Progress is coming, slowed by my permissions getting garbled on the MDD - crashed during verify/repair process. Still testing for stability, especially now that my fresh Leopard install is performing better than ever.

You Must Gather Your Party Before Venturing Forth.

UPDATE: After 'starting download' for nearly 2-3 hours, I didn't feel like it was going anywhere. I will transfer the files off my MDD to my modern system and attempt again. I was trying to minimize the shuffling of such a large chunk of data.

My little old MDD is currently trying to upload what I've come up with thus far. The build seems pretty stable, it slogs sometimes but seems to improve with use. TuTu builds are often known for doing what they are supposed to when 'the stars are right'.

I guess it could be called a BETA version at this time, and there is definitely a need to read the instructions on use. The bugs are a common feature, as this was (and is) a community effort. When work on PPC Mac Tutu ceased (2010/2011, with the introduction of GOG's wineskinned versions) - this was the state of most of the builds. Some folks claimed to have 'magically' gotten around this, and I'm researching what I can about that (Wayback Machine, thank you).

This is as close to the Enhanced Editions as I've been able to make, and it definitely adds some modern updates to a very classic game. I can provide help with modifying this build, but I'm pleased with the core operation (I have multiple versions on my computer, including just the base one - but since modding can be rather frustrating with loads of 'chmod +x' and rewriting lines of code, I included mods that I'm pretty sure are working to save others the time and trouble).

Another Update:

I have been trying to upload this 'as is' in the format of a .zip file. I have tried many times at this point, and have switched browsers and computers to do so more efficiently (Brave actually tells me how much has been uploaded, bravo to that one). The last attempt was around four hours on my modern Mac, with a very good connection (we got a rural tech grant in my town years ago, so we have unusually good internet for the backwoods). It failed, after 100% was 'pre-uploaded' - no resume option, only 'fatal error' land. It is a huge file, though by modern standards it is modest to many Steam releases.

My internet is unburdened by TV or portable devices during the night and I will try again tonight - I already have the place-marker set for it. I've been all over the place since the quarantine, largely working on actual table top RPG utility emulation (HOLY POOPSTINK! Virtual PC 7 runs Windows 2000 for ALL those old TSR programs, flawlessly).

I'm going to try again tonight, I forgot to leave my computer on the other night to upload. Thanks for the tip, fogWraith.

Jatoba... You asked, LOL:

The whole reason I built my G4 system initially was to use Dundjinni for my home games (and possibly online ones as well). Dundjinni may actually be within the parameters for upload here, as the company - whilst still retaining a website - has been undeveloped and essentially unsellable for a good number of years. The widow of the programmer (who died 2008/2009) kept the website up for it's once very active mapping/asset community and allowed the store page to remain, though it hasn't actually worked in several years at this point. Dundjinni is a java based map making program - but anything after Lion requires backflips to make it run (the Windows version isn't plagued by the same problems). Issues with memory, or it's lack of willingness to use it, seem to increase with every version after Java 4/5.

Scrivener is a remarkable piece of software that quit updating for PPC around 2014. There is a template floating about that creates a generic RPG campaign organization format to the nested folders.

Battlegrounds VTT, which I have yet to really mess with, is a virtual table top that never had a port to modern macs - though it was updated fairly late in terms of PPC. They still offer the PPC version, and still allow it to connect.

After accumulating years of PDF files, from DrivethruRPG and points less... ahem... reputable - I found myself not enjoying Acrobat or Preview for their storage. I've ended up using Comic Book Lover (available here, I believe) to have a visual bookshelf of hundreds of RPG books.

On a similar note, since I don't really produce 'professional' stuff - I use Comic Life 2 to do layout of PDFs, handouts, etc. The modern version is even better, fairly robust in all honesty. But CL2 is still pretty useful and fun.

I use Photoshop for any tweaks I need to do to graphics (currently I've been extracting images from a module and readying them for Fantasy Grounds or another VTT).

The biggest and most powerful move I made was Virtual PC. I hate to admit it, but when I'm doing this stuff, I now have my second monitor set up as a Windows 2000 machine - which runs great, unlike XP on my G4 (holy crashing, corrupted, non-file writing craptastica!). On that virtual machine I run: AD&D Core Rules, Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas, Campaign Cartographer 2 and - though I've yet to try it on 2000 - The Keep from nbos should run fine.

There is still a decent web presence for these old programs, especially Core Rules 2.0 that came out around 1999/2000 (padnd.com, for example). Technically, the virtual specs are under what The Keep should work on - but if you don't press it into being a PDF viewer, it is essentially a database program with hyperlinks.

Sites like roll20 will load, but, it hurts - like YouTube or Facebook level pain. Once upon a time there was a Fantasy Grounds that ran on PPC, but old versions of that software are virtually non-existent and would be very unlikely to get on a server.

Phew - sorry to ramble, but I get pretty excited about the progress that I've made with my old system being a RPG machine

Ok folks, I have failed numerous times at uploading BGTutu here, but I decided to take a 30 day free tour of Dropbox Business... So here's a link to the file. Please read the notes that I have put up for Tutu:

https://macintoshgarden.org/games/baldurs-gate-tutu

And here's the link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ox2xxvanc04b9x/BGTutu.zip?dl=0

If someone can add it to the games here I would be most thankful

Also, I noticed that there was a lag/stutter in the game especially with movement. I added a line into the description, but since the 'save' resulted in an error with site connection, it isn't showing right now. The stutter is caused by ambient audio, oddly enough, but can be corrected with opening the 'baldur.ini' file in a text editor and changing two lines under [game options]:

This:

Low Mem Sounds 1=0
Low Mem Sounds 2=0

Should Become

Low Mem Sounds 1=1
Low Mem Sounds 2=1

I would have zipped this into the package - but since you'll want to set your own configuration most likely, you will need to modify these lines after you run the configuration setting manager for BG.

Anyone try it yet? It's been running pretty smooth for me, a little lag when loading new areas but I have consistently forgotten to up my cache as well. I confess that I'm missing a few of the conveniences that I have come to expect with modding, but I'm playing it without cussing too bad. Some of the fights are really, really hard - and I've run modern versions, full modded with tactical stuff. Use those scrolls, potions, and let me know when you find a place you can sell the Imoen wand of magic missiles to recharge it.

I may actually do a YouTube video on this soon, to kinda give more of a feel to how I approach this... Plus, I've never seen a playthrough of BG on YouTube for PPC Mac.

Hope everyone enjoys this, I'd love to spawn a retromac modding scene for BG. LOL.

I'm curious if more than one person has given this a spin. It's a bit tricky in the beginning to follow the steps (corrupted GUI, weird mystical method of making characters and exporting, converting WEIDU code in outdated versions of mods... Yeah, it's a mess, but it's doable).

I've found that this absolutely does not like Rosetta recently - it just hung on it, but I kinda get that because it's a bit duct-tape and bubblegum code in the first place. I acquired two Mac Pros recently, so I've been poking at that, and I might be able to retrofit stuff in, with luck. Modding BG has always been a bit dicey, but at least I can run a recent editor now, LOL.

I'm curious to hear experiences about this particular modded version, and, honestly, feel free to call up the Stratagems WEIDU and turn a lot of off. This is a seriously hard game as I have it set up, the early Gibberlings are a nightmare - waste those Magic Missiles, man. And it does tax my MDD sometimes, but I think that is sloppy code in early WEIDU mods - I will try and update this, maybe push the version forward.

Early PPC game modding is a lost art, and never got much attention - but it IS possible on games like this.

Thanks folks, this place is a great spot for retro enthusiasts, and the community is still cool despite the last year of all of our lives.

Rawk on, Macsters