According to recent statements by Larian Studios’ head of publishing Michael Douse, Baldur’s Gate III will receive cross-platform mod support sometime in the future. According to Douse, the studio has been working “on a robust, cross-platform plan for mod support to be released later in [the] year,” but it also “needs to be tested and still requires work.” Baldur’s Gate III is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam. In the game, you will “gather your party, and return to the Forgotten Realms in a tale of fellowship and betrayal, sacrifice and survival, and the lure of absolute power.”
The full quote:
“We generally don’t talk about things til they’re ready, but as you may have read, we’re making an exception,” Douse wrote. “We’ve been working on a robust, cross-platform plan for mod support to be released later in [the] year. We love our modding community and we want to support them. It’s coming.
“We have a system, but it needs to be tested and still requires work. We’re excited about it. I understand that it sucks when the game is updated and mods break. Our community teams will start talking with and looping in modding community. For now, work continues.”
The developer’s discord statement on the upcoming feature on Discord via IGN:
“We are working on official mod support, and have been for a while. We want the very best for you, which includes establishing a pipeline that lets mod authors release their mods across different platforms. 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. As this is no small task, we hope to introduce the initial stages of modding support in our next big patch, which is still several months away. Frustrated as you might be now, we’re keen to work with you on this – and have plans to reach out to popular mod authors to talk further and work together to avoid issues in the future.”
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