The summary of ‘Baldur's Gate 3 – UPDATED – How To Create A Custom Party Of Up To 4 Characters -Full Release Updated’

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In this part of the video, the host, Mark, explains how to create a custom party of up to four characters in Baldur’s Gate 3 without respec’ing companions or using hirelings. He acknowledges potential visual quality issues due to running four game instances on a low-powered laptop. With the game’s recent full release and subsequent hotfixes, the old process no longer works, necessitating a new approach. The host clarifies that players should start the game directly from the executable file, bypassing both the launcher and Steam. He guides on locating the executable in the game’s installation directory and emphasizes the need to ensure Steam is not running during this process. The game should be launched as a multiplayer session but played solo to create a custom single-player party.

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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses running multiple instances of a game from its executable file while ensuring Steam is completely exited. They describe how they manage to run four copies of the game simultaneously and emphasize the importance of setting the video settings to low on each instance to avoid overloading the PC. The next step involves navigating to the multiplayer menu, avoiding Direct Connect initially, and instead creating a game server. They highlight the critical action of copying the server ID to clipboard, as this is needed for other instances to join the game. Players must also choose the game difficulty and number of multiplayer slots thoughtfully, as this affects the ability to include in-game companions. The speaker illustrates the importance of these preparations before launching the game and proceeding to character creation.

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In this part of the video, the speaker explains how to set up multiple characters in a multiplayer game. They start by discussing the randomization of character creation and deciding on a half-elf warlock as a main character, though emphasizing any character can be the main. The process involves randomizing appearances, which hasn’t been tested with origin characters. The speaker then describes launching multiple instances of the game by double-clicking the bg3dx11.exe file, navigating to multiplayer, using Direct Connect, and pasting the Direct Connect ID to join each instance to the multiplayer game. This process is demonstrated with several character randomizations, including a gold dwarf monk. The speaker ensures that Steam is not running to avoid issues and emphasizes creating a diverse party quickly by randomizing characters.

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In this part of the video, the host explains how to set up and start a multiplayer game. They discuss the process of naming characters and setting up custom characters depending on the number of slots chosen. The host opts for four slots, joining four instances to set up the four characters. They detail choosing classes for each character, returning to the original character to proceed with the game, and noting the significance of the boot icon, which allows the game originator to kick players. The narrator finalizes names for each character, ensures all ticks indicate readiness, and starts the game, bypassing the introductory cutscene.

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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the process of loading a multiplayer game and offers advice on character creation. They note that the full release of the game has improved loading times compared to Early Access. The importance of carefully choosing the number of slots for characters and the difficulty level when creating a multiplayer game is emphasized, as well as selecting the race and appearance of characters since these features are less changeable later on. The speaker mentions that while it used to be crucial to have a custom party for learning purposes in Early Access, it is now easier to respec characters and companions in the single-player game. They suggest skipping forward in the video until the game has loaded and conclude with a reminder to save progress when on the nautiloid ship.

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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses saving the game both locally and manually to avoid losing progress due to potential crashes. They suggest saving the game using different instances named sequentially (first, second, third, etc.) to keep track easily. The video transitions to a scene where the game is about to load, showing an auto-save function and the use of the space bar to skip cutscenes. The speaker emphasizes making sure the game saves correctly by checking specific indications, such as naming conventions and using the save/load options to ensure the game progress is secure.

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In this segment of the video, the speaker details the steps for exiting a game with multiple characters. The process involves quitting the game for the second, third, and fourth characters while keeping the main character active. After quitting, the speaker advises grouping the characters’ portraits, toggling group mode, and saving the game to avoid losing progress. The speaker then walks through exiting to the main menu and reloading the game as a single-player experience. Emphasis is placed on ensuring the save game is locally stored and not synced to Steam Cloud initially, recommending a complete game exit to verify cloud save synchronization. Finally, it is demonstrated that loading the game via Steam ensures cloud saves are correctly updated and linked to the Steam account, including functionality with Nvidia GeForce Now.

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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses how to load and play a saved game initially created as a multiplayer game, now as a single player game. They explain that once loaded, you control all characters, and some differences emerge, such as handling cutscenes for each character. The game should be launched directly from the executable file rather than through Steam or a game launcher to avoid conflicts. Viewers are encouraged to leave questions in the comments for further clarification.