# Colours of Infinity: Innershade

A Spellhold Studios mod for Baldur's Gate 2: SoA & ToB

Author: Lava Del'Vortel

Mod Website • Mod Forum • Version: 10.0

## Introduction

##### Colours of Infinity

Colours of Infinity is a series of mods by Lava Del'Vortel. The first release in this project is called Tales of the Deep Gardens. Innershade is the second. The series will include a number of small mods that will add some mysterious, intriguing and sometimes abstract aspects to the game. Be prepared to see interesting new areas and take part in mystical adventures.

##### Innershade

Follow a path between the trees to find a very new village to visit: the village of Innershade. It's been having some problems lately: some people disappeared, and the attacker was never seen. You must stop the guilty party, if you can. Solving the problem may be not enough; getting rid of the attacker is only one of the ways to handle this. The second is understanding the motives and past that became a great burden. In the end, you may have to become a judge of sorts.

In the village, you will also find some minor problems, and even a little affair. Meet Eva, a female blacksmith with a really explosive character. Listen to Li'l Bud's tales about heroes and villains. If you are a bard, maybe you will learn a new skill from a not-too-kind minstrel. Don't forget to visit Granny Bunny, a really nice and kind elderly lady, who will tell you some stories from her past. What else can she offer? Hot tea with some jam, homemade biscuits, and a warm smile.

Innershade will appear on the regular worldmap or the BP-BGT-Worldmap (if that mod is installed after Innershade) at the appropriate time.

Visit the website or forum for all the latest updates.

## Installation

Innershade is a WeiDU mod packaged in an extractable archive. First unpack the archive and place the Innershade folder in your Baldur's Gate II (Enhanced Edition) directory, then:

##### PC

Place "Setup-Innershade.exe" in your Baldur's Gate II (Enhanced Edition) directory and run it.

##### Other Platforms

Innershade is designed to work on all WeiDU platforms.

Consult the WeiDU documentation for your platform and process Innershade/Setup-Innershade.tp2 using WeiDU.

##### Compatibility and Installation Order

This mod was created for BG2: SoA, though it is recommended that you have ToB installed. It is designed to be compatible with all other mods.

If you install the BP-BGT-Worldmap mod, install it after Innershade. There are no other install order dependencies.

##### Component 0 - Innershade

This component installs all of the content of the mod. It includes some new talks for original Bioware NPCs, so if you have a suitable party build, you may expect a chat or two.

## Mod Information

Innershade is a second Colours of Infinity mod that allows the player to visit a brand new location. To reach it, you have to find a map and complete chapter 1; it shouldn't be a hard task! There are 9 new locations, some new people with whom you may chat, some minor quests and one main quest. You will also be able to learn some new abilities. One of those is special, and is an important part of the quest. This project also offers players some new items and a friendship path with Granny Bunny. Suggested party level is 9th and higher.

##### Crossmod

All completed mods from the Colours of Infinity series include/will include crossmod content. All completed CoI projects are linked together. There is small crossmod with Tales of the Deep Gardens. You may also find some lines mentioning TotDG even if the first CoI mod isn't installed. There is also crossmod with Yvette Romance, the 3rd CoI project. What's more, Kwiat_W's GUI includes a revised background image for Innershade's arrival text screen.

## Credits

Author, Coder, Areas, Voicing: Lava Del'Vortel
Portrait Source: NWN Vault Webpage
Map Icon: K4thos, Kwiat_W & Lava Del'Vortel
BG-BGT addition: Picollo
Music: Kat Bella
Proofreading: Berelinde, Ankhes, Lollorian, Scipio, Eric P.
Beta testing: Vinci, Lollorian, Kwiat_W, Ralfo (aka Theorp), Neysa, Dark (CoB)
French translation: Lothringen (of the d'Oghmatiques)
Polish translation: Cuttooth (of Children of Bhaal)
Italian translation: Ilot
Russian translation: Aldark, Andreas, Austin, bro and Silent
German translation: Dachrisma
Chinese translation: merzbau
Version 8 update: agb1, Nightfarer (custom map icon patch), K4thos (EET compatibility)
Area and light map update help: Hathor / Sirielle

I would like to thank all those who helped me and who supported me with a kind word. I am a person who isn't easygoing all the time, and I know working with me sometimes may be quite difficult. Thanks to SHS and CoB forums and to all those who decided to give this mod a chance!

