This Tumblr User May Have Just Found The Fix Larian Couldn’t Find

Baldur’s Gate 3 Party member Will has been suffering from a behavioral bug that’s been around for a while, but it turns out that it’s actually incredibly simple to fix. For the most part, Will is one of the most likable Origin characters in the game, with a constant penchant for good deeds that not everyone shares. However, he is still capable of being rude, and due to a bug that affected the way he greets the player character, he appeared particularly standoffish.

As a Tumblr user discovered autisticalsin and shared bongcommunism on Reddit, the whole problem with Will’s negative greetings stems from one line of code. Trigger allowing Will to start a conversation with “Do you have anything to say?“which should only happen with a negative approval rating is missing”= false“, making him say it in every scenario.

For PC users who don’t mind mods, there is already a solution to the problem. Nexus Mods User leslinopes uploaded a fix that should essentially flip a switch to allow Will to start conversations based on his actual approval rating rather than the default negative one.

Will has been broken for a long time

This isn’t Will’s first greetings episode.

The problem with Will arose with the release of the 7th patch, which was released a month ago on PC. This update targeted an issue where Will’s low-approval greetings weren’t triggering, so locking him into one behavior mode isn’t new, but it clearly mistakenly swung the pendulum in the opposite direction.

In theory, fixing the situation should be a simple solutionbut if Larian Studios is aware of the bug, the developer doesn’t seem to consider it a high enough priority to fix. For now, you can just imagine that he doesn’t mean to be rude or that the dire state of affairs generally gets to him regardless of approval, but it’s a shame that he’s so cold even with high approval.

Our Take: Can Larian fix Will?

We still have a lot to do

Although so far there has been only radio silence from Larian, it’s likely that an official fix will appear sometime in the future.. Baldur’s Gate 3 The updates aren’t finished yet, and Patch 7 promised a photo mode and cross-play eventually. It’s hard to imagine that such a simple issue won’t be added to the changelog with another major patch, although that may take a long time.

I’m not so sure that there will be a quick implementation of a fix for the Wyll issue, as it may not be considered urgent like most targeted fixes. Will has long had a reputation as one of the most overlooked companions, and the situation hasn’t caused the same uproar as it might have with Shadowheart or Astarion. However, we hope that Larian will see fit to resolve the Will issue soon, especially now that it has been so clearly identified.

Sources: autisticalsin/Tumblr, bongcommunism/Reddit, lesleynopes/Nexus Mods