The modding community for Baldur’s Gate 3 is a massive one, and with Larian officially embracing mods, the game has more players than ever. However, how many mods for a single game is too many? Larian was looking through stats, and apparently, players with 100+ mods aren’t that uncommon, but this poses a bit of a problem for gameplay, so the studio is putting its foot down for console players.
Larian announced that it is issuing a 100-mod limit to console players for the sake of gameplay to avoid any other possible disasters. In the statement, the studio broke down why it imposed the limit and what to do if you already have exceeded the limit.
“Unlike PC, consoles can only juggle so many files at once. The more mods you have installed, the quicker this file limit is reached. Now that some of you have been trying to play with more than 100 mods, you’ve been letting us know that you’re experiencing slow loading times or even game crashes,” the statement read. “While we recommend only installing the mods you know you’ll definitely continue playing with, to [maximize] stability, we’re introducing a 100-mod limit for console platforms. This change comes in today’s console-only hotfix that introduces the limit, and depending on how many mods you already have installed, you may see different messaging when you next load your game.”
The statement continued explaining if you have more than 100 mods, you won’t be able to play on a console for the time being, but cross-saves on PC and console should be fine. The statement warns players may have to disable a number of mods from their PC so they can access the cross-save. However, another update is coming to give players access to those saves.
“We’ll be shipping another fix soon that will aim to give you the means to access console saves that are disabled after today’s update,” Larian continued. “However, it is important to note that mods can cause general instability, particularly on console, and depending on the mods you’ve had enabled on a save, you may run into issues when certain mods are disabled.”
