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Mod Website: Spellhold Studios
Mod Forum: IEP Expanded Banters
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The goal of this mod is to ensure that each Bioware NPC gets their fair share of banters with each other. We also intend to expand on friendships and relationships between the various NPCs; the friendship between Mazzy and Aerie, for example, or the peculiar relationship between Jaheira and Viconia. Currently, the mod includes banters mainly for Shadows of Amn, with two for ToB (between Minsc and Aerie).
We hope you enjoy this mod as much as we have enjoyed making it!
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This mod is designed to work on the following Infinity Engine games: the original Baldur's Gate II (BG2 or just SoA) with the Throne of Bhaal (ToB) expansion, Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition (BG2EE), the conversion projects Baldur's Gate Trilogy (BGT) and Enhanced Edition Trilogy (EET).
IEP Extended Banter mod should be compatible with all WeiDU mods, and therefore should be compatible with all WeiDU mods. It has been tested on several different installations, and has so far worked perfectly. If you encounter any bugs, please report them on the forum!
Keep in mind that the IEP Banter Accelerator will un-install any previously installed banter accelerator, including the accelerator included in BG1 NPC. This is for compatibility reasons, but it does mean that you should take care with larger installations including other accelerators.
Although it is not required for the IEP Extended Banter to function properly, it is always a good idea to install the latest version of the BG2 Fixpack before proceeding with the installation of this mod.
Here is the recommended installation order:
- Please install IEP Extended Banter after TobEx, BG2 Fixpack, and EET.
- Please install IEP Extended Banter before EET_End, and any final "biffing" routines.
If you've previously installed the mod, remove it before extracting the new version. To do this, run setup-iepbanters.exe, un-install the previously installed main component and delete the 📁 iepbanters folder.
When installing or un-installing, do not close the DOS window by clicking on the X button! Instead, press the Enter key whenever instructed to do so.
Disable any antivirus or other memory-resident software before installing this or any other mod. Some (particularly avast and Norton!) have a tendency to report false positives with mod activity, resulting in failed installs.
The Enhanced Editions are actively supported games. Please note that every patch update will wipe your current mod setup! If in the middle of a modded game you might want to delay the patch update (if possible) as even after reinstalling the mods, you might not be able to continue with your old savegames. Alternatively, copy the whole game's folder into a new one that can be modded and will stay untouched by game patches. It is important that you install the mod to the language version you are playing the game in. Otherwise, the dialogues of the mod will not show but give error messages.
IEP Extended Banter for Windows is distributed as an extractable compressed archive and includes a WeiDU installer.
Extract the contents of the mod archive into the folder of the game you wish to modify (the folder which contains the "CHITIN.KEY" file), using 7zip, WinRAR, or another file compression utility that handles .zip files. On successful extraction, there should be a 📁 iepbanters folder and a setup-iepbanters.exe file in your game folder. To install, simply double-click setup-iepbanters.exe and follow the instructions on screen.
Run setup-iepbanters.exe in your game folder to reinstall, un-install or otherwise change the component settings.
IEP Extended Banter for Mac OS is distributed in the same compressed archive and includes a WeiDU installer.
First, extract the files from the archive into your game directory. On successful extraction, there should be a 📁 iepbanters folder, setup-iepbanters and setup-iepbanters.command files in your game folder. To install, simply double-click setup-iepbanters.command and follow the instructions on screen.
Run setup-iepbanters.command in your game folder to reinstall, un-install or otherwise change the components settings.
IEP Extended Banter for Linux is distributed in the same compressed archive and does not include a WeiDU installer.
Extract the contents of the mod to the folder of the game you wish to modify.
Download the latest version of WeiDU for Linux from WeiDU.org and copy weidu and weinstall to /usr/bin. Following that, open a terminal, cd to your game installation directory, run tolower and answer 'Y' to both queries. You can avoid running the second option (linux.ini) if you've already ran it once in the same directory. To save time, the archive is already tolowered, so there's no need to run the first option (lowercasing file names) either if you've extracted only this mod since the last time you lowercased file names. If you're unsure, running tolower and choosing both options is the safe bet.
