4 Custom Party Members

[DeanW]

Is there a way to customize 4 party members from the begining of the game? Maybe with couch coop.

[Excirial]

There is:

1. Close Steam entirely to prevent it from interfering with the below procedure.
   
2. Open the .BIN folder in your Baldurs Gate 3 installation and start the executable "bg3_dx11.exe" (There is no DRM, which means you can launch the executable without issue).
   
3. Start a new game and open the character for your first character.
   
4. Press Escape to open the settings menu and select "Multiplayer" from the options list.
   
5. Create a new multiplayer session that allows LAN connections.
   
6. Start 3 more instances of "bg3_dx11.exe" and connect them to your new multiplayer lobby.
   
7. Customize your characters in each of the four running instances and start the game. You will now have a party that has 4 custom characters.

You can afterwards close game instance 2-4. The characters from those game instances will remain in your game, and you will be able to control them as you would any other character. Afterwards you can save and load the game the same way as any regular singleplayer game.

One slight note: The game DOES treat all these characters as player characters, so you may have to sit / skip trough a select number of cutscenes once for every player character you have.

[Ackranome]

Just make sure you close your game clients 1 at a time - leaving the primary in there. Get through the tutorial - then save.

[DeanW]

Thank u so much! :)

[Fargol]

One odd issue I have is that even if Steam isn't up (i.e. when I first turn on my pc) running bg3_dx11.exe will somehow trigger Steam and mess it up. When this happens I have to open Steam, then Exit. Works fine after that.

Also, running 4 instances could bring your system to its knees. I'd recommend setting the graphics to Low in the 1st instance.