Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General NO DAY/NIGHT CYCLE confirmed by devs?

Sorry man but they want this game to be as true to 5E DnD as possible.

That's what I'm saying though, 5E has nocturnal creatures, certain races have better advantages at night time, etc.

The 5E ruleset has certain races with the racial trait of "Darkvision" and Elves have a racial trait of "Trance" in which they get the benefits of sleep that other races get, with half of the time and not truly sleeping. Night time is even a part of 5E.

If they want it as true to 5E DnD as possible, they'd have certain occurrences at night time, if not a day/night cycle, then at least something involving the camp system.

Edit: I'm glad we've been able to converse without the drama that's been going on this forum BTW. It's appreciated!

While allowing the party to be split up, with some in real time and some in turn based combat, does cause issues with syncing a day/night cycle, that isn't really critical.
The main problem is just the added complexity for doing a day/night cycle properly, on top of already complex scripting and narrative. With level design every NPC needs a place to go at night, those places need contents, etc.

I don't find the lack of day/night essential, and the reason you give seems sound. But, if every board/act didn't take place in the daylight, then extra scripting wouldn't need to be done. For example, Arx could have been in a night time setting without having a need for any more scripting and assets than was needed for the day (maybe even less). Just a little variety .

While allowing the party to be split up, with some in real time and some in turn based combat, does cause issues with syncing a day/night cycle, that isn't really critical.
The main problem is just the added complexity for doing a day/night cycle properly, on top of already complex scripting and narrative. With level design every NPC needs a place to go at night, those places need contents, etc.

And these were insurmontable difficulties?

And these were insurmontable difficulties?

While allowing the party to be split up, with some in real time and some in turn based combat, does cause issues with syncing a day/night cycle, that isn't really critical.
The main problem is just the added complexity for doing a day/night cycle properly, on top of already complex scripting and narrative. With level design every NPC needs a place to go at night, those places need contents, etc.

Different companies with different projects / game engines / etc can prioritise features differently.
When BG3 is released, I'm not sure you'll be able to list tons of games game which implemented the same features, in as much depth, in addition to a day/night cycle.

This sucks and takes away from the immersion quite a lot.

I understand and, grudgingly, accept their explanation. The day/night cycle (which I do think is very important to have when simulating a *real* D&D game) would be disruptive to their current method of story-telling (which is, judging by DOS2, likely to be a really well done, and fairly linear progression of connecting a variety of story way-points.)

That means that they will, likely, simulate some night events to create some variation. But, lets make no mistake, it will be the poor-man's faux night.

I see no reason that they won't be able to pull off an amazing story/game without a persistent day/night cycle... but in as much as it conflicts with their current method of story-telling I hope they realize that it is a self-inflicted wound. With luck, the foundation laid in BG3 will allow them to expand BG4 to include proper day/night cycles (even if it's only through portions of the unfolding adventures.)

WoTC should have chosen Obsidian to make BG3

Assuming TOW stands for The Outer Worlds, would they make BG 3 a first person shooter? Wouldn't that be special. I'm sure the 'True BG fans' would love that!