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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Installing Mods on OSX

AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
edited August 2018 in General Modding
This is guide is based in @mlnevese's earlier "Installing Mods in OSX a quick tutorial", updated for BG2EE, Mac App Store BGEE/BG2EE installations, and changes to recent versions of WeiDU.

Step 1: Find your Game folder

First, you need to locate the game folder of your BGEE/BG2EE/IWDEE game, which is where you will install mods.

For BGEEv1.3, BG2EEv1.3, and IWDEEv1.4:
Open up a Finder window, and locate your BGEE/BG2EE/IWDEE application package (see below). Right click on the app and select "Show Package Contents". Go to "Contents/Resources". This is your Resources folder.

Purchased from Beamdog
  • BGEE: /Applications/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition/Game Data/00777/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition
  • BG2EE: /Applications/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/Game Data/00782/BaldursGateIIEnhancedEdition
  • IWDEE: /Applications/Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition/Game Data/00799/IcewindDale
Purchased from Mac App Store:
  • BGEE: /Applications/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition
  • BG2EE: /Applications/BaldursGateIIEnhancedEdition
  • IWDEE: /Applications/IcewindDale
SPECIAL NOTE FOR MAC APP STORE PURCHASERS
If you downloaded BGEE/BG2EE from the Mac App Store, then the app package will be owned by the root user and your user account won't have permission to write files to the Resources folder. To fix this, you'll have to change the permissions.

Select the Resources folder and then choose File > Get Info.
Under the Sharing & Permissions pane, click the lock icon and enter an administrator’s name and password.
Change the privilege for "Everyone" to "Read & Write".
Then, choose "Apply to enclosed items" from the Action pop-up menu (looks like a gear).

Purchased from Steam:
  • BGEE: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition
  • BG2EE: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/BaldursGateIIEnhancedEdition
  • IWDEE: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition/IcewindDale
SPECIAL NOTE FOR STEAM PURCHASERS
The Library folder is normally hidden. To navigate to it, hold down the "option" key while clicking on the Go menu in the Finder. The menu that appears will have an entry "Library" - select and it will open a Finder window in your Library folder.

Purchased from GOG:
BGEE:
* Go to /Applications/Badur's Gate Enhanced Edition
* Right click on the app and select "Show Package Contents".
* Go to Contents/Resources/game/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition
* Right click on the app and select "Show Package Contents".
* Go to Contents/Resources

BG2EE:
* Go to /Applications/Baldur's Gate II Enhanced Edition
* Right click on the app and select "Show Package Contents".
* Go to Contents/Resources/game/BaldursGateIIEnhancedEdition
* Right click on the app and select "Show Package Contents".
* Go to Contents/Resources

IWDEE:
* Go to /Applications/Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition
* Right click on the app and select "Show Package Contents".
* Go to Contents/Resources/game/IcewindDale
* Right click on the app and select "Show Package Contents".
* Go to Contents/Resources


For BGEEv2.x, SoD, BG2EEv2.x:
The game folder is no longer hidden inside an app package (yay!). You will find the chitin.key in the following folders:
Purchased from Beamdog
  • BGEE: /Applications/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition/Game Data/00777
  • SoD: /Applications/Baldur's Gate - Siege of Dragonspear/Game Data/00806
  • BG2EE: /Applications/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/Game Data/00782
Purchased from Mac App Store:
  • N/A yet
Purchased from Steam:
  • BGEE: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition
  • BG2EE: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition
Purchased from GOG: (Educated guess - this needs confirmation!)
  • BGEE:
    • Go to /Applications/Badur's Gate Enhanced Edition
    • Right click on the app and select "Show Package Contents".
    • Go to Contents/Resources
  • BG2EE:
    • Go to /Applications/Baldur's Gate II Enhanced Edition
    • Right click on the app and select "Show Package Contents".
    • Go to Contents/Resources
SPECIAL NOTE FOR STEAM AND GOG USERS:
If you have SoD installed, you will need to use ModMerge before installing mods.

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/50441/modmerge-merge-your-steam-gog-zip-based-dlc-into-something-weidu-nearinfinity-dltcep-can-use/p1


Step 2: Download the latest WeiDU

Get a copy of Mac WeiDU here: http://www.weidu.org/~thebigg/.

