Baldur’s Gate 3 Players who downloaded the Evelyn’s Sweetheat shotgun mod on PlayStation 5 are reporting that the game has crashed and are unable to reinstall the game due to the mod. Gamers have taken to social media to warn others not to download the shotgun mod on a console, but it’s too late for many. Baldur’s Gate 3 Developer Larian Studios was made aware of the issue, telling players that the mod did not pass curation tests and should not have been released.
Editor BladeC96 took to the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit, sounding the alarm for PS5 players to stay away from the shotgun mod. At the time of writing, the shotgun mod has had 14,134 downloads since it was released on October 19th via mod.io and was recently ported to consoles. With the announcement that Baldur’s Gate 3 is set to be optimized for the PS5 Pro, Larian Studios was quick to address the issue. Here’s what Baldur’s Gate 3 community moderator SaloAtLarian had to say:
“The team double-checked this mod and unfortunately it did not pass our curation tests due to the addition of shaders and should not have been released. We removed the mod from console and Mac earlier today as the files are not supported across . Apologies for the inconvenience and confusion!”
Shotgun mod in Baldur’s Gate 3 causes PS5 players to lose all access
Console players cited game-breaking issues with the mod
Mods are a fun way to make another playthrough experience new, but not all mods for Baldur’s Gate 3 It was a success, and the shotgun mod is no exception. Players in the initial warning thread expressed their frustration with the shotgun mod and, in some cases, we were unable to get past the loading screen with the mod installed. Of course, sometimes the best thing to do in a frustrating situation is to tell a joke, like Redditor SpiritsJustAHybird who said, “Baldur’s gate knows you disrupted the timeline and the Master won’t allow weapons haha.”
While PS5 players have experienced the most issues with the shotgun mod, Xbox players have also reported game crashes and other critical errors. However, until now, Xbox players can still play other campaigns in the game as long as the shotgun mod is not activeaccording to BladeC96. PS5 players know about new updates and mods that cause major problems in their games; for example, users had to delay downloading a recent patch to Star Wars: Outlawswhile other console players had no issues.
Larian Studios may just be fans hoping to fix game-breaking mod
Problems with Shotgun mod went unnoticed by Baldur’s Gate 3 developer
In most cases, mods are created by fans for fans, and it is fans who can find solutions to problems with mods. Larian Studios instituted a community review process for mods to ensure they wouldn’t break the game for players, but in this case, the shotgun mod fell by the wayside. Still, it’s hard to get frustrated with Larian, as BAldur’s Gate 3 it was an unprecedented success for an independent studio.
SaloAtLarian explained that mods on consoles that mess with shaders are generally not supported on platforms outside of PC. At the time of writing, players have been informed to uninstall the mod and contact Larian if they experience any further issues with this mod affecting Baulder’s Gate 3.
Source: Reddit