Jacob's Mod List for Baldur's Gate 3 Full Release

bg3_curated_mods.md

Jacob's Mod List for Baldur's Gate 3 Full Release

For the sake of brevity, I will refer to the path D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Baldurs Gate 3 as GAMEDIR. This path will be different for your computer.

Mod Manager (for Divinity Engine, not native mods)

I do not recommend NexusMods' Vortex. It just doesn't work, and UI is confusing.

• https://github.com/LaughingLeader/BG3ModManager
  • Defer to the README.md on the GitHub page for usage instructions.

Mod Loaders

• Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Fixer
• Native Mod Loader
  • The file bink2w64.dll needs to replace the one in GAMEDIR/bin.
  • I recommend copying the original file to bink2w64.dll to bink2w64.dll.bak.
  • The file in the *.zip, bink2w64_original.dll, should be the same as the one you copied to *.bak. Nevertheless, I recommend keeping yours.

Native Mods

Extract the *.zip files and copy the bin folder to GAMEDIR. This will merge the directory trees together.

• Achievement Enabler
  • Verify that the file exists: GAMEDIR/bin/NativeMods/BG3AchievementEnabler.dll.
• Native Camera Tweaks
  • Verify that the file exists: GAMEDIR/bin/NativeMods/BG3NativeCameraTweaks.dll.
  • You can play with the values in BG3NativeCameraTweaks.toml, I tried to set a horizontal offset to look over the character's right shoulder. This is hard to get right, so I recommend the defaults.
• WASD Character Movement
  • Verify that the path exists: GAMEDIR/bin/NativeMods/BG3WASD.dll.
  • Key bind defaults are sensible, I recommend giving BG3WASD.toml a read-through.

Divinity Engine Mods

Import the *.zip file (not the extracted *.pak) with the Mod Manager. Don't try to modify game files yourself, it is easy to mess up when directly modifying modsettings.lsx.

• Highlight All
  • I recommend binding the highlight action (in game settings) to the same button as rotation. By default this is mouse button 3 (scroll wheel). I recommend using a thumb button on your mouse (5 or 6) for both highlighting interactables and camera rotation, I find it very nice to use this way.
• Faster Context Menu
  • Increases the animation speed when opening context menus, but still looks good.
• No Press Any Key Menu
  • Go straight to the main menu when launching the game.
• Better Hints and New Loading Screens
  • Several optional files and some required; read the listing. Choose the ones you think you'd like.
  • You need to manually copy files from the textures *.zip to GAMEDIR, merging as necessary.
• ImprovedUI
  • The core mod is necessary, while other files are optional.
  • If some files are not listed as assets under the latest release, they are not available for the latest patch.
  • I chose Dialogue and Smaller Minimap.

Asset Overwrites

• Fast Launch
  • Skips the splash screens when launching the game.
  • Copy contents to GAMEDIR, creates new Video directory in GAMEDIR/Data.

Other Tweaks

• Skip the launcher when starting from steam.
  1. Right-click the game in Steam's list, select Properties.
  2. Focus the Launch Options text box, and type --skip-launcher.
  3. Close the dialog window, launch the game.