Here's my ~*OFFICIAL REPORT*~ having used this mod through the whole game to most of act 3.
I decided to download this bc I was super annoyed that I couldn't damage my already bad eye after also having the Hag try to cure me. Up until act three, it worked perfectly. In Act 3 I noticed I was crashing a lot, it very well could have been that act 3 has been taking a TOLL on my computer, but after deactivating the mod I do seem to crash a lot less.
THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING. After deactivating the mod, I still had Volo's eye in my possession, just not equipable as an amulet. And perhaps the most exciting part: I now have the permanent See Invisibility Ability as if I had actually gotten the procedure done by Volo. That, my friends, is a W.
As someone who really hates eye-related anything (I blame the puff of air used in old eye exams but it may have another source lol), this seems amazing. I haven't even downloaded it, yet, but I want to thank you for putting in this kind of effort. Now, I won't have to watch/hear the eye surgery to get some solid benefits haha
Heyo! Maybe a stupid question, but I've been using this mod for a while now and it states it's outdated. Does that have something to do with the mod breaking due to new patches? Or something else?
If it is working for you, awesome, I have just gotten lots of reports of it not working after certain patches. I opted to just mark it as outdated because I assumed someone might still be on a patch of the game where it was still working. Tbh I meant to get around to updating it but no one has reminded me in months lol
Ah, I see. The eye works exactly as intended for me (most recent patch, with also a bunch of other mods installed). It's good to know it's not outdated, but just buggy af for many. If you still want to, let this be a reminder to get back to this small but very neat mod when you can afford to.
I'm seeing multiple patch notes about Volo's eye, specifically things that would break this mod. I have had life going on, but I will try to dig through the code soon and see what they did and *hopefully* fix the issue. I've got a few ideas, I have just been busy, so sorry about the delay!
I just ran into a problem where I see the eye. I bought it off Volo, but it does not show as anything equipable. The background looks gray and I cant equip it as an amulet
I really liked the mod, but I would like alternative versions with the display of the eye on the character and the ability, for example, to remove the eye in the slot for the ring. And the mod is very good, I wish the author good luck and I hope you can make alternative versions.
Does this mod have incompatibilities or conditions where it won't work? I have it loaded but the eye-mulet isn't showing up in the tutorial chest or in Volo's pocket. I even changed my mod order to put it first but that didn't help. Suggestions?
Hmm that is peculiar. If I recall I had some issues on a save where I had already gotten the eye surgery, but the rest of them loaded the eye just fine. I do also have to make sure that I grab it the first time I spawn the tutorial chest after downloading, since it only spawns the once. I haven't had any issues with mod compatibility and I run 150+ mods on my game but that isn't to say that there couldn't be an issue with compatibility somewhere, especially if you have another mod that surrounds Volo's eye? I run it near the bottom of my load order, but above my subclasses and such. If switching it from the top to the bottom doesn't work lmk and I will see what I can figure out.
I didn't realise that it only spawns the first time you load the tutorial chest (duh!). Now that I see that, the mod is working fine. I tested it in a new game and it worked perfectly. Thanks for your quick reply and sorry I made you work for nothing!
I'll look around in the code, but I can't make any promises. I'd love to, but truthfully, I don't know how I actually got this working the way I wanted to in the first place 😅. For now I'd suggest going with the heterochromia option in the mirror maybe? I believe the color is 'Blue 3' if the color is what you're looking for.
I'll definitely poke around but sorry I couldn't help more!! Thanks for the comment tho!! 🎉
Thanks for poking around... It's not the color I want to keep, so much as the 'scrying stone' vizual you get when Volo fails and gives you the eye/stone (it's the same as Wyll's scrying stone eye)
I'll keep digging around when I have the time, but tbh the more I look around the more confused I get lol. Idk if ill actually be able to figure it out, but ill keep the idea in mind. Hopefully this is sufficient in the meantime, and tysm for your comments!!
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I decided to download this bc I was super annoyed that I couldn't damage my already bad eye after also having the Hag try to cure me. Up until act three, it worked perfectly. In Act 3 I noticed I was crashing a lot, it very well could have been that act 3 has been taking a TOLL on my computer, but after deactivating the mod I do seem to crash a lot less.
THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING. After deactivating the mod, I still had Volo's eye in my possession, just not equipable as an amulet. And perhaps the most exciting part: I now have the permanent See Invisibility Ability as if I had actually gotten the procedure done by Volo. That, my friends, is a W.
Does that have something to do with the mod breaking due to new patches? Or something else?
It's good to know it's not outdated, but just buggy af for many.
If you still want to, let this be a reminder to get back to this small but very neat mod when you can afford to.
I just ran into a problem where I see the eye. I bought it off Volo, but it does not show as anything equipable. The background looks gray and I cant equip it as an amulet
What is the exact location where the eye spawns?
I *want* my Volo scrying stone/eye visual, horror-got or not
I'll definitely poke around but sorry I couldn't help more!! Thanks for the comment tho!! 🎉
It's not the color I want to keep, so much as the 'scrying stone' vizual you get when Volo fails and gives you the eye/stone (it's the same as Wyll's scrying stone eye)
fwiw,
Volo's Dark Ersatz Eye at Baldur's Gate 3 Nexus - Mods and community (nexusmods.com)
adds some buffs to Volo's Eye without un-'visualing' the scry eye viz {which some others do, see, e.g., https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/1727}, so maybe it can aid the code poking effort? idk
Aether has a similar tweak for Volo's Eye, but it leaves Tav's eyes unchanged from Volo's eye horrorizing, er, surgery...
Volo's (Un)Successful Experiment at Baldur's Gate 3 Nexus - Mods and community (nexusmods.com)
Somewhere in there has gotta be the key to the Visuals that keep the scry eye, n'est-ce pas?
If not, no worries, and appreciate the mod either way.