EasyTutu Change Log

Current Version

08 April 2012

• Corrected an installer issue where multiple paths in the Baldur's Gate 2 CD2: logical (within the baldur.ini file) could cause a fatal error.
   

27 March 2012

• The Beregost savegame bug has been eliminated.
   
• The EasyTutu installer has been rewritten from scratch to run natively on both x86 and x64 modern Windows versions (details).
   

28 March 2009

• In previous versions of EasyTutu, the cinematics that played while transitioning from day to night and vice versa in the city of Baldur's Gate were actually the ones from Trademeet in Baldur's Gate 2.  The game has now been patched to play the correct cinematics from the original Baldur's Gate game.
   
• Two additional player soundsets (one male, one female) have been extracted from the original Baldur's Gate game and made available for use in EasyTutu.  They have been named BG1_M04 (male) and BG1_F04 (female).
   
• Brage's corpse can no longer be "stolen" from his living incarnation, thus closing an exploit wherein his quest could be completed twice (once by redeeming him, and a second time by turning in the corpse that had been previously pickpocketed from him).
   
• The NPC Kolvar whom the player encounters in Chapter 7 was erroneously spawning multiple times.  This issue has been corrected.
   
• Throwing axe usability has been corrected such that half-orcs can now use them, and monks and druids cannot.
   
• The greenstone amulet now protects against all of the effects advertised in its description (including stun).
   
• Viconia will no longer attempt to attack her Flaming Fist pursuer if/when he is dead.
   
• Silence has had her gender set to female and has been given a female thief avatar.
   
• The scripting for Bassilus's undead army has been adjusted to ensure that if the player selects the correct responses when conversing with Bassilus, all of the skeletons and zombies die (as opposed to just the ones within shouting distance).
   
• I've added the scripting necessary to transition to chapter 3 to the area immediately outside Mulahey's cave.  This is intended to resolve the situation in which it is possible to miss the chapter transition when: a) the player confronts Mulahey; b) Mulahey suffers morale failure and flees his cave; c) the player retrieves the incriminating documents from Mulahey's chest; d) the player then exits Mulahey's cave and dispatches him in the area outside of it.

08 May 2008

• The conversion of the in-game journal to a Baldur's Gate 2 style has been completed. This means that all quest entries have titles, are initially placed in the Unsolved Quests section of the journal, and are subsequently moved from the Unsolved Quests to the Solved Quests section of the journal once the associated quests have been completed.
   
• EasyTutu now uses the Baldur's Gate 2 spell system, instead of using converted Baldur's Gate 1 spells as it had in the past.  In practice, this means much less buggy spells, and far less in the way of minor / cosmetic spell errors (e.g., spells assigned to the wrong school).
   
• The relevant portions of The Gibberlings Three's fixpack for Baldur's Gate 2 have been integrated into EasyTutu.  G3's fixpack includes all of the Baldurdash fixes, as well as many more corrections to things like kits, innate abilities, skill progression tables, and spells.  Special thanks to the entire G3 community for producing such a fine fixpack, and for allowing its integration into EasyTutu.
   
• Expanded the list of possible ranger racial enemies such that all of the choices from both Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2 are available.
   
• I believe I have resolved the problem of a dead, invincible Kiel the Legion Killer sometimes spawning from a wounded Islanne / Fuernebol / Durlag / greater doppelganger within Durlag's Tower.
   
• Completely rebuilt the effects attached to the Ring of Free Action, the Potion of Freedom and Spider's Bane.  The new versions of these items do a better job of suppressing the side effects of the various movement impairing forces (overlays, animations, display strings, etc.).
   
• Corrected the description text for Xan's Moonblade such that the stated proficiency type of the weapon is Dagger instead of Small Swords.
   
• Corrected the description text for the scimitar +2 such that the stated proficiency type is Scimitar/etc. instead of Large Swords, and so that the weapon's minimum strength requirement is listed in the description.
   
• Updated the Nashkel store (_sto4803.sto) such that its proprietor will purchase shields.  This is only logical for a store which deals in armor, and overcomes the irritation of not having a selling outlet for shields anywhere in the game's southern environs.
   
• Fixed Vay-ya (found in the Low Lantern in the city of Baldur's Gate) such that her gender is set properly.
   
• Altered two books (History of the Drow, The Dark Wars and History of Shadowland - Doust Sulwood Becomes Lord of Shadowdale) such that they are now sellable in stores.
   
• Some additional fixing has been done to the Obe / group fighting sequence within Candlekeep to minimize the potential issues that can occur when your practice party disbands.
   
• One type of skeleton (commonly encountered at High Hedge) had a shield equipped, which was preventing them from using their throwing daggers for ranged attacks.  The shields have been removed, thus allowing the skeletons to shift between ranged and melee attacks as appropriate.
   
• A few types of lesser creatures (gibberlings, hobgoblins, kobolds) have script code in their AI which is clearly intended to allow them to respond to attacks as a team.  Prior to this update, this ability was not functioning.  Now, these creatures will call to one another for help (and respond to the calls they hear).
   
• Coordinated the ankheg quest elements of Gerde and Fenten a bit better -- Fenten will no longer suggest that the party seek out Gerde, and will no longer originate ankheg quest entries in the unsolved quests section of the journal, if the party has already helped Gerde (a likely scenario by the time one normally meets Fenten).  Fenten's dialog has also been modified to close an exploit wherein he could be "tricked" into paying the ankheg reward more than once.  Finally, Fenten will only pay the ankheg reward to parties toward whom he has a favorable reaction, since he only offers the reward to such parties in the first place.
   
• If and when the party encounters Tenya in the Temple of Umberlee, she has several dialog states wherein she issues a challenge to the party to see whether they are capable of reaching the exit to the temple alive. Upon issuing this challenge, the other priestesses in the temple are supposed to turn hostile and attack. Prior to this update, this communication between Tenya and the other priestesses was not functioning (but has now been fixed).
   
• Tenya and Jalantha share a dialog line which in its original incarnation is appropriate for Tenya to speak, but confusing and out of place for Jalantha.  This line of dialog has been adjusted such that it fits within the context of both conversations.
   
• One transition within Husam's dialog failed to segue to the state which closed out the dialog, leading to an abrupt termination of the conversation as well as a missed journal entry.  This issue has been corrected.
   
• Talking to the doppelganger merchants within the Seven Suns building erroneously set a flag indicating that the party had heard the infiltration fears of the human merchants, which could cause a subsequent conversation with Scar to offer an inappropriate response. Moreover, the journal entry yielded from speaking to the human merchants was hopelessly vague relative to the very specific fears they voiced. These issues have both been addressed.
   
• Several branches of Jhasso's dialog tree could result in the conversation terminating, with no way for the party to re-engage him in conversation. His dialog has been modified such that this no longer occurs.
   
• Altered the "Petrine's cat" quest such that the ring the party is asked to obtain is a quest-specific item rather than a generic angel skin ring, thus forcing the party to obtain the correct ring in order to fulfill Petrine's request.  Furthermore, Petrine's dialog was failing to set the quest flag which keeps track of where the party is within the life cycle of the quest -- this has been fixed.
   
• Cythandria's dialog mistakenly issued an imperative to only one of her two ogres to stand down upon her surrender (the same scripting name was repeated in both ActionOverride calls).  This has been fixed.
   
• Yago (of the Brielbara quest) has been given basic spellcasting abilities befitting a mage of his level.
   
• Corrected an issue with the Yago / Brielbara quest: if the party visited Yago and spoke to him before accepting Brielbara's quest, it was impossible to demand Yago's spellbook from him on a subsequent visit due to an issue in his dialog.  His dialog has been modified such that the party is always able to demand his spellbook while pursuing Brielbara's quest.
   
• One transition trigger in Scar's dialog was failing to check for a flag set during the conversation with the ogre mage within the Baldur's Gate sewers.  This resulted in the player having the ability to respond to Scar with information obtained from talking to the ogre mage even if the player hadn't spoken to it.  This has been corrected: the more verbose, detailed answer to Scar's "how did it go?" question is only available if the party has actually spoken to the ogre mage.
   
• Shaella's dialog had an incorrect journal entry as well as a few branches in which her quest flag failed to be set, journal entries were not given, etc.  These issues have all been ironed out.
   
• Slythe's dialog contains a state that reacts to the death of Krystin, but he was not scripted to initiate dialog upon her death.  His AI has been modified such that if Krystin has died and he sees the PC, he will voice his Krystin line.
   
• Once exposed, one of the doppelgangers within Candlekeep yielded a journal entry that revealed much more than had actually been voiced by the creature. This journal entry has been edited to excise the as yet unrevealed plot details.
   
• When Elminster appears within the Candlekeep catacombs, his dialog contains several dormant states which were originally written to enhance the sequence of events that unfolds if the player decides to trust him.  However, he was not scripted to speak these lines.  His AI and that of his two companions has been modified such that they pause midway through leading the PC down a hallway in order for Elminster to speak the first of these two lines, and again at the end so that he voices the second of the two lines.  The end result of reactivating this dormant content is a much more fleshed out and engaging sequence.
   
• In certain rare circumstances, it was evidently possible to emerge from the Candlekeep catacombs and have the transition to chapter 7 fail to occur.  This chapter transition has been reworked so that it is an entirely script-driven event, and no longer relies on the party tripping a proximity trigger.
   
• Liia's dialog contained a loophole which under certain specific circumstances would prevent the game plot from transitioning properly from the coronation sequence to the endgame. This has been fixed.
   
• Speaking to the town crier in Beregost yielded a Bassilus journal entry that had not yet been addressed by the reorganization of the game journal.  Now, the unsolved quest entry will have a journal title which corresponds to the other Bassilus quest entries; further, the town crier's journal entry will be removed upon completion of the Bassilus quest.
   
• Prior to this update, a Beregost townsperson was erroneously present in a couple of the outdoor city areas within the city of Baldur's Gate.  These actors have been changed to appropriate Baldur's Gate townspeople.
   
• A second copy of the special "Zhurlong" hobgoblin (the one which holds the boots of stealth) was mistakenly present on the Ulcaster school exterior map.  This actor has been replaced with a normal melee hobgoblin.
   
• The mage robe of electrical resistance was not conferring the advertised electricity resistance bonus to its wearer.  This is now fixed.
   
• The scroll of Dispel Magic erroneously contained the description for its alternate flavor, Remove Magic.  This has been fixed.
   
• Fixed Sendai and Kirian such that their gender is set properly.
   
• Certain magic armors and rings (e.g., the leather armor +2, Koveras's ring) were allowing themselves to be worn in combination with other magic AC-enhancing equipment.  This issue has been corrected.
   
• Laskal (shadow druid in the Cloakwood) was flagged as an innocent, thereby causing the party to suffer a substantial reputation hit if they killed Laskal in a fight that he originated.  Laskal's class has been adjusted to druid so that the reputation decrease no longer occurs.
   
• Davaeorn was incorrectly classified as a monster / ankheg.  His race and class have been corrected to human / mage.
   
• Corrected a dialog issue with Cyrdemac: the player will no longer receive a "no valid replies or links" message in certain circumstances when speaking to him.
   
• Albert (of the Albert and Rufie quest) should no longer polymorph into...whatever the hell that is...before assuming his intended form of ogre mage prior to teleporting away.
   
• The second level of the Elfsong Inn within the city of Baldur's Gate contained a merchant that actually belongs (and also appears at) the Nashkel carnival.  I didn't see a suitable existing replacement, and Baldur's Gate certainly does not need any more stores, so I've patched him out of the Elfsong altogether.
   
• The Keexie Tavern in Baldur's Gate erroneously contained the innkeeper from the Burning Wizard in Beregost.  This actor has been replaced with an appropriate Baldur's Gate innkeep.
   
• Fixed a couple of entrances to the Baldur's Gate thieves guild such that the party is facing the correct direction upon entering.
   
• Fixed the entrances to Sorcerous Sundries, Maltz's weapon shop, Arkion's house, Ragefast's house, Pheirkas's house, Louise and Laerta's house, Quinn's house, Bheren's house, Jardak's house, the Elfsong Tavern, an upstairs room at the Helm and Cloak, the Three Old Kegs, the Blushing Mermaid, the Undercellar, Noralee's warehouse, the Harbormaster building, Flaming Fist headquarters, the Hall of Wonders, the High Hall of Wonders, the temple of Tymora, the temple of Helm, Entar Silvershield's estate, the duchal palace, the thief warrens, a bunch of random houses, the harborside tavern, and the exit from the poultry shop such that the party is facing the correct direction upon entering (or in the latter case, exiting).
   
• Fixed the main area external to the village on werewolf island such that the party is facing the correct direction upon entering.
   
• In the finale of the werewolf island quest, Baresh transformed into Kaishas's werewolf form, resulting in him dropping another copy of the sea charts when slain.  His transformation has been modified such that this continuity error no longer occurs.
   
• The flag associated with the "Love" quest in Durlag's Tower was not being set in the opening state of Love's dialog, which resulted in him having "nothing to say" to the player between speaking his riddle and quest completion.  This issue has been resolved.
   
• For some unknown reason, the HitBy trigger does not appear to work with the FIRE damage type when using the SoA (i.e., no Throne of Bhaal) game executable.  This circumstance results in an unkillable fission slime in Durlag's Tower.  Because this appears to be an engine issue that I cannot correct, I have removed the default fission slime behavior of requiring fire damage in order to be killed in the SoA distribution of EasyTutu.
   
• Modified the fourth level cleric spell Death Ward such that it protects against the Tanari's death gaze ability.
   
• Resolved the issue of in-game cinematics not appearing in the "Movies" list (accessible from the in-game menu) after they'd first been played.

05 February 2007

• Installer Enhancements
  
  In an effort to pare down the amount of disk space required for an EasyTutu installation, I coded some enhancements to the EasyTutu installer.  Although you certainly still have the option of having the installer work as it always has, you now also have the option of having EasyTutu consume your BG1 installation during the setup process.  What does this mean?  Once anything is copied out of BG1 (music, soundsets, BIFFs), it is then deleted from BG1 to cut down on disk space requirements.  Further, when using this new option, the installer attempts to invoke the BG1 uninstallation program in order to clean up the remnants of the consumed BG1 installation once the EasyTutu installer has finished its work.
  
  Based on my own testing, using this new option, users of EasyTutu-ToB should now only require about 1.1 GB of available disk space, instead of the previous 3.0+ GB of disk space.  Some of that 1.1 GB is only needed temporarily for the setup process; the final sum of additional disk space usage should be in the range of 900 to 950 MB.  Users of Tutu-SoA will require even less space than that (I didn't try to calculate exact numbers for SoA, though -- I am going with 1.1 GB as the catchall size).
  
  Poweruser tip: if you wish to suppress the uninstallation of the remnants of Baldur's Gate 1 when using this new "space saver" option, rename the Uninst.isu file in your Baldur's Gate 1 folder prior to running the EasyTutu installer.

23 December 2006

• More work on the enhanced BG2-style journal functionality for chapters 5 to 7 has been completed.
   
• Assigned area scripts to all AREs which did not already have one defined.  This action has no direct effect or value, but should make modding easier.
   
• Updated the installer such that the original Baldur's Gate 1 experience cap of 89,000 will be put into place when the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion is not present.
   
• The EasyTutu installer now places a launcher called baldur.exe in the EasyTutu folder.  This launcher serves the dual purpose of allowing EasyTutu to be launched by executing it (for those who are used to starting BG2 via baldur.exe), as well as allowing NearInfinity to identify your EasyTutu installation as a BG2-based installation (which will provide for more robust editing capabilities).
   
• Changed the Marek / antidote encounter such that it is Marek's antidote, and not the conversation with Marek himself, which displays the "you are cured" text.
   
• Altered the Marek / Lothander poison quest such that the script code controlling the poison consequences has been moved from DPLAYER3.BCS to BALDUR.BCS.  This corrects the issue of the poison not affecting the player when the party AI feature is deactivated.
   
• Corrected a number of minor dialog issues and inconsistencies for the seer in the city of Baldur's Gate.
   
• Tightened up the text in Areana's dialog such that the stated time interval for making blackmail pickups is both consistent and correct (two days, instead of a mix of two days, a tenday, and a week).
   
• Corrected the problem of the protagonist receiving double Bhaalspawn powers on SoA-based installations of EasyTutu.
   
• Fixed a problematic transition in Ramazith's dialog which prevented completion of his quest if/when Abela was delivered to him.
   
• Tightened up a trigger in Abela's dialog in order to close a quest loophole: it is no longer possible to free Abela after having delivered her to Ramazith unless the party first confronts Ramazith about the issue.
   
• Corrected a spawn issue involving ankhegs: it was possible for ankhegs to continue spawning at a given spawn point even though the previously spawned ones had not yet been cleared.
   
• Corrected a minor problem with Gorion's soundset.
   
• Fixed Jalantha Mistmyr (the high-ranking priestess of Umberlee) such that she will no longer carry the body of Casson if the party has already obtained it from Tenya.  This corrects the odd continuity issue of being able to obtain two Casson corpses (one from Tenya, and one from subsequently killing Jalantha).
   
• Corrected a glitch which caused the lowest level incarnation of Shar-Teel to join the party in every case, regardless of the party experience level.  Shar-Teel's starting level will now scale properly.
   
• Corrected the two highest level incarnations of Jaheira such that her gender is set properly.  This corrects the issue of these higher level incarnations mistakenly defaulting to using the male spellcasting soundset (but still does nothing for poor Khalid).
   

25 August 2006

• Some of the work on the enhanced BG2-style journal functionality for chapters 5 to 7 has been completed.
   
• Fixed a glitch where the player could receive a rumor about Angelo in any tavern in the city of Baldur's Gate before it is appropriate to receive it.
   
• Fixed a number of issues in Scar's dialog where he promised a certain reward and then either failed to pay it, paid too much, or paid too little.  Also cleaned up a few other little loose ends in there.
   
• Prior to this update, the "powerful" Halruaan mage Resar (in the Thieves' Guild Halruaan skyship quest) had no spellcasting ability whatsoever.  He has been granted a basic spellcasting repertoire on par with other similar mages, both to make him a less laughable opponent, and to give more meaning to Narlen's intervention (if and when it occurs).
   
• Corrected a problem where Nadarin in the city of Baldur's Gate (escaped basilisk quest) had a corrupted state trigger in his dialog, which under certain conditions could prevent him from rewarding the player for completion of the quest (or possibly cause some worse problem).
   
• Prior to this update, Shank and Carbos (the inept assassins from Candlekeep) did not have death variables assigned, which prevented the humorous bits in Sanadal's dialog from ever triggering.  This issue has been corrected.
   
• Under certain conditions, some odd happenings could occur after having completed the Obe fight training sequence in Candlekeep (e.g., your former party allies and the simulated monsters continuing to fight after you'd left, your former party allies talking to you from within the Obe building even after you'd left, etc.).  These issues should now all be resolved.
   
• Changed the Nemphre / Ordulinian quests revolving around Arkion's bloodstone amulet (and in the latter case, Nemphre's onyx ring also) such that the amulet and ring are unique items specific to the NPCs in question, and not generic versions of those items.  This should give the items a bit more meaning, and should prevent quest exploits such as using generic versions of the items to complete one quest, or using a generic version of one item in order to be able to complete both quests.  This means that these two quests are now mutually exclusive, as they are clearly intended to be.
   
• Fixed a state weighting problem in Ordulinian's dialog which prevented him from specifically offering the Arkion / Nemphre quest to parties of high reputation.
   
• Cleaned up a couple of problems in the dialog for Lusselyn (slime quest guy): state 0 had an invalid transition, and the trigger for state 3 was checking for an incorrect value.

08 August 2006

• Corrected a crash bug that occurred for no-TotSC users when fighting Tenygan (Drizzt map) or Algernon (and possibly others as well).  The bug was caused by the affected creatures using a soundset element that is specific to Tales of the Sword Coast installations.
   
• Journal oversights: the enhanced BG2-style journal work previously applied to the pre-Baldur's Gate parts of the game overlooked journal entries resulting from tavern rumors.  This oversight has been corrected (affected files: _rfrien.dlg, _rbaldu.dlg, _rcandl.dlg, _rbereg.dlg, _rnashk.dlg).
   
• The Potion of Freedom and the Ring of Free Action were not providing protection against all types of 'Hold' magic -- they have been corrected to do so.
   
• Corrected a couple of issues in Minsc's dialog (Dynaheir's death variable was truncated in a couple of spots, and one transition mistakenly issued ActionOverrides to Jaheira instead of to Dynaheir).
   
• Reactivated the Dimension Door spell such that it can be scribed / cast by mages, and selected by sorcerers as one of their level four spells.
   
• The previous patch to slings (29 March 2006) to prevent a strength bonus from being applied to their damage overlooked the fact that enchanted bullets were also flagged as inflicting strength damage.  The strength damage bonus has now been removed from these enchanted bullets as well.
   
• Prior to this update, Kirinhale in Durlag's Tower cast some spells at level zero, which prevented various spell protections from blocking those spells.  The spells in question have been assigned appropriate non-zero casting levels in order to correct this issue.
   
• Removed some derelict, TotSC-specific script code from the Undercity area script (_AR0123.BCS).
   
• The installer now creates a shortcut to the game configuration program (BGConfig.exe) in the start menu folder selected during the installation process.

12 July 2006

• Added support for a slightly different version of one of the game resources (SFXSound.bif) that was included in an alternative distribution of Baldur's Gate.  This update only affects users who do not have the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion installed.

11 July 2006

• Support for Baldur's Gate without the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion!  This now absolutely, positively works as intended, probably. >:-|  Please do leave feedback in the Tutu forum to let me know how this is working for you if you perform a no-TotSC installation of EasyTutu.
   
• The installer has been updated such that it attempts to locate and clone the original BG1 PC soundsets (in addition to the BG2 soundsets, which it already clones).  Each complete BG1 soundset that is located is copied over using the following naming scheme: BG1_Xyy, where X is either M or F (male or female) and yy is a two digit number uniquely identifying the soundset (01, 02, etc).  This renaming is done in order to avoid collisions with some of the BG2 soundset resources.  Please note that the BG1 soundsets do not encompass quite as many sound events as do the BG2 ones, simply because the BG1 engine wasn't as advanced in that regard.
   
• Phlydia's quest in the Prologue was assigned an inappropriate journal title ("Phlydia's journal") -- it has been changed to use a more appropriate one.
   
• The second level mage spell "Detect Evil" lacked its own spell description, using the spell description for the priest spell of the same name instead.  As a result, both the spell level and casting time were incorrect in the mage spell description.  A new description has been added for the mage version of the spell, with corrected spell level and casting time information.
   
• Added some "safety" script code which should ensure that the bandit camp becomes accessible to the player in chapter 3 (this will work for games in progress only if the player has not already killed all of the relevant NPCs).

22 May 2006

• A glutton for punishment
  
  I have been experimenting with adding support for installing and playing EasyTutu when the parent Baldur's Gate 1 installation does not have the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion installed.  This update represents my third attempt to do so, after yesterday's release and today's earlier (pulled) release failed to get the job done.  This latest attempt resolves all of the issues I have made been aware of and have noticed myself.  Of course, some new issues may crop up...but maybe the third time really is the charm.  If you are a no-TotSC user and you try this release out, please, please, please leave feedback in the Tutu forum to let me know how things are going (even if they are going fine).
  
  This update is only significant for no-TotSC end users.  If you have Tales of the Sword Coast installed, you do not need to download and install this update if you already have yesterday's release, as the two versions are identical for TotSC users.

21 May 2006

• Journal fixes!
  
  The "Organised Journal Entries" and "Journal Entry Titles" components of Tutufix have been integrated into the base EasyTutu installation.  Taken together, these enhancements will allow Tutu to use the "Quests" and "Completed Quests" sections of the game journal.
  
  A thorough review of these components is taking place, in order to supply journal entry titles to any Quests / Completed Quests entries which lack them in the current Tutufix implementation.  Furthermore, this new journal functionality is being enhanced such that quest entries will be removed from the Quests section of the journal once the corresponding quests have been completed.  Work on this enhanced journal functionality has been completed for all game areas prior to entering the city of Baldur's Gate, including the expansion areas.  Beginning with talking to Scar on the bridge outside of the city, all journal entries within the city itself and pertaining to the main plot from that point on will revert to standard Tutufix "Organised Journal Entries / Journal Entry Titles" behavior.  The next release of EasyTutu will include the improved game journal behavior for these remaining areas.
  
  The journal now works in the Prologue.  All journal entries in the Prologue will in fact make it into your game journal, and will make use of the Quests / Completed Quests sections, as described above.
   
• World map updates:
  
  The "BG2 style world map" component of Tutufix has been integrated into the base EasyTutu installation.  This causes the game map to have much more color and artistic detail, and the icons representing the different map locations to indicate whether or not you have already visited a particular area.
  
  The Baldur's Gate bridge map (FW0900) was missing a northerly entrance for use in case the party entered from the zombie farm map (FW0400).  Consequently, when the party entered FW0900 from the north, they appeared at the southern edge of the map.  This issue has been fixed: a new (northerly) entrance has been added to FW0900, and the corresponding area link on the world map has been updated to make use of it.
  
  Travel times between Nashkel and FW4300 have been made consistent (4 hours).
  
  Travel times between Nashkel and FW4700 have been made consistent (12 hours).
  
  Travel times between Nashkel and the Nashkel mines have been made consistent (4 hours).
  
  Travel times between Nashkel and Durlag's Tower have been made consistent (8 hours).
  
  Travel times between FW4100 and FW4700 have been made consistent (12 hours).
  
  Travel times between FW4600 and FW4700 have been made consistent (12 hours).
  
  Travel times between FW4300 and FW4400 have been made consistent (4 hours).
   
• Game startup issues:
  
  Fixed an experience-related bug which would occur when a new character was created, exported with zero XP, and then imported into a new game.  Previously, the imported character would have its XP set to -1, instantly achieving the highest level possible under the experience cap.  This bug has been fixed: zero XP characters can now be imported into a new game without issue.
  
  Eliminated quite a bit of derelict script code related to starting HPs.
  
  Barbarians were bugged such that they would have their starting HP total augmented twice (once as Barbarians and once as Fighters), resulting in an inflated starting hit point total.  This has been fixed.
  
  Moved the entirety of the starting XP/HPs script code out of the global BALDUR.BCS script and into a local script, and then did a significant amount of recoding in order to eliminate some bugs.  This script code has also been optimized to run quite a bit faster in order to compensate for the delayed execution which resulted from moving it out of the global game script.  Completion of the game initialization has been coordinated with the "Welcome to Candlekeep, your home!" introductory message: when you see that message displayed, the game has finished initializing.
  
  BALDUR.BCS has been considerably streamlined, and is now about one fifteenth its original size.
   
• Changes and corrections to the bandit plot progression (chapter 3):
  
  The confrontation with Tranzig will no longer yield the location of the bandit camp; now it will only reveal Peldvale and Larswood on the map, since the game offers some strong clues that these are the only places of which Tranzig definitively knows the location.
  
  The "Deke" encounter on the map south of the Friendly Arm Inn (FW2800) was clearly intended to provide an opportunity to learn the actual location of the bandit camp, but was fairly seriously broken, in that the only possible result of the encounter was a fight to the death.  This encounter has been fixed to restore the possibility of learning the bandit camp location.
  
  The bandits which accompany Deke in the previously mentioned encounter have been stripped of the ability to talk with the player, which prevents the bug of being able to force talk them prior to their turning hostile and thus receive conversation bits (and possibly journal entries) which should only be received *after* the player has reached the bandit camp.
  
  Previously, in situations where the player "joined" the bandits and traveled to the bandit camp with Raiken or Teven via a cutscene, the bandit camp movie would play *after* the cutscene, often disrupting the flow of events (e.g., the Tazok fight).  The Teven/Raiken cutscenes have been edited such that the bandit camp movie plays at the time of area transition, as it is supposed to do.
  
  Previously, after all Tazok dialog paths which ended in his becoming hostile, Teven/Raiken would simply vanish into thin air.  They have now been scripted to depart in a more natural-looking manner.
  
  It is now possible for the dialog with Tazok to result in the whole camp becoming hostile.  This will occur only when the player chooses the worst lie of the bunch, effectively "blowing their cover."
  
  Tazok can no longer be killed in the bandit camp.  This fixes a continuity error where, if killed in the bandit camp, he still showed up for the final battle.  Tazok was rendered unkillable rather than the alternative option (allowing him to be killed and then removing him from the final battle), because it is clear that he is intended to be present for the final battle.
   
• In previous versions of EasyTutu, the main character did not flee during the Gorion cutscene which occurs just after leaving Candlekeep, as he or she was intended to do.  This issue has been fixed.
   
• Fixed the entrances to Joia's home, Taerom's smithy, Thalantyr's home, Mulahey's cave, the Nashkel store, the Nashkel carnival black lotus tent, one of the caves on the gnoll fortress map, and the Xvart village cave so that the party is facing the correct direction upon entering.
   
• A few zombie types (_OMBIE_A, _ZOMBIE and _ZOMBIEB) had incorrect soundsets: they would emit skeleton sounds when struck or killed.  This has been fixed.
   
• The higher-level incarnations of Dynaheir had a small soundset error (she would sometimes speak an Ajantis quote).  This has been fixed.
   
• There was an issue with Gretek and the "Maulers of Undermountain" (from the Gorpel Hind encounter in the city of Baldur's Gate) where, if the party engaged them in combat, nearby innocents (townsfolk, the bartender, etc.) would turn hostile.  This has been fixed.
   
• In the course of researching and fixing the previous issue (Gretek / innocents turning hostile), it was determined that non-innocents (i.e., generally hostile types) should use a different shout system than innocents for communicating.  So, all non-innocents that previously were using the _shout script have had it replaced with an alternative that will prevent innocents from turning hostile when combat occurs.  Please note that this alternative shout script is more effective than its predecessor, so you might find that certain groups of enemies are now slightly more adept at coordinating their attacks.
   
• There was an issue with Captain Kieres where certain dialog paths could lead to his becoming hostile, but his nearby crew members would remain neutral.  This has been fixed: if and when Kieres turns hostile, his crew will turn hostile as well.
   
• Previously, the temple of Helm in Nashkel and the temple in Gullykin used the exact same store file, which caused any items bought or sold in one place to show up in the other.  This has been fixed: the Gullykin temple has been given its own store file.  Please note that this fix has been implemented so as not to cause any conflicts or superfluous patching if used in conjunction with the "Exotic Item Pack" in Tutu Tweaks, which includes the same fix.
   
• The "you have flooded the mines" textual narration which occurs after flooding the Cloakwood mine is now delivered via the message window, instead of through a dialog with an invisible nameless creature.
   
• The first-level priest spell "Entangle" was glitched such that a failed save resulted in the target(s) being entangled for a full turn, regardless of whether subsequent saves were made successfully.  The spell has been fixed so that making a save in a subsequent round will allow the victim to become unentangled.
   
• Kivan's dialog was glitched such that he was unable to rejoin the party after being kicked out -- he would just repeat his "parting ways" line when spoken to.  This has been fixed, and Kivan is now able to rejoin the party after having been kicked out.
   
• Game text updates:
  
  Candlekeep Monks
  
  The monks in Candlekeep will no longer tell the player that accessing the inventory screen causes the game to unpause.
  
  Ornate Bastard Sword (Balduran's)
  
  Fixed the description such that the proficiency type is listed as bastard swords instead of large swords.
  
  
  Also, various minor typo / punctuation type issues have been fixed.
   
• The installer now asks if you wish a program shortcut to be added to the desktop.

Modding Notes

• During the implementation of the enhanced journal functionality introduced in this version of EasyTutu, the following list of dialogs received edits:
  
  _albert.dlg      _galken.dlg      _oublek.dlg
  _aldeth.dlg      _gandol.dlg      _palin.dlg
  _amaran.dlg      _gellan.dlg      _perdue.dlg
  _amnis.dlg       _gerde.dlg       _permid.dlg
  _amnis3.dlg      _gord.dlg        _phlydi.dlg
  _amnis4.dlg      _gorion.dlg      _pnashk.dlg
  _arcand.dlg      _grael.dlg       _poe.dlg
  _ardeno.dlg      _gurke.dlg       _pride.dlg
  _ardrou.dlg      _halfg3.dlg      _prism.dlg
  _avarice.dlg     _halfg4.dlg      _reevor.dlg
  _bandcr.dlg      _halfg5.dlg      _ruffie.dlg
  _bandct.dlg      _halfg6.dlg      _safana.dlg
  _bandic.dlg      _halfgu.dlg      _sarhed.dlg
  _bandit.dlg      _hull.dlg        _seniya.dlg
  _bardol.dlg      _hulrik.dlg      _shank.dlg
  _bart2.dlg       _hunter.dlg      _silke.dlg
  _bassil.dlg      _hurgan.dlg      _solia1.dlg
  _bayard.dlg      _ike.dlg         _sonner.dlg
  _beggna.dlg      _ike2.dlg        _taerom.dlg
  _bently.dlg      _ingot.dlg       _takiyah.dlg
  _berrun.dlg      _iron9.dlg       _taloun.dlg
  _bjorni.dlg      _izefia.dlg      _taugos.dlg
  _bob.dlg         _jaheir.dlg      _tazok.dlg
  _brage.dlg       _jared.dlg       _telman.dlg
  _carbos.dlg      _joia.dlg        _tenya.dlg
  _cattac.dlg      _jorin.dlg       _tersus.dlg
  _chilna.dlg      _kagaij.dlg      _teven.dlg
  _claird.dlg      _kaish.dlg       _thalan.dlg
  _coran.dlg       _kaish2.dlg      _therel.dlg
  _cory.dlg        _keldda.dlg      _tiber.dlg
  _dalton.dlg      _kissiq.dlg      _tranzi.dlg
  _davaeo.dlg      _kivan.dlg       _ulcast.dlg
  _death2.dlg      _kivanp.dlg      _unshey.dlg
  _delsvir.dlg     _knight.dlg      _urlyle1.dlg
  _dilok.dlg       _knott.dlg       _urlyle2.dlg
  _dink.dlg        _kryla.dlg       _ursword.dlg
  _dradee.dlg      _kylee.dlg       _vai.dlg
  _dreppi.dlg      _laryss.dlg      _volo.dlg
  _drienn.dlg      _lavfree.dlg     _wenric.dlg
  _drizzt.dlg      _laurel.dlg      _xan.dlg
  _dryad.dlg       _love.dlg        _yeslic.dlg
  _durlagt.dlg     _marale.dlg      _zhurlo.dlg
  _edwin.dlg       _marl.dlg
  _edwinj.dlg      _marvin.dlg
  _elainy1.dlg     _melica.dlg
  _elainy2.dlg     _menda1.dlg
  _emerso.dlg      _menda4.dlg
  _ender.dlg       _merch2.dlg
  _evalt.dlg       _meym.dlg
  _fahrin.dlg      _minec2.dlg
  _farmbe.dlg      _minec4.dlg
  _farmbr.dlg      _minern.dlg
  _farthi.dlg      _minsc.dlg
  _fear.dlg        _mirian.dlg
  _fireb1.dlg      _molkar.dlg
  _firebe.dlg      _mtbe2.dlg
  _flam4.dlg       _mtbe7.dlg
  _footy.dlg       _mtbe8.dlg
  _ftowbe.dlg      _mtowbe.dlg
  _ftowfr.dlg      _mtowfr.dlg
  _ftown2.dlg      _mtowna.dlg
  _ftowna.dlg      _mtowub.dlg
  _ftowub.dlg      _mulahe.dlg
  _fuller.dlg      _nalin.dlg
   

• FW2600 had its area script modified as part of the "game startup issues" fixes.

• FW0500 had its area script modified as part of the implementation of the new journal features.

• FW1500 had its area script modified as part of the implementation of the new journal features.

• FW1504 had an area script added (_AR1504) as part of the implementation of the new journal features.

• FW1803 had its area script modified as part of the implementation of the new journal features.

• FW1901 had its area script modified as part of the implementation of the new journal features.

• FW3601 had an area script added (_AR3601) as part of the implementation of the new journal features.

• FW5405 had its area script modified as part of the implementation of the new journal features.

• FW0900 has had an entrance added for use when the party moves from FW0400 to FW0900.  The corresponding area link on the worldmap has been updated to use this new entrance.

• baldur.bcs has been streamlined, and is now much, much smaller.

• _h1cut01.bcs and _h1cut04.bcs were modified as part of the journal enhancements, and to fix the Gorion cutscene bug mentioned above.

• _tenya.bcs was modified as part of the implementation of the new journal features.

• _calaha.cre, _delsvir.cre, _dushai.cre, _fenrus.cre, _hurgan.cre, _ike.cre and _therel.cre have had class scripts added.

• _bayard.cre, _ender.cre, _ike2.cre, _laskal.cre, _lena.cre, _monktu1.cre and _zhurlo.cre have had override scripts added.

• _berrun.cre, _carbos.cre, _footy.cre, _ingot.cre, _iron2.cre, _iron6.cre, _landri.cre, _mendas3.cre, _nalin.cre, _nexlit.cre, _oublek.cre, _shank.cre and _tanar.cre have had override scripts added, and their existing scripts moved down one level in processing priority.

• _alexan.cre, _andris.cre, _ardeno.cre, _arkush.cre, _arlin.cre, _baerin.cre, _bandcap.cre, _bandcr.cre, _bandic.cre, _bandit.cre, _bandita.cre, _banditc.cre, _bassil.cre, _beyn.cre, _bhobgob.cre, _billy.cre, _bor.cre, _borda.cre, _brage.cre, _brenda.cre, _britik.cre, _caldo.cre, _canto.cre, _cattac.cre, _catura.cre, _coksmth.cre, _credus.cre, _cult1.cre, _cult2.cre, _cult3.cre, _cultt1.cre, _cultt2.cre, _cultt3.cre, _cultt4.cre, _daese.cre, _delgod.cre, _denak.cre, _diana.cre, _doomdur.cre, _drakar.cre, _drasus.cre, _dribbe.cre, _fahrin.cre, _fgolem.cre, _galdor.cre, _gentho.cre, _glart.cre, _golemf.cre, _golemf2.cre, _gretek.cre, _hakt.cre, _halaca.cre, _hareis.cre, _hobgobc.cre, _irine_a.cre, _irine_b.cre, _iron2.cre, _iron3.cre, _iron4.cre, _iron5.cre, _iron6.cre, _iron7.cre, _iron8.cre, _iron9.cre, _iron10.cre, _iron11.cre, _iron12.cre, _iron13.cre, _iron14.cre, _irongu.cre, _islsir.cre, _jebado.cre, _jemby.cre, _jenkal.cre, _kirian.cre, _knott.cre, _krumm.cre, _kysus.cre, _lakada.cre, _lamalh.cre, _laryss.cre, _lasala.cre, _laskal.cre, _lindin.cre, _maneir.cre, _marcel.cre, _meilum.cre, _molkar.cre, _morvin.cre, _mutami.cre, _nader.cre, _narcil.cre, _natash.cre, _nevill.cre, _osmadi.cre, _pargus.cre, _peter.cre, _prat.cre, _raemon.cre, _rezdan.cre, _ronelit.cre, _ronguar.cre, _sakul.cre, _semaj.cre, _sendai.cre, _sirine.cre, _skeletb.cre, _sonner.cre, _tam.cre, _taugos.cre, _tazok2.cre, _telka.cre, _telmen.cre, _tersus.cre, _teynga.cre, _tracea.cre, _vax.cre, _venkt.cre, _wilf.cre, _zal.cre, _zeela.cre, _zekar.cre and _zombieb.cre have all had their _shout script removed, and where appropriate, had it replaced with an alternative script which uses a shout ID that is different from the one innocents use.

04 April 2006

• Corrected an issue with the installer.  Prior versions of EasyTutu registered BGMain.exe as its program executable, which had the effect of overwriting one of the registry keys for Baldur's Gate 1.  This caused the BALDUR.EXE program which comes with Baldur's Gate 1 to run EasyTutu instead of BG1 proper, and prevented other applications (for example, Baldurdash for BG1) from being able to locate the BG1 folder.  The EasyTutu installer has been updated so that it no longer registers a default application path, which will prevent this issue from occurring.
  
  If you have a prior version of EasyTutu installed and wish to restore the Baldur's Gate 1 registry entries, navigate to the following registry key:
  
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\BGMain.exe
  
  Change the (Default) string such that the path before BGMain.exe is the path to your Baldur's Gate 1 folder, and change the Path string such that it contains the path to your Baldur's Gate 1 folder.
  
  Please note that this update to EasyTutu contains no game content updates; only the installer itself has been changed.  There is no need to reinstall if you are already using the 30 March 2006 version.

30 March 2006

• Corrected an issue in the 29 March 2006 version of EasyTutu where corrupted ARE files would result when any mod (such as Tutu Tweaks) added map notes to the game.  If you are suffering from this issue, you will have to begin a new game once the new version is installed.  My apologies for the inconvenience.

29 March 2006

• Corrected monster spawns.  Individual spawn points are no longer capable of triggering multiple times within a short span of time, and spawns will scale according to the game difficulty level (i.e., Novice / Normal / Core Rules / Hard / Insane, as set in the game options).
  
  In practice, spawn points are now less random, in that they will all be populated the first time you come across them, and will then repopulate one day after having been cleared.  However, they will NOT repopulate any sooner, which eliminates one of the major annoyances of the old system.  Further, this new predictability allows you to revisit previously visited areas if you are wanting more experience or more combat.  The randomness of monster choice for individual spawn points has been preserved exactly.
  
  I have also created an EasyTutu "spawn randomizer" add-on which will allow further customization of the spawn behavior by introducing a random element to whether spawns occur.  Full details and the download can be found on the main EasyTutu page in the "Optional Add-Ons" section.
  
  In order to realize the benefits of the new spawning system, you will need to start a new game.
  
  All areas with spawns (49 in all) have been fixed.  The complete list:
  
    * FW0123: Baldur's Gate Undercity
    * FW0224: Baldur's Gate Sewers (Sewer King)
    * FW0225: Baldur's Gate Sewers (Ratchild)
    * FW0226: Baldur's Gate Sewers (Ogre Mage)
    * FW0500: Durlag's Tower (Exterior)
    * FW0511: Durlag's Tower (Durlag's Pride)
    * FW0514: Durlag's Tower (Islanne)
    * FW1400: North of Friendly Arm Inn (Farmer Brun)
    * FW1500: Werewolf Island (Kryla/Meym/Palin)
    * FW1600: Cloakwood Forest (Shadow Druids)
    * FW1700: Cloakwood Forest (Wyverns)
    * FW1800: Cloakwood Mine Exterior
    * FW1802: Cloakwood Mine (Hobgoblin Level)
    * FW1900: Bandit Camp
    * FW2000: Werewolf Island (Arrival)
    * FW2012: Werewolf Island (Escape Route)
    * FW2100: Cloakwood Forest (Spiders)
    * FW2200: Cloakwood Forest (Tasloi)
    * FW2400: Wood of Sharp Teeth (Hunter)
    * FW2619: Candlekeep Catacombs (Arkanis)
    * FW2700: East of Candlekeep
    * FW2800: South of Friendly Arm Inn
    * FW2900: Wood of Sharp Teeth (Osmadi)
    * FW3000: Wilderness Area (Fahrington)
    * FW3100: Sword Coast (Shoal)
    * FW3200: High Hedge
    * FW3400: Beregost Temple Exterior
    * FW3500: Wilderness Area (Korax/Basilisks)
    * FW3600: Sword Coast (Pallonia)
    * FW3700: Wilderness Area (Bassilus)
    * FW3800: South of Beregost
    * FW3900: Ulcaster Exterior
    * FW3901: Ulcaster Interior
    * FW4000: Gullykin Village
    * FW4100: Wilderness Area (Charleston Nib)
    * FW4200: Wilderness Area (Drizzt)
    * FW4300: Wilderness Area (Portalbendarwinden)
    * FW4400: Wilderness Area (Arghain)
    * FW4500: Firewine Bridge
    * FW4600: Wilderness Area (Neville)
    * FW4700: Wilderness Area (Nexlit the Xvart)
    * FW4900: Nashkel Carnival
    * FW5000: Wilderness Area (Nashkel Mine Exit)
    * FW5100: Gnoll Fortress
    * FW5200: Wilderness Area (Caldo/Krumm)
    * FW5201: Firewine Bridge Dungeon (Ogre Mage)
    * FW5300: Wilderness Area (Larry/Darryl/Darryl)
    * FW5400: Nashkel Mine Exterior (Prism)
    * FW5500: Wilderness Area (Lena/Samuel)
   