FYI - If you're new to modding, WeiDU is an installer program for BGEE/BG2EE mods. You need it.

Unzip the archive. It will create a folder called 'Weidu-Mac'. Open this folder and copy the 'weidu' program file to the game folder.


Step 3: Get some mods!

For BGEE, @mlnevese maintains a list of BGEE and SoDcompatible mods.

For BG2EE, check out @LiamEsler's BG2EE Compatible Mod List.

For IWDEE, check out @Darkersun's [List] IWD:EE compatible Mods

Download the mod(s) you want to install. Unpack the archive and copy the mod files to the game folder.

Note that OSX tries to be helpful when extracting an archive and if the top-level folder of the archive contains anything other than a single folder, it creates a folder with the same name as the archive to extract the files into. You will want to open this folder and then copy the contents to the game folder.

Example: You download SuperCoolMod-v1.3.zip. When you extract the archive, the files go into folder SuperCoolMod-v1.3. Open this folder and copy the contents to the game folder.


Step 4: Install the mods!

@subtledoctor has created a nice tool for this, called the Easy Mod Installer for OS X.

Mods should not be installed in a random order. Some mods should be installed before others. A general recommended mod install order (based on @cmorgan's Tutu Mod Compatibility and Order of Install thread) would be:
  • Sound Mods (e.g., Restored BG1 Casting Sounds)
  • Item/Store/Other Dependencies Mods
  • Quest Mods
  • Comprehensive Mods and Related Tweaks
  • NPC Mods
  • Graphical Mods
  • AI/Scripting Mods
  • Kit/Spell Mods
  • Global Tweaks & Improvements (BG2 Tweaks, SCS, aTweaks)


Step 5: Enjoy!

Once you've installed your mod, re-launch BGEE/BG2EE/IWDEE and have fun playing your modded game!
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  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    THANK YOU! This is exactly what a noob with the App Store version needs! Now, to xan!
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    meagloth said:

    THANK YOU! This is exactly what a noob with the App Store version needs! Now, to xan!

    You're welcome! Let me know if there's parts that aren't clear enough or need improvement.

  • AlikaterAlikater Member Posts: 5
    First of all-- SO STOKED to have found your guide and to have gotten this far. I fully versed myself on modding BG2 on a PC, but on a mac....Ohhhhmylanta. Whole 'nother story.
    Anyways, after following all of the steps on this guide, I come to an impasse where the terminal program comes back with this:


    "MYNAME-MacBook-Pro:~ aliKater$ cd /Applications/Baldur\'s\ Gate\ II\ -\ Enhanced\ Edition/Game\ Data/00782/BaldursGateIIEnhancedEdition.app/Contents/Resources
    MYNAME-MacBook-Pro:Resources aliKater$ ln -s weidu setup-bg2_tweaksln: setup-bg2_tweaks: File exists
    MYNAME-MacBook-Pro:Resources aliKater$ ./setup-bg2_tweaks
    -bash: ./setup-bg2_tweaks: Permission denied
    MYNAME-MacBook-Pro:Resources aliKater$ ln -s weidu setup-Assassinations
    ln: setup-Assassinations: File exists
    MYNAME-MacBook-Pro:Resources aliKater$ ./setup-Assassinations
    Usage: ./setup-Assassinations name-of-tp2 otheroptions"


    I'm really hoping that you can help me! Initially it came up saying "permission denied", however i went in to the individual folder (had already changed permissions on resources folder) and changed permissions to "read and write", After doing so i got the response "Usage: ./setup-Assassinations name-of-tp2 otheroptions". And now I'm at a total loss as for what to do?!
    It's the same for every mod btw, just started with Assassinations cos its the first of the mods that I want from the mod install list for mac.

    Thank you SO much for getting back to me :)
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    edited March 2014
    @Alikater - Most mods (OS X versions) are packaged with a copy of WeiDU with the name "setup-MODNAME", e.g. "setup-bg2_tweaks". There can be a few issues with these included WeiDU programs:

    1. It might not be the most recent version of WeiDU. WeiDU is normally self-updating, but that can be complicated by issue #2.
    2. For the latest versions of WeiDU, there are separate binaries for Mavericks vs. Snow Leopard/Lion/Mountain Lion. If your WeiDU program is not the right binary for your version of OS X, it will crash with an illegal instruction error.
    3. The mod might be packaged with the WeiDU program not having its "execute" permission set (which is the case for BG2 Tweaks). You can fix this from the command line, but you still might have issues with #1 & #2.

