About

* This is for Baldur's Gate I only. For Baldur's Gate II and additional BG I tools try this site: http://ire.mainecoon.net

**The MacIWDEditor for Icewind Dale is here.

Download from here:
OS 8, 9 and Classic - MacBGEditor.hqx (240 KB)
Mac OS X (beta 1) - MacBGEditorX.hqx

MacBGEditor is a saved game editor for the Macintosh version of Baldur's Gate. It is freeware written for fun. None of the official parties involved with the game (Interplay, Bioware, Black Isle, Graphic Simulations, Rosetta) has anything to do with this program. Use this software as is. I cannot guarantee against data loss or any other problems including global warming.

Mac OS X version is still beta but appears to work fine. It has an identical feature set to the other version.

System Requirements and Getting Started

If you can run Baldur's Gate you can run this. I have only tested it on an iMac with OS 9.0.4, 9.1 and Mac OS X

Mac OS X version does not need any additional files.
Non-Mac OS X need the following:.
-MRJ 2.2.x (earlier versions may work. whatever was installed with your OS is probably OK. You shouldn't need to download this.)
-Sun's JFC/Swing 1.1.1 for Macintosh
MRJ is available from Apple at the URL
http://developer.apple.com/java/classic.html

Sun's JFC/Swing should be here:

http://www.javasoft.com/products/jfc/download.html

After getting JFC/Swing you must place the swingall.jar file in the following folder:

System Folder/Extensions/MRJ Libraries/MRJClasses

In the same folder you should see
JDKClasses.zip
MRJClasses.zip

Using MacBGEditor

Double click MacBGEditor to launch the program.
Click Open and go to the folder of the saved game you want to edit. Open BALDUR.GAM, NOT BALDUR.SAV.

Modify stats to your heart's content but don't go over what is allowed in the game or you may encounter problems. Check the Game manual for maximum stats. When you have made your changes, click save and your game will be ready to load. A copy of the orignial BALDUR.GAM file is saved with the name BALDUR.GAM.MBE. Remove the extension and delete the modified file to use the original

.Known Issues
-Specialty mages are not getting their bonus spell.
-Specialty mage selection appears even when character is not a mage.
-Reputation doesn't seem to always work.

Future Plans
Not really any future plans because Devarrah is doing such a great job with IRE

Thanks to...
Jay at MacBaldur <http://www.macbaldur.net> for the excellent Mac Baldur's site.
Webwyrm for his great feedback during alpha testing.
UniversalWolf for his early editor evangelism.
TeamBG <http://www.teambg.com> for lots of great information and examples.
GateKeeper <http://www.mud-master.com> series of editors for the PC.
Infinity Engine File Format Hacking Project for their incredibly informative and indispensible site.
MacGameFiles <http://www.macgamefiles.com> for helping Mac users to find cool game files.

Contact Info
Send feedback to macbgeditor@waidsoft.com

*MacBGEditorLite v1.0 is still available. It is a character editor (.chr files) not a saved game editor. It does not require the swing libraries but has fewer features.

Download from here: MacBGEditorLite.hqx (19 KB)

Legal stuff meant to keep everyone happy

BALDUR'S GATE: © 1998 BioWare Corp. All Rights Reserved. Baldur's Gate, Forgotten Realms, the Forgotten Realms logo, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, the AD&D logo, and the TSR logo are trademarks of TSR, Inc., a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast, Inc, and are used by Interplay under license. All Rights Reserved. Interplay, the Interplay logo, Black Isle Studios, the Black Isle Studios logo, and "By Gamers, For Gamers." are trademarks of Interplay Productions. All Rights Reserved. The BioWare logo is the trademark of BioWare Corp. All Rights Reserved. Dolby, the Dolby Surround Logo and the double-D symbols are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Exclusively licensed and distributed by Interplay Productions. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.