• Corrected travel encounters.  Encounters which occur between areas on the game map (i.e., "you have been waylaid by enemies and must defend yourself") have been rebalanced in a manner similar to the corrected monster spawns listed above -- they will scale according to the game difficulty level.  Thus, unless you have the game difficulty set at or near the highest setting, these encounters will be much more reasonable.  Further, a "sanity check" has been introduced to the travel encounter area that is used in the areas between Candlekeep and the Friendly Arm Inn: if your PC is less than third level, travel encounters will be forced to the easiest possible level.  This will prevent the potential travel massacres of the old system (e.g., a party of level one characters being ambushed by six bandits and two half-ogres).  This sanity check only exists in that one travel encounter area, though, so be prepared for trouble if you immediately head out into the wild at a higher difficulty setting.
• All slings in the game, as well as the "Eagle Bow" short bow, were including a strength bonus in their overall damage.  This has been fixed.
• The regeneration rate of the Greater Wolfwere has been toned down considerably.  Previously, this creature was regenerating 5 HPs per second, which allowed it to heal from the point of death to full health in about two rounds.  Now, it will only regenerate 2 HPs per second (near death to full health in roughly five rounds).
• Prior to this update, the Baldur's Gate 1 ending credits did not play at the end of the game.  The script for the game's final area has been modified such that upon winning the game, the player will be shown the ending cinematic, the Baldur's Gate 1 credits, and then the Baldur's Gate 2 credits, in that order.

Modding Notes

• _OMBIE_A, _OMBIE_B, _OMBIE_C, _OMBIE_D, _OMBIE_E, _ZOMBIE, _ZOMBIEB, and _ZOMBIEW have had their class set to ZOMBIE_NORMAL for spawn scripting.
• _JELLGR has had its class set to GREY_OOZE for spawn scripting.
• _JELLYGR has had its class set to GREEN_SLIME for spawn scripting.
• _JELLMU and _JELLYMU have had their class set to MUSTARD_JELLY for spawn scripting.
• _BATTHO has had its class set to DEATHKNIGHT (best option I could find) for spawn scripting.
• _FGOLEM has had its class set to GOLEM_FLESH for spawn scripting.
• _WOLFVA has had its general ID set to ANIMAL, race ID set to WOLF, and class set to WOLF_VAMPIRIC for spawn scripting.
• _WOLFWE and _OLFWEGL have had their class set to WOLFWERE for spawn scripting.
• FW1600, FW1802, FW2012, FW2200, FW2619, FW3000, FW3100, FW3200, FW3400, FW3500, FW3600, FW3700, FW3800, FW3900, FW3901, FW4000, FW4200, FW4300, FW4400, FW4500, FW4600, FW4700, FW5000, FW5200, FW5201, FW5300, FW5500, FW5600, FW5601, FW5700, FW5701, FW5800, FW5801, FW5900, FW5901, FW6000, FW6001, FW6100 did not previously use area scripts.  They have had area scripts added for spawn scripting (the naming follows the normal Tutu convention of _ARxxxx, where xxxx is the area number).
• All actors have been removed from travel encounter areas.  Travel encounter spawns are now controlled entirely by script.
  
  Thanks again to The Bigg, this time for IDS_OF_SYMBOL.  "A bigger BiggDU embiggens the biggest of mods."

07 March 2006

• All previous versions of EasyTutu had a slight dependency upon your BG2 installation: if BG2 was moved or uninstalled, the opening movies in Tutu (including the rather stunning game title sequence) would not play.  This version of EasyTutu has resolved this issue, and achieves total independence from both your BG1 and BG2 installations.  Please note that EasyTutu can accomplish this only if all necessary BG2 resources are on the hard drive at the time of installation; for this reason, a full install of BG2 is recommended.
• From this release forward, all bug fix work (past and present, with future work to be applied this way as well) has been applied to the various EasyTutu distributions using WeiDU.  This allows me to propagate fixes across different versions of EasyTutu (both present and future) while accommodating the dynamic nature of Tutu string references.  This should prevent any recurrence of invalid string references in EasyTutu (such as the ones in the SoA versions prior to 24 Feb 2006).
• All magical effects on game items and spells have been made consistent with regard to certain DisplayString effect texts (specifically: Blinded, Sleep, Panic, Enfeebled, Hasted, Slowed, Confused, Dominated).  Previously, different spells/items with the same effect often used different string references for the same string, which makes certain kinds of bug fixes and modding more difficult (for example, fixing the Potion of Clarity so that "Panic" messages are suppressed is difficult when multiple "Panic" strings are used by the game).  Now, all items and spells which have a certain effect (e.g., fear) use the exact same string reference.
• All past and present bug fixes (and future ones as well) now include game text updates to improve the grammar and to correct any inaccuracies in the descriptions.  Special thanks to The Bigg for adding a feature to WeiDU v190 that enabled me to implement these game text updates in a non-kludgy way.
• More fixes and adjustments:
  
  Protection from Petrification Spell Level
  
  The wizard spell Protection from Petrification has been changed from a level two spell to a level one spell.  This makes it consistent with its implementation in Baldur's Gate 2, and also resolves the issue of it not being available as a spell choice (at any level) for sorcerers.
  
  Remove Magic
  
  The wizard spell Remove Magic was missing from the game altogether -- in its place was a second copy of Dispel Magic.  Remove Magic has been restored to its proper spell slot, which resolves the issue of it not being available as a spell choice for sorcerers, and resolves the issue of two different Dispel Magic spells being available as sorcerer spell choices.
  
  Dispel Magic
  
  In addition to dispelling magical effects, Dispel Magic is supposed to dispel magically created items, such as those created by the spells Spiritual Hammer, Flame Blade, and Melf's Minute Meteors (among others).  Prior to this update, Dispel Magic was attempting to dispel the BG2 versions of some of these magically created items, instead of the Tutu versions.  This has been corrected.
  
  Invisibility 10' Radius Duration
  
  This update corrects the duration of the wizard spell Invisibility 10' Radius to match the duration in its spell description.
  
  Ice Storm
  
  The wizard spell Ice Storm had a missing spell icon, and was only causing damage in the first round of the four-round storm.  These problems have been fixed.
  
  Contagion
  
  The wizard spell Contagion was missing from the game altogether -- in its place was a partially complete spell, missing its description, entitled "Wall of Fire."  Contagion has been restored to its proper spell slot, which resolves the issue of it not being available as a spell choice for sorcerers, and resolves the issue of "Wall of Fire" being available as a sorcerer spell choice.
  
  Potions Revisited
  
  A final review of all the game's potions was performed, and some additional issues were addressed:
  
  _POTN02: Potion of Fire Resistance
    * Fixed the problem of the potion's fire resistance effect stacking with itself.
    * Changed the potion's portrait icon from "Resist Fire/Cold" to "Protection From Fire."  The new icon more accurately reflects the potion's effect, and eliminates the annoyance of having two different fire resistance icons when the Potion of Fire Resistance and the Ring of Fire Resistance are used in conjunction.
  
  _POTN11: Potion of Invulnerability
    * Fixed the problem of the potion's saving throw bonus effect stacking with itself.
  
  _POTN18: Potion of Absorption
    * Fixed the problem of the potion's electrical resistance effect stacking with itself.
  
  _POTN21: Potion of Clarity
    * Fixed the problem of the potion not suppressing Domination and Feeblemind portrait icons.
    * Fixed the problem of the potion not suppressing "Panic," "Confused," and "Dominated" messages.
    * Switched the potion's portrait icon from "Resist Fear" to "Mind Shield" to reflect more accurately the nature of the potion's enchantment.
  
  _POTN22: Potion of Cold Resistance
    * Fixed the problem of the potion's cold resistance effect stacking with itself.
    * Changed the potion's portrait icon from "Resist Fire/Cold" to "Protection From Cold."  The new icon more accurately reflects the potion's effect.
  
