Original Author: unknown
Mod Website: Spellhold Studios
Mod Forum: Jan's Alchemy
Download the mod at Spellhold Studios
Jan's Book of Brewing is a magical tome that will allow Jan to create 8 potions following specific recipes.
This mod is designed to work on the following Infinity Engine games: the original Baldur's Gate II (BG2 or just SoA) with the Throne of Bhaal (ToB) expansion, Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition (BG2:EE), the conversion projects Baldur's Gate Trilogy (BGT) and Enhanced Edition Trilogy (EET).
This is a WeiDU mod, and therefore should be compatible with all WeiDU mods. If you encounter any bugs, please report them on the forum!
Although it is not required for the Demon Summoning Ritual mod to function properly, classical game players are strongly recommended to download and install the latest version of the BG2 Fixpack before proceeding with the installation of this mod.
If you've previously installed the mod, remove it before extracting the new version. To do this, run setup-alchemy.exe, un-install all previously installed main component and delete the 📁 alchemy 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.
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. 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.
The Jan's Alchemy mod 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), using 7zip, WinRAR, or another file compression utility that handles .zip files. On successful extraction, there should be a 📁 alchemy folder and a setup-alchemy.exe file in your game folder. To install, simply double-click setup-alchemy.exe and follow the instructions on screen.
Run setup-alchemy.exe in your game folder to reinstall, un-install or otherwise change the components settings.
The Jan's Alchemy mod for Mac OS X is distributed 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 📁 alchemy folder, setup-alchemy and setup-alchemy.command files in your game folder. To install, simply double-click setup-alchemy.command and follow the instructions on screen.
Run setup-alchemy.command in your game folder to reinstall, un-install or otherwise change the components settings.
The Jan's Alchemy mod 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-alchemy 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-alchemy --uninstall at the command line to remove all components without wading through prompts.
The installer includes one single component, the main component.
- ilot: Italian translation.
- AL|EN: Wrote Infinity Auto Packager tool which automatically provides Windows, Linux and Mac versions in the same archive file.
- Deratiseur: Provided native BG2:EE compatible version (v7).
- Austin & AERIE.ru Team: Russian translation.
- SkipCool: French translation.
- Jarl : German translation.
- Badgert: first WeiDU conversion.
- Bill Keegan: Provided original files.
☛ If you wish to translate the mod, have a suggestion, or should encounter any bugs, please report them to the maintainers at the mod forum.
Jan's Alchemy is not developed, supported, or endorsed by BioWare™ or Interplay/BlackIsle, Overhaul, Beamdog or the Wizards of the Coast.
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal © TSR, Inc. The BioWare Infinity Engine is © BioWare Corp.
- Added Italian translation (by ilot).
- Added alchemy.ini metadata file to support AL|EN's "Project Infinity".
- Renamed Setup-Alchemy.tp2 -> alchemy.tp2 to support AL|EN's "Project Infinity".
- Replaced
AUTHORkeyword withSUPPORT. - Fixed infer_charsets variable name in
HANDLE_CHARSETSfunction. - Added
REQUIRE_PREDICATEconditions to avoid installing the mod in inaccurate games. - Added component
DESIGNATEDnumber and "jan_alchemy"LABEL. - Added native EET compatibility.
- alchem1.baf: replaced
CreateItemaction withGiveItemCreateand addedDestroyGoldaction. Fixed Potion of Mind Shield recipe (2 Potions of Clarity - was 1 - and 2 000 gp - was 1 000). - Spl files: removed hard-coded spell descriptions.
- Jan's Book of Brewing spell (jalchem.spl): replaced wrong description spell with a more accurate one (was Spell Immunity spell description!).
- EE only: Jan's Book of Brewing use is now restricted to Jan.
- Potions updates:
- itm files: hard-coded item unidentified names and descriptions to avoid writing them in installation process.
- Fixed item descriptions: added missing restriction flags.
- Fixed wrong Dispel/Resistance effects values : 3 Dispel/Bypass resistance (were 0 Natural/Nonmagical).
