This July, the Baldur’s Gate 3 Modding Community will be hosting a month-long Modathon!
Every week, 2-3 mod authors will be randomly selected by the event hosts to win a Steam Key. You can find more information on the modathon, including how to enter, its requirements, rules, prizes, and more, take a look here.
None of this would be possible without such an incredibly skilled and creative BG3 modding community. You’ve made an already incredible game even more enjoyable, and we love seeing you all come together like this to showcase your talents further. A shoutout as well to all the organisers of this event: NellsRelo, Jerinski, Kaz, and Khbsd, a lot of great effort and work was put into this by them.
TheLoveKing will also be covering the modathon over on his YouTube channel. He’ll be reviewing each mod in its own showcase video, before rounding up the top 5 BG3 mods at the end of the event. So make sure to check out his channel for some great insights and reviews on each of the entries.
What is a Modathon?
For those new to modding, a modathon is an open competition where anyone can participate and create mods. There are different achievement categories you can enter, whether you want to create mods on your own or collaborate with other modders. There’s something for everyone to showcase their creativity and skill, and, of course, to just have fun.
Message from the event organisers:
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I had to completely uninstall and reinstall, so I could do a campaign with my friends who don't use mods. :(
Then, go to your mod manager (don't know how vortex works but we're trying to export the mod selection and load order here) so in mod manager, you have the option to export and backup your mods. you've essentially already backed them up by backing up those two folders, Baldur's Gate 3 and Larian Studios, you can just export the load order so you can re-import them later although I have enough space to just back up the paks, mods, as well anyway just for redundancy's sake.
Now, re-download the game from scratch and do the entire process all over again but instead, call you back up folder BG3 FRESH INSTALL BACKUP or something like that and since it's new without mods you don't have to worry about the mods part, just back up the fresh install.
Then, once it's backed up, delete both the newly download Baldur's Gate 3 directory within Steam's directory as well as AppData\Local\Larian Studios.
Go back to your original backups and copy back your current game as it was and go back to playing.
This way you can switch between a clean unmodded version, and your current version but you'll have to follow these steps every time you switch, especially if you add new mods and all that or in the unmodded fresh install, you start using compatible mods with multiplayer you can then have a 3rd back up that you can include in the alternations.
It's a pain in the ass but it works. You saves are included in the back ups, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND DISABLING STEAM CLOUD SAVES, this may interfere with your fresh installs or otherwise.
Also, the more frequently you back up whichever backup you're playing from and something goes awry with your mods, you can have peace of mind knowing that you won't lose hundreds of hours of game time.
Peace.
Honestly, I can't wait to start using mods for this amazing game, but I've managed to exert self-discipline, and I won't be installing any until Larian has essentially completed the patching process.
lesgooooo