Modding:Creating mods

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Modding guides	BG3 Mini Tool Blender Export Settings Code Snippets Coding An Item Compatibility Framework Creating a custom cloth collider Creating and Exporting Meshes in Blender Creating Item Icons Creating meta.lsx Creating mods Editing a Character Creation Preset Editing Equipment.txt Hotloading How To Find A Virtual Texture Installing mods Localization Modding resources Packaging mods Texture formatting Understanding Mod Folder Structure Unpacking and converting files Working with LSX files
Modding resources	Armor/Clothing Texture Maps Body Models Custom polymorph Dependencies Face and body textures Fixing bone errors Fixing neck seams Fixing UV errors Getting Started with BG3 Modding Hair Meshes Head Models Mod troubleshooting Modding class icons NPC Head Models Tiefling Horn Models Non-VT Shaders Race UUID Sample Templates Texture formatting Tools TreasureTables References Tutorials VertexColorMaskSlots Working with LSX files

General Tutorials

Mesh Related Tutorials

Scripting

Getting Started with Scripting

Tools

* Lslib

Blender Plugins

References

A good external resource Bg3 CC Modding Library put together by Weeviljester

Code Snippets

Sample Mods

Other Resources

Colour

Colouring cheat sheet
ColourMath Colour Converter Use sRGB 0-1 for the vec3 value.
RGB Color Picker

Folder Structure

Mod Name (root folder)
- Generated
  - Public
    - Mod Name
      - [PAK]_Mod_Name <- models and textures
- Localization
  - Language <- usually English
    - Mod_Name.xml <- text for items and spells
- Mods
  - Mod Name
    - meta.lsx <- Created manually or automatically with the BG3 Mini Tool
- Public <- use one of the Sample Mods above as a template for this folder
  - Game <- icons and other UI elements
  - Mod Name <- mod files in plain-text or XML

Example meta.lsx

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<save>
    <version major="4" minor="0" revision="8" build="612"/>
    <region id="Config">
        <node id="root">
            <children>
                <node id="Dependencies"/>
                <node id="ModuleInfo">
                    <attribute id="Author" type="LSString" value="AUTHOR NAME HERE"/>
                    <attribute id="CharacterCreationLevelName" type="FixedString" value=""/>
                    <attribute id="Description" type="LSString" value=""/>
                    <attribute id="Folder" type="LSString" value="MOD FOLDER NAME HERE"/>
                    <attribute id="LobbyLevelName" type="FixedString" value=""/>
                    <attribute id="MD5" type="LSString" value=""/>
                    <attribute id="MainMenuBackgroundVideo" type="FixedString" value=""/>
                    <attribute id="MenuLevelName" type="FixedString" value=""/>
                    <attribute id="Name" type="LSString" value="MOD NAME HERE"/>
                    <attribute id="NumPlayers" type="uint8" value="4"/>
                    <attribute id="PhotoBooth" type="FixedString" value=""/>
                    <attribute id="StartupLevelName" type="FixedString" value=""/>
                    <attribute id="Tags" type="LSString" value=""/>
                    <attribute id="Type" type="FixedString" value="Add-on"/>
                    <attribute id="UUID" type="FixedString" value="UUID HERE"/>
                    <attribute id="Version64" type="int64" value="36029237253119790"/>
                    <children>
                        <node id="PublishVersion">
                            <attribute id="Version64" type="int64" value="36028797018963968"/>
                        </node>
                        <node id="TargetModes">
                            <children>
                                <node id="Target">
                                    <attribute id="Object" type="FixedString" value="Story"/>
                                </node>
                            </children>
                        </node>
                    </children>
                </node>
            </children>
        </node>
    </region>
</save>

Gallery

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