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PS:T UI Mod Hits V2.1
Monday, January 18, 2010

Ghostdog’s Planescape: Torment UI Mod has been updated with the option of expanding the size of the dialog box, even bigger fonts and a number of important fixes! As of the new version resolutions under 800x600 are no longer supported, but for everybody else grab it from the link below!

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Day 12 of 12: Qwinn’s PS:T Mods hit v4!
Thursday, January 14, 2010

And finally, for Day 12 of 12 (really long past), we have the long-awaited v4 of Qwinn’s PS:T mods, all with new Polish translations and a bunch of new features!

Version 4 of the Fixpack adds a dozen engine fixes and over 100 non-engine bug fixes. Just as a taste: hit point bonuses from constitution at high levels fixed, no more wiping out whole wards full of innocents and having your alignment barely twitch, the luck statistic is fixed, item dialogues interfering with cutscene dialogues is fixed, you can demand compensation from the Lim Lim merchant if it runs away, and you can now enjoy even more abuse from Annah when you try to remove her armor! That just counts as 6 of the over 100 brand new fixes, see the readme for more.

Unfinished Business restores a bunch of new banters and sounds (you can now -hear- Fhjull Forked Tongue muttering and cursing as he wanders around his lab, just as an example), and even adds two new music themes from the PS:T soundtrack: the Alternate Smoldering Corpse Theme (plays in the bar at night, original still plays during the day), and Morte’s Theme. Talking to your party members will now play their theme music. There’s also a new Restored Bestiary Entries component, which even adds some original artwork by SHS forum poster Leila to provide a portrait to go with the restored alu-fiend entry.

Three new tweaks in Qwinn’s Tweak Pack v4.0! Disabled Stat Minimums (you’re no longer restricted to a minimum of 9 in all stats), BG2-Style THACO display (because the original THACO display was grossly inaccurate and unhelpful), and QuickLoad functionality! All three by our master of assembler, scient the engine guru.

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Day 11 of 12: Yoshimo Friendship v2 and Jerry Zinger v3
Thursday, January 14, 2010

For Day 11 of 12, we have two releases. The first is the Yoshimo Friendship v2, featuring restructured code, bugfixes and TRAification, and the next is Jerry Zinger v3, featuring a new Russian translation by Austin, aerie.ru and Prowler.

The Yoshimo Friendship mod adds a series of dialogues with Yoshimo, our favourite charming knave whom we meet in Irenicus Chateau at the beginning of the game. Spanning the length of the time he’s in the party, the Yoshimo Friendship expands on the humorous rogue, adding to his story and giving the player a new perspective on the character. Written by Shadowhawke, author of many popular BGII fanfiction stories and contributor to the Khadion NPC mod, the Yoshimo friendship is a must-install for anyone with a fondness for the character!

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The Jerry Zinger show allows the PC and his companions to view (and take part in) the live talk show of Jerry Zinger, well known Amnish celebrity! Shows are daily, and executed largely by cutscenes. The programme includes features such as “My ex is an evil mastermind” with Irenicus and Ellesime, “Families Reunited” with Aerie and “My husband’s mistress”, with Keldorn and Viconia! The Jerry Zinger Show features a brand new area, the studio, which can be accessed from the Den of Seven Vales. Jerry Zinger is voiced, and great care has gone into writing the juicy material!

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Day 10 of 12: Viconia Friendship v3
Saturday, January 9, 2010

And with any luck, we’re completely back in business!

The Viconia Friendship has been updated to v3, with new TRAification, a code rework and a number of bugfixes!

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Day 9 of 12: bigg Mod Updates
Thursday, January 7, 2010

the bigg has updated TB#Tweaks, Generalised Biffing, TB#Quest and Refinements! The changes and notes on these releases are as follows:

tb#tweaks:
- added a new component that allows non-fighters to get extra attacks per round with specialization (coded by Taimon).
- Generic bug fixes.
- Upgrade is save-safe.
- It is always recommended to upgrade.

generalized_biffing:
- uses a much faster algorithm.
- Upgrade is not safe: you need to manually uninstall the previous version prior to unpacking the new one. Apart from this detail, upgrade is save-safe.
- It is recommended to upgrade only if you are upgrading other mods in the interim or making a new install (in other words, no new in-game features).

tb#quest:
- Spanish and Russian translations.
- Generic bug fixes.
- Upgrade is save-safe.
- It is always recommended to upgrade.

refinements:
- Generic bug fixes.
- Upgrade is save-safe.
- It is always recommended to upgrade.

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