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[Seifer]

Hey all,

I thought it was about time I did some work for once, so I've managed to dig up and repackage Mortis' old race mod, This is one aimed at evil protagonists who fancy a change of pace...literally.

First I'll include the links thus far and then I'll post the readme: -

http://www.final-exo..._Mortis_V23.zip

http://www.3ddownloa...studios/Seifer/

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Pack Name:Mortis Mini Mod V2.31
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Creator Name: Mortis
Weidu Repackage: Seifer
Creator Email: The_corrupt@hotmail.com
Creator Web URL: Here
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Compatible Games:
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[?] Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
[?] Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
[x] Baldur's Gate II: The Darkest Day ToB Version

Compatible Mods:
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All Weidu mods. It should be compatible with non-weidu mods subject to them being installed BEFORE this mod is.


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Pack Contents/Description:
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1- A brand new shop located in area AR1400 (the shadow woods), this shop sells all manner of evil items including a set of potions that can turn you into a member of the undead. Lich, Vampire, Skeleton Warrior & Wraith are fully playable complete with all standard undead powers & weaknesses (such as inability to use healing potions) These undead potions have a high level (often stat also) requirement I will not tell you those limits. find the shop and enjoy working it out for yourself.

2- Another semi-shop located in the first level (Irenicus' Dungeon), this shop sells potions that will alter your race to one of the following; Beholder, Gibberling, Gnoll, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Kobold, Lizardman, Minotaur, Ogre and Orc.

All the changes are in-line with the rules given in the AD&D complete book of humanoids (apart from beholder) They are (in my opinion) a true conversion of the Ad&d races into TDD.


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SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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To play as any of the new races you MUST start a NEW game as a HUMAN. This is because humans have no racial bonuses for me to need to delete before changing your race.

The undead potions have a high level (& often stat) requirement I will not tell you those limits. find the shop and enjoy working it out for yourself.


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HOW TO INSTALL:
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Install (ie, copy)the directory, exe and tp2 files to your native Baldur's Gate II directory and run the exe. You'll see a DOS pop up box presenting you with some install options. Following these should be child's play.


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COMMON PROBLEMS:
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Q-I can't find your race npc...
A-He is in the room above Jaheria's Cell

Q-I can't find you ~evil~ npc
A-He is in the mid-north of AR1400, and wont appear untill you are in his sight.

Q-I tried the above but its not helped
A-Delete AR0602 and AR1400 files from the Cashe Folder

Q-I did the above and now BG2 wont work
A-I SAID BACK UP FIRST..... lol


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Visit the following sites to make your games more fun:
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Forgotten Wars Modding Community
Gibberlings 3
Pocket Plane

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Credits to others who have helped with this mini-mod


First off, thanks to the nameless artists who's pictures are being used.
Thanks to Ken & Max for great advice and also for help understanding their tools
Thanks to Mary_Magus for extensive advice and playtesting.
Thanks to Theo for making IAP-SFX (life is so easy now)
Thanks also to Deano for not killing me when I left some of his items in an early version)
Thanks to the many ppl on the teambg mIRC chat for ideas & feedback
And lastly Thanks to WoRm for his spell Bam's
Final final thanks to ME (Mortis) for churning this out and staying sane (ish)
Seifer additionally thanks Hlidskialf for his patience and help.


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Version History
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Version 2.31
Converted to weidu from IAP/TBG self extract
Proof read and spell checked.

Version 2.3
-Tweaked Script for Mortis (so appears faster)
-Split the darkmarket into 3 shops (standard, spells and unique's)
-Begain area work and the concepts of the other 3 children.
-Did the intro.

Version 2.2
-More items are added to the Mortis Shop (AKA Darkmarket)
-Potion added to race pack so all races can move at base speed

-Ppl now say my pack is a Mini-mod Yeh

Version 2.1

-Scripting added to produce a "summon" like effect with npc.

-Race packs are changed so they do "Animation Change" thus nolonger need CRE files

Version 2.0

-Race pack is out (adds 10 new races)

-Undead are balanced with stat and level requirements

-Undead NPC is moved to AR1400 (to make travel easier)

Version 1.4

-Begain 1st work on the extra race pack (as a bonus)

-Undead NPC now sells other evil items.

