IWDification v5 Released

[CamDawg]

IWDification is a mod to bring some of the elements of Icewind Dale into the Baldur's Gate series of games. A lot of this project is based upon the work of the IWD-in-BG2 conversion project, which later formed the backbone of IWDEE. The mod adds various elements such as selectable bard songs, two-handed axes, and over 70 new spells into your BG2, Tutu, BGT, BGEE, BG2EE, or EET game.

Version 5 adds a French translation (thanks @mickabouille) and various bugfixes.

• Learn more about the mod
• View the Readme
• Download

v5 Changelog:

• French translation, courtesy of mickabouille
• IWDification now includes a configuration option in iwdification/iwdspells/iwdspells.ini that allows the player to override IWD spells added by other mods. By default, IWDification will not override IWD spells added by other mods; this ini allows the user to force IWDification to use its version of spells even if they were previously added by other mods.
• IWDification installs IWD spells in two phases: first it installs a spell, then does some 'postproduction' changes (e.g. accounting for BG2 resources not present in IWD, cosmetic changes to match BG2 aesthetics, &c.). These postproduction changes now explicitly check that a given spell was added by IWDification and not a different mod, as this could potentially generate warnings or prevent installation.
• Resolved a small incompatibility with the multiclass kit mod
• In general, IWD included tieflings as extra- or outer-planar creatures in terms of spell effects. We've decided to make the choice to treat tieflings as prime material in origin as this matches better with the game lore.
• Due to a typo, paladins would play a random string in the feedback window when they received their immunity to fear
• Spell fixes:
  • Spiritual Wrath was not playing a cosmetic visual due to a typo
  • Song of Kaudies was supposed to protect against Demilich Howl, Moon Dog Howl, and War Cry, but was doing so by trying to copy an effect which may not be present on all games
  • Skeletons created by Soul Eater were supposed to have a randomized melee weapon, but the script was targeting the wrong resource
  • Monster Summoning I could cause crashes if certain animations weren't defined
• Spell fixes that only apply to oBG2:
  • Animal Rage wasn't working
  • Blood Rage no longer affects enemies, per its description
  • Cloud spells could fail if a needed action (added in ToB) wasn't present, so the mod now adds it explicitly
  • Whirlwind could hit more than once per round
  • Wither isn't supposed to affect golems, undead, or extraplanar creature but this wasn't working due to a missing file
  • Several summoning spells were summoning the wrong HD of creatures when cast at the minimum level

[Labyrinthitis]

A quick question - are the "special" non-magical weapons from IWD, such as the "Flawless" and "Giant" versions of some weapons, added to the BG games from this mod in any way?

[CamDawg]

They are not. The Randomized Enemy Equipment can (optionally) add the High-Quality versions as enemy drops, but that's about it.

[Labyrinthitis]

Thanks, for some reason I thought they were included in that component even though nothing seems to say they are. As an idea, the option to include them as rarer alternatives could be interesting, or introducing them to specific places in early parts of BG.

[Endarire]

What about adding an option to also install spells from IWDII?  There are still spell icons from the 'scrapped' IWD in EET project, and Check the Bodies seemingly already added them to BG2.

Thankee!

[mickabouille]

Hi, just a nitpick:

On the site

the links in the

IWD Class Updates: Paladin: Use IWD Spell Progression

and

IWD Class Updates: Ranger: Use IWD Spell Progression

point to a file on your (Cam?) hard drive.

Well I don't have access to your hard drive (nor should I, I think).

The other links I tried seem to be fine.

[Connelly]

On 7/21/2022 at 11:46 PM, CamDawg said:

IWDification now includes a configuration option in iwdification/iwdspells/iwdspells.ini that allows the player to override IWD spells added by other mods. By default, IWDification will not override IWD spells added by other mods; this ini allows the user to force IWDification to use its version of spells even if they were previously added by other mods.

May I ask for clarification on this? When opening that ini, the line overwrite_old_spells=0 is obvious enough, but I can't tell what no_cap_at_level_20=0 is meant to do.

Edited June 4, 2023 by Connelly

[jmerry]

Lots of spells scale based on caster level. In the BG series, that scaling almost always stops at level 20. For example, the duration of Improved Invisibility is (3+level) rounds. That's a minimum of 3+7=10 rounds at caster level 1-7 for this fourth level spell, and a maximum of 3+20=23 rounds at caster level 20-40.

In IWD, spells generally keep scaling all the way to caster level 30 (level cap 30 in that game). The data this mod copies over from IWD includes everything needed to reproduce that behavior.

So the default state here is "no_cap_at_level_20=0". "0" translates to "false" in programming jargon, so that means "there is a cap at level 20" and the default is to cut the new spells off at caster level 20, converting them to the BG standard. Change that to 1, and the full data for the spells is used, scaling them up to caster level 30 as standard in IWD. This, of course, only applies to the new spells this mod installs; it doesn't go back over your old spells to convert them to the IWD standard.

[Connelly]

Ah, that makes sense, I wasn't aware (didn't remember?) of IWD having a different scaling. Thank you.

Edited June 4, 2023 by Connelly

[Graion Dilach]

TBH, overwrite_old_spells=0 still overwrites the Monster Summoning spells.