Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Baldur's Gate Pony Mod

A while back, a certain image popped up that got a few people excited for a pony mod in Baldurs Gate.  While it may be a bit too difficult to hack in some actual pony sprites, someone has thrown together a pack that adds a full part with portraits/sound effects/ color combinations added in human form.   

It works for most of the infinity engine games, including:

Baldurs Gate 1
Baldurs Gate Tutu
Baldurs Gate 2
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale 2

Check out the page for them here for more information.

38 comments:

wackyteen said...

now to find the mod to make it easier and I might actually play it someday. <.<

Jelfes said...

Baldurs Gate + x = win
ponies + x = win

Baldurs Gate + ponies = EPIC WIN.

Delicate Flame said...

Awesome! ^^

Irenicus: "Friendship.... Is magic"

wackyteen said...

=| It might be cause I downloaded it from GOG, but I can't get it to work.

Tennouheika said...

Now I have to dig out my old BG disks...hmmm...

Forb.Jok said...

Neat! Might check that out the next time I play BG.

Minalkra said...

oh my. i loved BG and it's spin offs back in the day! oh dear, and here i am with far too much to do.

oh ... oh ... oh ... what to do?

AngrytigerP said...

This is ridiculous and that modder should feel ridiculous.

... /r/ing gameplay videos.

DoctorWhooves said...

@ wackyteen

Downloading but i have BG 2 from GOG, the mod wont work then you say?

DeRockProject said...

The drawings...... kiiiiinda look... Ugly.

ultra8 said...

Beyond awesome. Pitty I don't think I have the game though, they really need to re-release it in a big ol collectors set.

WizardWannabe said...

I have been meaning to replay Icewind Dale...

SarkInABox said...

@DoctorWhooves

Worked perfectly fine for me with the GOG version of BG2. Just follow the instructions in the readme.

This is a really cool mod, my only complaint is that you can still hear the background audio from the show in the character's audio clips. Obviously there's no easy fix for that one, but there you have it.

Anyways, thank you very much to the author! You gave me a good reason to pick up BG2 again.

wackyteen said...

Well, I only have BG1 downloaded at this time, I can't remember if I bought BG2...

likalaruku said...

I'm torn. On one hand, BG is one of my all time favorite games, but on the other, I detest humanized ponies.

Firleycat said...

I can still remember wasting so many hours on my cousin's computer playing Baldur's Gate when I was 8. I had a good time back then. Now I can relive my childhood with the added awesomeness of ponies.

I don't mind humanized ponies and for something like this, it would be so much easier to rework some human sprites than it would be to make brand new pony sprites for an engine that hasn't upgraded in nearly a decade.

Cain.Is.Blogging.Stuff said...

I wonder how Twilight Sparkly ended up being drawn commonly with darker skin in humanised-pony fan art.

DoctorWhooves said...

Yeah, just following the instructions works pretty fine.

thanks to the author for this, just sad i cant get it for Throne of Bhall ,only one of them as me ,oh well

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John said...

Now my life is complete. Time to replay BG saga!

saberscorpion said...

Glad you guys like my little "mod"!

It started out as just an amusing pony voice set I made for a friend. Then I got a little carried away... :D I've been wanting to do something like this since I saw "Dragonshy" though. Sorry about the background noise on the voice sets, but it was the best I could do...

If you don't like my humanized pony art, you can always replace the portrait .bmp files with whatever images you want. ;)

John said...

Ok I tested it and it's great! I especially like the sounds, they fit perfectly. And now, back to BG :D. Ponies + BG = best thing ever.

aramaru said...

So.. are they the classes I suggested in that D&D pony thread on Ponychan a while back?

Twilight Sparkle - Generalist Wizard (of course)
Applejack - Paladin OR Monk (element of HONESTY!)
Rainbow Dash - Rogue / Barbarian (since she's both fast and reckless)
Pinkie Pie - Bard
Rarity - Cleric of Celestia; Nobility, Aritifice domains (not possible in BG/IWD but those are the domains she'd choose! Artifice even has a 'make stuff out of cloth with telekinesis spell'!)
Fluttershy - Ranger/Druid (animal empathy you say?)

Of course, I'm gonna download this and check it out, just typing the above since that's how I'd envision the ponies if they were D&D adventurers. Now where'd I put that IWD2 CD...

runiq said...

@aramaru

Pinkie isn't a bard, silly---she's a wild mage with a neverending supply of reckless dweomers!

The rest is golden, though. :)

saberscorpion said...

Those are very close to the classes I chose...

Twilight = Wizard/Mage (Conjurer in BG2)
Applejack = Paladin (Cavalier in BG2)
Fluttershy = Druid (Totemic Druid in BG2)
Pinkie Pie = Bard (Jester in BG2)
Rarity = Sorcerer (Mage/Thief in IWD)
Rainbow Dash = Fighter/Thief (Just Fighter in IWD, and Rogue in IWD2 with the suggestion to multi-class her to Fighter or Barbarian as soon as possible)

Of course, you're free to re-make or modify the party if you so desire. :) The portraits and voice sets are available for any character.

The voice sets are the real highlight of the mod. I tried to make the line choices as funny as possible. I won't spoil them here though. :P

Allisonaxe said...

whats weird especially: Tara Strong did a voice in Icewind Dale.

Errick said...

Go for the eyes, Angel! Go for the eyes!

Jack Clover said...

oh great, i learn about this AFTER i finish playing through my nastalgia marathon.

Talia said...

As mentioned, if you want to buy the Infinity Engine games, go to GOG.com. I bought my copies there, because I completely missed out on these games when they were new. (Combination of being young and not being a PC gamer in the 90s.) Haven't fully played, but I have messed around with them... need to start again.

Hybrid Rain said...

and now... If only we had Pony mounts in World of Warcraft...

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DietBakingSoda said...

@wackyteen Oh thank GOD. I thought it was just me.

My 'find the numbers that make the numbers bigger numbers' powergamer buddies fawn over that series and I got stuck in BG2's first dungeon. I'm not saying I'm good with RPGs, but I'm not THAT freaking bad, either.

Now, on the other end of the combat difficulty spectrum: Does it work with/is there a pony mod for Planescape: Torment?

Pav Feira said...

Sweet Zombie Jesus, YES!

>Digs up my BG2 install disks
>MFW looking at my EqNaPoWriMo entry that is woefully behind schedule

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-KRF8t8uBU&t=8

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Also, only because no one beat me to it...

Confound these ponies, they drive me to gather my party before venturing forth.

Kamen Pony said...

Can some one help me? I tried to install the add ons to icewind dale and it didnt work. I followed the instructions but nothing, do I need to have baldurs gate as well as icewind dale? any help would be appreciated and you can e-mail me directly at kamenrider.tiki@gmail.com

Talia said...

Hey, update. GOG's doing a huge promo sale on DnD games this weekend, including all Infinity Engine games! (For those of you who don't own them, or lost your copies.)

FreezingShock said...

This is awesome. However, I will never forgive you for making me restart AGAIN! I will never finish these games at this rate..

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