The Enhanced Editions are still being actively developed by Beamdog. The practical upshot of this is that a save from a modded game will only reliably work with the particular modded game that it's from-changing or uninstalling mods mid-game may cause your save to not work. Modding a mobile or console version of IE games requires more hoops to jump through, and will not be covered here.Ĭhanges from mods will end up in your save games. WeiDU can uninstall or reinstall parts of mods WeiDU allows mods to be broken down into individual components so that players can pick and choose what they want from a particular mod WeiDU also has built-in mechanisms to preserve the order you select. WeiDU allows mods to affect previously installed mods, making install order important, as we’ll discuss in a later section. on Windows it does everything through the Command Prompt, a DOS-like interface WeiDU installs mods through a command-line interface, e.g. Linux users will need to do a one-time install of WeiDU (and a few other adjustments): suy has a great writeup here. It’s not something you need to download yourself.

For players, the important things to know about WeiDU are:įor Windows and macOS players, WeiDU is included with mods.

It's a very powerful tool for modders and allows for a high level of interoperability between mods. Modding games using the Infinity Engine-the engine that runs the original and Enhanced Editions (EEs) of the Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, and Icewind Dale games-revolves around a tool named WeiDU (the Weimer Dialogue Utility).

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