    I think the simplest thing to do is just remove these included versions of WeiDU and use the copy you downloaded yourself. Either use the Finder to move "setup-bg2_tweaks" and "setup-Assassinations" to the Trash, or you can use the command line from Terminal: 
    rm setup-bg2_tweaks
    rm setup-Assassinations
    If you really don't want to delete the files, you could also just rename them in the Finder to something like "setup-bg2_tweaks.old".

    Then, go ahead with the "ln -s" commands.

  • AlikaterAlikater Member Posts: 5
    Hi! Thank you so much for getting back to me so soon :)
    I got it to work!!!! Well.....for that mod at least lol....Every other one I have tried has come up with "permission denied". So I go in to every file with the name of the mod I want to install and change it to "read and write", however still getting error. is there a way to changeall mod permissions at once? Is there something I am missing?
    Seriously tho thank you sooo much @AstroBryGuy you have already helped me so much :)
  • AlikaterAlikater Member Posts: 5
    Sorry to post again it's just that this is driving me nuts!!! I can't figure out what is different from what I did on the Assassinations setup that isn't working on any other mods....my train of thought has been to go to every file within the folder of the mod I am installing, changing all of the permissions to read and write, and I even unlocked the lock thingy on all of them after it didnt work...I'm so confused!!
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    @Alikater - In Terminal, go to the Resources folder and type 
    ls -al
    Then, copy the results and send them to me.
  • AlikaterAlikater Member Posts: 5
    edited March 2014
    Okay great...thanks @AstroBryGuy‌ Here is what i got:

