Vortex + 2 BG3 mods = strange new campaign screen.

[Lesly]

Hello. New to Vortex and installing mods.

I have two locations with BG3 files.

C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3 has my LevelCache, Mods, PlayerProfiles and Temp folders. PlayerProfiles has my profile, Savegames and the modsettings Notepad file.

This location has the Steam files: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Baldurs Gate 3

SETTINGS: INTERFACE

Options that are ON, include:
Custom Window Title Bar
Enable Desktop Notifications
Use relative times
Enable GPU Acceleration
Deploy Mods when Enabled
Enable Mods when installed (in current profile)

SETTINGS: VORTEX

Multi-User Mode set to Per-User (just me on my PC).

SETTINGS: MODS

Mod Staging Folder (Baldur's Gate 3) points to {USERDATA}\{GAME}\mods, and below that there is a file location: C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\baldursgate3\mods

Deployment method is Hardlink Deployment.

MODS: MODS

Improved UI - Patch 11 2.3.1 (downloaded first), category is User Interface. Enabled. Deploy order is 1.

File manager location: C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\baldursgate3\mods\Improved UI - Patch 11-13-2-3-0-1606985082

CUSTOMIZER - Main 5.0.2 (downloaded second), category is Character Creation. Enabled. Deploy order is 0.

File manager location: C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\baldursgate3\mods\CUSTOMIZER - Main-10-5-0-2-1604576060

MODS: LOAD ORDER

Ingame profile is pointing to my game profile in the C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles, I think.

1. Improved UI - Patch 11. The checkbox has a lock.
2. CUSTOMIZER - Main. The checkbox has a check.

In my C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles profile folder the modsettings Notepad is set to:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>

<save>

<version major="4" minor="0" revision="0" build="55"/>

<region id="ModuleSettings">

<node id="root">

<children>

<node id="ModOrder">

<children>

<node id="Module">

<attribute id="UUID" type="FixedString" value="d7e3b122-67ec-460b-b08a-89e5c79fb633"/>

</node>

</children>

</node>

<node id="Mods">

<children>

<node id="ModuleShortDesc">

<attribute id="Folder" type="LSWString" value="Gustav"/>

<attribute id="MD5" type="LSString" value=""/>

<attribute id="Name" type="FixedString" value="Gustav"/>

<attribute id="UUID" type="FixedString" value="991c9c7a-fb80-40cb-8f0d-b92d4e80e9b1"/>

<attribute id="Version" type="int32" value="268435456"/>

</node>

<node id="ModuleShortDesc">

<attribute id="Folder" type="LSWString" value="Customizer"/>

<attribute id="MD5" type="LSString" value=""/>

<attribute id="Name" type="FixedString" value="Customizer"/>

<attribute id="UUID" type="FixedString" value="d7e3b122-67ec-460b-b08a-89e5c79fb633"/>

<attribute id="Version" type="int32" value="268435456"/>

</node>

</children>

</node>

</children>

</node>

</region>

</save>

 

When I start a new campaign I see these guys: https://ibb.co/7vpTvVQ

I saved my saved games, uninstalled BG3 and Vortex, re-installed both again but I still see these guys when I start a new campaign. Otherwise I'm able to continue playing my saved games.

What am I doing wrong?

[Lesly]

Otherwise I'm able to continue playing my saved games.

 

Looks like I can't do that either. I can move around but can't talk to NPCs, use the map, etc.

[Pickysaurus]

Does this also happen if you install the mods without using Vortex? I'm not familiar with this game so if we can narrow down if it's a mod problem or a Vortex problem that would help.

[Lesly]

BG3 is the only game I currently have installed.

 

Improved UI is necessary to access the Customizer mod, which lets you pick different faces/hairstyles/etc.

[Lesly]

For anyone still reading I couldn't get the mods to load using Vortex, but I did get them to work with LaughinLeader's BG3 mod manager and Norbyte's patch.

 

Watch this video for the patch link and tutorial.