Gavin NPC mod for BG Tutu or BGT-WeiDU

A Gibberlings Three Mod
Author: berelinde
On the web: Home page and discussion forum

Version 3 - Check for the most recent version
Languages: English
Platforms: Windows and Mac OS X

This mod adds Gavin, an NPC cleric of Lathander, to the Baldur's Gate conversions Baldur's Gate Tutu and Baldur's Gate Trilogy.

This mod is designed to work with the Baldur's Gate conversion, Tutu, with or without the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion pack, or with BGT-WeiDU. This mod should be installed onto Tutu after you have run the conversion program, in your Baldur's Gate Tutu directory, or in your BG2 directory for BGT. Please note that for EasyTutu users, this directory is usually named BaldursGateTutu.

The mod is designed to work with or without the BG1 NPC Project. It has been tested with TutuFix v 17 (sans Walking Speeds Fix, although Gavin will check for it), Ashes of Embers, BG2 Tweaks, Divine Remix, Sword Coast Strategems (give that boy a magic weapon, he's going to be in for a rough ride), Jastey's Fun with Slime Quest, Sirene's Call, Finch, Indira, Mur'Neth, and many other mods. There are no known incompatibilities with any mod.

Please note that as Gavin is not a Bioware NPC, he will be unaffected by mods that target Bioware NPCs. He will be unaffected by the leveling practices of Sword Coast Strategems, although he has his own leveling script. Tutu NPC Kitpack will have no effect on him whatsoever. Neither BG1 NPC Project nor SCS will send him to wait at an inn, however this feature has already been included as part of his kick-out dialogue. Gavin's starting proficiencies are consistent with those allowed by his stats using Ashes of Embers.

Note: The file structure of Gavin v 1.3 is very different from previous versions. It is recommended that you uninstall any previous versions prior to installing Gavin v 1.3. It will be necessary to start a new game.

Windows
Gavin is packaged and installed with WeiDU and is distributed as a self-extracting archive. To install, simply double-click the archive and follow the instructions on screen.

Alternatively the files can be extracted from the archive using WinRAR. If properly extracted, you should have a Gavin folder and Setup-Gavin.exe in your Tutu folder. To install, simply double-click Setup-Gavin.exe and follow the instructions on screen.

Please run Setup-Gavin.exe in your Tutu folder to reinstall, uninstall or otherwise change components.

Mac OS X
If the mod was previously installed, uninstall it before extracting the new version. Gavin is packaged and installed with WeiDU. To install, simply extract the contents of the mod into your Tutu folder. If properly extracted, you should have a Gavin folder, Setup-gavin, and Setup-gavin.command in your Tutu folder. To install, simply double-click Setup-gavin.command and follow the instructions on screen.

The Romance Guide is available in .pdf format here.

For Modders: an index of variables used in Gavin us available here.

This component adds the new NPC Gavin to the game. Gavin can be found outside the Song of the Morning Temple, near Beregost. Gavin is a cleric of Lathander, and has the following statistics:

• STR: 16
• DEX: 12
• CON: 16
• INT: 12
• WIS: 17
• CHR: 12

His biography is as follows:

Gavin was born in Ulgoth's Beard, one of the younger children of a sailmaker and a midwife. He had an unremarkable childhood, until, at the age of twelve, he discovered he had a talent for healing. His father was a follower of Tyr, but his mother worshipped Lathander. They were quite surprised to find that thier rambunctious son had a calling to the priesthood, but they enthusiastically supported his decision, nevertheless, accompanying him to Beregost to begin his novitiate. His service to his god and his temple was devout, but otherwise unimpressive, and he was ordained a Dawnbringer at the age of nineteen. Since then, he has spent most of his time performing varied services for the temple, but Gavin's advancement within the ranks has been slow. Gavin is twenty-eight when you meet.

berelinde created this mod. Visit the Gibberlings Three forums for information on this and any other Gibberlings Three mod.