    MYNAME-MacBook-Pro:~ aliKater$ cd /Applications/Baldur\'s\ Gate\ II\ -\ Enhanced\ Edition/Game\ Data/00782/BaldursGateIIEnhancedEdition.app/Contents/Resources
    MYNAME-MacBook-Pro:Resources aliKater$ ls -al
    total 147960
    drwxrwxrwx 95 aliKater admin 3230 27 Mar 11:14 .
    drwxr-xr-x 7 aliKater admin 238 29 Jan 18:32 ..
    drwxrwxrwx 21 aliKater staff 714 14 Nov 23:51 Angelo
    drwxrwxrwx 21 aliKater staff 714 31 Jan 13:29 Assassinations
    drwxr-xr-x@ 3 aliKater staff 102 25 May 2013 BG Mac mod installer v2_1-1.app
    drwxrwxrwx 13 aliKater staff 442 14 Nov 23:53 BackBrynnlaw
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater admin 2165788 29 Jan 22:27 BaldursGateII.icns
    -rw-r--r--@ 1 aliKater admin 2626505 17 Apr 2013 CCMacSetup107.dmg
    -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 aliKater admin 23244 18 Nov 11:08 COPYING
    drwxr-xr-x 16 aliKater admin 544 3 Oct 20:32 Isra_bg2
    drwx------@ 3 aliKater staff 102 30 Jan 13:42 OSX-KelseyV3
    drwx------@ 7 aliKater staff 238 31 Jan 13:33 OSX-KelseyV3-1
    drwxr-xr-x 63 aliKater staff 2142 31 Jan 13:38 RE
    -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 aliKater admin 120559 18 Nov 11:08 README-WeiDU-Changes.txt
    -rw-r--r--@ 1 aliKater admin 708285 22 Mar 2013 README-WeiDU.html
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater admin 23202 27 Mar 10:35 SETUP-ASSASSINATIONS.DEBUG
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater admin 10619 27 Mar 11:15 SETUP-VAMPIRETALES.DEBUG
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 16761 15 Nov 01:38 SETUP-com_encounters.tp2
    drwxr-xr-x 15 aliKater staff 510 31 Jan 13:38 Sellswords
    -rw-rw-rw- 1 aliKater staff 983040 13 Nov 11:26 Setup-Angelo
    -rw-rw-rw- 1 aliKater staff 79 15 Nov 22:46 Setup-Angelo.command
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 983040 18 Nov 11:08 Setup-Assassinations 23-56-29
    -rw-rw-rw- 1 aliKater staff 87 15 Nov 22:46 Setup-Assassinations.command
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater admin 276 27 Mar 00:44 Setup-Assassinations.command.zip
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater admin 12681 17 Jan 13:44 Setup-Assassinations.tp2
    -rw-rw-rw- 1 aliKater staff 983040 13 Nov 11:26 Setup-BackBrynnlaw
    -rw-rw-rw- 1 aliKater staff 85 14 Nov 14:16 Setup-BackBrynnlaw.command
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 983040 13 Nov 11:26 Setup-Banterpack
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 83 15 Nov 22:47 Setup-Banterpack.command
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 983040 18 Nov 11:08 Setup-DungeonBeGone
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 983040 18 Nov 11:08 Setup-DungeonBeGone 23-56-58
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 86 17 Jan 14:49 Setup-DungeonBeGone.command
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 1673 17 Jan 13:46 Setup-DungeonBeGone.tp2
    -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 aliKater admin 983040 18 Nov 09:08 Setup-Kelsey
    -rw-r--r--@ 1 aliKater admin 78 30 Dec 17:00 Setup-Kelsey.command
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 983040 13 Nov 11:26 Setup-NPCFlirt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 81 15 Nov 22:51 Setup-NPCFlirt.command
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 75 15 Nov 22:51 Setup-RE.command
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 983040 18 Nov 11:08 Setup-Sellswords
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 983040 18 Nov 11:08 Setup-Sellswords 23-57-20
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 83 15 Nov 22:52 Setup-Sellswords.command
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 983040 13 Nov 11:26 Setup-UB
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 75 15 Nov 22:53 Setup-UB.command
    -rw-rw-rw- 1 aliKater staff 14463 22 Dec 2012 Setup-VampireTales.tp2
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 4383 15 Nov 21:57 Setup-banterpack.tp2
    drwxr-xr-x 9 aliKater staff 306 1 Jan 18:20 WeiDU-Mac-2
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater admin 439 27 Mar 11:15 WeiDU.log
    drwxr-xr-x 16 aliKater staff 544 11 Nov 02:15 adrian
    drwxr-xr-x 16 aliKater staff 544 11 Nov 13:06 arath
    drwxr-xr-x 22 aliKater staff 748 15 Nov 21:56 banterpack
    drwxr-xr-x 22 aliKater staff 748 30 Sep 15:57 bg2_tweaks
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater admin 843538 29 Jan 22:27 chitin.key
    drwxr-xr-x 15 aliKater staff 510 12 Nov 02:32 com_encounters
    drwxr-xr-x 187 aliKater admin 6358 29 Jan 22:42 data
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 aliKater admin 140 30 Jan 13:36 dialog.tlk -> /Applications/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/Game Data/00782/BaldursGateIIEnhancedEdition.app/Contents/Resources//lang/en_US/dialog.tlk
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 aliKater admin 141 30 Jan 13:36 dialogF.tlk -> /Applications/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/Game Data/00782/BaldursGateIIEnhancedEdition.app/Contents/Resources//lang/en_US/dialogF.tlk
    drwxr-xr-x@ 17 aliKater staff 578 17 Nov 23:41 edwin
    drwxr-xr-x@ 19 aliKater admin 646 1 Jan 18:08 examples
    drwxr-xr-x 11 aliKater staff 374 11 Nov 15:52 haerdalisromance
    drwxr-xr-x 9 aliKater staff 306 10 Nov 10:19 iepbanters
    drwxr-xr-x 9 aliKater staff 306 10 Nov 10:19 imoenfriendship
    drwxr-xr-x 23 aliKater staff 782 31 Jan 13:30 jassy
    drwxr-xr-x@ 17 aliKater admin 578 30 Dec 16:54 kelsey
    -rw-r--r--@ 1 aliKater admin 30076 16 Nov 11:06 kelsey.tp2
    drwxr-xr-x 3 aliKater admin 102 29 Jan 16:13 lang
    drwxr-xr-x@ 4 aliKater admin 136 1 Jan 18:08 lib
    drwxr-xr-x 26 aliKater admin 884 29 Jan 21:00 movies
    drwxr-xr-x 204 aliKater admin 6936 29 Jan 22:53 music
    drwxr-xr-x 54 aliKater staff 1836 14 Nov 23:45 npcflirt
    drwxr-xr-x@ 4 aliKater staff 136 31 Jan 13:19 osx
    drwxrwxrwx 180 aliKater admin 6120 27 Mar 11:15 override
    -rw-r--r--@ 1 aliKater admin 2283 30 Oct 2011 readme-mosunpack.txt
    -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 aliKater admin 2225 15 May 2004 readme-tisunpack.txt
    drwxr-xr-x 12 aliKater staff 408 11 Nov 15:52 sarevokromance
    drwxr-xr-x 28 aliKater admin 952 29 Jan 22:27 scripts
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 aliKater admin 5 27 Mar 00:09 setp-RE -> weidu
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 aliKater admin 5 27 Mar 00:03 setup-Assassinations -> weidu
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 aliKater admin 5 27 Mar 00:09 setup-RE -> weidu
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 6290844 29 Sep 20:32 setup-bg2_tweaks
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 59 28 Nov 2012 setup-bg2_tweaks.command
    -rw-r--r--@ 1 aliKater staff 17150 17 Nov 23:34 setup-edwinromance.tp2
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 aliKater admin 123 30 Jan 13:36 setup-false -> /Applications/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/Game Data/00782/BaldursGateIIEnhancedEdition.app/Contents/Resources/weidu
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 5943 15 Nov 21:56 setup-npcflirt.tp2
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 65938 22 Jan 11:02 setup-ub.tp2
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 aliKater admin 5 27 Mar 00:06 setup-vampiretales -> weidu
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 983040 23 Oct 01:55 setup-wheels
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater staff 56 11 Nov 01:13 setup-wheels.command
    drwxr-xr-x 37 aliKater staff 1258 31 Jan 13:38 ub
    drwxr-xr-x 2 aliKater admin 68 27 Mar 10:13 untitled folder
    drwxrwxrwx 19 aliKater staff 646 30 Apr 2011 vampiretales
    drwxr-xr-x 10 aliKater staff 340 10 Nov 10:19 viconia
    -rw-r--r--@ 1 aliKater admin 44577073 7 Jun 2013 vlc-2.0.7.dmg
    -rwxrwxrwx@ 1 aliKater admin 6257968 3 Dec 23:01 weidu
    -rw-r--r-- 1 aliKater admin 17 27 Mar 10:35 weidu.conf
    drwxr-xr-x 18 aliKater staff 612 10 Nov 17:56 wheels
    Katherine-Plasketts-MacBook-Pro:Resources aliKater$
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  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    @Alikater‌ - Ok. So, all of the files like "Setup-Angelo" and "Setup-Sellswords" are copies of WeiDU. Most of them are copies of the most recent WeiDU for OS X Mavericks. But, the "weidu" program file you copied into your Resources is the Snow Leopard version. So, I assume you're running OS X 10.6, 10.7, or 10.8.

    The first thing to do is to get rid of all those copies of WeiDU for Mavericks. 
    rm Setup-Angelo
    rm Setup-Assassinations 23-56-29
    rm Setup-BackBrynnlaw
    rm Setup-Banterpack
    rm Setup-DungeonBeGone
    rm Setup-DungeonBeGone 23-56-58
    rm Setup-Kelsey
    rm Setup-NPCFlirt
    rm Setup-Sellswords
    rm Setup-Sellswords 23-57-20
    rm Setup-UB
    rm setup-bg2_tweaks
    rm setup-wheels
    Next, for each mod, enter the following command: 
    ln -s weidu setup-MODNAME
    where MODNAME is the name of the folder the mod's files are in. For example, the files for the BG2 Tweaks mod are in the folder "bg2_tweaks". So, the command would be: 
    ln -s weidu setup-bg2_tweaks
    Then, to install each mod, just enter the command: 
    ./setup-MODNAME
    where MODNAME is the name of the folder the mod's files are in, e.g. for BG2 Tweaks the command is: 
    ./setup-bg2_tweaks
  • AlikaterAlikater Member Posts: 5
    This worked perfectly!!! thank you so much!!!
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    Last login: Wed May 7 19:59:18 on ttys001
    unknown0023121b2957:~ bawake2$ cd /Applications/BaldursGateIIEnhancedEdition.app/Contents/Resources
    unknown0023121b2957:Resources bawake2$ ln -s weidu setup-OSX-Xan_v14.rar
    ln: setup-OSX-Xan_v14.rar: File exists
    unknown0023121b2957:Resources bawake2$ ./setup-OSX-Xan_v14.rar
    -bash: ./setup-OSX-Xan_v14.rar: Permission denied
    unknown0023121b2957:Resources bawake2$

    Is this the same problem as alikater? I'm pretty sure I deleted all of the setup files.
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    @meagloth - Did you unarchive the OSX-Xan_v14.rar file you downloaded? When you unarchive the .rar file, it will create a folder "OSX-Xan_v14". Go into this folder and copy the "Xan" folder to the Resources directory. Then create the symlink for weidu:

    ln -s weidu setup-Xan

    Then:

    ./setup-Xan


    One more thing - It looks like the version of sox included with the mod is old. So old, its for PowerPC CPUs. You'll need to replace sox with an OSX-Intel verison if you want the audio. You can download sox from:

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/sox/files/sox/14.4.1/

    Unzip the download and copy the "sox" program into Xan/audio, replacing the version already there.

  • mrdeluxemrdeluxe Member Posts: 98
    @AstroBryGuy‌ Thank you so much for writing this.

    Have you had experience trying to install SCS? I'm unsure of how to do it.
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    mrdeluxe said:

    @AstroBryGuy‌ Thank you so much for writing this.

    Have you had experience trying to install SCS? I'm unsure of how to do it.

    You're welcome. And yes, I've installed SCS on OSX. It installs like pretty much any other mod, but it does take longer than most with all the processing it does.

    Assuming you've already following the commands above to get your copy of weidu installed in the Resources directory...

    Download the OSX SCS package here: http://forums.gibberlings3.net/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=915

    Unarchive the OSX-strategems-v28.rar file (If you don't have a program to handle .RAR files, I recommend Unarchiver https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-unarchiver/id425424353?mt=12).

    Go into the folder it creates and copy the "strategems" folder to your Resources directory.

    Then type the following commands in Terminal (make sure you are in the Resources folder):

    ln -s weidu setup-strategems

    ./setup-strategems
  • mrdeluxemrdeluxe Member Posts: 98
    AstroBryGuy said:


    Download the OSX SCS package here: http://forums.gibberlings3.net/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=915

    Unarchive the OSX-strategems-v28.rar file (If you don't have a program to handle .RAR files, I recommend Unarchiver https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-unarchiver/id425424353?mt=12).

    Go into the folder it creates and copy the "strategems" folder to your Resources directory.

    Then type the following commands in Terminal (make sure you are in the Resources folder):

    ln -s weidu setup-strategems

    ./setup-strategems

    Yeah, this was what I was doing but I always get the same error in terminal:
    Usage: ./setup-strategems name-of-tp2 otheroptions

    I'm guessing this is because inside the "stratagems" folder I have all these files: setup-stratagems_autoinstall.tp2; setup-stratagems.tp2?

    However deleting them does nothing.

    I've added a screenshot of the Finder inside the Resources folder.

    Again, thank you so much!
  • mrdeluxemrdeluxe Member Posts: 98
    P.S.: And this is what's in my Terminal window:

    Last login: Fri May 9 17:56:12 on ttys000
    Ricardos-MacBook-Pro:~ ricardo$ cd /Applications/Baldur\'s\ Gate\ -\ Enhanced\ Edition.app/Contents/Resources
    Ricardos-MacBook-Pro:Resources ricardo$ ln -s weidu setup-strategems
    ln: setup-strategems: File exists
    Ricardos-MacBook-Pro:Resources ricardo$ ./setup-strategems
    Usage: ./setup-strategems name-of-tp2 otheroptions
    Ricardos-MacBook-Pro:Resources ricardo$

  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    edited May 2014
    @mrdeluxe‌ - Another person had a similar error message from the command line. The issue was that they had copied the program "weinstall" rather than "weidu". Can enter the following command from the Terminal (in your Resources folder) and report back the result? I want to see the file size of the program called "weidu" in your Resources folder. 

    ls -al | grep weidu
  • mrdeluxemrdeluxe Member Posts: 98
    AstroBryGuy said:

    @mrdeluxe‌ - Another person had a similar error message from the command line. The issue was that they had copied the program "weinstall" rather than "weidu". Can enter the following command from the Terminal (in your Resources folder) and report back the result? I want to see the file size of the program called "weidu" in your Resources folder.


    ls -al | grep weidu
    Thanks @AstroBryGuy‌. Here it is:

    ricardos-mbp:~ ricardo$ cd /Applications/Baldur\'s\ Gate\ -\ Enhanced\ Edition.app/Contents/Resources
    ricardos-mbp:Resources ricardo$ ls -al | grep weidu
    lrwxr-xrwx+ 1 root wheel 5 May 9 17:56 setup-strategems -> weidu
    -rwxr-xrwx@ 1 root wheel 167936 Nov 18 09:08 weidu
    ricardos-mbp:Resources ricardo$

  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    @mrdeluxe‌ - As I suspected, you copied the program "weinstall+mavericks" from the WeiDU package rather than "weidu+mavericks".

    Delete the "weidu" file currently in your Resources directory and the setup-strategems symlink. Replace it with the "weidu+mavericks" file from the WeiDU package (renamed "weidu").
  • mrdeluxemrdeluxe Member Posts: 98
    AstroBryGuy said:

    @mrdeluxe‌ - As I suspected, you copied the program "weinstall+mavericks" from the WeiDU package rather than "weidu+mavericks".

    Delete the "weidu" file currently in your Resources directory and the setup-strategems symlink. Replace it with the "weidu+mavericks" file from the WeiDU package (renamed "weidu").

    IT WORKED! Thank you do much!
    (At first it wasn't working but they I realized that in your instructions in said "strategems" with na "e" while the mod is "stratagems" with an "a".)

    In any case, fantastic! Thank you so much for the help!

    …now it's time to select a class for
    SCS! :)
  • sturmvogel66sturmvogel66 Member Posts: 35
    This worked like a charm. I only added FreeAction since I'm almost at the very end of TOB, but I guess that my earlier frustrating attempts were foiled by trying to use the latest Weidu when using 10.6.8.
  • TheDoorTheDoor Member Posts: 4
    edited May 2014
    I didn't get it work ... (for BG2EE)
    I always (with Unfinished Business and tweak pack - didn't try other) get to the point whe're i can chose the language - but then i get 2 Errors.... any idea what i have to do ?

    (Patricks-MacBook-Air:Resources Patrick$ ./setup-ub
    [./setup-ub] WeiDU version 23600

    Choose your language:
    0 [English]
    1 [French (graoumf and Les D'Oghmatiques)]
    2 [Polski (Yarpen)]
    3 [Deutsch (Rosenranken.de)]
    4 [Espa?ol (Clan DLAN)]
    5 [Czech (yenn)]
    6 [Russian (Alex&AERIE.RU, BigMF, Hawkmoon, Regharrr. Updated by Prowler)]
    7 [Chinese (Scar_kun)]
    8 [Italian (Giuseppe Cali)]
    9 [French (graoumf and Les D'Oghmatiques) for ENHANCED EDITION]
    10 [Polski (Yarpen) for ENHANCED EDITION]
    0
    Using Language [English]
    ERROR: could not match a directory in ./dialog.tlk
    ERROR: problem parsing TP file [SETUP-UB.TP2]: Not_found

    FATAL ERROR: Not_found

    Press ENTER to exit.

