You can now disable romance (with a mod)

[AnHonestSoul]

i was browsing Nexusmods for BG3 and just found this mod. It completely disables any romance with companions in the game:


"Jhaerik's Disable Reactions Mod"


To anyone interested just head over to Nexusmods homepage, search the mod, download it, and follow the installation instructions on the description page.



(In case this disables achievements: There is another mod that re-enables them again. Its called "Achievement Enabler" and can be found on Nexusmods, too)

[AnHonestSoul]

For a less strict way without completely disabling romance / sidequests alltogether, there is the "Approval Tweaks" mod. Choose "Version B" under the mods' files tab.

[jhughes]

I have been a Nexus Premium member for a long time and I set up Nexus for BG3 recently to get the Highlight Everything mod working:

https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/692

I personally recommend using the auto installer called Vortex if you want to install mods for any game from Nexus Mods:

https://www.nexusmods.com/about/vortex/

In order to use Nexus Mods for BG3 you need to install 2 things after installing Vortex. Both are recommend by the Nexus Mods installer, here is a video how to use Vortex to do it:

https://youtu.be/FC_t9vNGtkk

I have not tried any mods other than Highlight Everything and the two mods needed to get everything set up as called out in that video.

Highlight Everything works fine.

[Cosgar]

Okay, now everyone stop complaining about how two guys flirting makes them uncomfortable because it makes their pants tight

[angelsenvy228]

Originally posted by jhughes:

I have been a Nexus Premium member for a long time and I set up Nexus for BG3 recently to get the Highlight Everything mod working:

https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/692

I personally recommend using the auto installer called Vortex if you want to install mods for any game from Nexus Mods:

https://www.nexusmods.com/about/vortex/

In order to use Nexus Mods for BG3 you need to install 2 things after installing Vortex. Both are recommend by the Nexus Mods installer, here is a video how to use Vortex to do it:

https://youtu.be/FC_t9vNGtkk

I have not tried any mods other than Highlight Everything and the two mods needed to get everything set up as called out in that video.

Highlight Everything works fine.

Vortex is garbage, I would recommend you use BG3 Mod Manager, as most of the mod authors themselves will tell you to on their mod pages. If you get vortex to work more power to you but it doesn't even work for me, hasn't since it became vortex.

[6h0$t942]

Can you selectively turn Certain Ones on and off?

[Underprivileged White Male]

Originally posted by 6h0$t942:

Can you selectively turn Certain Ones on and off?

<--- Mod author.

You get the choice between All, Male, or Female.

It will also disable side quests, for either All, Male, or Female companions, so keep that in mind.

Use BG3ModManager not Vortex.

[Underprivileged White Male]

Originally posted by AnHonestSoul:

For a less strict way without completely disabling romance / sidequests alltogether, there is the "Approval Tweaks" mod. Choose "Version B" under the mods' files tab.

Yeah that one works as well, though it's still possible to get to romance, it's just harder to do.

[Volk]

Originally posted by Cosgar:

Okay, now everyone stop complaining about how two guys flirting makes them uncomfortable because it makes their pants tight

Always funny people get so upset that not everyone in the world is bi or gay and expects everyone to enjoy guy on guy scenes...

[ⓀⒾⓦⒾ‰]

i just said no and that was that
i didnt need a mod to avoid something that is completely my choice and optional

[SoloQ]

You could've all along by not being a creeper to your companions.

Originally posted by Volk:

Originally posted by Cosgar:

Okay, now everyone stop complaining about how two guys flirting makes them uncomfortable because it makes their pants tight

Always funny people get so upset that not everyone in the world is bi or gay and expects everyone to enjoy guy on guy scenes...

Buddy, it's a video game. Stop getting triggered by everything everywhere. Just a suggestion.
All that stress and anger isn't good for your heart.

[McReesington]

Beware downloading random stuff from the web and installing it for a game. A popular game launch means extra incentive for bad actors to upload viruses etc, which recently hit the Minecraft modding community on a major mod site.

[Reffy]

You can also say "no" to the characters.

[scaramonga]

Excellent! I'll be sure to avoid this mod.

[AnHonestSoul]

Originally posted by McReesington:

Beware downloading random stuff from the web and installing it for a game. A popular game launch means extra incentive for bad actors to upload viruses etc, which recently hit the Minecraft modding community on a major mod site.

A popular game launch means extra incentive for making quality mods and get donations in return, if anything. Bad apples are way more likely to get revealed the more players playing the game and using the mods. Let alone infos about these cases will appear all over the place once revealed, the mods deleted, and the virus mod author mercilessly hunted down.

On the other hand, hackers were able to get bank account informations from other players by joining their gameworlds via invasion PvP in the Dark Souls series without any mods.

You have black sheep everywhere.

That still doesn't mean people should avoid everything with a potential risk. In my more than 30 years of gaming experience playing all sorts of games, including those with mods and my time as a mod author myself about 10 years ago, there wasn't a single problem with viruses besides those who preferred underground mods with forbidden content (for example copyright break).

Now, I also don't want to say you should completely ignore the risk. I just shared my experience to give an idea of what this "potential" risk is about. Yes, of course you can potentially become one of the few virus victims through mods downloaded somewhere in the deepest corner of the internet. But you will most likely end up being one of millions happy mod users around the globe safely enjoying your games.

[Coxy]

heres a step by step guide on how to install mods from scratch i made. the vortex mod loader is bad as others have mentioned.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3019478409