This is an app for easy, double-click launching of WeiDU on OS X. It should make mod installation as easy - or easier! - on a Mac as it is in Windows. The app is attached to this post.
PLEASE IGNORE THE FILE ATTACHED TO THIS POST (I can't delete it) and get the Mac Weidu Launcher here:
https://github.com/subtledoctor/OS-X-Weidu-Launcher
[Updated to v3.3 - fixes a bug introduced in v3.1.]
[Updated to v3.2 - very minor, just better window management with Terminal.
[Updated to v3.1 - now correctly handles mods in "OS X format" from G3. (They're great mods - go download them all!)]
[Updated to version 3, this now works for EE v1.2-1.3 and handles the various WeiDU 236 downloads - it will work whether you have "weidu" or "weidu+snowleopard" or "weidu+mavericks" in your Resources folder. Just make sure you have the right one for your system!]
HOW TO USE THIS - FOR PLAYERS:
First, follow steps 1 through 3 here:
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/31155/the-hitchhiker-s-guide-to-installing-mods-on-osx
Then, for step 4, just drop this app into your "resources" directory along with WeiDU and your mods, and double-click it. Choose which mod to install from all the mods you've downloaded. It will open up the Terminal and start the WeiDU installer for that mod. Just follow the prompts.
After the first mod is done and you have "clicked enter to exit" in Terminal, just run this app again and you can install a second mod. Just use this app every time, for each mod you want to install - simple!
PLEASE NOTE: This app does NOT display your mods in any kind of order; do NOT just install them from top to bottom in the dialog box. Mod install order matters greatly with BG. It's not like Oblivion/whatever game where you can just check a box to 'enable' a mod. It's more like *layering* mods on top of each other. Think of a pizza: if you layer the ingredients out of order (cheese on the bottom?) it just doesn't work.
So, I highly recommend planning ahead. Get all the mods you want to use, read up about them and about BG mod install orders. Maybe find the latest "BiG World Guide" .pdf that has installation notes for getting literally hundreds of mods to work together. Then write out the list, in order, so you can keep track as you go. That is kind of anal, but it is much better than having to go a clean BG install and repeat the whole process if you get something wrong.
NOTE FOR MODDERS::
This app basically takes the place of the "setup-X.command" scripts found in (e.g.) some of G3's Mac-packaged mods. One of my goals is to make *your* life easier, by simplifying mod packaging. In most cases, this tool lets players used a Windows-packaged version of a mod. All they need is the mod data folder with the .tp2 file inside of it. (The only exception is if a mod bundles a Win binary program, like OggDec or something.)
If you want to include Weidu with your mod, as of v236 you can include a) both current 64-bit versions for OS X, or b) just the 32-bit version. In either case you don't even have to rename them to work with your mod - this app handles renaming (via symlink) at the time of mod installation! Indeed, feel free to include this app in your mod package instead of a .command installer script. It's open-source, I don't mind it being re-distributed, altered, improved, whatever. As long as you don't claim you invented it, it's all good.
PLEASE IGNORE THE FILE ATTACHED TO THIS POST (I can't delete it) and get the Mac Weidu Launcher here:
https://github.com/subtledoctor/OS-X-Weidu-Launcher
[Updated to v3.3 - fixes a bug introduced in v3.1.]
[Updated to v3.2 - very minor, just better window management with Terminal.
[Updated to v3.1 - now correctly handles mods in "OS X format" from G3. (They're great mods - go download them all!)]
[Updated to version 3, this now works for EE v1.2-1.3 and handles the various WeiDU 236 downloads - it will work whether you have "weidu" or "weidu+snowleopard" or "weidu+mavericks" in your Resources folder. Just make sure you have the right one for your system!]
HOW TO USE THIS - FOR PLAYERS:
First, follow steps 1 through 3 here:
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/31155/the-hitchhiker-s-guide-to-installing-mods-on-osx
Then, for step 4, just drop this app into your "resources" directory along with WeiDU and your mods, and double-click it. Choose which mod to install from all the mods you've downloaded. It will open up the Terminal and start the WeiDU installer for that mod. Just follow the prompts.
After the first mod is done and you have "clicked enter to exit" in Terminal, just run this app again and you can install a second mod. Just use this app every time, for each mod you want to install - simple!
PLEASE NOTE: This app does NOT display your mods in any kind of order; do NOT just install them from top to bottom in the dialog box. Mod install order matters greatly with BG. It's not like Oblivion/whatever game where you can just check a box to 'enable' a mod. It's more like *layering* mods on top of each other. Think of a pizza: if you layer the ingredients out of order (cheese on the bottom?) it just doesn't work.
So, I highly recommend planning ahead. Get all the mods you want to use, read up about them and about BG mod install orders. Maybe find the latest "BiG World Guide" .pdf that has installation notes for getting literally hundreds of mods to work together. Then write out the list, in order, so you can keep track as you go. That is kind of anal, but it is much better than having to go a clean BG install and repeat the whole process if you get something wrong.
NOTE FOR MODDERS::
This app basically takes the place of the "setup-X.command" scripts found in (e.g.) some of G3's Mac-packaged mods. One of my goals is to make *your* life easier, by simplifying mod packaging. In most cases, this tool lets players used a Windows-packaged version of a mod. All they need is the mod data folder with the .tp2 file inside of it. (The only exception is if a mod bundles a Win binary program, like OggDec or something.)
If you want to include Weidu with your mod, as of v236 you can include a) both current 64-bit versions for OS X, or b) just the 32-bit version. In either case you don't even have to rename them to work with your mod - this app handles renaming (via symlink) at the time of mod installation! Indeed, feel free to include this app in your mod package instead of a .command installer script. It's open-source, I don't mind it being re-distributed, altered, improved, whatever. As long as you don't claim you invented it, it's all good.