My first experience with Infinity engine games was on the PS2 (or was it a PS1, who can remember?) and I was truly disappointed. In retrospect, I highly doubt that was an Infinity engine port, they probably just licensed the Baldur's Gate name.
Because of that first experience, I missed out on some truly spectacular RPGing. I thought the PC game was the same as the PS2 and so, I failed to understand the attraction. Fast forward many years, Android comes of age and companies like Beamdog breathe new life into classic RPG games. I discovered BGII via GOG, GemRB, and Android (it took a bit to get it working on my table and it never worked great). I got frustrated with the GemRB system (they should have stuck with the 16bit SDL until the 32bit was ready) and removed all of it from my tablet.
The next thing I know, Beamdog released BG:EE for Android. I bought it immediately and, I'm hooked. But, most of the RPG games I play now are much more customizable and I've even written a few mods myself. Unfortunately, I don't have the time or data file access needed to mod IWD:EE.
I'm not done with my first play-through of BGI yet, but I wanted a break. It wouldn't make sense to play BGII until I finished BGI at least once, so I bought Icewind Dale instead. Then, I looked for mods that would work on the Android port. I didn't find many. There isn't even a dedicated forum topic, until now!
I'm not the best person to address this particular subject because this is my first IWD play-through, but I am capable of keeping a central list!
So, if you've written a mod that works with the Android port or have tested mods that work (or need someone else to test one for you), post it here with a short description and a link. Be sure to include any necessary installation instructions if they vary from the norm. After a mod is verified to work with IWD:EE on Android, I will add it to the main list.
If you know of a mod that does not work, let me know that too, and I will add it to the does-not-work list, but lets try to keep this list concise and as small as possible (only submit mods that would make sense to try).
For general Android mod installation directions and Android specific mod requirements, see this post by AstroBryGuy. If you're in a hurry though, the main bit of information to take away is "Mods that only require being copied into the override directory should work..."
UNVERIFIED IWD:EE MODS SUBMITTED FOR FURTHER TESTING (feel free to test):
norest.rar Remove certain toon restrictions; Installation: copy everything from the "norest" directory to the "override" directory, ignore the EXE
Steal.zip Enable pickpocketing of more items
VERIFIED MODS THAT DO NOT WORK WITH IWD:EE ANDROID PORT:
e.g. Profs_Mod.zip Remove proficiency restrictions; Won't work with IWD:EE because of specific references
VERIFIED MODS THAT WORK WITH ANDROID'S IWD:EE PORT:
Because of that first experience, I missed out on some truly spectacular RPGing. I thought the PC game was the same as the PS2 and so, I failed to understand the attraction. Fast forward many years, Android comes of age and companies like Beamdog breathe new life into classic RPG games. I discovered BGII via GOG, GemRB, and Android (it took a bit to get it working on my table and it never worked great). I got frustrated with the GemRB system (they should have stuck with the 16bit SDL until the 32bit was ready) and removed all of it from my tablet.
The next thing I know, Beamdog released BG:EE for Android. I bought it immediately and, I'm hooked. But, most of the RPG games I play now are much more customizable and I've even written a few mods myself. Unfortunately, I don't have the time or data file access needed to mod IWD:EE.
I'm not done with my first play-through of BGI yet, but I wanted a break. It wouldn't make sense to play BGII until I finished BGI at least once, so I bought Icewind Dale instead. Then, I looked for mods that would work on the Android port. I didn't find many. There isn't even a dedicated forum topic, until now!
I'm not the best person to address this particular subject because this is my first IWD play-through, but I am capable of keeping a central list!
So, if you've written a mod that works with the Android port or have tested mods that work (or need someone else to test one for you), post it here with a short description and a link. Be sure to include any necessary installation instructions if they vary from the norm. After a mod is verified to work with IWD:EE on Android, I will add it to the main list.
If you know of a mod that does not work, let me know that too, and I will add it to the does-not-work list, but lets try to keep this list concise and as small as possible (only submit mods that would make sense to try).
For general Android mod installation directions and Android specific mod requirements, see this post by AstroBryGuy. If you're in a hurry though, the main bit of information to take away is "Mods that only require being copied into the override directory should work..."
UNVERIFIED IWD:EE MODS SUBMITTED FOR FURTHER TESTING (feel free to test):
norest.rar Remove certain toon restrictions; Installation: copy everything from the "norest" directory to the "override" directory, ignore the EXE
Steal.zip Enable pickpocketing of more items
VERIFIED MODS THAT DO NOT WORK WITH IWD:EE ANDROID PORT:
e.g. Profs_Mod.zip Remove proficiency restrictions; Won't work with IWD:EE because of specific references
VERIFIED MODS THAT WORK WITH ANDROID'S IWD:EE PORT: