• Icewind Dale 2 gets some lovin'

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 6 11:42:13 2023
    Over the years, all the classic "Infinity Engine" CRPGs got some love
    in the form of the various Enhanced Editions. "Baldur's Gate" and
    "Baldur's Gate 2" were first; beloved "Planescape" got some work done
    next, and finally so did "Icewind Dale".

    But oddly, "Icewind Dale 2" has remains forgotten and un-enhanced.

    Or rather, "Icewind Dale 2" never received an OFFICIAL enhancement.
    The fans, of course, have been as busy as usual. An unofficial
    "Icewind Dale 2 Enhanced Edition" is now available.

    It is, obviously, not a stand-alone product; you will need to own a
    copy of the base game first, and the Enhanced Edition is applied as a
    patch to that version. But this mod adds a bunch of fixes,
    quality-of-life improvements, improves hardware compatibility with
    modern computers, and adds a bunch of new spells and items.

    The only thing it doesn't improve is the visuals, although personally
    I still find the graphics quite usable and the addition of wide-screen
    mode helps a lot.


    Read more here: https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/87952/icewind-dale-2-enhanced-edition-is-released/p1
    Download from here: https://github.com/RedChimera/IWD2EE/releases/download/v3.2.0/iwd2ee-v3.2.0.zip

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  • From Mark P. Nelson@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Tue Nov 7 16:40:40 2023
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote in news:iq4ikit57rtpffjst7a42qhgvfoa0rfr3s@4ax.com:

    Or rather, "Icewind Dale 2" never received an OFFICIAL enhancement.
    The fans, of course, have been as busy as usual. An unofficial
    "Icewind Dale 2 Enhanced Edition" is now available.

    Woot! Downloaded.

    Thanks for this.

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