- Fixed wrong duration effects values.
- Assassin's Gift (potx03.itm):
- Added missing Ranger and Monk restriction flags.
- Potion of Mind Shield (potx05.itm):
- Added missing opcode #142 (Display portrait icon): 52 (Mind Shield).
- Added missing opcodes for a full Immunity to Confusion effects: op#267 (protection from string = 14782 Confused - 14791 Rigid Thinking), op#169 (Immunity Special Effect Icon = 2 Rigid Thinking, 47 Chaos), op#296 Protection from Specific Animation (SPCONFUS).
- Added missing opcodes for a full Immunity to Fear effects: op#296 (Protection from Specific Animation = CDHORROR), op#240 (Remove Special Effect Icon = 36 Panic), op#106 (Morale break = 1), op#161 (Remove fear), op#23 (Reset moral), op#101 (Protection: from Opcode = 23 Reset), Added op#321 (Remove effects by resource) for EE games (a7!in13b, spwi205, spin105).
- Added DS value (67 BUFF_PRO_EFFECTS and 106 RESIST_FEAR) for EE games (op#328).
- Added missing opcodes for a full Immunity to Charm effects: op#296 Protection from Specific Animation (SPNWCHRM), op#267 (protection from string = 8364 Dominated - 14780 Dire charmed - 1476 14672 Charmed).
- Added missing opcodes for a full Immunity to Hold effects: op#296 (Protection from Specific Animation = SPFLAYER, SPMINDAT), op#101 (Protection: from Opcode = 109 Paralyze, 185 Hold Creature III), op#169 (Prevent portrait icon: 13 Held), op#267 (protection from string = 14102 17404 8823 1473 915 384 340 Held).
- Added missing opcodes for a full Immunity to Stun effects: op#169 (Immunity Special Effect Icon = 55 Stun), op#267 (protection from string = 1280 Stunned - 14013 Stun).
- Added missing opcodes for a full Immunity to Sleep effects: op#169 (Immunity Special Effect Icon = 14 Sleep 130 Unconscious), op#267 (protection from string = 14001 Sleep - 20438 Unconscious).
- Added missing opcodes for a full Immunity to Feeblemindedness effects: op#169 (Immunity Special Effect Icon = 48 Feebleminded).
- Gatekeeper (potx07.itm):
- Fixed wrong duration effects values (300 - was 360).
- Heal (potx08.itm):
- Removed Wizard Slayer restriction flag.
- Updated tra files for compatibility with
GW_UPDATE_ITM_DESCRIPTION_TO_EEWeiDU function requirements which automatically removes usability restrictions for EE games. - Added German WeiDU prompts.
- Updated translations (Gwendolyne and Austin).
- Updated and renamed readme file to alchemy-readme.txt, then moved it into new "readme" folder.
- Removed useless "backup" folder.
- Reorganized mod architecture tree: created or renamed folders to sort files according to their types.
- Lower cased files.
- Included Linux and Mac Os X versions in the same package (thanks AL|EN's Infinity Auto Packager tool!).
- Added archive libiconv-1.9.2-1-src.7z with iconv licence info.
- Uploaded mod to official Spellhold Studios GitHub mirror account.
- Added native BG2EE compatibility by Deratiseur.
- jan.baf: included BWP Fixpack Lollorian's Jan Tome causing magical stuckiness fiw.
- Updated WeiDU installer to v246.
- Fixed Russian translation.
- Updated WeiDU installer to v218.
- Added Russian translation by Austin & AERIE.ru Team.
- Moved Setup-Alchemy.tp2 into top mod folder.
- Updated WeiDU installer to v217.
- Added French translation by SkipCool.
- Updated WeiDU installer to v212.
- Added German translation by Jarl.
- Changed to
READMEcommand. - Updated WeiDU installer to v211.
- Fixed
COMPILEcommand bug. - Added
VERSIONflag. - Updated WeiDU installer to v210.
- WeiDU conversion by Badgert.
- Original files provided by Bill Keegan.