BG2 Artwork Fixpack

This mod changes the paperdolls and inventory icons of Baldur's Gate II to those of Baldur's Gate. There's a lot of stuff in Baldur's Gate 2 (especially in the ToB expansion) that simply doesn't live up to the artwork quality that Baldur's Gate offered--the paperdolls are a good example. If it's just been sloppy work on the developer side, or something else, I do not know. To replace exactly these parts of the game with something that lives up to the quality we were used from the original. So, technically this is an attempt to fix flaws the developers did.

Compatibility

This Artwork pack is designed to work with Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn with or without the Throne of Bhaal expansion pack. The mod should also work with Tutu.

Installation

Windows
The BG2 Artwork Fixpack 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 1pp folder and Setup-1pp.exe in your BG2 folder. To install, simply double-click Setup-1pp.exe and follow the instructions on screen.

Please run Setup-1pp.exe in your BG2 folder to reinstall, uninstall or otherwise change components.

Mac OS X
If the mod was previously installed, uninstall it before extracting the new version. Please note that this mod is incompatible with Mod Organizer. The BG2 Artwork Fixpack is packaged and installed with WeiDU. To install, simply extract the contents of the mod into your BG2 folder. If properly extracted, you should have a 1pp folder, Setup-1pp, and Setup-1pp.command in your BG2 folder. To install, simply double-click Setup-1pp.command and follow the instructions on screen.

Contents

The mod contains two components. The main component contains the paperdoll and inventory item updates, except for potions. It includes the following:

• The paperdolls
• Left-handed weapon paperdoll images
• Items (according to the old paperdoll system)
• ToB items (with better graphics that match up with your game)
• Some BG2 items (which looked worse than the BG ones)
• Various other item fixes, including a "secret" item that was broken, but present, in the original game
• One spell effect

By request, the potion inventory BAMs were moved into a second, separate component.

Contact Information

Thanks and Acknowledgements

Thanks to the still active and vibrant Infinity Engine modding community for their continued support. CamDawg would especially like to acknowledge The Gibberlings Three, though he confesses he may be a bit biased.

Tools Used in Creation
WeiDU by Wes Weimer
Near Infinity by Jon Olav Hauglid
IESDP maintained by igi

Credits and Copyright Information

This mod was created to be freely enjoyed by all Baldur's Gate 2 players. However, it should not be sold, published, compiled or redistributed in any form without the consent of Lightspeed. WeiDU packaging was done by CamDawg. The artwork and graphics are ©2004 Lightspeed.

Version History

Version 2- May 1, 2005

• Separated potion BAMs into a separate component.
• Code tweaking to handle WeiDU's different ALLOW_MISSING handling.

Version 1 - December 2, 2004

• First WeiDU version. Includes fixes and content through the last zip-file version.