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ABOUT THE MOD:

Southern Edge is a new district for our favorite BG2 city - Athkatla - available from the very start, once you talk to Gaelan and hear his offer. The mod is to make the first hours of the game more interesting, as some player might have got bored with doing the same quests over and over again. The area isn't as big as Slums or as Bridge District, but it includes a main quest introduced by a halfling name Mairo and a series of mini-quests and encounters introduced by both some new characters, and some you might have met before. 
There are also some nice bits every district should have - a small shop, a tavern, some commoners, a temple, some troubled men and women... what else do adventurers need, right? 
It's not a big mod, but it should entertain you for a moment or two. I hope that the Southern Edge will become a nice stop for you, Bhaalspawn, and your trusted group.

This mod adds a new custom icon for Southern Edge area on worldmap and updates map text (Traveling Hours -> Hours; Destination Unreachable -> Unreachable) to uncover some map icons. 
Compatibility notes: the mod updates existing mapicons.bam file; if you're using a mod that overrides mapicons.bam instead of patching it, it should be installed before the mod. BP-BGT Worldmap, which is always installed in the end. 



INSTALLATION:

As every WeiDU mod - unpack the archive to your BG2EE / BG2 directory and follow the on-screen instructions. However not that to enjoy the mod you need to have updated game (with patch 2.0 or higher) and you must start a new game, as your old save games won't be updated. 
Some users encountered unusual problems with WeiDU making copies of AR0043 and AR0044 files when installing the mod on the old Baldur's Gate 2 (non-EE version). The source of this problem is unknown. One of the users fixed it by copying the problematic tis files to the override folder and then giving the installation a second shot. You may find copies of those in AreaFix directory in the mod and copy it manually to your override folder, but you're doing it on your own risk! Never use those files with EE games, as tis files in both version differ greatly!


CREDITS:

Mod author: Lava Del'Vortel
Proofreading, testing, support: Artemius_I
EET compatibility and technical improvements: badungu, K4thos
Trafification and update help: GeN1e
Additional Help and Thanks: argent77, Soul, agb1, morgan, Cahir, Roberciiik, Yoshimo0417
Beta-testers: Vinci, Pustak Stropowy, Nobanion 
Polish translation: Stars of Mystra (Cahir and memory), proofreading by Roberciiik
Chinese translation: merzbau, update: Yoshimo0417
Russian translation: subzero400
French translation: deratiseur, update by Mornagest
Korean translation: Pinkpanther
Italian translation: improbabile 
Spanish translation: alaisFcZ 
Night tilset: Hathor / Sirielle, minor fixes by Lava
Also thanks to everyone who still play Baldur's Gate, support the community, play mods, give feedback and to all people who find time to create their own mods!



VERSION HISTORY:

May 2017 - version 0.90:
-Innitial release

May 2017 - version 0.99:
-EET compatibility implemented by badungu
-New content: new small character that needs your help in learning one of the "very useful" spells
-New content: Neil, the book buyer (NOTE: remember to sell him journals and books once you are sure they are no longer needed)
-New content: some interjections for original companions
-Fixed Amaretto talk which prevented players from talking to her more than once
-Fixed typos in the final fight cutscene
-Fixed helmet "Library of Thoughts" (L#NDHEL)

June 2017 - version 1.0:
-Vanilla BG2 compatiblity, with many alternative files to match old BG2's engine limitations and resources
-New component: custom area icon
-New content: Ribald's delivery mini-quest (starts at Adventurer's Mart)
-New content: "Buried Love" mini-quest (starts in the Graveyard's tomb)
-New content: Unique commoners
-Restored tasloi animation for vanilla BG2
-Amaretto talk fix (link to wrong response)
-Some small fixes and tweaks of SE items
-Slightly modified Chapter 6 shop
-Slightly more difficult final battle
-Merchant escort variable quest fix
-Addej journal entries compatibility for EE
-Additional proofreading (by Artemius_I)
-Travel time fix (by badungu)
-Savegame patching (by K4thos)
-Traification (by GeN1e)

July 2017 - version 1.1
-Updated code for adding the worldmap icon and save game patching 
-Save game patching is now made optional
-Small .tra update (added 2 new lines)
-Updated WeiDU
-Files existence check for BP-BGT Worldmap (v1.11)

December 2017 - version 1.2
-Updated English language
-Added Polish translation by Stars of Mystra (Cahir and memory)
-Added Polish audio (v1.21)
-Corrected encoding for Polish translation (v1.22)
-Journal fix (v1.23)
-Fixed reloading (v1.24)
-Area fix materials (provided by morgan) (v1.25)
-Added Erase Jounral Entry for "the berry quest" (v1.26)
-Fixed Dabarook description (v1.26)
-Fixed the description of "Tone-is-gone"(v1.27)
-Fixed a book refference in one of the dialogues (v1.27)

March 2018 - version 2.0
-Polish translation corrections
-Fix vanilla bam icon (antidote bottle)
-Minor correction of L#ND01.tis
-Added night area for the main area by Hathor / Sirielle, minor fixes by Lava
-Search map correction for L#ND01 area
-Chinese translation by merzbau (v2.10)
-Russian translation by subzero400 (v2.20)
-French translation by deratiseur (v2.30)
-Minor text corrections for Egnlish language: spotted by deratiseur (v2.30)
-Fixed priest of Oghma cutscene (v2.31)
-Additional line in AR0400 script to make it work better (v2.31)
-Change EXTEND_TOP to EXTEND_BOTTOM in dialogues with: Bylanna, Priest of Oghma, Ribald (v2.32)

April 2020 - version 3.0
-Updated Russian translation 
-Updated Polish translation 
-Polish translation information included 
-Fixed Mr. Cat script 
-Fixed Hight Map for L#ND01 
-Fixed entrance from areas other than Athkatla 
-Updated French Translation (v3.01)
-Better EE item descriptions by Cahir (v3.10)
-Updated French Translation by Mornagest (v3.11)
-Updated Polish Translation by Roberciiik (v3.20)
-Fixed L#NDHEL.itm (v3.20)
-Fixed Neil talk (v3.20)
-Fixed Vampire quest (v3.20)
-Korean Translation by Pinkpanther (v3.3)
-Russian Translation update (v3.4)
-Italian translation by improbabile (v3.5)

August 2022 - version 4.0:
- Fixed robbed man quest failure
- Fixed Lydia's quest
- Fixed "Umar Witch Project Journal" / Neil abuse
- Fixed L#NDRIN's missing effect icon
- Added Inn inforegion
- Added Temple inforegion
- Polish translation update (v4.1)
- Polish translation update (v4.2)
- Limited Elminster's Ecologies: Appendix IIIa usage in Neil's quest (v4.2)
- Changed L#NDSNT's item type to scroll (v4.2)
- Fixed Neil's reward (v4.2) 
- Spanish translation by alaisFcZ (v4.3) 
- fixed Neil's talk (v4.4)

August 2024 - version 5.0:
- Fixed Mazzy interjection
- Fixed refference to one of the bams in a cut scene
- Fixed Good Berries detection
- Chinese translation update (v5.1)
- Chinese translation update (v5.2)
- Typos fixed (v5.3)
- Creature fix (v5.3)
- Chinese translation update (v5.4)

January 2026 - version 6.0:
- Fixed a couple of typos
- Added night ambient sounds to the main mod area