To install, run weinstall setup-iepbanters in your game folder. Then run wine bgmain.exe (or wine baldur.exe for EE games) and start playing.
In addition to the methods above for removing individual components, you can completely un-install the mod using setup-iepbanters --uninstall at the command line to remove all components without wading through prompts.
The installer includes the following components. The number of each is the component DESIGNATED number which gives it a fixed install position and allows automated installers to specify component choices.
0. Extended NPC-NPC Interaction SoA (Main component)
➽ This component adds numerous banters between the Bioware NPCs, humorous, serious or otherwise. Your companions are people too - surely they deserve more talking time! This release includes the following banters for SoA:
- Aerie/Anomen [2]
- Aerie/Imoen [3]
- Aerie/Mazzy [8]
- Aerie/Minsc [4]
- Aerie/Valygar [2]
- Aerie/Yoshimo [1]
- Anomen/Viconia [2]
- Anomen/Minsc [4]
- Cernd/Imoen [1]
- Cernd/Viconia [2]
- Edwin/Viconia [5]
- Haer'Dalis/Imoen [1]
- Haer'Dalis/Minsc [1]
- Imoen/Jaheira [2]
- Imoen/Korgan [2]
- Imoen/Minsc [3]
- Imoen/Viconia [3]
- Jaheira/Minsc [2]
- Jaheira/Keldorn [2]
- Jaheira/Viconia [8]
- Keldorn/Valygar [2]
- Korgan/Viconia [2]
- Minsc/Viconia [1]
- Nalia/Viconia [3]
- Valygar/Viconia [2]
- Viconia/Yoshimo [1]
1. Extended Minsc/Aerie Interaction ToB
➽ This component includes two banters for Aerie and Minsc in Throne of Bhaal.
2. Imoen "Retrospection" dialogue for BGII: ToB
➽ This component adds a new dialogue with your foster-sister Imoen in Throne of Bhaal.
3. Wake-Up dialogue for Anomen Romance (By David Gaider with additions from Kulyok)
➽ This component adds a new dialogue to the Anomen romance. In the original romance, there was no "morning after" dialogue with Anomen for after you had slept with him, something that both fans and the original writer of the Anomen Romance, David Gaider, found unsatisfactory. This component adds a morning after dialogue written by David Gaider on the Attic forums with additions from Kulyok.
4. NPC Conflict Revisions
➽ This component includes conflict revisions, which allow the PC to intervene before NPC disagreements turn ugly. It revises the following conflicts:
- Edwin/Keldorn
- Edwin/Minsc
- Edwin/Valygar
- Keldorn/Viconia
5. Restored Aerie/Jaheira/Anomen interjection in Underdark
➽ This component, strangely enough, restores an interjection into the Underdark if you're in a romance with them.
Banter Accelerator 6. 10 Minutes 7. 15 Minutes 8. 20 Minutes 9. 30 Minutes 10. 45 Minutes 11. 60 Minutes
➽ This component is a more customizable version of jcompton's Banter Accelerator script available in the PPG Banter Pack, modified and redistributed with permission.
Project leader: K'aeloree
Packaging and readme: K'aeloree
Writing and proofreading: Arathlan, berelinde, Bookwyrme, Ilmatar, K'aeloree, Sephira, Shadowhawke, Solar's Harper, Tameon the Dragoon
Testing: Choo Choo
- Spellhold Studios team for hosting the mod (Forums).
- Thanks to Ascension64 for helping with BGT compatibility!
- German translation: Toran.
- French translation: Isaya.
- Russian translation: Cutter, Hawkmoon, Austin & arcanecoast.ru.
- Chinese translation: Merzbau.
- Spanish translation: Magis365.
- AL|EN: Wrote process which automatically provides Windows, Linux and Mac versions in the same archive file.
- WeiDU by Wes Weimer, Valerio Bigiani (the bigg) and Wisp.
- Near Infinity, by Jon Olav Hauglid, FredSRichardson, and Argent77.
- Infinity Explorer, by Dmitry Jemerov / bigmoshi.
- DLTCEP, by Avenger.
- IESDP maintained by igi and lynx.
