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Modders finally got a high-quality third-person camera working in Baldur's Gate 3 for all you Dragon Age sickos
A new mod for Baldur's Gate 3 allows players to experience the game with a high-quality third-person camera, similar to the Dragon Age series. Developed by Relysia and available on Nexus Mods, this mod offers customizable camera settings and enhances the visual experience of exploring the game's detailed environments.
Baldur's Gate 3 has a brand new camera mode that lets you get a lot closer to the world
A new mod for Baldur's Gate 3, called True Third-Person Camera, has been released, allowing players to experience the game from an over-the-shoulder perspective. While the original camera is ideal for tactical combat, this mod enhances immersion during exploration and allows for closer interaction with the game's world and characters.
Modding wizard creates Grand Theft Auto multiverse that lets players travel instantly between Rockstar's first three games: 'We got inter-GTA portals before GTA 6'
A modder named DryxioGTA has created a mod that allows players to travel instantaneously between the game worlds of Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas using portals. This impressive technical feat allows all three games to run within the same process, with portals acting as live GPU textures that transport players and even allow for inter-game interactions. The mod is still in development but has generated significant excitement among fans.
Evening Patches
A new mod, Thief Gold Path Tracing RTX Remix Mod V1.0.0, has been released for the classic game Thief Gold. This unofficial patch introduces path tracing and utilizes RTX Remix technology to enhance the game's visuals.
Star Wars Zero Company is a 30-40 hour linear game with no New Game+, and I'm totally OK with this
Star Wars Zero Company is estimated to be a 30-40 hour linear experience with no New Game+ mode, a design choice the author finds acceptable. Developer Bit Reactor confirmed the game's length and linear structure, noting that some customization options will be unlockable on subsequent playthroughs, though official mod support will not be available.
Halo: Campaign Evolved Release Timings Revealed, Won’t Include Pre-Loads
Halo: Campaign Evolved will launch worldwide next week, with the Premium Edition available on July 23rd at 8 AM PDT and the Standard Edition on July 28th at the same time. Pre-loading will not be available, and while cross-progression and crossplay require a Microsoft account, official modding tools will not be supported, though monetized mods are prohibited.
Pixels goes open source: modders can now reshape the game’s frontend
Pixels has open-sourced its game client's frontend code, allowing developers to download, modify, and create mods for the game's user interface and controls. While the client code is now public, the server code, which handles the game's economy and state, remains private. Community contributions to the client will be reviewed and merged monthly, with voting power weighted by in-game asset ownership.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced modders make Blackbeard playable, but here's a syringe-shaped reason to avoid historically accurate pirate roleplay
A mod for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, 'Black Flag Resynced', allows players to control the historical pirate Blackbeard. However, the article highlights grim historical details, such as evidence of syphilis treatment with mercury and the use of enema pumps found on Blackbeard's ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, suggesting that the reality of pirate life was far less romantic than often portrayed in games and fiction.
Modder creates a Grand Theft Auto multiverse, opening portals within GTA San Andreas that make GTA 3 and Vice City…
A modder named Dryxio has created a "Grand Theft Auto multiverse" mod for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, allowing players to create portals that connect to Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. These portals are fully interactive, enabling players to shoot through them and seamlessly transition between games, with all three titles running simultaneously within the same process.
GTA modder brings Liberty City, Vice City, and San Andreas together at last - with portals
A modder named 'Dryxio' has successfully combined Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City, and San Andreas into a single playable experience using portals. This allows players to seamlessly travel between the three PS2-era games, with each running its own physics and AI in real-time. The mod also features a portal gun for custom placement of these inter-game doorways.
Starfield Modder is Trying to Make The Game's Spaceship Take-Offs as Seamless as Possible, But Admits Landings 'Probably Won't Ever Happen'
A modder is working to improve Starfield's spaceship take-off sequences, aiming to make them more seamless. However, the modder admits that achieving seamless landings is likely not possible within the game's current engine limitations.
"Ultra" Palworld 1.0 mod adds ray-traced lighting, and it's already got 18,000 downloads
A new mod for Palworld, named 'Ultra Graphics', has been released, adding ray-traced lighting and other visual enhancements. The mod has already achieved over 18,000 downloads since its publication. While it significantly improves the game's lighting and visual fidelity, these changes are client-side and require manual installation.
A modder has brought No Man's Sky-style seamless takeoffs to Starfield, and even in beta they look pretty great
A modder named 0xBobby has created a mod for Starfield called Seamless Planet Takeoffs, which aims to eliminate loading screens during planet departure sequences, similar to the transitions found in No Man's Sky. While the mod is currently in beta and primarily masks loading screens rather than removing them entirely, it significantly improves the immersion of space exploration. Seamless landings are not expected due to the complexity involved.
Modders remastering Fallout 3 in Fallout 4 are not bothered by Bethesda's official version: "Our project has been a community-driven passion project for almost a full decade"
A modding team known as the Fallout 4: Capital Wasteland Team has stated they will continue developing their Fallout 3 remaster within Fallout 4, even after Bethesda announced official remasters for Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. The team emphasized that their decade-long project is a community-driven passion and will proceed independently.
CJ Arrives in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Just 11 Days After Launch
A new PC mod for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced replaces Duncan Walpole's outfit with CJ's character model from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, just 11 days after the game's launch. The mod is available on Nexus Mods and allows players to experience the game with the iconic character.
Ever wanted to play The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind on a dual-screen handheld? Well, now you can - if you don't mind putting in some legwork
A modification called OpenMW-DS allows players to experience The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind on a dual-screen handheld device, specifically the Android-based AYN Thor. This mod leverages the open-source OpenMW engine and requires a PC copy of the game. Separately, progress is being made on an actual Nintendo DS port, showcasing ambitious efforts to bring the classic RPG to older hardware.
How to get the Shocking Claws Mod in Warframe
This guide explains how to obtain the Shocking Claws mod in Warframe. The mod can be purchased from The Business on Fortuna using specific tags earned from conservation activities. Fully ranked, Shocking Claws provides a significant boost to electrical damage and status chance for companion attacks.
Switch 2 modding scene makes new breakthrough, but Nintendo safe from piracy
A new userland exploit has been discovered for the Nintendo Switch 2, though it is not currently capable of enabling piracy. This exploit differs from the hardware vulnerabilities found in the original Nintendo Switch, which led to widespread piracy issues. Nintendo remains safe from piracy concerns on the new console for now.
Bethesda's Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters won't stop the modders who've already spent years recreating the RPGs in Fallout 4
Despite Bethesda's upcoming official remasters of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, modding teams behind Fallout 4 projects like The Capital Wasteland and Fallout 4: New Vegas have confirmed they will continue their development. These community-driven efforts, some of which have been in progress for nearly a decade, aim to recreate the classic RPGs within the Fallout 4 engine.
Sunday Patches
Euro Truck Simulator 2 has received its 1.61 update, which includes a rework of the livestock trailer. The article also briefly mentions a mod that allows Grand Theft Auto 3 and Vice City to be played within Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.