Contributors:

• cmorgan: coding, proofreading, initial alpha set-up, crossplatform conversion, traification, other stuff (the gods may be in the details, but in this case, it's "all of the above", and more
• CamDawg: packaging, hosting, scripting help, and the "loan" of huge chunks of code
• DavidW: quest AI borrowed from Sword Coast Strategems, a Gibberlings 3 Mod*
• Jastey: coding, Ajantis dialogue co-author
• Domi: Coran dialogue consultant
• Kulyok: Xan dialogue consultant, alpha testing
• Gorilym: item creation and revision
• K’aeloree: portrait artist and general dialogue consultant
• Miloch: portrait and BAM artist
• devSin, Nythrun, pro5: extensive scripting help
• Theacefes: initial PID ideas suggested by Auren Aseph, a Gibberlings 3 Mod, and her wonderful NPC tutorial
• The Baldur’s Gate NPC Project Team: the “loan” of extensive coding and scripting

Alpha testers: Kulyok, Ajnos, wolfsong, and a captive audience who wishes to remain anonymous

* Used with permission, but modified by berelinde. DavidW gets all of the praise, berelinde is responsible for all of the bugs.

This mod would never have been written without the advice, encouragement and feedback of cmorgan, Jastey, Domi, CamDawg, Gorilym, Smoketest, DavidW, devSin, Eirik the Skjald, Miloch, and The Gibberlings Three Community.

Tools Used in Creation
WeiDU by Wes Weimer
Near Infinity by Jon Olav Hauglid
DLTCEP by Avenger
IESDP maintained by igi
Shadowkeeper by Mudmaster
Audacity by Sourceforge
OggVorbis by the Xiph Open Source Community
Crimson Editor by Ingyu Kang
WeiDU Crimson and ConTEXT Highlighters by Idobek, updated by cmorgan
Tutu by japheth, et. al
EasyTutu builds of Tutu by Macready

This mod may not be sold, published, compiled or redistributed in any form without the consent of its author. Gavin is ©2006, 2007, 2008 berelinde.

Version 3.0

• Extended friendship path, additional TotSC interjections, restored charmed dialogues (thanks A64!), restored spider interjection, added three additional portrait sets, fixed a misplaced TRA reference, updated installer

Version 2.0

• Bugfixes, updated installer, enabled PC who has ended the relationship to skip the initial friendship talks.

Version 1.3 (Beta)

• Bugfixes, optimized scripts, corrected typos, added additional conflict materials, added Jolun to the Elfsong, added to Gavin's parents' dialogue, added Gavin's sketchbook, extended Durlyle interactions, enabled the PC to maintain her relationship with Gavin while still courting BG romanceable males (all romances uncommitted). Cross-platform installation included, as well as traification.

Version 1.2 (Beta)

• Bugfixes

Version 1.1 (Beta)

• Bugfixes, recoded all timers and scripted dialogues, corrected typos, added additional conflict materials

Version 1 (Beta)

• Corrected romance timers, refined Bhaal talk

Version 0.9 (Alpha)

• Corrected timers, added a few more flirts, refined a bit of dialogue

Version 0.8 (Alpha)

• Corrected CRE (again), added chapter talks, state-related banters, and frequent-flirter flirts

Version 0.7 (Alpha)

• Bugfixed courtesy of Kulyok's alpha testing. Corrected scripts, LT coding, added flirts, corrected CRE, repaired timers (again).

Version 0.6 (Alpha)

• Corrected numerous scripts and CREs, added items, finished LTs, corrected tp2

Version 0.5 (Alpha)

• Added Gavin's family, sound, state-related banters, 2 LT, repaired timers

Version 0.4 (Alpha)

• Added quests, additional Ajantis content, Gavin's engagement ring

Version 0.3 (Alpha)

• Updated CRE (again), added more banters, interjections, PID, and lovetalks, changed default portrait, added flirts, finally figured out what I was doing wrong with Gavin's ring, added non-Gavin NPC sounds

Version 0.2 (Alpha)

• Updated CRE, added banters, interjections, friendship talks, PID, the beginnings of the romance, Gavin's ring, portrait

Version 0.1 (Alpha)

• Initial alpha