Please stop using BG3 Mod Fixer, like now

[Lani]

It's utterly pointless to have it installed at this point and will bork things up post update 16.

BG3 Mod Fixer, Last updated 22 August 2023 3:47PM
If you check the dates on the mods you're using it's going to be the oldest one at this point. If you have any older mods than that, you should dump those too.

This deprecated mod, meant to let you use pre-release mods with the release version of the game was useful for about three weeks, then it stopped being useful. It's effectively abandoned by the creator and all the posts on Nexus about it have been to warn against it, for months now.

Yes, if you use Nexusmods then about half the mods you use probably list it as a prerequisite on the site. Those modders are not doing their due diligence or can't easily remove it as a prerequisite after having added it. You should pester them about it and ask them why they have BG3 Mod Fixer still listed as a prerequisite.

[Wokelander]

Not having any issues with it

[Coalfax [OTG]]

You may feel free to not use it yourself, but being its been installed on my mod list for the last year or so causing no issues, I'll just keep it,.. thanks for all of your concern to what others do with their systems. <s>

[Ettanin]

All that Mod Fixer contains is a script that forces the recompilation of the story on character creation, that's it. This is verifable by extracting the pak file using Norbyte's LSLib.

Mod fixer does not contain any other overriders, nor does it contain any story definition or references. You can test this yourself by enabling story compilation debugging and logging using Script Extender and you'll see some "hardcore" (internal name for honor mode) references being loaded which did not exist at the time Mod Fixer was created, as Honor Mode is a recent game addition.

Recompilation of the story on character creation is a necessity to make mods work that alter core game logic (i.e. character creation, in-game UI, dialogue changes, etc.).

[Chaosolous]

Modders do enough without being asked or paid. Quit with your entitlement.

This topic is best posted on the forum of your modding site of choice.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

Modders do enough without being asked or paid. Quit with your entitlement.

This topic is best posted on the forum of your modding site of choice.

Same goes for topics where people report mods related issues. And yet we have them over here plenty.

[seeker1]

This is a forum for discussion of the game. Modding the game has to do with the game. That topic is on topic.

Now let's get back to BG3 Mod Fixer. You might want to go to the Nexus Bug Reports section for it.

18 Pages of Bugs! Most mods there have maybe 1 page of Bug Reports.
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/141?tab=bugs&BH=1

You can view at least two people saying directly it prevents them from turning in "mission related" or quest items post Hotfix 16. Plus a whole bunch of others in the forums.

Go a little further back and you will see several bug reports about it blocking the Epilogue from being viewed. (I think embedded mods containing it are causing me this problem.)

Bug reports on it blocking kiss and other animations from occurring. Bug reports on it interfering with "getting" Minthara. Problems, problems, problems ...

I can probably track down the three people here on these forums who said they did nothing else but disable BG3 Mod Fixer, and then they were able to turn in quest items.

I don't know how much additional evidence one needs.

Again, I'm not on Windows so some of these things I can know only from reading, rather than direct experience, but it seems what BG3 Mod Fixer does, can be done better, more safely, and less "dangerously" with Script Extender, and if you have v12 of Script Extender, patch 5 of the game, and any mod made after release of the game, you.do.not.need.it. It is "solving" a problem with how mods interact with the game that no longer exists.

If you're wondering why I keep blathering on this, it's because mods containing the "mod fixer" are blocking me from seeing the Epilogue, and POSSIBLY one other issue. And unfortunately, because I can't use Script Extender, I also have no solution.

Other than purging ALL mods from my saves, which I really can't feasibly do.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by seeker1:

This is a forum for discussion of the game. Modding the game has to do with the game. That topic is on topic.

Now let's get back to BG3 Mod Fixer. You might want to go to the Nexus Bug Reports section for it.

18 Pages of Bugs! Most mods there have maybe 1 page of Bug Reports.
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/141?tab=bugs&BH=1

You can view at least two people saying directly it prevents them from turning in "mission related" or quest items post Hotfix 16. Plus a whole bunch of others in the forums.

Go a little further back and you will see several bug reports about it blocking the Epilogue from being viewed. (I think embedded mods containing it are causing me this problem.)

Bug reports on it blocking kiss and other animations from occurring. Bug reports on it interfering with "getting" Minthara. Problems, problems, problems ...

