If you're anything like me, you think atmosphere is incredibly important to any good RPG, and music is incredibly important to atmosphere. If you add up these two facts you may reasonably find yourself incredibly annoyed that your atmosphere is marred by muddy 22.05kHz audio. Even more so if you happen to have the crystal clear soundtrack to said game on a CD nearby and it seems to be mocking you because you can either play or listen, but never comfortably both.
If you're anything like me, chances are you might decide one day to put your audio CD and game discs in a blender (of WeiDU make) and, flavoured with a pinch of frustration, push the button pondering the age old question. And chances are, you might enjoy the apple smoothie I have thus procured.
WHAT THIS IS:
This is a patch (along with content) to allow playback of higher quality, 44.1kHz music in Baldur's Gate II Shadows of Amn with Throne of Bhaal, Baldur's Gate I Tutu, Icewind Dale or Planescape: Torment (see below). The patch updates all .acm audio in the game. There are various other fixes, too! The current version of the mod supports properly patched installs of Baldur's Gate II Throne of Bhaal and Icewind Dale v1.4.2 and v.1.4.2, respectively. For Planescape:Torment, the patch was based on an English 4 disc copy with the PST fixes applied. Other versions are as-yet untested but might work (let me know). If the patch component fails, do not install the mod content. Doing so will cause improper playback of game music.
This is not the readme. That one is included with the downloads below. (the previous sentence was a hint)
WHY NOT IWDII:
If there's enough interest, a version forBG1/Tutu (likely) will follow shortly, a version for IWD maybe, and PST perhapppsssss
Download links:
Baldur's Gate II SoA/ToB
1pp_hq_music_II_130
Baldur's Gate Tutu/ToSC
1pp_hq_music_ToSC_110
Icewind Dale + HoW/TotLM
1pp_hq_music_IWD_100
Planescape: Torment
1pp_hq_music_PST_110
Please let me know any issues (crackly audio, bad looping, install issues, etc.) you may experience.
This is not the announcement.
If you're anything like me, chances are you might decide one day to put your audio CD and game discs in a blender (of WeiDU make) and, flavoured with a pinch of frustration, push the button pondering the age old question. And chances are, you might enjoy the apple smoothie I have thus procured.
WHAT THIS IS:
This is a patch (along with content) to allow playback of higher quality, 44.1kHz music in Baldur's Gate II Shadows of Amn with Throne of Bhaal, Baldur's Gate I Tutu, Icewind Dale or Planescape: Torment (see below). The patch updates all .acm audio in the game. There are various other fixes, too! The current version of the mod supports properly patched installs of Baldur's Gate II Throne of Bhaal and Icewind Dale v1.4.2 and v.1.4.2, respectively. For Planescape:Torment, the patch was based on an English 4 disc copy with the PST fixes applied. Other versions are as-yet untested but might work (let me know). If the patch component fails, do not install the mod content. Doing so will cause improper playback of game music.
This is not the readme. That one is included with the downloads below. (the previous sentence was a hint)
WHY NOT IWDII:
If there's enough interest, a version for
Download links:
Baldur's Gate II SoA/ToB
1pp_hq_music_II_130
Baldur's Gate Tutu/ToSC
1pp_hq_music_ToSC_110
Icewind Dale + HoW/TotLM
1pp_hq_music_IWD_100
Planescape: Torment
1pp_hq_music_PST_110
Please let me know any issues (crackly audio, bad looping, install issues, etc.) you may experience.
This is not the announcement.