Trying to do the 4 custom characters trick

[HereOnAMoose]

As the title states, trying to do the trick, however, the game keeps leading me to a weird play test room. There are mods, but theyre all disabled, save for the unlimited party member mod. Could have something to do with it, but it hasn't been a problem when creating a single character. I've been using the dx11 version of the game, as the vulkan one doesn't seem to work for this trick.https://imgur.com/a/Bup4QbE
Not sure if i should do a reinstall of the game or go through and delete all the mod files altogether.

[HereOnAMoose]

Alright, managed to get the trick to work. I had to remove the mods folder and use a clean backup of the game's exe file and run a verification on the file. Then followed the steps in order to create the 4 custom characters. Seems like the trick has to be done with an unmodded version of the game, as far as i can tell. Could've been having difficulty because mods weren't updated for patch 4.0 despite the mods not being enabled.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by HereOnAMoose:

Trying to do the 4 custom characters trick
As the title states, trying to do the trick, however, the game keeps leading me to a weird play test room. There are mods, but theyre all disabled, save for the unlimited party member mod. Could have something to do with it, but it hasn't been a problem when creating a single character. I've been using the dx11 version of the game, as the vulkan one doesn't seem to work for this trick.https://imgur.com/a/Bup4QbE
Not sure if i should do a reinstall of the game or go through and delete all the mod files altogether.

Originally posted by HereOnAMoose:

Alright, managed to get the trick to work. I had to remove the mods folder and use a clean backup of the game's exe file and run a verification on the file. Then followed the steps in order to create the 4 custom characters. Seems like the trick has to be done with an unmodded version of the game, as far as i can tell. Could've been having difficulty because mods weren't updated for patch 4.0 despite the mods not being enabled.

That is why I do not trust people anymore if they claim they do not use mods.

[HereOnAMoose]

That's not helpful. I stated I had mods in the first post which were all disabled, aside from the party limit begone mod. This wound up being a process of trial and error.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by HereOnAMoose:

That's not helpful. I stated I had mods in the first post which were all disabled, aside from the party limit begone mod. This wound up being a process of trial and error.

That is not how modding works. Do not use what you do not understand.

[HereOnAMoose]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by HereOnAMoose:

That's not helpful. I stated I had mods in the first post which were all disabled, aside from the party limit begone mod. This wound up being a process of trial and error.

That is not how modding works. Do not use what you do not understand.

I understood the mod. I didn't know it would cause the issue I ran into. I've used plenty of mods for XCOM 2. I've had to use trial and error for certain mods, either because of conflicts or issues with the base game, for that as well.

[zombygunner]

if you use mods why look for help here? Mods make games not work because they are not part of the game lol. If you use mods its good chance this happens so stop using mods.

[Quokka]

I did it with three (rogue, sorcerer, paladin). Ended up putting one of them (sorcerer) into the closet. Next run-through, I'll probably choose two. It's a great way to start off the descent before you've picked up the companions along the way.

The great thing about doing it, is you can get one character to take all of the psionic powers, and leave the other one with only the key ones (like luck of the far realms). There's a great one, psionic dominance, which negates a spell of an attacker, that really helps at the start of a melee. You can also explore different relationship paths with your different characters. So now I'm playing with two custom characters, and my two companions are Karlach and Gale.

This has nothing to do with mods though. Just starting up three instances of BG3 on the same PC, and starting a co-op game.