Returning to BG2, What mods do you all recommend?

[SupaMuffinMan]

Hey everyone,

After playing BG3 I just felt the thirst to go back and play BG2 and was wondering what mods are great to have? Even mods that you enjoying using I liked to know about.
Atm of currently searching I found "Bubb's spell menu extended" which looked pretty neat to have.

[dmsephiroth]

Lemme check my WeiDU..
i recommend:
Some of CD-Tweak components like improved companions leaving dialoges, put more endless bags, cromwell can enhance stuff from the TOB Dungeon, allow Cespenar use cromwell recipes and: change grandmastery bonuses to true grandmastery (from baldurdash) it makes the 5 pips into a weapon rly worth it!
Assasination: If you like some more evil quests
SB-Silber: A good way to get the silver dragon blood!
Back to Brynnlaw
Imoen-Romance (If you like that)
Portraits Portraits Everywhere
Unfinished Business : really great!
Rogue Rebalancing: improvements to all rogue/bard kits and some rly awesome items+fights.
MonkOverhaul: If you like some enhances to monks.

Have fun ;)

[SupaMuffinMan]

Cheers dmhsephiroth

[dmsephiroth]

Originally posted by SupaMuffinMan:

Cheers dmhsephiroth

You're welcome pal :)

[r3v4n]

Originally posted by dmsephiroth:

Lemme check my WeiDU..
i recommend:
Some of CD-Tweak components like improved companions leaving dialoges, put more endless bags, cromwell can enhance stuff from the TOB Dungeon, allow Cespenar use cromwell recipes and: change grandmastery bonuses to true grandmastery (from baldurdash) it makes the 5 pips into a weapon rly worth it!
Assasination: If you like some more evil quests
SB-Silber: A good way to get the silver dragon blood!
Back to Brynnlaw
Imoen-Romance (If you like that)
Portraits Portraits Everywhere
Unfinished Business : really great!
Rogue Rebalancing: improvements to all rogue/bard kits and some rly awesome items+fights.
MonkOverhaul: If you like some enhances to monks.

Have fun ;)

Hey hey,

so, I do need WeiDU for this, right?
Is there any super simple tutorial on how to install that thing? :D

[Centurion]

I agree with most of these, and have them installed with the exception of Assassinations (because my current run is good) and Imoen Romance (uh, Yick! Can you say Luke and Leia???) Unfinished Business is really great, and not game-breaking at all. And CD Tweaks is always useful.

Surprised no one has mentioned the other Weidu>Updated Mods. Most people really like Ascension. I use the Item Upgrade mod to keep my favorite items relevant in the later game. If you use this, Sword Coast Stratagems is recommended to keep the game balanced.

I also like to experiment with the various NPC-Thief mods, as the lack of good thieves has always been a BG2 issue. Latest was Amber, who is an interesting character, but with an inconveniently-timed personal quest that may not be manageable for early game parties. I also like the Solaufein mods, but screwed this up in this run. And I have found out that Valen and Sheena have been updated for EE (find them at github), easily my two favorite original NPC mods.

And here is a warning. There is a short mod like BtB called Tower of Deception that seems geared for a paladin-playing party. If you have Keldorn or are one yourself, it is fairly manageable, although the pay-off is pathetic. But if you are another type of party, the final battle is a pain. I tried with an evil party. Eventually I used EEKeeper to make Korgan immortal and let him beat on the boss while I made dinner. 20 minutes later he was still at it and the boss was still standing!

Oh, and this is essential. You should have EEKeeper and CLUAConsole handy and set up. Beamdog did a full-on job of eliminating a lot of the exploits and cheese of the original, without fixing most of the bugs in the game, especially for quests and strongholds. You may need to summon Elminster on your own!

[Centurion]

Originally posted by r3v4n:

Hey hey,

so, I do need WeiDU for this, right?
Is there any super simple tutorial on how to install that thing? :D

Weidu is self-extracting, which is the whole beauty of it. The trick is to install in the correct order. You need to carefully read the readme.txt for each one to determine when to install. Tweaks always goes last!

[Vyadhi]

Cdtweaks for sure
Oldschool UI and nostalgia pack to help offset how hideous beamdog made the game look
Sword Coast Stratagems to make the game harder but not impossible. HIGHLY CONFIGURABLE.

[morpheus562]

Here is a list of mods and install orders submitted by multiple different users: https://github.com/morpheus562/Baldurs-Gate-Install-Order-List-Repository

[Thracian]

there was a solaufein mod long time ago
if it is compatible, you should try it

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BG2 Unfinished Business
[MOD] Portraits Portraits Everywhere (for BG1EE, SOD, BG2EE, IWDEE, EET)
Revised Dragon Scale - UI tweaks for SoD and EET/ Dragonspear UI++/Infinity UI++
AI Party Scripts for Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 Enhanced Editions.

[6h0$t942]

I happily reccomend
IWDification- Adds some icewind dale spells into the game. Static charge for druids is a tad too powerful, but call lightning is pretty strong already.
Fade-thief companion mod. Romance is very good, if you like that. I reccomend editing her "hide in shadows" sound .wave file though. It's cool, but too long.
Adrian- Excellent sorcerer OR cleric/mage companion
Ascension-essential
IEP banters- adds more banters here and there.

Possibilities
Wheels of prophecy
Sirene (A+ for bg1, maybe B+ in Bg2)
"wings"-i think it makes arie a bit less....arie

Maybe?
Isra-Sirene is a cooler paladin
Evandra- somewhat interesting mage
Foundling- awkward shadow mage. Has his own questline involving the shadow dragon. I cant fully reccomend him but its not terrible

[JohnDoe]

buchery mod by DrAzTiK if you like challenge

[Kel'Thuzad]

Anyone know if the old Shadowkeeper program works for this version?

[Centurion]

Originally posted by Thracian:

there was a solaufein mod long time ago
if it is compatible, you should try it

The original, by Weimer, is not compatible. But there are actually two Solaufein mods that are.

This one is an EE update of the original and makes Soaufein a CG Fighter/Mage. https://github.com/RoxanneSHS/Solaufein

Jastey's is a a different take where you 'rescue' Solaufein. Here is pure fighter. https://github.com/RoxanneSHS/Solaufein

On the rescue, this is posted on a German site, but will install in English. Both have romance options.