After a current Baldur’s Gate 3 hotfix broke loads of mods, together with a well-liked device, Larian Studios introduced that it’s engaged on official mod help.
Larian’s director of publishing Michael Douse took to X (previously Twitter) to handle some issues from the modding neighborhood, stating that the crew was engaged on cross-platform mod help. The replace is anticipated to be launched later this 12 months.
We usually don’t discuss issues til they’re prepared, however as you’ll have learn, we’re making an exception. We’ve been engaged on a sturdy, cross-platform plan for mod help to be launched later in 12 months. We love our modding neighborhood and we wish to help them. It’s coming. https://t.co/54GsxNshlQ
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“We have a system but it needs to be tested and still requires work,” he wrote. (*3*)
The Baldur’s Gate 3 modding neighborhood has been coping with a scarcity of help even earlier than the sport left early entry. It’s robust for modders to always should replace or work across the issues that hotfixes and patches can create. For instance, hotfix #18 broke Baldur’s Gate 3 Script Extender, which is a well-liked device utilized by modders and individuals who use mods — and this isn’t the primary time the device has damaged, both. There are such a lot of mods for the sport, together with some that simply add quality-of-life options (like growing or reducing in-game notifications), together with some that allow gamers customise the characters’ appearances.
In response to WombatMedic, a senior neighborhood strategist within the official Larian Studios Discord, builders have been engaged on this for some time. It’ll be a protracted course of, nevertheless, with Wombat saying that gamers ought to count on it to return with the following massive patch, which is “several months away.” (For reference, the final massive patch got here out final week.)
“We absolutely love that we have such an active modding community across our titles […] We want to continue making sure you’re getting the best possible experience, which is why we frequently patch the game, although this does inevitably mean that each new patch or hotfix has the potential to become incompatible with your favourite mods,” she wrote. “We know this sucks, we know you want to play with mods, and we want to make this right.”
Wombat responded to consumer issues within the Discord that the crew additionally wanted to do a greater job speaking assets and help.
“Together with the platform holders, we are working on making this a reality, and are forming a team to support mod curation. We’re aiming to offer modding support for things like classes, UI, customisation, spells, and certain assets and game mechanics,” she wrote.
