Author: Rastor
Mod Website: Spellhold Studios
Mod Forum: Super Firkraag
Download the mod at Spellhold Studios
Note: This mod was first released at RPGDungeon.net. As this site is no more available since many years, it was time to save it from disappearance. It is now hosted at Spellhold Studios with Rastor authorization.
This mod should make Firkraag the incredibly powerful magic-user and dragon that he should be. I'm issuing a challenge for all you masters of cheese out there to come up with methods to beat this guy.
Original note from the author
Let me assure you that I am not now, nor have I ever been a masochist. The actual original reason for this mod was a comment made on the Sorcerer's Place boards. This particular poster in question thought that even Weimer's Improved Dragon AI scripts were too weak. As I was in the process of studying the AI in-game, I decided to take on the challenge of making a Firkraag so tough that even the hardcore tacticians would be screaming for mercy. This is the first of those experimental scripts.
I am constantly attempting to improve this script until I come up with one that simply cannot be beaten until the very end of the game, as dragons should be. For reference, I was able to beat the Tactics Improved Firkraag in Chapter 2 with my Cavalier. That is not very flattering for what is supposed to be one of the most powerful beasts in all of Faerun.
This mod is designed to work on the following Infinity Engine games: the original Baldur's Gate II (BG2 or just SoA) with or without the Throne of Bhaal (ToB) expansion, Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition (BG2:EE), the conversion projects Baldur's Gate Trilogy (BGT) and Enhanced Edition Trilogy (EET).
Super Firkraag is a WeiDU mod, and therefore should be compatible with all WeiDU mods. However, we cannot test every single one. If you encounter any bugs, please report them on the forum!
Although it is not required for the Super Firkraag mod to function properly, classical game players are strongly recommended to download and install the latest version of the BG2 Fixpack before proceeding with the installation of this mod.
If you want to have Tactics mod installed (www.weidu.org. I heartily recommend it) then it must be installed before this mod. Generally, Super Firkraag needs to be installed last.
If you've previously installed the mod, remove it before extracting the new version. To do this, run setup-firkraag.exe, un-install all previously installed components and delete the 📁 firkraag folder.
When installing or un-installing, do not close the DOS window by clicking on the X button! Instead, press the Enter key whenever instructed to do so.
Disable any antivirus or other memory-resident software before installing this or any other mod. Some (particularly avast and Norton!) have a tendency to report false positives with mod activity, resulting in failed installs.
The Enhanced Editions are actively supported games. Please note that every patch update will wipe your current mod setup! If in the middle of a modded game you might want to delay the patch update (if possible) as even after reinstalling the mods, you might not be able to continue with your old savegames. Alternatively, copy the whole game's folder into a new one that can be modded and will stay untouched by game patches. It is important that you install the mod to the language version you are playing the game in. Otherwise, the dialogues of the mod will not show but give error messages.
Super Firkraag for BGII for Windows is distributed as an extractable compressed archive and includes a WeiDU installer.
Extract the contents of the mod archive into the folder of the game you wish to modify (the folder which contains the "CHITIN.KEY" file), using 7zip, WinRAR, or another file compression utility that handles .zip files. On successful extraction, there should be a 📁 firkraag folder and a setup-firkraag.exe file in your game folder. To install, simply double-click setup-firkraag.exe and follow the instructions on screen.
Run setup-firkraag.exe in your game folder to reinstall, un-install or otherwise change the components settings.
Super Firkraag for BGII for Mac OS X is distributed is distributed in the same compressed archive and includes a WeiDU installer.
First, extract the files from the archive into your game directory. On successful extraction, there should be a 📁 firkraag folder, setup-firkraag and setup-firkraag.command files in your game folder. To install, simply double-click setup-firkraag.command and follow the instructions on screen.
Run setup-firkraag.command in your game folder to reinstall, un-install or otherwise change the components settings.
Super Firkraag for BGII for Linux is distributed as a compressed tarball and does not include a WeiDU installer.
Extract the contents of the mod to the folder of the game you wish to modify.