- Notepad++, by the Notepad++ team, Don Ho, and the spellcheck plug-in.
- WeiDU Notepad++ Highlighters , by Argent77.
- ConTEXT Text Editor, by Eden Kirin.
- Added dynamic install order syntax and global
LABELSto support AL|EN's "Project Infinity". - Added Spanish translation (thanks Magis365).
- Updated French and German WeiDU prompts.
- Added archive libiconv-1.9.2-1-src.7z with iconv licence info.
- Added compatibility with Imoen4Ever.
- Fixed an issue with Auto-Package Generator tool: new version of MacOS (Catalina) prevented the mod to be installed.
- Renamed setup-iepbanters.tp2 -> iepbanters.tp2 to support AL|EN's "Project Infinity".
- Added iepbanters.ini metadata file to support AL|EN's "Project Infinity".
- Make sure all BWP Fixpack fixes have been included.
- Replaced BGT_VAR variable "Global("ENDOFBG1","GLOBAL",2)" with more accurate BG2_VAR "!GlobalLT("ENDOFBG1","GLOBAL",2)" to avoid confusion with BGT_VAR variable needed for BGT/EET to prevent dialogues from triggering in BGII.
- Externalized "Banter Accelerator" component code into iepbanters_accelerator.tpa WeiDU routine.
- tp2 file: fixed a typo that cause an install failure, added credits for translations and replaced old-school
DECOMPILE_DLG_TO_DplusCOMPILE_D_TO_DLGprocess with more accurateDECOMPILE_AND_PATCHcommand. Added missingEVALUATE_BUFFER. - Components: added
DESIGNATEDnumbers and "iep_banters", "iep_banters_minsc_aerie_tob", "iep_banters_imoen_restropection_tob", "iep_banters_anomen_romance_wakeup", "iep_npc_conflicts_revision", iep_restored_npc_interjection_underdark" and "iep_banter_accelerator"LABELS. - Added missing
REQUIRE_PREDICATEprocesses to avoid installing the mod in inaccurate games and replaced oldACTION_IF FILE_EXISTS "Data/25Dialog.bif"process. - Added always.tpa library and moved all recurrent processes and checks into it.
- Replaced
AUTHORkeyword withSUPPORT. - Added German WeiDU prompts.
- Updated French translation (fixed minor typos) and lower cased I#BLANK sound reference in every tra file.
READMEcommand now accepts translated files.- Updated deprecated modding tools links.
- Updated and renamed readme files to iepbanters-readme-%LANGUAGE%.html.
- Lower cased files.
- Included Linux and Mac OS versions in the same package (thanks AL|EN!).
- Updated WeiDU installer to v246.
- Transferred mod to Spellhold Studios GitHub account.
- Added merzbau's Chinese translation.
- Isaya's .tra and .tp2 fixes.
- Fixed Minsc-Anomen script blocks.
- Fixed Aboleth talk variable.
- Added French translation (provided by Isaya), EE/EET compatibility.
- Fixed Jaheira/Imoen banter issue.
- Added restored interjection, fixed several bugs, included fixed German translation, included Russian translation by Cutter, Hawkmoon, Austin & arcanecoast.ru.
- Fixed an Imoen/Minsc stutterbug (thanks to aVENGER and Wisp for finding this!), fixed Jaheira banter bug (thanks to Leomar), fixed a Cernd/Viconia bug.
- v3.1: German translation by Toran added.
- v3.0: 11 new banters added, re-added previously removed Imoen/Minsc banter, Imoen "Retrospection" dialogue with PC added, Anomen "wake-up" dialogue added.
- 19 new banters added, LOCALS changed to GLOBAL, one banter moved to J files, changed to Bioware-style grammar, blank sound file added to start of banters.
- v1.3: Jaheira/Viconia stutter bug fixed and healing banters actually heal NPCs.
- v1.2: Now properly BGT compatible. (ENDOFBG! > ENDOFBG1) - thanks cmorgan!
- v1.1: Several typos fixed, now BGT compatible!
- Initial release: 42 banters, 4 conflict revisions and Banter Accelerator.