Baldur’s Gate 3 Mod Support Is Coming To Consoles
Official mod help for Baldur’s Gate 3 is presently within the works, developer Larian Studios has confirmed, and higher but, will probably be cross-platform and out there on consoles.
The information comes from Larian Studios’ director of publishing Michael Douse on X (previously Twitter), the place he mentioned work is presently underway on cross-platform mod help. The developer usually does not make early bulletins like this till issues are nearer to being prepared, he mentioned, however made an exception this time round. Because it presently stands, mods for Baldur’s Gate 3 are solely out there on PC through websites like Nexus Mods.
We usually don’t discuss issues til they’re prepared, however as you could 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 yr. We love our modding group and we wish to help them. It’s coming.
— Very AFK (@Cromwelp) February 22, 2024
“We have been engaged on a sturdy cross-platform plan for mod help to be launched later in yr,” Douse mentioned. “We love our modding group and we wish to help them. It is coming.”
The wording of Douse’s put up makes it a little bit unclear if gamers can anticipate your complete mod help system to be coming this yr or if Larian’s plan for mod help will likely be introduced this yr. L3B7 has reached out to Larian for clarification.
Douse went on to say in a follow-up put up that its mod help system “nonetheless requires work” and must be examined, and that he realizes “it sucks when the sport is up to date and mods break.” With that in thoughts, Larian’s group staff will begin to attain out and work with modders to assist stop future points, he mentioned.
In a put up on the sport’s official Discord server, Larian group strategist WombatMedic mentioned the staff is working with platform holders on a pipeline that may permit mod creators to launch mods throughout completely different platforms, and can embody help for mods pertaining to “courses, UI, customization, spells, and sure property and sport mechanics.” The sport’s subsequent huge patch, one thing WombatMedic mentioned remains to be months away, will embody the “preliminary levels of modding help.”
WombatMedic, too, famous participant frustration over the truth that the sport’s frequent patches usually find yourself breaking mods, as was the case with Baldur’s Gate 3’s current Patch 6.
“We all know this sucks, we all know you wish to play with mods, and we wish to make this proper,” WombatMedic mentioned.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 6 launched on February 16 and improved the critically acclaimed RPG’s kissing animations, as nicely made some sensible modifications to dismissing occasion members and launched new idle animations. Larian just lately added one other prestigious award to its trophy assortment, with Baldur’s Gate 3 taking dwelling Sport of the 12 months on the twenty seventh annual DICE Awards.
