ToBEx Baldur's Gate 2

ToBEx BG2

ToBEx is a Baldur's Gate 2 mod for BioWare's cRPG of 2000-2001, Baldur's Gate 2. ToBEx is an Infinity Engine extension that fixes engine bugs, tweaks engine behavior and externalizes hardcoded features in order to facilitate end-user modding. Thus, ToBEx is to Baldur's Gate 2 what OpenXcom is to X-COM UFO Defense, sfall is to Fallout 2 and Temple+ is to ToEE.

SCS BG2, BG2 Improved GUI and IWDification Mod are examples of mods that employ ToBEx's extensions.

Laughably, there is no TotSCEx for BG1 Original.

ToBEx Components

ToBEx components highlighted in boldface are components considered by me to improve BG2 whereas components highlighted in pink boldface type are cheats. Thus, not recommended.

• TobEx - Core
• Apply Concentration Check On Damage (a D&D 3rd Edition cRPG rule) 
• Awaken On Damage
• Blindness As Spell Description
• Disable Stoneskin Grey Colour
• No Spell Interruption On Zero Damage: See: Spell Disruption.
• Use Caster Level On Mirror Image
• Allow All Races to Dual Class
• Allow Equipping Armor in Combat
• Disable Experience Boost
• Disable Force Inventory Pause
• Disable Silence On Charm
• Level One Proficiency Restrictions (should be limited to only Specialization in chargen)
• Remain Hidden On Pickpocket Success
• Rest Spawns Advance Time
• Dialogue Greeting Subtitles
• Enable Animation Attack Sounds
• Universal Four Inventory Weapon Slots
• Subtitles For Standard Soundsets
• Remove all race-class restrictions
• Drop Inventory on Disintegrate
• Drop Inventory on Frozen Death
• Drop Inventory on Stone Death
• Enable Auto-Pause On All Screens
• Make All Attack Animations Genuine Attacks (See: Combat System Baldur's Gate)

After installation, these options can be toggled in ToBExTweak.ini.

ToBEx UI Toggles

• Colorize Learnable Scrolls
• Hide Write Magic Button
• Show NPC Float HP
• Show NPC Float HP Enemy
• Show NPC Float HP Ally
• Show NPC Float HP Neutral
• Show NPC Float HP Party
• THAC0 Info On Inventory Screen
• Damage Info On Record Screen
• Damage Info On Record Screen
• Dark Portraits If Item Not Allowed
• Yellow Border On Portrait If Too Far
• Fold Journal
• Unlimited Hand Off Slot
• Log Active Buffs
• Log Active Buffs Filter List
• Log Active Buffs with time
• Log Active Buffs with items
• Extended Event Text
• Extended Combat Text Type
• Extended Combat Text Full
• Highlight Active Zones
• Highlight Active Zones Info Action
• Highlight Active Zones Info Question
• Highlight Active Zones Steps Enter
• Highlight Active Zones Door Enter
• Fast ProgressBar Screen
• Spell Icon Right Click
• Spell Selection Menu
• Extended Text Info at Record Screen
• Normalize Volume

BG2 Disable Auto Saves

How about the ability to disable auto-saves without needing to use a Hex editor? I mean, how can that NOT be a priority for Baldur's Gate modders? 20 years after the game's release, we still can't mod out auto-saves without hex-editing. Bravo.

Auto-saves on area transition are one of the stupidest ideas ever. Only idiots don't frequently save their games with Quicksave and separate named-saves. The only time there should be auto-saves is when the player has been forced to watch a long, unskippable cutscene, pre-battle. But cutscenes shouldn't be a factor in cRPG Design in the first place; they are nonsense.

Baldur's Gate 2 Walkthrough Guide

Baldur's Gate 2 Original	Tactics Mod BG2	Baldur's Gate 1 Original
BG2 Best Mods	SCS BG2	BG1 Best Mods
ToBEx BG2	BG2 Improved GUI	Dark Side of the Sword Coast
Ascension BG2	IWDification Mod	DSotSC Items
BG2 Fixpack	Sword Coast Stratagems Guide	Drizzt Saga Baldur's Gate