Icewind Dale Crossmod Banter Pack

A Gibberlings Three Mod
Authors: The Artisan, Arvendor, Kulyok, Lava
On the web: Home page and discussion forum

Version 5
Languages: English
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Github: Gibberlings3/iwdcrossmod

This mod adds crossmod content - including banters, interjections and romance conflicts - to several NPC mods for Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, as well as serving as a hub for crossmod of future mods for IWD:EE.

This mod is designed to work with Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition. Please install this after all other NPC mods.

If you should encounter any bugs, please report them to the authors at the Crossmod Banter Pack forum. In addition, Icewind Dale Crossmod Banter Pack is available on GitHub, so fixes and changes can be submitted by the community.

First time installing a mod? Check out G3's comprehensive tutorial: A New Player’s Guide to Installing and Playing Mods.

Enhanced Editions Note
The Enhanced Editions are actively supported games. Please note that every patch update will wipe your current mod setup! If in the middle of a modded game you might want to delay the patch update (if possible) as even after reinstalling the mods, you might not be able to continue with your old savegames. Alternatively, copy the whole game's folder into a new one that can be modded and will stay untouched by game patches. For BG:EE it is important that you install the mod to the language version you are playing the game in. Otherwise, the dialogues of the mod will not show but give error messages.

Windows
The Icewind Dale Crossmod Banter Pack for Windows is distributed as a self-extracting archive and includes a WeiDU installer. To install, simply double-click the archive and follow the instructions on screen.

Alternatively, the files can be extracted into your game directory using 7zip or WinRAR. When properly extracted, your game directory will contain setup-iwdcrossmodpack.exe and the folder iwdcrossmodpack. To install, d ouble-click setup-iwdcrossmodpack.exe and follow the instructions on screen.

You can run setup-iwdcrossmodpack.exe in your game folder to reinstall, uninstall or otherwise change components.

macOS
The Icewind Dale Crossmod Banter Pack for macOS is distributed as a compressed tarball and includes a WeiDU installer.

First, extract the files from the tarball into your game directory. When properly extracted, your game directory will contain setup-iwdcrossmodpack, setup-iwdcrossmodpack.command, and the folder iwdcrossmodpack. To install, double-click setup-iwdcrossmodpack.command and follow the instructions on screen.

You can run setup-iwdcrossmodpack.command in your game folder to reinstall, uninstall or otherwise change components.

Linux
The Icewind Dale Crossmod Banter Pack for Linux is distributed as a compressed tarball and does not include a WeiDU installer. Linux users will need to do a one-time install of WeiDU (and a few other adjustments) as described in this great writeup.

To install, run 'WeInstall iwdcrossmodpack in your game folder.

Note for Complete Uninstallation
In addition to the methods above for removing individual components, you can completely uninstall the mod using setup-iwdcrossmodpack --uninstall at the command line to remove all components without wading through prompts.

There are three components to this mod.

Crossmod Banter Pack

Currently, this mod includes content for the following NPCs:

• Bethany, Dendjelion, Dusky, Hommet, Ina, L'anna, Noon, Oak-Maw, Orra, T'viy, Tipps, Urchin, and Xikâsz by Lava Del'Vortel
• The IWD NPC Project (Holvir, Korin, Nella, Severn and Teri) by Kulyok
• Athanasios, Guldruk, Karihi, Minerva and Nirik by The Artisan
• Cassia by Arvendor

As part of this, you'll be prompted to choose a minimum delay between banters. This mod uses scripts to imitate the banter system of Baldur's Gate as the normal banter mechanics appear to not work for IWD:EE. As such, banters may occur more 'predictably' than in BG—generally after resting or traveling over the world map. The 'real-time' and 'game-time' timers may be customized during installation.

Crossmod Romance Conflicts

Many of the mod NPCs have their own romances. The mod includes optional romantic conflicts between NPCs with romances with PCs of the compatible gender:

• Male: Dusky, Karihi, Nella, Teri
• Female: Ina, Holvir, Korin
• Both: Dendjelion, Minerva, Oak-Maw, Tipps

L'anna's romance starts later in game. Her romance does not include conflict talks, but she won't start a romance if you are romantically involved with another NPC.

