About this mod
Create fully customized companions or duplicate NPCs to add to your party.
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Description
Bored of the same old hirelings offered by Withers? With this mod you can create fully customized companions or duplicate NPCs to add to your party.
Check the sticky post(s) in the comments thread for latest information.
What It Can Do
- Create fully custom party members without the need to run multiple copies of the game.
- Custom party members can be of any race, including races added by mods.
- Duplicate NPCs and add them to your party as full members.
- You can order companions created with this mod to wait at camp, recruit them again, and dismiss them permanently.
- Custom companions will appear in party cutscenes and behave mostly like real party members. They work like hirelings, not multiplayer characters, and should not block camp events or stop you from sleeping.
- You can choose a background for your custom companions.
- Companions can unlock Illithid Powers and become Half-Illithid.
What It Doesn't Do
- NPCs duplicated with this mod are not removed or hidden. You will have to make your own arrangements if you don't want to see clones walking around. ;)
- Duplicated NPCs can equip gear, but their appearance won't change.
- Voices are not copied over to duplicated NPCs; you can instead select from one of the regular Tav voices.
- No story participation, but that's no worse than Withers' hirelings.
Installation
LaughingLeader's BG3 Mod Manager is strongly recommended! Vortex might also work but is untested by me.
If you are determined to install manually, place the .pak file in "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\Mods" and edit "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles\Public\modsettings.lsx accordingly. See here for more details, but I have never tested this and would urge you to use the mod manager instead.
<node id="ModOrder">
<children>
<node id="Module">
<attribute id="UUID" value="a6b6aaa8-88bd-11ee-908e-13034502ea2b" type="FixedString" />
</node>
</children>
</node>
<node id="Mods">
<children>
<node id="ModuleShortDesc">
<attribute id="Folder" value="CustomCompanions" type="LSString" />
<attribute id="MD5" value="" type="LSString" />
<attribute id="Name" value="CustomCompanions" type="LSString" />
<attribute id="UUID" value="a6b6aaa8-88bd-11ee-908e-13034502ea2b" type="FixedString" />
<attribute id="Version64" value="36028797018963968" type="int64" />
</node>
</children>
</node>
How To Use It
Create a new Companion:
Control your Companions:
Credits
- Norbyte for the Script Extender
- LaughingLeader for vital BG3 modding information
Disclaimer
Updates will be dictated by my free time and level of inspiration. Use at own risk. I am not responsible if this breaks your game. Save often.