Download the latest version of WeiDU for Linux from WeiDU.org and copy WeiDU and WeInstall to /usr/bin. Following that, open a terminal, cd to your game installation directory, run tolower and answer 'Y' to both queries. You can avoid running the second option (linux.ini) if you've already ran it once in the same directory. To save time, the archive is already tolowered, so there's no need to run the first option (lowercasing file names) either if you've extracted only this mod since the last time you lowercased file names. If you're unsure, running tolower and choosing both options is the safe bet.
To install, run WeInstall setup-firkraag in your game folder. Then run wine BGMain.exe and start playing.
In addition to the methods above for removing individual components, you can completely un-install the mod using setup-firkraag --uninstall at the command line to remove all components without wading through prompts.
Author: Rastor
- Strifestrike: For coming up with the idea for this mod and being one of my original testers.
- Beren: The first person that I know of to have beaten the Firkraag mod. He was my primary tester and a really swell guy!
- Community at SP: For supporting my modding hobby and providing a good environment.
- Weimer: I actually used his scripts as a basis for making this one. He also developed the WeiDU tool, which is what this mod uses.
- The BiG World Textpack German project Team: German translation.
- SoM (part of CoB Clan): Polish translation.
- A.E.R.I.E.ru Team: Russian translation.
- Mathrim Cauthon: French translation.
- WeiDU, by Wes Weimer, the bigg and Wisp.
- Notepad++, by the Notepad++ team, Don Ho, and the spellcheck plug-in.
- WeiDU Notepad++ Highlighters, by Argent77.
- Infinity Auto Packager, by AL|EN.
Super Firkraag is not developed, supported, or endorsed by BioWare™ or Interplay/BlackIsle, Overhaul, Beamdog or the Wizards of the Coast. It was developed by Rastor, based on material from the game Baldur's Gate II and its expansion.
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal © TSR, Inc. The BioWare Infinity Engine is © BioWare Corp. All other trademarks and copyrights are property of their respective owners.
This mod was created to be freely enjoyed by all Baldur's Gate II players, and its content is free of rights. However, it should not be sold, published, compiled or redistributed in any form without the consent of the author.
The modding community for the Infinity Engine has been going strong for more than 10 years now, and is the culmination of thousands of unpaid modding hours by fellow fans of the game. Modders produce their best work and players get the best, well-supported mods when we all work together.
There are two big ways to upset this harmony. One is to claim someone else's work as your own. The second is to host and redistribute a mod without permission from the author(s).
- Added firkraag.ini metadata file to support AL|EN's "Project Infinity".
- Renamed setup-Firkraag.tp2 -> firkraag.tp2 to support AL|EN's "Project Infinity".
- Replaced
AUTHORkeyword withSUPPORT. - Added
VERSIONflag. - Replaced
AT_INTERACTIVE_EXITdeprecated command withREADME. - Added missing
REQUIRE_PREDICATEprocess to avoid installing the mod in inaccurate games. - Added component
DESIGNATEDnumber and "super_firkraag"LABEL. - Added missing
HANDLE_CHARSETSfunction to convert string entries for EE games. - Added native BG2:EE and EET compatibilities.
- Set a new override script to firkra02.cre (fdragred.bcs) to avoid overwriting other red dragons scripts (dragred.bcs).
- Added missing amulet (fstalk.itm) giving protection from Wing buffet to Invisible Stalker (fstalke.cre).
- Added French, German and Polish WeiDU prompts.
- Proofread English and French translations.
- Added Polish translation (thanks to SoM, part of CoB Clan).
- Added German translation (from the BiG World Textpack German project).
- Wrote a new firkraag-readme-english.html readme file and moved it into new "readme" folder.
- Removed useless backup folder.
- Reorganized mod architecture tree: created folders to sort files according to their types and renamed top folder CScripts -> firkraag.
- Included Linux and Mac Os X versions in the same package (thanks AL|EN's Infinity Auto Packager tool!).
- Updated WeiDU installer to v246.
- Uploaded mod to official Spellhold Studios GitHub mirror account.
- Added Russian translation (thanks to the A.E.R.I.E. Team).
- Updated WeiDU installer to v231.
- Added French translation (Once again, thanks to Mathrim Cauthon).
- Fixed a bug that was causing the script to not compile correctly. Thanks Andrew!
- File uses better compression, so downloading speed will be increased.
- Firkraag now uses better spells, he'll no longer kill his own invisible stalker, and his death spell works now.
- Initial release.