See, modders are like sand. Let me explain. I mean that as a compliment – they’re everywhere and often faster than you think. Take the modder, for example, who has managed to discover and unlock a developer mode in Baldur’s Gate 3’s new official modding tools, which may soon make custom levels a reality.
Yes, if you’re counting, patch 7 was just released last Thursday, bringing long-awaited official mod support after months of beta testing, and we’re already talking about people going “Sod theficial stuff you” to make it easier for me Being Larian, I try some appropriately difficult things.
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“BG3 Toolkit Unlocked” from modder Siegfre, who previously tried letting you play local online parties with your friends in Skyrim, gives people the chance to try something this complex.
According to the description of “BG3 Unlocked”, it “unlocks all disabled features and enables write permissions for the BG3 toolkit, including level editing, storage editing, etc.” what does that mean? Well, there are just a few exciting possibilities at the moment. For example, this level editor can be used to build custom areas for players to explore, which can then be strung together to form a complete custom adventure/campaign.
However, there are many keywords here Can. You see, while this development mode unlock does give people the option to see these extra features that Larian doesn’t include in the default version, the studio has previously said that some things will be hidden like this, especially with Divinity: Mod tools for Original Sin 2.
“‘Divinity’ doesn’t have much appeal [making custom campaigns]just because the workload is too much. Knowing that people would be interested in making mods rather than supporting all the tools it might offer, but also hoping to add BG3 mods to consoles in the near future that don’t typically support such mods. Complex works can be completed on PC.
So while these tools are free for modders to try out right now, people may need to be willing to put in a lot of work if we want to get anything like custom campaigns further down the line. It’s not out of the question if the BG3 modding scene continues to grow, just look at the types of modding projects that have been released or are in development for games like Bethesda, but it does mean you’ll probably want to adjust in the short term your expectations.
That said, since we can all dream, what would you like to see from a potential custom Baldur’s Gate 3 level or campaign? Let us know below.
