The Mod

Many of these components have been drawn from different mod authors; I did not write everything here. In particular, Gebhard Blucher, Kensai Ryu, Xyx and Ishan have made contributions.

The Tactics Mod adds quite a few new components to BGII. All of the components are individually optional: you may install some but not others, your choice. Contents:

• Improved Ilyich (requires ToB)
• The Ritual (requires ToB)
• Improved TorGal and De'Arnisse Keep
• Improved Sahuagin City
• Improved Bodhi
• Improved Irenicus
• Improved Guarded Compound in the Temple District
• Improved Twisted Rune
• "Kuroisan", the Acid Kensai
• "Red Badge" Poison-Based Encounter (requires ToB)
• Gebhard Blucher's Improved Mae'Var
• Gebhard Blucher's Lich in the Docks
• Gebhard Blucher's Improved Demon Knights
• Kensai Ryu's Tougher Kangaxx and Guardians
• Kensai Ryu's Gnome Fighter/Illusionst in the Docks
• Kensai Ryu's Improved Crypt King
• Ishan's "Always Toughest Random Spawns in Dungeons"
• Gebhard Blucher's Random City Encounters
• Kensai Ryu's Random Wilderness Encounters
• Improved Undead
• Improved Golems
• Gebhard Blucher's Improved Mind Flayers
• Smarter Dragons
• Smarter Beholders
• Kensai Ryu's Smarter Vampires
• Slightly Smarter Mages and Liches
• Fighter-Class Archer Kit
• Anti-Paladin Kit
• Göran Rimén's Improved Nymphs
• Kensai Ryu's Improved Copper Coronet
• SimDing0's Improved Oasis (ToB Required)
• Mike Barnes' Improved Small Teeth Pass (requires ToB)
  • (This one component is not compatible with the Darkest Day)
• Mike Barnes' Improved North Forest (requires ToB)
• Mike Barnes' Improved Marching Mountains (requires ToB)
• Slightly Tougher Demons
• Tougher Druid Grove
• French Translation by Laurent Duvernet and Ly Meng. Example:
  • Me faire confiance? Vous ne devriez absolument pas me faire confiance. Mais vous devriez accepter ma quête. Bien entendu, vous avez remarqué que presque toutes les personnes qui cherchent à vous engager ont une but plus secret, et qu'elles finissent généralement par vous trahir?
• Spanish Translation by Clan REO. Example:
  • ¿Confiar en mí? Podéis confiar o no en mí, a vuestra elección. Pero tendríais que aceptar mi gesta. Seguro que, a estas alturas, ya os habréis dado cuenta de que casi todo el mundo que intenta contrataros tiene un motivo oculto, y por lo general, acaba traicionándoos.
• German Translation by Max Winkelmann and Falk Swoboda. Example:
  • Mir vertrauen? Ihr solltet mir nur soweit vertrauen, wie Ihr spucken könnt. Aber Ihr solltet meinen Auftrag annehmen. Sicherlich ist Euch auch schon aufgefallen, das fast jeder, der um Eure Dienste wirbt, irgendein übergeordnetes Ziel hat und Euch am Ende hintergeht?
• Italian Translation by Luciana Stella Boscaratto and Stoneangel. Example:
  • Perchè non dovrei prendermi quello che voglio, in questa terra di barbari? La sola cosa che posso temere è la vostra legge. Le vostre guardie stressano le vostre regole locali con la minaccia della violenza, infliggendo la vostra morale malata agli ignari visitatori come me.
• Polish Translation by Damian Staniszewski. Example:
  • Zaufać mi? Powinieneś mi ufać tak dalece jak możesz mną rzucić. Ale powinieneś zaakceptować zadanie, które chcę ci powierzyć. Z pewnością zauważyłeś, że prawie wszyscy, którzy cię zatrudniali z ukrytymi motywami zwykle w końcu zdradzali cię?
• Chinese Translation by kalabaka. Example:
  • 相信我？你完全没有理由相信我，不过你却应该接受我的任务，当然你已经注意到了，几乎所有人都试图利用你之后背叛你。
• Russian Translation by Serdrick. Example:
  • Доверять мне? Вы должны доверять мне не больше, чем всем остальным. Но Вы должны принять мои цели. Конечно Вы наверняка заметили, что почти каждый, кто стремится нанять Вас, скрывает свои истинные намерения и обычно рано или поздно предает Вас?

Want more information about a particular component? Check out the Tactics Mod documentation.

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Installing The Mod

1. If you already have portions of this mod installed (from when they used to be packaged with the Solaufien Mod, for example), don't worry. Those old versions will be automatically uninstalled when you install the new ones.
2. You will not need to start a new game to take advantage of the Tactics Mod.
3. The Tactics mod (probably!) works with (and definitley works without) The Darkest Day - ToB Compat Version. Install TDD-ToB first if you want to use it.
4. The Tactics Mod requires BGII. The Throne of Bhaal expansion is optional (but required for some components).
5. The Tactics Mod works with (or without) all other WeiDU mods. See the Solaufein installation instructions for details (and Mac installation instructions).
6. The Tactics Mod does not require IEEP or any other TeamBG utilities and it will not replace your existing DIALOG.TLK.
7. Click here to view the Mod README file.
8. Download the Tactics Mod (version v25)
9. The EXE file above is a WinRAR self-extracting archive. Run it, and in the Install to field put your BGII directory. That is normally:
   C:\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII - SoA
   If you do not like self-extracting EXEs, you can get a normal RAR version.
10. Run the included Setup-Tactics.EXE program. Choose your language and then choose which components to install. You may uninstall any or all of them later.
11. You may run Setup-Tactics.EXE again to uninstall any (or all) component that you have already installed. For example, you might try out the harder battles and then uninstall them later if you do not like them.
12. I recently installed the tactics, ascension and item upgrade mods- to my delight they are absolutely outstanding. What you have done for the game is much more than adding game hours; a new and far more involving experience that emanates the feeling that it should always have been this way.

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