Version 1.3

-Now a shop/npc is added to sell undead potions (DD3501)

-Undead are now immune to healing potions

-All touch attacks are fixed and can repair problems with animations.

-Whole pack is put into IAP-SFX format

Version 1.2- (First public release)

-Undead touch attacks now replace fist, not weapons

-All items and spells have descriptions if needed

-Wraith is added to undead allowed

Version 1.1 -

-Undead packs are now able to change titles and portraits

-Basic touch attacks are implemented

-First class restrictions are in place

-Vampire is added to allowed types

Version 1.0 -

-First attempt at undead work, (Lich, Skeleton Warrior)

-need clau codes to summon the potions.

-anyone can use.

.-no touch attacks

[Sir Kalthorine]

Excellent work Seifer :thumb:

Definitely one to try out for a whole new BG2 experience methinks

[Chevalier]

Does anyone play as a Gibberling?

[Caedwyr]

In the readme it says that this mod is designed for TDD. Does the game work on an install without TDD?

[Seifer]

Yes

Edited by Seifer, 30 March 2005 - 01:41 AM.

[Archmage Silver]

Nice re-made. I have the original too.

[Davide Carta]

I've missed it, is fine to see this mod up again!

[Seifer]

I'm trying to extract the rest of the old stuff from him atm.

[mortis]

*performs thread necromancy*

hello Seifer, its Mortis

its wonderful to see someones made use of my old mods
I kinda vanished from BG modding when i began to focus on my real life (university) and by the time i'd finished new games (NwN) took away my time on BG
(if anyone ever played on NWN Abyss404 i was one of the head DM's there)

Anyway, i only registered to this site to comment here, and it makes me very happy to see my works still bringing enjoyment to others.

I never managed to expand on the Forgotten children concept, well not beyond the raw animations and initial concept stage..
but if i ever find my old computers hard-drive ill upload everything i had (if its not gone corrupt)

Hope people are still enjoying this...

and god... now i feel the urge to reinstall BG2

Edited by mortis, 11 June 2008 - 08:47 AM.

[Kaeloree]

Hey mortis! It'd be great to see what you came up with, even if it was unfinished--and welcome back!

[BohemianReader]

Hey everybody,

I've just finished to reorder this mod in tra files and to translate it in french. I've just a little problem with one sentence :

Ability Score Drained

What's exactly the meaning of this sentence ? Score is something like dexterity, XP, or level... ?

Edited by BohemianReader, 07 May 2010 - 05:13 AM.

[Chevalier]

Ability would be dex, str, wis, int, cha, or con.
Score would be number.

[BohemianReader]

Ok thank you very much... So from now, this translation is closed. This mod is really original and it was a pleasure to translate it !


You could find the new file here :

Edited by BohemianReader, 15 May 2010 - 03:30 AM.

[Fennek]

It would be nice if somebody'd make this mod BWP-compatible... There are so few ways to play evil...

[Graoumf]

Did you try the install in french, BohemianReader? It doesn't work, even in english... I guess it's because you have two subfolders "Mortis", although the .tp2 refers to only one.
And you have also some parsing errors in the english and french .tra files: let's use DialogChecker to correct its.

Edited by Graoumf, 12 May 2010 - 02:56 PM.

[BohemianReader]

Did you try the install in french, BohemianReader? It doesn't work, even in english... I guess it's because you have two subfolders "Mortis", although the .tp2 refers to only one.
And you have also some parsing errors in the english and french .tra files: let's use DialogChecker to correct its.

Oh ? Ok sorry I will correct that immediately... I should have to test a last time before to send the mod on shs servor. Thanks to warn me about that I'll try your litlle software (if it help me to avoid some new mistakes... )


EDIT : Ok, it's done. Now I' going to sleep ! Good night... ^^

Attached Files

•  Mortis.rar   1.36MB   439 downloads

Edited by BohemianReader, 12 May 2010 - 04:53 PM.

[Leomar]

Thanks for the traified version with French translation, BohemianReader.
I've updated the mod at the download center.

Version 2.32 (25 May 2010 by BohemianReader and Leomar)
- Traified the mod
- Added French translation by BohemianReader
- Added VERSION tag
- Changed to README command
- Moved Setup-Mortis.TP2 into the mod folder
- Added Mortis-Changelog.txt
- Updated to WeiDU v217

Greetings Leomar