Larian remains to be prepping for Baldur’s Gate 3’s upcoming stress check of Patch 8, which it beforehand introduced would come with cross-play help, picture mode, and 12 new subclasses. Within the first neighborhood replace for 2025 Larian has now shared a couple of further particulars about what Patch 8 has in retailer, earlier than displaying off the picture mode’s potential through memes.
Group replace #32 kicks off with a reminder about mentioned stress check, which gamers can nonetheless join right here. Larian is especially eager to see how gamers “get on” with crossplay ” in order that we are able to make any small modifications earlier than Patch 8 is launched”. The studio additionally reminds gamers that, whereas Mac is included in crossplay help, Mac gamers “will not have the ability to participate within the stress check this time.”
Subsequent up, Larian shares an array of particular bugs Patch 8 will handle alongside the larger new options it’s going to add. It is not a protracted checklist however, this being Baldur’s Gate 3, it nonetheless makes for amusing studying. As of Patch 8 Barcus the gnome will now not be “Mike Wazowski’d by varied gadgets like cauldrons and bottles blocking him off from view while you speak to him at Final Gentle”. As well as, Larian says “we have additionally reminded Minthara that ‘knocked out’ doesn’t imply ‘useless’, so she’ll extra reliably seem in Moonrise towers.”
With the changelog out of the best way, Larian reveals a couple of extra particulars concerning the picture mode, particularly relating to when and the place you need to use it. Basically play and fight encounters, you may deploy the complete suite of picture mode’s options. “Place [characters] to your liking, change facial expressions to suit the scene, and mess around with the digicam, lens and scene settings.” Throughout dialogue and cinematics, nonetheless, picture mode’s options are extra restricted. “You will not have the ability to alter the digicam or place your get together, however you should have entry to a complete bunch of post-processing results, equivalent to colour-grading settings, frames and stickers.”
To cap off the replace, Larian yields the ground to the neighborhood, displaying off among the chaos it has created with the picture mode thus far. You may view the complete gallery right here, however I have to instantly share what I’ve dubbed ‘Distracted bear-friend’, by reddit consumer u/bwubwerr, if just for the sheer, unbridled swagger of that grizzly.
Yeah, he is aware of he is acquired it.
