Installing With Mac OSX WeiDU

Get a Mac OSX native version of WeiDU from Balduran's Adventurers' Spa & Grill.
Go to RAR Labs to get the Mac version of the RAR extractor.
Download the most recent RAR version of the mod you want to install from here.
Extract that RAR file into your main BG2 folder and go to that folder.
You now have two options. Pick whichever you prefer.
1. Copying Option.
  - Copy weidu-mac over Setup-Foo.exe (where Foo is something like Solaufein or Tactics or whatever is appropriate for the mod you are installing).
  - Run Setup-Foo.exe (you may have to type ./Setup-Foo.exe to do so)
2. Hand-Installation Option.
  - Run weidu-mac Setup-Foo.tp2 --tlkout dialog.tlk

Installing With Virtual PC

From: J. Bruce Cook
Installing WeiDU mods on a Mac, using Virtual PC.

System Tested (Mac) G4/500/DP/384 running OS9.2.2
System Tested (PC) VPC 4 with 128Meg memory allocated running Win98SE

There will be other ways to achieve this, but this is the way I got it to work:

You need to set up a shared directory containing the BGII game between Mac and PC, which in VPC4 is done in the "Settings" panel from the "PC List". I used the one I keep BG games in, but you could use the BGII-SoA folder (just seems a bit inelegant to me). This directory will then be available as the drive letter of your choice on the PC. The game install tested and working was a full Mac installation - I don't know whether a full /recommended /minimum makes any difference (but the game is a darn sight faster anyway with a full install).

Now from the PC side of things, you then follow the main PC installation instructions (ie, extract mod files into your main BGII directory, etc.). Running the Setup file will probably take quite some time, but as long as it seems to be doing something, you'll be OK. (It will tell you if it's not happy.)

Swap back to Mac mode, and you're there. Start BGII and enjoy the mod.

Note: Jeanne Burch has reported problems with the "Additional Tactical Encounters" portion of the Solaufein Mod when installed using VPC and played on a Mac.

This odd one, and I can't tell which mod might be responsible for it: twice I've had a "freeze" in the action when my characters were in inns talking to the innkeeps. Now, this isn't a computer screen freeze; the characters themselves freeze into position. The cursor moves, the characters respond if I click on them, there's not a break in the music, but they can't move. I can even quick-save so that I pick up exactly where it left off, but I have to quit and re-start the problem. I suspect that it may be related to the "improved you have been waylaid" encounters, because I uninstalled only that part of the problem after being "waylaid" three times in one night, and I haven't had the freeze occur since.

Solution: uninstall the "Additional Tactical Encounters" component of the Sola mod if you have any problems.

Other Options

Other Mac users (without Virtual PC or Mac WeiDU) should go to J. Bruce Cook's website to get an old, outdated StuffIt version of the Sola Mod.