Baldur's Gate - Mod installation guide
322Hello everyone :) A frequent request that I've received in these past few days was on how to install mods for Baldur's Gate. This guide will be done over a fresh installation of BG1 and BG2, both from GoG (the entire process should be the same for Steam as well) using version 2.6.6.0.
As some of you may know, my playthroughs here in the channel as well as any other Baldur's Gate content I make is playing on a modded game where I use the following mods: IWDification; SCS; Tweaks Anthology. It is my opinion that these mods greatly enhance the experience while playing Baldur's Gate making it much more challenging, engaging and enjoyable! I also use some other "more optional" mods I guess you could call them that I feel make the game better but I wouldn't say they are as *game changing* as the ones I just mentioned: Ascension(BG2); Rogue Rebalancing; Mini Quests & Encounters (BG1).
It is the goal of this video to show how I go about downloading and installing these mods (as well as the components I like to take) and that it can provide some visual aid to somebody trying to mod their game.
Things to note:
1. There is an order that should be followed while installing your mods. You can follow the order I use to make sure everything runs smoothly.
Installation order for BG1:
DLCMerger (required if playing the EE version and have SoD, otherwise ignore)
Mini Quests & Encounters
Rogue Rebalancing
IWDification
SCS
Tweaks Anthology
Installation order for BG2:
*Ascension
*Rogue Rebalancing
IWDification
SCS
Tweaks Anthology
* In the video I actually install Rogue Rebalancing before Ascension (it works without any issue) but the proper way to do it would be Ascension before Rogue Rebalancing.
Note: If for some reason you decide to download Rogue Rebalancing from Sorcerer's place instead of the link I have below, you might get a warning from your anti-virus - this is a false positive (it's perfectly safe) and you can read about it in their forum.
2. Very useful link in case you want any detail related to installing mods (such as the order in which to install them, what to do if you're playing on MacOS or Linux, etc.) - https://www.reddit.com/r/baldursgate/comments/plkft5/a_new_players_guide_to_installing_and_playing_mods/
3. Mod download links (All of the mods have a README which explains every component)
- IWDification: https://www.gibberlings3.net/mods/spells/iwdification/
- SCS: https://www.gibberlings3.net/mods/tweaks/scs/
- Tweaks Anthology: https://www.gibberlings3.net/mods/tweaks/tweaks/
- Ascension: https://www.gibberlings3.net/mods/quests/ascension/
- DLC Merger (BG1 EE with SoD only): https://github.com/Argent77/A7-DlcMerger/releases/tag/v1.3
- Mini Quests & Encounters (BG1 only): https://www.gibberlings3.net/mods/quests/bgqe/
- Rogue Rebalancing: https://github.com/FredrikLindgren/rr/releases/tag/v4.92
- Many other mods you might want to explore: https://www.gibberlings3.net/
4. Pastebin links for my WeiDU logs (these will show every single component that I chose to install with my mods)
BG1: https://pastebin.com/XsyAEZ6u
BG2: https://pastebin.com/Vps0HVd7
As always if you have any question or feedback (or just want to say hi :D) feel free to leave a comment below!
In case you want to see these mods in action (except Rogue Rebalancing):
BG1 playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kereDW4KW-E&list=PLg9GM2jv_Yxd8XwYojN1wuTdS6cwT97Ao
SoD playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xddXS7Z8eHI&list=PLg9GM2jv_Yxf8HkBjImywGhlNA89SG6D6
BG2 playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a41HYqbZykc&list=PLg9GM2jv_Yxeq-XQu7IW5Yz6BsudgZG6T
Useful timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:25 BG1 modding setup
03:49 Mod overview and where to get them
08:55 DLC Merger (BG1)
11:52 Mini Quests & Encounters (BG1)
15:26 Rogue Rebalancing (BG1)
20:57 IWDification (BG1)
26:04 SCS (BG1)
32:29 Explaining WeiDU logs
34:40 Tweaks Anthology (BG1)
47:00 BG1 mods installation summary
49:03 BG2 modding setup
50:25 Rogue Rebalancing (BG2)
51:05 Ascension (BG2)
53:27 IWDification (BG2)
55:06 SCS (BG2)
01:01:50 Tweaks Anthology (BG2)
01:03:56 SCS configuration in-game (BG1 and BG2)
01:12:37 Turning off automatic game updates
Thank you for watching!
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