First play through / mods

[chickabumpbump]

So despite buying this game in early access and buying a new pc for it!

I have yet to start it, my logic was to play shorter games first but with work, partner, exercise and other hobbies…. I have left it unstarted.

I will after the next patch they just mentioned, makes more sense than starting now!

So there are mods of course, I use a lot of mods on total warhammer 3 that I wouldn’t play without.

So the question is, bear in mind it’s a first playthrough.

What are the best and essential mods that will enhance but not ruin / change the vanilla game.
QOL I assume

[StrayBullet]

The only mod I run currently is Native Camera Mod, it allows for more control over the camera angle and it was a must for me in order to even play the game I hated that scrolling out was stuck to barely scrolling out and at a weird 45 degree angle over you... aside from that on a new playthrough I'll probably be looking for difficulty enhancing mods, and level cap raising mods because currently the Campaign should honestly be intended for level 20+ if you know anything about FR lore you're gonna be asking yourself ... but how the ♥♥♥♥ did they do it to begin with? Especially at such a low level ... you can almost make 11th level by the end of the second act and 12th is the max ... and by the time you make it into the lower city of act 3 you'll be half way through 11th ... unless it was the devs intention to be like "Oh I know, well give them basically 0 advancement in the final act ..." then I'm pretty sure it shows Larian ran out of money and time... Escpecially since the final boss in the game should be CR 30+ ... turn base is kinda a drag ... and boring at that ... oh look my team all goes first, and kills everything that's literally just standing there letting me kill them without them fighting back because it's not their turn to throw a punch ... you know most people like easy though... so maybe that's something you'll keep.

[seeker1]

Sigh. It and all the camera mods are DLL-based, or I'd be using them, since a long time ago.

This is why it (and no other camera mods) aren't at mod.io. Now, TBH, I don't know if it's POSSIBLE to do a camera mod not done this way. Because if not, no camera mod will ever work on anything but Windows or appear there.

I honestly hate targeting people standing above you on rafters (like in Moonrise) because, honestly, the existing camera sucks for this. There should be more free vertical movement plus the ability to look up (and yes I know Native Camera Mod does this, but.)

If you don't want stuff that changes actual gameplay (and personally, though I use those, I don't in first playthroughs), the two search categories you want to look for stuff in are "Quality of Life" and "UI". Inventory management in this game can be frustrating, and (for example) inventory mods will tend to be in those two places.

What's essential can come down to subjectivity, obviously. And what you can use may not always match what you wish you could (that's me).

[Kaworu]

None. Seriously. Give yourself a chance to experience the game as it is, then tweak it to your liking.

[harken23]

I'd recommend Native Camera and Improved UI. They don't change the game experience at all, they just make the interface a lot better. With Native Camera, you can even look UP!

[BouenoRobert]

experience then tweak for your likings.

[Chaosolous]

I would not recommend any mods on original playthrough.

Personally.

I've put 600+ hours in and I'll put in more I'm sure and I've not played a modded playthrough yet and still had plenty of replayability.

QoL is gonna depend on you personally and I don't know if you'll know until you start getting into the game what you like and don't like.

I think the game in it's pure form is plenty of game to game though. It got it's laurels for a reason.

The only thing I do recommend, is, depending on playstyle, maybe take breaks per act to avoid burnout. You can beat the game in 30 hours if you ignore a lot of things but in a lot of cases it's like 80 to 120 hours to finish and most people feel a bit exhausted by Act 3.

[chickabumpbump]

Thank you all.

I guess the problem with quality of life is I don’t know the original to know what is changed for the better!

I will have a think

[Renlish]

Don't use mods for your first play through. It's always worth seeing a game as the developers intended. Then mess with it as much as you like. :) I mostly go for cosmetics for my Tav because I like the game-play as is. :)

[Tussin The Goat]

I don't think any mods are essential. Even native camera isn't needed if you play on Controller.

[rzL]

i would suggest the faster movement mod, cuts down on a lot of the running around you have to do

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by chickabumpbump:

First play through / mods
So despite buying this game in early access and buying a new pc for it!

I have yet to start it, my logic was to play shorter games first but with work, partner, exercise and other hobbies…. I have left it unstarted.

I will after the next patch they just mentioned, makes more sense than starting now!

So there are mods of course, I use a lot of mods on total warhammer 3 that I wouldn’t play without.

So the question is, bear in mind it’s a first playthrough.

What are the best and essential mods that will enhance but not ruin / change the vanilla game.
QOL I assume

Is your PC still considered "new" by now?

[chickabumpbump]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by chickabumpbump:

First play through / mods
So despite buying this game in early access and buying a new pc for it!

I have yet to start it, my logic was to play shorter games first but with work, partner, exercise and other hobbies…. I have left it unstarted.

I will after the next patch they just mentioned, makes more sense than starting now!

So there are mods of course, I use a lot of mods on total warhammer 3 that I wouldn’t play without.

So the question is, bear in mind it’s a first playthrough.

What are the best and essential mods that will enhance but not ruin / change the vanilla game.
QOL I assume

Is your PC still considered "new" by now?

Haha it was probably not “ new “ by pc gaming standards when I got it. I bought it for PC games if that makes sense

5800X3D
4070 super FE

It’s probably overkill for some of the pc games I will use it for