jaheira yet. BG2
stats: 17 Dexterity.
Change Jaheira to Neutral Good Alignment
A player request, this component brings Jaheira's alignment to Neutral Good
to better reflect her actions and attitude ingame. The changes will only
show up in your game if you have not met Jaheira yet.
Give Minsc His BG2 Stats
A number of joinable NPCs that
are in Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II have slightly different stats in
both games. This component allows the player to use the BG2
stats for Minsc for a consistent experience. The changes will only show up
in your game if you have not met Minsc yet. BG2
stats: 16 Dexterity and 16 Constitution.
Give Viconia Her BG2 Stats
A number of joinable NPCs that
are in Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II have slightly different stats in
both games. This component allows the player to use the BG2
stats for Viconia for a consistent experience. The changes will only show
up in your game if you have not met Viconia yet. BG2
stats: 18 Wisdom.
Make Khalid a Fighter-Mage (plainab/grogerson)
This component will change Khalid into a multi-classed fighter-mage. The changes
will only show up in your game if you have not yet met Khalid.
The difference between this version and others (Domi, Dudleyville) is that this one is done by patching only. No files are replaced or overwritten.
Give Kagain A Legal Constitution Score of 19
Just as the title implies, this component will lower Kagain's constitution
from his current value of 20 to the dwarven maximum of 19. The changes will
only show up in your game if you have not met Kagain yet.
This mod was created by grogerson using components from the BG2 and Icewind Dale tweaks, created by CamDawg and Idobek. You can find out more about the BG1 Tweak Pack by visiting the Tweak Packs forum. Visit the Gibberlings Three Forums for information on this and any other Gibberlings Three mods on which we may be working.
Many of these components were contributed by others and we'd like to thank them: Andyr, Anomaly, Ardanis/GeN1e, aVENGER, the bigg, Blucher, Davide Carte, Domi, Kevin Dorner, Galactygon, icelus, japheth, jcompton, Luiz, Karzak, FredSRichardson, Miloch, plainab, Sabre, Salk, Schumacher, Wes Weimer, and Wendy Yung. I'd like to highlight Wes especially, for his permission to incorporate Ease of Use into the BG2 Tweak Pack mod.
First, a big thanks to the wonderful community at The Gibberlings Three. Many of the ideas leading to various components were suggested and/or improved by community involvement, and we hope to continue this collaboration.
Big thanks to Wes Weimer, who gave us permission to incorporate Ease of Use, and Gebhard Blucher, Kevin Dorner (Baldurdash), jcompton, Schumacher, Kalthorine Ut Wistan, Karzak, Fred S. Richardson, and Sabre contributed to the old Ease of Use pack.
Andyr was also kind enough to provide the Icewind Dale spell casting graphics. Thanks to the bigg, who provided the coding for the Maximum HP For Non-Party-Joinable Creatures (now Maximum HP Creatures) component. Thanks to icelus who provided code for Sellable Staffs, Clubs, and Slings (now Sellable Items). Thanks for Luiz for donating his Neutral Characters Make Happy Comments at Mid-Range Reputation and Change Effect of Reputation on Store Prices components. Thanks to Salk and Anomaly for variants of the Happy Patch.
Thanks to the folks at G3 who contributed ideas for the various components. Thank you as well to our translators:
Tools Used in Creation
WeiDU by
Wes Weimer and the bigg
Near Infinity by Jon Olav Hauglid
ConTEXT Text Editor by Eden Kirin
WeiDU ConTEXT
Highlighters by Idobek, updated by cmorgan
IESDP maintained
by igi
DLTCEP by
Avenger
BAM Workshop by
Glenn Flansburg
This mod may not be sold, published, compiled or redistributed in any form without the consent of its authors. BG1 Tweak Pack is ©2008 CamDawg and Idobek.
Version Beta 1 - September 21, 2008