Larian Studios has announced thatBaldur’s Gate 3is receiving a hotfix on consoles, specifically to address issues with people using 100+ mods at once.
When Baldur’s Gate 3 receivedofficial mod supporton PC and later on consoles, it opened the path to all kinds of free content. While most Baldur’s Gate 3 mods are aesthetic, some add new spells, races, and even classes to the game.
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Some players are overdoing it on the mods, leading to performance issues. A new post on the official Baldur’s Gate 3 Twitter/X account has confirmed a hotfix is on the way to deal with the issue.
More specifically, the issue is caused by people using more than 100 mods at once. The hotfix will prevent more than that from being enabled at once.
Who Is Using 100+ Mods In Baldur’s Gate 3?
It might seem as if using so many mods would fundamentallychange Baldur’s Gate 3, but that’s not the case.
The vastmajority of modsare centered around aesthetics, such as changing the color of the dice, offering more hairstyles, and providing more hues for dyes.
“In the meantime, we recommend not enabling more than 100 mods on console to avoid running into any issues.”
There are also tons of clothing mods, some of which give you a wider variety of outfits early on in the game, so the party isn’t stuck running around in Leather Armor for hours.
While there are somecontent mods, such as adding new races and classes, they aren’t as impactful to the gameplay, considering they simply expand on content that’s already in the game.
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People are working on larger content mods that introduce new areas, but these are still very early in development and will likely be exclusive to the PC version, as they can only be made viahacking the mod tools.
While 100+ mods seems like a lot, it’s easy to imagine that players have been gradually adding them over time as they’ve been introduced to the mod manager, then forgetting to delete or disable them.
There’s no word regarding a release date for the hotfix, but it should arrive soon. In the meantime, players can avoid performance issues by going through their mod list and deleting anything not being used.
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