  _POTN25: (cursed potion)
    * Made the intoxication duration finite.
    * Added an "Intoxicated" portrait icon so that the potion's effect on the user can be seen.
  
  _POTN29: Potion of Genius
    * Fixed the problem of the potion's intelligence bonus effect stacking with itself.
  
  _POTN30: Potion of Infravision
    * Added an "Infravision" portrait icon so that the potion's effect on the user can be seen.
  
  _POTN31: Potion of Insulation
    * Fixed the problem of the potion's electrical resistance effect stacking with itself.
  
  _POTN34: Potion of Magic Protection
    * Fixed the problem of the potion's magic resistance effect stacking with itself.
    * Changed the potion's portrait icon from "Shielded" to "Magic Resistance."  The new icon more accurately reflects the potion's effect.
  
  _POTN35: Potion of Magic Shielding
    * Fixed the problem of the potion's resistance and saving throw bonus effects stacking with themselves.
    * Changed the potion's portrait icon from "Shielded" to "Protection from the Elements."  The new icon more accurately reflects the potion's effects.
  
  _POTN36: Potion of Master Thievery
    * Fixed the problem of the potion's lockpicking and pickpocketing bonus effects stacking with themselves.
  
  _POTN37: Potion of Mind Focusing
    * Fixed the problem of the potion's intelligence and dexterity bonus effects stacking with themselves.
    * Removed the potion's "Rigid Thinking" portrait icon, because "Rigid Thinking" has nothing to do with stat bonuses.  There wasn't really a good replacement, so the potion now has no portrait icon.  The red color of the affected stats on the character sheet will still allow you to see that the potion is in effect.
  
  _POTN39: Potion of Perception
    * Fixed the problem of the potion's skills bonus effect stacking with itself.
  
  _POTN40: (cursed potion)
    * Changed the primary effect of the potion from Kill Target to Petrification.  This allows the effect of the potion to be resisted via Protection from Petrification.
  
  _POTN42: Potion of Regeneration
    * Fixed the problem of the potion's regeneration effect stacking with itself.
  
  _POTN43: Potion of Insight
    * Removed the potion's "Blessed" portrait icon, because it is not a good indicator of the potion's effect.  There wasn't really a good replacement, so the potion now has no portrait icon.  The red color of the affected stat on the character sheet will still allow you to see that the potion is in effect.
  
  _POTN45: Potion of Freedom
    * Removed charm immunity from the potion's list of effects.  Charm immunity has nothing to do with freedom of movement.
    * Added haste immunity to the potion's list of effects, since the potion is supposed to negate all magic which affects movement.
    * Fixed the problem of the potion not suppressing Haste and Stun portrait icons.
    * Fixed the problem of the potion not suppressing "Hasted" and "Slowed" messages.
  
  _POTN47: Marek's Potion of Antidote
    * Changed the potion such that it is useable by Wizard Slayers.
  
  Ring of Free Action
  
  Updated the Ring of Free Action to address the issues documented under the Potion of Freedom (above).

24 February 2006

• The installer no longer creates a "bg1tutu-transition" folder within the save directory.  This folder is a relic from traditional Tutu.
• Fixed a number of invalid string references that slipped into the prior SoA version of EasyTutu.
• Added another bug fix:
  
  Permanently Held By A Ghoul
  
  This fix ensures that the hold effect caused by being on the receiving end of a hit from a ghoul will not be permanent.

18 February 2006

• Spiffed up the installer with new graphics.
• All important game files installed by EasyTutu (CHITIN.KEY, DIALOG.TLK, and the entire contents of the override folder) are date-stamped 01-01-2006 04:15 AM (the 04:15 stands for Tutu 4, Tutufix 15 core bug fixes).  This will allow you to tell at a glance if any files have been altered by mods installed after EasyTutu.
• A number of bug fixes over and above what is included in Tutufix have been added.  These are:

  Ending Movie Doesn't Play / No Experience From Killing Sarevok
  
  This script update ensures that the ending movie plays after killing Sarevok, and makes sure that the party receives experience for the kill (and this experience is reflected in the final save).
  
  Friendly Arm Nobleman Does Not Give Pantaloons / Pantaloons Don't Import to BG2
  
  This fix ensures that the Friendly Arm nobleman does give the golden pantaloons when you trick him, and that the pantaloons will import correctly into BG2.  Please note that you must have the pantaloons in your inventory, and not in a bag of holding, at the time you finish the game in order for BG2 to find them when it imports your Tutu final save.  Furthermore, you must start your BG2 game using the New Game option, and not the Tutorial, in order for the pantaloons to carry over.
  
  Where's Scar?
  
  This fix is for a bug that originates in BG1 itself, and is not the fault of Tutu.  It is not uncommon for the player to be assigned a quest by Scar, and then find him missing when it is time to visit him for the quest reward.  This occurs when the player visits Duke Eltan and accepts his Iron Throne quest while Scar quests are still pending.  Evidently, the Bioware developers didn't intend for you to visit Duke Eltan until Scar summons you to him, because Eltan's dialog script issues a command to Scar to go away.  This is an appropriate imperative when all of the Scar quests have been completed, but is obviously undesirable if the player still has business with Scar.
  
  This fix alters the area script for the Flaming Fist compound such that Eltan's quarters on the second floor are inaccessible until the player has concluded his or her business with Scar (either by completing all of his quests, or declining to undertake them).  Once Scar informs the player that he wishes to discuss the Iron Throne with him or her (the prelude to Eltan's quest), Eltan's quarters become accessible.  I believe this fix is in line with the original intentions of the Bioware developers (i.e., that the meeting with Eltan be withheld until Scar sets it up), and it should prevent Scar from disappearing when the player has pending business with him.  Please note that this update will not fix situations in which Scar has already gone missing; rather, it will prevent it from happening.
  
  This fix also alters the dialog script for the Flaming Fist mercenary at the bottom of Eltan's stairs so that he gives appropriate dialog to the player (an exhortation to go deal with Scar if Scar quests are still pending, and an invitation upstairs once the player has initiated the Eltan quest).
  
  Potion Bugs and Oddities
  
  Many of the game's potions have some glitches and odd properties.  Here is what's changed/fixed by this update:
  
  _POTN07: Potion of Storm Giant Strength
  
    * Changed target of strength bonus to TargetSelf so that it matches all of the other strength potions.
  
  _POTN09: Potion of Heroism
  
    * Changed target of THAC0 bonus to TargetSelf so that it matches the other effects.
  
  _POTN36: Potion of Master Thievery
  
    * Potion had an incorrect duration -- duration of this potion is supposed to be 3 hours, per the description.  Fixed.
  
  _POTN39: Potion of Perception
  
    * Formerly granted a bonus to STEALTH, which is specific to the BG1 engine, and erroneously translates to a bonus to MOVE SILENTLY.  Altered this bonus to boost HIDE IN SHADOWS as it is intended to do.
  
  _POTN41: Potion of Power
  
    * Formerly granted a bonus to STEALTH, which is specific to the BG1 engine, and erroneously translates to a bonus to MOVE SILENTLY.  Altered this bonus to boost HIDE IN SHADOWS as it is intended to do.
  
  _POTN45: Potion of Freedom
  
    * Portrait icon had an incorrect duration, and would disappear well before the potion effects expired.  Fixed this.
  
  _POTN 27-32, 34-46
  
    * All of these potions had an odd, unused secondary effect defined.  Removed it.
  
  Wand of the Heavens Has No Quickslot Icon
  
  This update fixes a corrupt quickslot icon on the Wand of the Heavens.
  
  Invisibility Duration Issue
  
  This update corrects the duration of the wizard spell Invisibility to match the duration in its spell description.