Original Author: Lassal
Mod Website: Spellhold Studios
Mod Forum: Bank of Baldur's Gate
📄 Read the mod's readme - Français
📥 Download the mod at Spellhold Studios
The main idea of this mod is a thought, that often player is left without money. And it's stupid that there is not a single bank in the big city of Baldur's Gate. So I wrote this mod.
:warning: spoiler
Near the Iron Throne Headquarters, there is a locked dwelling with ogre magi inside. This is the Ducal Bank of Baldur's Gate, that was blocked due to robbing by ogres. After you kill the ogre magi, you may return after one day passed, and find that bank returned to work. Go to second floor and open an account by talking to director Billboo. 😉 You can deposit or withdraw your money at any time.
Director will be waiting for you near bank after initial happenings of Siege of Dragonspear, so you can withdraw your money from your account if needed.
This mod is designed to work on Enhanced Edition Trilogy (EET).
This is a WeiDU mod, and therefore should be compatible with all WeiDU mods. Though I am striving to make Bank of Baldur's Gate compatible with as many other mods as possible, there is always a chance that incompatibilities will arise. If you encounter any bugs, please report them on the mod forum!
Here is the recommended installation order:
- Please install Bank of Baldur's Gate after BG2 Fixpack, and EET.
- Please install Bank of Baldur's Gate before EET_End, and any final "biffing" routines.
If you've previously installed the mod, remove it before extracting the new version. To do this, run setup-bank_of_baldurs_gate.exe, un-install all previously installed components and delete the 📁 bank_of_baldurs_gate folder.
When installing or un-installing, do not close the DOS window by clicking on the X button! Instead, press the Enter key whenever instructed to do so.
Disable any antivirus or other memory-resident software before installing this or any other mod. Some (particularly avast and Norton!) have a tendency to report false positives with mod activity, resulting in failed installs.
You can extract files from the archive using 7zip, WinRAR, ZipGenius or another file compression utility that handles .zip files.
Good Old Games (GOG) and Steam both package the additional content for Siege of Dragonspear in a method that WeiDU, the tool used to install this mod, cannot access. You must run a program called DLC Merger on your SoD installation before you can install this or any other WeiDU-based mod.
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 save games. Alternatively, copy the whole game's folder into a new one that can be modded and will stay untouched by game patches. 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.
Bank of Baldur's Gate for Windows is distributed as an extractable compressed archive and includes a WeiDU installer.
Extract the contents of the mod archive into the folder of the game you wish to modify (the folder which contains the "CHITIN.KEY" file). On successful extraction, there should be a 📁 bank_of_baldurs_gate folder and a setup-bank_of_baldurs_gate.exe file in your game folder. To install, simply double-click setup-bank_of_baldurs_gate.exe and follow the instructions on screen.
Run setup-bank_of_baldurs_gate.exe in your game folder to reinstall, un-install or otherwise change components.
Bank of Baldur's Gate for Mac OS is distributed in the same compressed archive and includes a WeiDU installer.
First, extract the files from the archive into your game directory. On successful extraction, there should be a 📁 bank_of_baldurs_gate folder, setup-bank_of_baldurs_gate and setup-bank_of_baldurs_gate.command files in your game folder. To install, simply double-click setup-bank_of_baldurs_gate.command and follow the instructions on screen.
Run setup-bank_of_baldurs_gate.command in your game folder to reinstall, un-install or otherwise change the components settings.
Bank of Baldur's Gate for Linux is distributed in the same compressed archive and does not include a WeiDU installer.
Extract the contents of the mod to the folder of the game you wish to modify.
Download the latest version of WeiDU for Linux from WeiDU.org and copy weidu and weinstall to /usr/bin. Following that, open a terminal, cd to your game installation directory, run tolower and answer 'Y' to both queries. You can avoid running the second option (linux.ini) if you've already ran it once in the same directory. To save time, the archive is already tolowered, so there's no need to run the first option (lowercasing file names) either if you've extracted only this mod since the last time you lowercased file names. If you're unsure, running tolower and choosing both options is the safe bet.
To install, run weinstall setup-bank_of_baldurs_gate in your game folder. Then run wine bgmain.exe (or wine baldur.exe for EE games) and start playing.
In addition to the methods above for removing individual components, you can completely un-install the mod using setup-bank_of_baldurs_gate --uninstall at the command line to remove all components without wading through prompts.
Author: Lassal
- Spellhold Studios team for hosting the mod (Forums).
- All avatars for bank's personnel are available under Creative Commons C0 license and were acquired from pixabay site. These avatars don't require mentioning authors and can be used in commercial means (this mod is not commercial, of cause).
- Gwendolyne: French translation.
- yota13: Russian translation.
- WeiDU, by Wes Weimer, the bigg and Wisp.
- Near Infinity, by Jon Olav Hauglid, FredSRichardson, and Argent77.
- IESDP, maintained by igi and lynx.
- Notepad++, by the Notepad++ team, Don Ho, and the spellcheck plug-in.
- WeiDU Notepad++ Highlighters, by Argent77.
- Infinity Auto Packager, by AL|EN.
Bank of Baldur's Gate is not developed, supported, or endorsed by BioWare™ or Interplay/BlackIsle, Overhaul, Beamdog or the Wizards of the Coast. It was developed by Lassal, based on material from the game Baldur's Gate and its expansion.
Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal © TSR, Inc. The BioWare Infinity Engine is © BioWare Corp. All other trademarks and copyrights are property of their respective owners.
This mod was created to be freely enjoyed by all Baldur's Gate players, and its content is free of rights. Please note that any and all redistribution and/or hosting of this mod is prohibited without permission from the authors.
The modding community for the Infinity Engine has been going strong for more than 10 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.
- Added bank_of_baldurs_gate.ini metadata file (including dynamic installation order syntax and global
LABELS) to support AL|EN's "Project Infinity". - Renamed Setup-Bank_of_Baldurs_Gate.tp2 -> bank_of_baldurs_gate.tp2, and moved it into mod top folder to support AL|EN's "Project Infinity".
- Added
VERSIONflag. - Added
READMEcommand. - Added Immutability concept.
- Added component
DESIGNATEDnumber and "sh_bank_of_baldurs_gate"LABEL. - Added
REQUIRE_PREDICATEconditions to avoid installing the mod in inaccurate games. - Added map notes.
- Added French translation (thanks Gwendolyne).
- Added Russian translation (thanks yota13).
- Proofread English strrefs.
- TRAified mod.
- Translated, updated, and renamed readme files to bank_of_baldurs_gate-readme-%LANGUAGE%.txt, then moved them into new 📁 "readme" folder.
- Removed useless 📁 "backup" folder.
- Lower cased files.
- Included Linux and Mac OS versions in the same package (thanks AL|EN's Infinity Auto Packager tool!).
- Updated WeiDU installer to v247.
- Uploaded mod to official Spellhold Studios GitHub mirror account.
- Fixed one of bank guards portraits.
- Now one day must be passed after defeating ogres to Bank to open.
- Initial release.