Holvir-Dendjelion Conflict
Requires Crossmod Romance Conflicts, The IWD NPC Project, and Dendjelion

Holvir and Dendjelion will have a conflict with each other (this is optional by Kulyok's request). This conflict may potentially result in the two fighting each other, unless the PC has a Charisma of 18+.

If Dendjelion kills Holvir, the PC can choose (and be encouraged by some party members) to avenge him. Sparing Dendjelion leads to a -2 penalty to Reputation and breaks romance with Korin, Nella, Teri and Minerva. Additionally, Dendjelion will have new banters with other party members referencing the conflict, with Korin and Nella potentially choosing to leave the party unless the PC is persuasive enough.

The contents of this mod come from the authors of the NPCs themselves; The Artisan, Arvendor, Kulyok, and Lava. Technical updates are handled by The Gibberlings Three Modding Community, represented currently by CamDawg. Visit The Gibberlings Three Forums for information on this and many other Gibberlings Three mods.

Thanks to the authors who wrote the content for the mod: The Artisan, Arvendor, Kulyok, and Lava. Also thanks to hook71 for sending in many typo fixes.

Tools Used in Creation

• WeiDU by Wes Weimer, the bigg, and Wisp
• Near Infinity by Jon Olav Hauglid, FredSRichardson, and argent77
• IESDP maintained by igi and lynx
• ConTEXT Text Editor by Eden Kirin
• WeiDU ConTEXT Highlighters by Idobek, updated by cmorgan

The modding community for the Infinity Engine has been going strong for more than 20 years now, and is the culmination of thousands of unpaid modding hours by fellow fans of the game. Modders produce their best work and players get the best, well-supported mods when we all work together.

There are two big ways to upset this harmony. One is to claim someone else's work as your own. The second is to host and redistribute a mod without permission from the author(s).

Be kind to your fellow players and modders. Don't do either.

Version 5 - December 25, 2024

• Added banters for The Artisan's NPCs (Athanasios, Guldruk, Nirik)
• Added partial Russian translation
• Fixed dialog bugs with Cassia NPC

Version 4 - May 31, 2024

• Added banters for Lava's Bethany (a town medium (shaman kit) who always wanted to be a hat-maker) with Dendjelion, Xikâsz, Dusky, Hommet, Ina, L'anna, Oak-Maw, Orra, T'viy, Tipps, Urchin, and NPCs from the IWD NPC Project

Version 3 - February 3, 2024

• Added banters for Lava's Noon (an alternative companion in Dendjelion IWDEE NPC mod) with Xikâsz, Dusky, Hommet, Ina, L'anna, Oak-Maw, Orra, T'viy, Tipps, Urchin, and NPCs from the IWD NPC Project
• Minor under-the-hood fixes and adjustments to keep "tidiness".

Version 2 - January 1, 2024

• Added banters for Lava's Xikâsz with Dendjelion, Dusky, Hommet, Ina, L'anna, Oak-Maw, Orra, T'viy, Tipps, Urchin, and NPCs from the IWD NPC Project
• Restructured installer so that the components are available separately
• Many under-the-hood changes to make maintenance substantially easier
• Tra-ified all files to allow for future translations

Version 1.6 - July 2, 2023

• Fixed typos reported by hook71 (in Orra's banter talks)
• Fixed a few typos in the readme

Version 1.5 - July 2, 2023

• content for a new companion: Cassia
• few minor fixes

Version 1.4 - July 1, 2023

• Adds crossmod content for Lava's L'anna and Hommet NPCs

Version 1.3 - Novemeber 9, 2020

• Crossmod with Lava's Orra added

Version 1.2 - July 18, 2020

• Fixed many typos (thanks to hook71)
• Fixed several global errors

Version 1.1 - June 7, 2020

• Added Lava's T'viy
• Fixed broken romance conflict between Oak-Maw and Ina
• Fixed missing crossmod between Dendjelion and Tipps

Version 1.0.2 - May 15, 2020

• Fixed broken banters with Oak-Maw and Minerva/Karihi

Version 1.0.1 - May 14, 2020

• Fixed broken banters with Tipps and Oak-Maw

Version 1.0 - May 12, 2020

• Initial release