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Near Infinity (or short: NI) is an open source browser and editor for resources of Infinity Engine games, such as Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale or Planescape Torment. It has been written in Java and can therefore be used on any platform supported by Java, which includes Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The source code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
Near Infinity can be used to browse through all available resource types supported by the Infinity Engine. It also provides editing capabilities for the majority of resource types.
In addition to viewing and editing game resources Near Infinity provides options for converting selected resource types into various target formats, searching for resources in various ways and checking game resources for inconsistencies or errors.
Near Infinity and all of its features are platform independent and can therefore be used on Windows, Mac OS X, as well as on every other platform supported by Java.
Supported games:
- Baldur's Gate
- Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast
- Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
- Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
- Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
- Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear
- Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
- Icewind Dale
- Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter
- Icewind Dale: Trials of the Luremaster
- Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
- Icewind Dale II
- Planescape: Torment
- Planescape Torment: Enhanced Edition
Supported game variants:
- BG1Tutu / EasyTutu
- Baldur's Gate Trilogy (BGT)
- Enhanced Edition Trilogy (EET)
Near Infinity is still being actively developed. To keep it up to date you can make use of the Update Check feature.
Near Infinity has been written in Java. To run it you have to install a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on your system. Current Near Infinity releases require Java 8 or higher. It is highly recommended to install the 64-bit version of the JRE if you're running a 64-bit operating system as some features of Near Infinity require a lot of system or video memory.
Download:
Project:
- Argent77's branch
- Official branch (may not be up to date)
Original version:
- Website (for educational purposes)
Related links:
- Discussion on Spellhold Studios
- Discussion on Beamdog Forums
- Discussion on PPG Forums (outdated)
- Infinity Engine Structures Description Project (IESDP) - Provides useful information about Infinity Engine resources.
- IESDP Updates and Info category at the G3 Forums - Another source of useful information that may not have been added to the IESDP yet.
Near Infinity © 2001-2005 by Jon Olav Hauglid.
Additional developers (in chronological order):
- devSin
- FredSRichardson
- Taimon
- Valerio Bigiani (aka The Bigg)
- Fredrik Lindgren (aka Wisp)
- Argent77
Current Near Infinity logo by Cuv and Troodon80.