#mods: beamdog

[bubblebuttgamez]

Bi/Pan Romance Mods in Baldur's Gate 2

🔹️Eddard Silvershield ~ Review •

[felassan]

Article: '23-year-old D&D RPG Neverwinter Nights just got a new update thanks to the 'unpaid software engineers' of its unkillable community'

Excerpt:

"I am an absolute freak for BioWare's 2002 D&D RPG Neverwinter Nights, and somehow this unkillable game just keeps chugging along: Beamdog just put out a new, official update for its 2018 enhanced edition re-release that was assembled by members of Neverwinter Nights' still-active mod scene⁠—if that sounds familiar to you, this isn't the first community update that's been officially christened by Beamdog."

[source]

[fuckyeahbaldursgate]

The mangaka for Delicious in Dungeon, Ryoko Kui, did these beautiful redraw of all the Baldur's Gate portraits.

You can also use this mod to put them in your game.

[sovonight]

hey hey! i ended up getting baldur's gate because I really enjoyed how much love you had for xan and radri, i know you explained it on another post the mods. but as someone who's never used mods to any base game, how do you do do it? what did you use? i'm nervous to install the wrong thing for the game.

hey i'm glad you got it! i'm a little rusty since it's been a while since i installed any mods (i just play with the ones i had ~10 years ago) but i can direct you to some starting points ^^

i usually start by looking for an existing mod list to use as a base. here's a simple bgee mod list that looks like a good place to start. if you're playing for the first time, it should have everything you need!

for additional mods to add onto a basic mod list, i'd go to the gibberlings3, which i think is the most centralized place for mods, and maybe taking a look at the beamdog modding forums for bgee and bg2ee, which are probably out of date but might have mods that aren't on gibberlings3. those are just the places i remember visiting in my own modding endeavors, though--there seem to be mods on nexusmods too now, and you could also google to find more.

before installing new mods, i'd read through the install instructions and see if there are any compatibility issues or prerequisites to take into account. it's also a good idea to make your own quick list of the install order for new mods so you can follow it when installing & use it troubleshoot if anything goes wrong.

besides taking compatibility/prerequisites into account, i'd also sort the mods from biggest to smallest and install biggest mods first, smallest mods last. personally, i consider small mods to be like portrait changes and texture changes; medium mods are new npcs/companions; big mods edit the base game, like reworking a game mechanic or altering the main storyline and npcs.

the actual process of installing should be pretty straightforward--you'll either be dragging & dropping files, or running an exe that'll ask you what you want to install. the readme or mod page should have install instructions. if you run into any issues, you should be able to find the solution online from someone who had the same problem years ago--that's one of the nice things about these games being so old :)

if, by any chance, you're playing the original bg series (not the enhanced edition), i do have my mod list that i can clean up and post for reference. just let me know!

and that's what i've got! there are also a ton more resources online--just keep an eye on the year it was posted so you know whether or not to take it with a grain of salt. i hope this helps!

[diversegaminglists]

Big RPG bundle including the EE versions of Baludur's Gate, both Pathfinder RPGs and Rogue Trader.

Pathfinder: Kingmaker has some pan romances and two poly options (one is dlc).

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous has some pan romance (including an evil spider lady), one gay male option, but no poly option.

The EE version of Baldur's Gate add some pan romances (the original trilogy only has M/F and F/M romances, there are also bucket loads of romance NPC mods for the entire trilogy though).

Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear adds one gay male romance, however he will not appear in Baldur's Gate 2 (unless there's a mod that adds him).

Baldur's Gate 2 EE adds an evil lesbian romance.

[shaydh]

the beamdog switch releases are notoriously unstable 😔 i own them for every platform but switch bg pretty frequently crashes to home if you look at it funny. definitely runs better on pc 😭

Damn I ran into bugs with planescape torment on the switch but I was hoping bg would be okay :’( I just want to be comfy in bed while playing. Oh well, at least on pc I can use my custom sound sets and mods and stuff. Thanks for letting me know!!

[emotionalmultimediaride]

Game release: "Neverwinter Nights: Doom of Icewind Dale" DLC (PC)

Creative Titan Limited and Beamdog give long-time fantasy fans the brandnew Doom of Icewind Dale DLC for classic RPG Neverwinter Nights. It’s been quite a journey for fantasy author and lead designer of the Neverwinter Nights mod Tyrants of the Moonsea, Luke Scull, as the original is over 20 years old and the remaster Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition was released half a decade ago. Of course…

[agirlinsearchof]

While Beamdog never released an Icewind Dale II Enhanced Edition due to not having the source code, there's a fanmade Enhanced Edition mod. Would save files from IWDEE be able to be imported to the IWDIIEE mod?

[cortexreaver]

maybe im just woke gay zoomerbrained etc whatever but i kinda like a couple of the companions beamdog added to the enhanced edition of bg1 and i dont get why people complained about them so much beyond like theyre a new thing and new thing bad like to the point that people mod them out like sure even as a first-time player i can tell they stand out a bit but theyre completely optional....... just keep walking luv x

[bubblebuttgamez]

Sapphic Romance Mods in Baldur's Gate 2

🔸️Juniper ~ Review

[the-great-elwisty]

I first heard about it this morning, and since then I've had time to think more about what I'm hoping for. Now, I've never played any of Beamdog's enhanced editions, but I think they have two approaches (and here, in line with my personal interests, I'm ignoring modding and multiplayer; single player is where it's at, as is now and was in 2006 and forever, amen): 1) Baldur's Gate: improved graphics plus added content such as new dialogue for old characters and new characters and quests 2) Neverwinter Nights: improved graphics but no new content I think they're most likely to opt for 2) and actually, I'm happy with that. Mostly. I don't trust (m)any game studios outside of Obsidian to fill out the lost content without either making it grimdark, or making it too pat and obvious and Bioware and tying a ribbon around it. I'm also not sure how many of the original voice cast would be available. That said, anyone tasked with making an enhanced edition has got to encounter those dead, awful 'we ran out of time and money' narrations in Act 3 in think to themselves: "I should -- no, I must! -- fix this." Whatever route they go down, I'm so happy for the game. This is going to be great for bringing in new players and reviving the interest of old ones. Now, do Aspyr (parent company) or Beamdog have Tumblr accounts? I need to go lobby them in respect of official announcements and trailers.

