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After months of constructing followers anticipate a significant new content material replace, Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian lastly launched Patch 7 earlier this week. Unfortunately, nonetheless, the massive new Baldur’s Gate 3 replace was solely accessible on PC by way of Steam, and never on PS5, Xbox Series X|S or Mac. Larian has since confirmed that Patch 7 may have an October launch date for the lacking platforms. Expect it to launch at 4pm BST UK time when the replace does drop, more than likely in mid-October. While we do not have an actual date, we do know what to anticipate from the brand new replace, because of the lately launched patch notes.

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The information was introduced by Larian in a weblog publish: “Mac and console players, this is one of those patches that is so packed with changes and new features – including official modding support for all platforms – that it’s going to take a little longer to get this patch through all the necessary technical checks and requirements and into your hands.

“Although later than we initially anticipated, Patch 7 is headed to console and Mac in October, and we’ll hold you up to date with our progress!”

As you possibly can see from the highlights beneath, the headline new function is the addition of a Mod Manager instrument.

The addition of a mod supervisor will let customers browse, set up and use mods created by the group, all of the whereas making certain compatibility with future updates.

Evil endings, then again, are new cinematics for villainous playthroughs, whereas dynamic split-screen will make it simpler to trace occasion members up shut and at a distance.

Patch 7 HIGHLIGHTS…

• Introducing ‘Evil Endings’: Brand new cinematic endings for the really villainous playthroughs.

• Added our very personal Mod Manager, which helps you to browse, set up, and use mods created by the group.

• Revamped break up display screen gameplay

– Two halves of display screen will merge collectively when characters come shut to one another in-game, and break up once they transfer aside.

– This revamp comes alongside many different enhancements and polishes to enhance the general break up display screen expertise.

UI

• Revised and reorganised the in-game video choices to be extra logical and strong. You now have an Upscaling Type drop-down, an Upscaling Mode drop-down, and an Upscaling Sharpness slider, adopted instantly by the choices which are affected by them.

• Updated the Reactions UI so that you simply solely need to toggle the Reactions you wish to use after which affirm them. (This saves you from having to pick out ‘Do not react’ a number of instances!)

• Added a brand new Equipment Options menu to the Character Sheet on controller.

Gameplay

• You can now begin Custom Mode video games utilizing Honour Mode mechanics when beginning a brand new playthrough. You’ll have the ability to do that by way of the ‘Ruleset’ dropdown.

• The kuo-toa that promised to construct you a military will now assist you within the closing battle. Unless all of them died in Act I.

• The assist that the Gondians promised for the ultimate battle will now arrive within the type of a pleasant Steel Watcher. Apologies from Zanner Toobin for the delay.

• The hair color choices in Character Creation will now stay accessible after you select the bald coiffure, in an effort to proceed fiddling round with eyebrow colors.

Performance

• Continued to make efficiency and stability optimisations throughout the sport and applied many under-the-hood code fixes.

• Optimised efficiency.

– This may have a noticeable affect in areas with a lot of NPCs and can cut back reminiscence utilization when loading ranges for the primary time.

– It may even be noticeable when managing a lot of loot