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So I recently got off my ass and figured out how to apply some fan mods/patches for Planescape: Torment, Arcanum, and Icewind Dale 2.

Planescape and Arcanum had very helpful guides here on GOG to help with installing the mods. ID2 doesn't seem to have any such guide. But the widescreen mod (Bigg's) offered for Planescape is also compatible with ID2, so I installed it and the game looks much better. However, the UI is off centered, with a black box on the right side of the screen. Arcanum and Planescape had the same problem, but they each had separate mods that fixed the UI so it was centered properly.

Now I've looked and the only possible solution I could find is this here: http://havredest.eklablog.fr/interfaces-pour-widescreen-a42876917

It's a mod that claims to do exactly what I need, but it doesn't seem to work. It gives error messages after installing that I believe are warnings of missing or improperly installed files. Retrying or re-installing the mod doesn't work, and ignoring the warnings means the mod doesn't work. Also, the entire mod is in French. So that makes it kind of hard really figure out what the problem is, let alone fix it.

So now I turn to you fine folks. Is there a mod, in English, that actually works to solve this problem I have? Something to center the UI so it fits in widescreen, and maybe even make the text bigger so it's a little easier to read?
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You might need to give people a little more information about the errors and your system.

I recently installed the widescreen mod and that gui fix on windows 7 and windows 10 and both worked fine. Did you follow the English install instructions from the site?

There is a manual installation section

"Manual installation

If you prefer or have to proceed to a manual installation, you can simply do it by copying the .mos and .chu files, located in the subfolders of the same name as the resolution you have choiced when installing Widescreen, into IWD2 \override folder.

For example, if you installed a 1600x900 resolution with Widescreen, you'll have to :
- copy the .mos files in the subfolder \mos\1600 into IWD2 \override folder.
- copy the file guiw10.chu located in the subfolder \chu\1600x900 into IWD2 \override folder.


If you want to change again the resolution with Widescreen, you'll don't have to delete this files : just run the setup-widescreen.exe to make the changes and, obviously, copy the new files in the same way you just did."
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EckoShy: So I recently got off my ass and figured out how to apply some fan mods/patches for Planescape: Torment, Arcanum, and Icewind Dale 2.

Planescape and Arcanum had very helpful guides here on GOG to help with installing the mods. ID2 doesn't seem to have any such guide. But the widescreen mod (Bigg's) offered for Planescape is also compatible with ID2, so I installed it and the game looks much better. However, the UI is off centered, with a black box on the right side of the screen. Arcanum and Planescape had the same problem, but they each had separate mods that fixed the UI so it was centered properly.

Now I've looked and the only possible solution I could find is this here: http://havredest.eklablog.fr/interfaces-pour-widescreen-a42876917

It's a mod that claims to do exactly what I need, but it doesn't seem to work. It gives error messages after installing that I believe are warnings of missing or improperly installed files. Retrying or re-installing the mod doesn't work, and ignoring the warnings means the mod doesn't work. Also, the entire mod is in French. So that makes it kind of hard really figure out what the problem is, let alone fix it.

So now I turn to you fine folks. Is there a mod, in English, that actually works to solve this problem I have? Something to center the UI so it fits in widescreen, and maybe even make the text bigger so it's a little easier to read?
Hi there,

Would you please share the IWD2 GUI Fix 1.04 with me? I cannot download from the site you mentioned above, maybe it's just blocked here in China. Thank you!
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EckoShy: So I recently got off my ass and figured out how to apply some fan mods/patches for Planescape: Torment, Arcanum, and Icewind Dale 2.

Planescape and Arcanum had very helpful guides here on GOG to help with installing the mods. ID2 doesn't seem to have any such guide. But the widescreen mod (Bigg's) offered for Planescape is also compatible with ID2, so I installed it and the game looks much better. However, the UI is off centered, with a black box on the right side of the screen. Arcanum and Planescape had the same problem, but they each had separate mods that fixed the UI so it was centered properly.

Now I've looked and the only possible solution I could find is this here: http://havredest.eklablog.fr/interfaces-pour-widescreen-a42876917

It's a mod that claims to do exactly what I need, but it doesn't seem to work. It gives error messages after installing that I believe are warnings of missing or improperly installed files. Retrying or re-installing the mod doesn't work, and ignoring the warnings means the mod doesn't work. Also, the entire mod is in French. So that makes it kind of hard really figure out what the problem is, let alone fix it.

So now I turn to you fine folks. Is there a mod, in English, that actually works to solve this problem I have? Something to center the UI so it fits in widescreen, and maybe even make the text bigger so it's a little easier to read?
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iwayne1688: Hi there,

Would you please share the IWD2 GUI Fix 1.04 with me? I cannot download from the site you mentioned above, maybe it's just blocked here in China. Thank you!
Direct download link on MediaFire:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/aktycqclsuud3sa/IWD2+GUI+Fix_1.04.7z
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iwayne1688: Hi there,

Would you please share the IWD2 GUI Fix 1.04 with me? I cannot download from the site you mentioned above, maybe it's just blocked here in China. Thank you!
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compleCCity: Direct download link on MediaFire:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/aktycqclsuud3sa/IWD2+GUI+Fix_1.04.7z
Hi compleCCity,

That link is blocked here, I can't download from that link. But it's fine, because some nice man from German already sent the file to me through email.

Thank you anyway!
Since this page is the #1 Google result for "icewind dale 2 widescreen ui fix"...

I want to say that it's 2019 and this mod for widescreen:
gibberlings3.net/mods/tools/widescreen/
still works wonders with this mod (and the link still works):
mediafire.com/file/aktycqclsuud3sa/IWD2+GUI+Fix_1.04.7z

Sorry for the necro!
Thank you it is a nice widescreen fix for IDW2 :-)
Does someone still have IWD2+GUI+Fix_1.04.7z ? mediafire keeps this archive no longer.
The OP link still works
http://www.mediafire.com/file/yiyl2ws5sjp78jr/IWD2_GUI_Fix_1.04b.7z/file
Thank You so much !
Mediafire is empty again.
Can anybody send GUI fix again?
I will share dropbox link in this thread next time.
Thank you.
Post edited January 31, 2022 by cyberdimon2020
it can be useful for some regions because a website with the original archive havredest eklablog fr gives me 403 error code.

dropbox.com/sh/mnv81m1xk3clnze/AAAXEFS-BUxX2rBas9jXAG46a?dl=0
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cyberdimon2020: it can be useful for some regions because a website with the original archive havredest eklablog fr gives me 403 error code.

dropbox.com/sh/mnv81m1xk3clnze/AAAXEFS-BUxX2rBas9jXAG46a?dl=0
you are a live saver :)
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cyberdimon2020: it can be useful for some regions because a website with the original archive havredest eklablog fr gives me 403 error code.

dropbox.com/sh/mnv81m1xk3clnze/AAAXEFS-BUxX2rBas9jXAG46a?dl=0
Can someone reupload it?
https://www.mediafire.com/file/ine8a7id8q4mvil/IWD2_GUI_Fix_1.04c.7z/file