Neverwinter Nights 2 Enhanced Edition

[midnightvoyager]

I have seen so many awful Baldur's Gate romances that I have come around on Anomen being a prat (better with mods!) as being preferable to modding in dude romance options, like holy god. The familiar evil has become preferable. There's just always something weird in there. Valygar goes "the writer's fetish" insane in the Underdark, Haer'Dalis is a designated side-piece. Kelsey's whiny but forgettable. Solaufein's OP as hell and won't shut the fuck up about random IRL poetry. Keldorn freaks out when your sister hits on him because of the age difference and you have to get rid of his wife for it, so I'm GONNA SAY I don't think his mod will be any better. There's also a Yoshimo romance where he dies if you want even more trauma for the protagonist. There's one for Edwin, and like... why. Every time I consider a mod, I have flashbacks to another one and go "maybe not." I'm considering Mazzy, but her mod does a lot of stuff with morals and I'd like to be able to romance someone who isn't going to try to kill me if I do thief things.

As far as Beamdog goes, all their characters get abruptly worse in BG2 to the point where I generally loathe them. Rasaad in particular breaks up with you because he inexplicably thinks you did the crime you're framed for. Dorn decides he's a cartoon. And Neera is just physically painful.

If you're wondering why there's no women on this list other than Neera and Mazzy, then I want to introduce you to Chloe and Imoen and Saerileth and the wide wide world of "The male options may be shit, but the female options tend to scar your fucking soul."

[wolfsong-the-bloody-beast]

yeah love the flowers/background art in bg1 especially. Re: the Enhanced Edition. Part of me thinks you can just watch other people's lets plays on youtube for the parts you missed. part of me WANTS you to buy those games, for a number of reasons, not least of which is that the Enhanced Editions have a whole separate expansion that explains what happens between BG1 and 2. Otherwise the transition is kinda....abrupt.

The art aged extremely well. I especially like the natural landscapes, as well. And some of the interiors look particularly cosy.

I admit I’ve been thinking about it here and there. The Enhanced Edition, I mean. I guess I’m just not sure what to think of Beamdog because they mostly seem to make remasters of old games that they didn’t make... and then suddenly Siege of Dragonspear? I don’t know exactly why but it makes me feel kind of weird about them. But in the end I suppose the most important thing is whether the expansion is good and the “enhancements” make the game better. The thing is that I’m happy with the graphics as they are and I’m not entirely sure that I like what they did with it. I don’t have enough knowledge to say how it changed other elements of the game. Which is probably why I can’t decide. Although the dialogues seem to be easier to read and it’s true that I had to increase the game’s window size with a mod because playing in a tiny box was effectively driving me crazy.

I’d be happy to hear some opinions, though.

[mostlygibberish]

On a related note to my last rant: I just remembered the time I was looking for a mod for mount and blade warband that made the auto-resolve battle button actually function instead of very consistently costing you 20 to 30 times as many casualties as the actual battle would have.

I found a thread of someone else asking the same question, and being met with fuckwits saying “just play every battle noob”, as though m&b doesn't have like 1000 near identical and extremely tedious battles you have to play to finish a campaign. Someone even said “Just start the battle and tell your men to charge, then wait like 3 minutes. I do.”

Imagine thinking that not only should you be forced to wait 3 minutes for every single battle when the game GIVES you an auto resolve button that just doesn't work, but that everyone else should have to as well.

Seriously, you don't get to decide how other people enjoy video games, nobody does, and that includes the developers. Anyway I just modded the game myself because fuck that.

Every singleplayer game should have extensive and powerful cheat codes, and the only argument against this hinges on people viewing personal experiences as some bizarre contest they have to “win”.

And this doesn't even touch on cheats or “story” difficulty modes as an accessibility feature, which is a damn fine concept. The Baldur's Gate enhanced editions did this and it was fucking excellent. Big respect for Beamdog on that front.

[diversegaminglists]

If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time you probably know how much I love Baldur’s Gate by now.

Fanatical has the entire EE bundle for 80% off (it’s steam keys).

Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition (includes Tales of the Sword Coast)

Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition (includes Throne of Bhaal)

Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear

Baldur’s Gate EE Soundtrack

Baldur’s Gate 2 EE Soundtrack

Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear Soundtrack

Faces of Good and Evil DLC (custom portraits)

Fanatical is a fully licensed site, not a “grey market” reseller (Beamdog even retweeted this sale on their official twitter).

The EE versions of the games add several new party members and romance options (IIRC including gay, lesbian, and bisexual love interests) and the newer versions of the Big World Setup tool are 100% compatible with the entire series, so there are many more options that can be modded in.

Current Big World Setup Build (I don’t recommend trying to mod the game unless you’ve played it several times first though.)