I can probably track down the three people here on these forums who said they did nothing else but disable BG3 Mod Fixer, and then they were able to turn in quest items.

I don't know how much additional evidence one needs.

Again, I'm not on Windows so some of these things I can know only from reading, rather than direct experience, but it seems what BG3 Mod Fixer does, can be done better, more safely, and less "dangerously" with Script Extender, and if you have v12 of Script Extender, patch 5 of the game, and any mod made after release of the game, you.do.not.need.it. It is "solving" a problem with how mods interact with the game that no longer exists.

If you're wondering why I keep blathering on this, it's because mods containing the "mod fixer" are blocking me from seeing the Epilogue, and POSSIBLY one other issue. And unfortunately, because I can't use Script Extender, I also have no solution.

Other than purging ALL mods from my saves, which I really can't feasibly do.

18 pages... that tab is supposed to be empty / only having posts with marked as resolved

That sure does not give a good impression of the mod author. Holy... 18 pages... by the looks of it, it is basically abandonware - exactly as you wrote before.

[seeker1]

It has never been updated since August 2023. Yes, abandonware.

[Kafik]

k

[JhustMyles]

But then how do I actually get a character created? I haven't downloaded it yet due to all the feedback I've seen across Nexus, here, and other sites. But without using it, I just get Durge and his Harem when I try to create a character.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by JhustMyles:

But then how do I actually get a character created? I haven't downloaded it yet due to all the feedback I've seen across Nexus, here, and other sites. But without using it, I just get Durge and his Harem when I try to create a character.

Are you serious? Remove the mods.

[seeker1]

Script Extender prevents the "dudes in space" bug from some mods at character creation - read up on it. If you have it (and are using it correctly), BG3 Mod Fixer isn't needed.

Personally, I have never used it, and never seen this bug, and I can't even USE SE, but then, I think it is embedded in other mods I have. If I was on Windows, I could know for sure which ones. But anyhoo.

[Ettanin]

Originally posted by JhustMyles:

But then how do I actually get a character created? I haven't downloaded it yet due to all the feedback I've seen across Nexus, here, and other sites. But without using it, I just get Durge and his Harem when I try to create a character.

this.

Mod Fixer is necessary to actually force a recompilation of the story. That is all that Mod Fixer does and why it never needed an update since August 2023.

Mod Fixer is NOT at fault for the Hotfix 16 bugs.

To avoid further side effects, BG3 Script Extender is required.

[Ettanin]

Originally posted by seeker1:

Script Extender prevents the "dudes in space" bug from some mods at character creation - read up on it. If you have it (and are using it correctly), BG3 Mod Fixer isn't needed.

Personally, I have never used it, and never seen this bug, and I can't even USE SE, but then, I think it is embedded in other mods I have. If I was on Windows, I could know for sure which ones. But anyhoo.

You need both Mod Fixer and Script Extender.

I recommend you extract the Mod Fixer pak file and see for yourself what it contains.

Again, Mod Fixer is NOT at fault for the HF16 issues.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Ettanin:

Originally posted by JhustMyles:

But then how do I actually get a character created? I haven't downloaded it yet due to all the feedback I've seen across Nexus, here, and other sites. But without using it, I just get Durge and his Harem when I try to create a character.

this.

Mod Fixer is necessary to actually force a recompilation of the story. That is all that Mod Fixer does and why it never needed an update since August 2023.

Mod Fixer is NOT at fault for the Hotfix 16 bugs.

To avoid further side effects, BG3 Script Extender is required.

Originally posted by Ettanin:

Originally posted by seeker1:

Script Extender prevents the "dudes in space" bug from some mods at character creation - read up on it. If you have it (and are using it correctly), BG3 Mod Fixer isn't needed.

Personally, I have never used it, and never seen this bug, and I can't even USE SE, but then, I think it is embedded in other mods I have. If I was on Windows, I could know for sure which ones. But anyhoo.

You need both Mod Fixer and Script Extender.

I recommend you extract the Mod Fixer pak file and see for yourself what it contains.

Again, Mod Fixer is NOT at fault for the HF16 issues.

No matter how often you claim that: others have proven with their tests it is related to the issues seen with hotfix#16.