    Thank you for help
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    edited May 2014
    It sounds like Weidu can't find the setup file for the mod. Can you send me a file listing for the Resources folder? Use the command from Terminal 
    ls -al
  • TheDoorTheDoor Member Posts: 4
    Here is the list:

    Patricks-MacBook-Air:Resources Patrick$ ls -al
    total 35192
    drwxrwxrwx 26 Patrick admin 884 26 Mai 17:48 .
    drwxr-xr-x 7 Patrick admin 238 26 Mai 17:17 ..
    -rw-r--r-- 1 Patrick admin 2165788 22 Nov 2013 BaldursGateII.icns
    drwxrwxrwx 3 Patrick admin 102 26 Mai 14:41 OSX-UnfinishedBusiness-v24
    -rw-r--r--@ 1 Patrick admin 3192011 5 Feb 10:18 OSX-UnfinishedBusiness-v24.rar
    drwxr-xr-x 2 Patrick admin 68 26 Mai 13:34 Override
    -rw-r--r-- 1 Patrick admin 1451 26 Mai 14:46 SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS.DEBUG
    -rw-r--r-- 1 Patrick admin 1143 26 Mai 17:47 SETUP-UB.DEBUG
    -rw-rw-rw- 1 Patrick admin 69 5 Feb 10:58 Setup-UB.command
    drwxr-xr-x@ 9 Patrick admin 306 1 Jan 16:20 WeiDU-Mac-4
    drwxrwxrwx 22 Patrick admin 748 30 Sep 2013 bg2_tweaks
    -rw-r--r-- 1 Patrick admin 843538 22 Nov 2013 chitin.key
    drwxr-xr-x 187 Patrick admin 6358 18 Nov 2013 data
    -rw-r--r--@ 1 Patrick staff 171216 26 Mai 17:48 dialog.tlk
    drwxr-xr-x 26 Patrick admin 884 18 Nov 2013 movies
    drwxr-xr-x 204 Patrick admin 6936 18 Nov 2013 music
    drwxr-xr-x 5 Patrick admin 170 26 Mai 14:44 osx-bg2_tweaks-v14
    -rw-r--r--@ 1 Patrick admin 3977043 26 Mai 14:43 osx-bg2_tweaks-v14.rar
    drwxr-xr-x 28 Patrick admin 952 18 Nov 2013 scripts
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 Patrick admin 5 26 Mai 14:45 setup-bg2_tweaks -> weidu
    -rw-r--r-- 1 Patrick admin 59 28 Nov 2012 setup-bg2_tweaks.command
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 Patrick admin 5 26 Mai 15:09 setup-ub -> weidu
    -rw-rw-rw- 1 Patrick admin 65938 22 Jan 09:02 setup-ub.tp2
    drwxrwxrwx 37 Patrick admin 1258 26 Mai 14:01 ub
    -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 Patrick admin 983040 18 Nov 2013 weidu
    -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 Patrick admin 6257968 3 Dez 23:01 weidusnow
    Patricks-MacBook-Air:Resources Patrick$



  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    edited May 2014
    @TheDoor drop the setup-ub.tp2 in the ub folder and try again.
    Also, be sure the dialog.tlk is inside Resources/lang/en_US.
  • TheDoorTheDoor Member Posts: 4
    ok there was no folder /lang/en_US.
    After I created the folder put my dialog.tlk in and put the setup-uh.tp2 in the ub folder it seems to work ...
    1 sec later I got the message my dialog.tlk is corrupt and has the wrong signature ...
    now I have deinstalled the whole game and I'm doing a new installation. To many files in were in my resources folder, so i don't knew if they all belong there or not.
    I will give you an update after the installation.
    Thanks for the help.
  • TheDoorTheDoor Member Posts: 4
    edited May 2014
    Thanks a lot, it works fine now.
    With the new installation there is the lang/en_US folder with the dialog.tlk and all mods are installed successfully.
  • squarehead0squarehead0 Member Posts: 6
    @AstroBryGuy‌ when i try to run './setup-bg1npc' it says no such file or directory. In the resources folder there is the file setup-bg1npc so i don't know what is going wrong!
  • squarehead0squarehead0 Member Posts: 6
    @AstroBryGuy‌ I fixed my last issue but now i get the error "Too many levels of symbolic links", any help?
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    edited June 2014
    @squarehead0‌ - That usually means that you created a circular link reference, i.e., file "a" links to "b" and "b" links back to "a". For example, the following commands will give you the same error: 
    ln -s foo bar
    ln -s bar foo
    ./foo
    Can you enter the following command from the Terminal (in your Resources folder) and report back the result? 
    ls -al | grep weidu
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