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I've been facing this issue ever since launch. I played with Vulkan just fine in pre-release, with my old and worse build (and it ran better than DX11)

My old build was:

GTX 970
i5 4690
2x4 ddr3 @ 1666mhz Hyper X
WD 7200 RPM 500 GB HDD

I managed to get to act 3 with a slow ass HDD until I kept dropping to 15-20 fps, so I kinda quit the game until I had an upgrade. I finally did manage to get something better:

Intel Xeon E5 2680 V4
4x8 DDR4 @2666mhz (capped to 2400 due to cpu max limits), quad channel
Storage: Huadisk Nvme m2 3.0 SSD, 500 GB, 3500R, 2400W
Still packing the GTX 970

I thought it could be anything related to a mix of low ram, HDD, old 4/4 cpu but no! I tried setting up the game in Vulkan and the same happened. I really dunno what to do and DX11 does not take advantages from my CPU's extra cores (of course, to the limit of the gaming industry, I know the cap is at 8 cores and most games at 6).

Pre release gameplay: https://www.mediafire.com/file/gsq4cggfvu8fgi8/Baldur%2527s_Gate_3_2023.07.30_-_15.22.01.01.mp4/file

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a few people have asked me how to do this so i posted a vid

i know of 5 ways to fall as a Paladin in act 2 but 2 of those don't work for Minthara and this way doesn't need any combat so its my goto

notes; i change Minthara to a Devotion before doing this.
You don't actually need to do the talking but I show it for people to know how ... the key point is the guy on the table gets killed by your paladin that wants to fall

Apologies for this being loooong, but I want to provide as much info as I can to maybe help in getting someone to figure out what happened.

I am in my second playthru, and first as Durge. I didn't have any mods at all until deep into Act 2 of my first playthru. I didn't have any issues in that playthru, but I've now had 2 this time. Here are my Mods:

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Underdark Dice
Weightless Consumbles
Barrelmancy
Underdark – Seldarine Drow Dice
Party Limit Begone
Tav's Hair Salon – Tav's Hairpack
ImpUI (Improved UI)
Better Inventory UI
Weightless Gold
Carry Weight Increased 9000
Prince of the Gate
Dance with Instrument Proficiency
Midas Touch – Free Gold

The first issue is that the Midas Touch mod makes it so that you can't have the Booming Blade cantrip as it takes its place. I didn't know that until it was too late, or I would have deactivated it before this playthru.

This playthru is more of a test, and also to do some things that I didn't do the first time. The big thing is to try to recruit Minthara. I ended up agreeing to help her attack The Grove, but then betrayed her, wiped out her forces, and knocked her out. After that, Halsin showed up. I also freed Volo and he went to camp. Of course I got Scratch around the time I recruited Karlach. So, Scratch, Halsin and Volo have all been at camp for a time.

I'm in the Underdark, and pretty much did everything before going to Grymforge. I took the boat to the forge, avoided the fight on the water, and go to Grymforge and starting exploring. I found the hidden stash under the glowing rock, and then fought the Ochre Jellies. I didn't notice that when I got to Grymforge that half my team wasn't with me, so like a dummy, I saved over the “main” file. It wasn't until the battle that I noticed Karlach, Wyll and Gale were all missing. Turns out, they were back at the dock and never got on the ship. When I went there, they were invisible. I looked it up, and it seemed like it's a bug with the Party Limit Begone mod, and to fix it you have to send the companions in your party back to camp, then go back and retake the ship to the Grymforge. That seemed to work ok and I got Karlach, Wyll, and Gale all back.

This is where things went bad, and the second mod issue popped up.

I went to camp to get the others who I had sent back, and suddenly I see Halsin, Volo, Scratch, and 2 of the 3 Hirelings all dying. One Hireling kinda survived, but was down on hands and knees and suffering and had a weird symbol over her head that was kinda like an * but not quite. I had to heal her and that made it go away. The other Hireling I had to have Withers rez. I tried reloading several times and every time Scratch, Halsin, Volo and 2 of the 3 Hirelings died (sometimes both Hirelings actually died, sometimes not.)

I've seen some posts about how if Volo and Scratch died they're gone for good, and Halsin only if it's before he officially joins the group in Act 2. So yeah...my little doggo is gone which is a HUGE bummer. I don't really care about Volo being gone, but it's odd. And now, Halsin's entire storyline is gone.

Does anyone (especially a Dev) have an answer as to what went wrong and how to prevent this in any future playthru? Thanks in advance.

I love Larian games after playing Divinity original sin 1 & 2. i tried TWICE to like BG3 but the stupid radial system is ruining it for me. Everything seem so disorienting also in character inventory stuff.
Dont know if it is because i got ADD and Autism but i have a rediculsly hard time getting used to the Radial system on PS5. Did anyone else have this issue and got over it ?

I only have around 14 hours of gameplay and luckily managed to kill some harpys after a girl played a beautiful song. Thats where i am at (Also met some goblin orcs that kicked my ass on the left of the map).

Please help me start loving this game after putting 200h+ in Dvinity original sin 2. I would love to love this game. Hopefully its just a mindset.

I got some mods in game like BetterUI? And some better examination thing.

Should i play it on PC instead? My laptop does barely run Divinity original sin 2. Also have this Fancy PS5 for BG3. Also enjoy the couch aspect of controller.

Please help me dear BG3 Community!

Hi!
Just a quick question. Is it really necessary to disable trophies on PS5 when using only a language mod? Our Czech community has spent a lot of time translating the whole game, and I’ve just found out it won’t be released as official subtitles for some reason.

Can someone explain why that is? And is there any way to enable trophies, since it’s only a subtitles mod?

Thanks in advance!