##### Programs/tools used in creation:

- WeiDU, by Westley Weimer/Valerio Bigiani (the bigg)
- Near Infinity, by Jon Olav Hauglid
- DLTCEP, by Avenger
- WinRAR, by Eugene Roshal/Alexander Roshal
- IESDP, maintained by igi

##### Copyright Notice:

Innershade was developed by Lava Del'Vortel, based on material from the game Baldur's Gate II and its expansion.

All mod content is © Lava Del'Vortel.

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal © TSR, Inc. The BioWare Infinity Engine is © BioWare Corp.

Please note that any and all redistribution and/or hosting of this mod is expressly unwanted without permission from the author(s).

## Version history

###### 20th June 2010 - Version 1.0:

- Initial release

###### 10th October 2010 - Version 2.0:

- Added French translation
- Added BP-BGT Worldmap addition
- Minor, insignificant fixes.

###### 21th November 2010 - Version 3.0:

- Animations added to areas.
- Correction of English translation (by Daulmakan).
- Changed soup item flag.
- Experience for "violet shapeshifting creature".
- Folder icon.

###### 4th December 2010 - Version 4.0:

- Added Polish Translation.

###### 9th April 2011 - Version 5.0:

- Added Italian Translation.
- MKDIR fix (v5.1)
- Elf's dialogue fix (v5.1)
- Moved InnerAudio into the mod (v5.2)

###### 7th May 2013 - Version 6.0:

- Hopefully fixed "immortal kid" bug.
- Fixed tokens
- Added Russian translation

###### 16th March 2014 - Version 7.0:

- Prepared Innershade for BG2EE; it is now compatible
- Moved music from scripts to ambient sounds
- Translations for BG2:EE (7.1)
- Added German translation by Dachrisma (7.2)

###### 11th January 2017 - Version 8.0:

- Innershade is now designed to work on all WeiDU platforms (PC, OSX, Linux, etc.)
- Golden Dragon Scale Armor now disables thief/wizard abilities as intended and usability now matches description
- Added Enhanced Edition Trilogy compatibility code from K4thos (support continuous journal and EET worldmap)
- Removed usability text from EE item descriptions (EE generates usability text)
- Removed alternate creature animations component - some BG2EE-exclusive animations will be used automatically
- Removed Bioware NPC reactions component - these interjections are now installed as part of the main component
- Removed worldmap components - Innershade will always appear now on the regular worldmap and BP-BGT-Worldmap (when chapter > 1 and party has a "Map to Innershade" item)
- Text screen background for initial visit to Innershade scaled up to 1024x768 for Enhanced Edition installations
- Added Enhanced Edition formatted versions of area graphics files to improve quality and remove horizontal lines
- Fixed infinite loop in coin child quest-completion script in ARISH1.baf

###### 28th June 2017 - Version 9.0:

- Added new worldmap icon (icon - Lava; coding - K4thos)
- Savegame patching for BG2EE by K4thos
- Patching made optional (v9.1)
- Fixed icon's script (v9.1)
- Worldmap.tra fix for Polish translation (v9.3)
- Night map for Innershade by Hathor (Sirielle) and small edits by Lava (v9.4)
- Other area corrections (v9.4)
- Chinese translation by merzbau (v9.5)
- Consistent text screen for the vanilla game by merzbau (v9.5)

###### December 2019 - Version 10.0:

- Fixed Dream's audio
- Added missing Large Shadow animation for BG2EE
- Reward items fix
- One of Dream Fragments will no longer use invisibility
- Dream will no longer use Stinking Cloud spell
- Ribald should have just one map, not five
- Less experience points for quests
- A bit more quiet music in Innershade and Innerdream
- Animations will no longer disappear during the battles