Enabling the Script Extender Console (2024)

FAQs

How to use the script extender console in BG3? ›

Activate the Script Extender Console

Launch your game and when the game exe opens, a second window will also open. When you launch the game now, you should see a second window opening. This is the Script Extender console. If you see this window, it means you have successfully installed SE with console.

To disable the Debug Console, you can simply edit the "CreateConsole" value in the file to "false" (as shown below) or simply delete the file if you don't think you'll need it anymore.

Norbyte's Baldur's Gate 3 Script Extender

Creates a console window that logs extender internals. Mainly useful for debugging. Enable logging of Osiris activity (rule evaluation, queries, etc.) to a log file. Log extender console and script output to a log file.

The Script Extender auto-updates; there is no new release on Github when a Script Extender update happens, the game will download and apply it automatically when launching. When a new release is published on Github, it means there was a change in the updater, not the Script Extender itself.

A very easy and quick way to install the basic, no console version of BG3SE is to go into BG3 Mod Manager, select the Tools tab in the top left, select Download & Install the Script Extender, and then click yes on the pop up window asking if you'd like to download it. That's it, you're done.

Once you reach the Necrotic Laboratory in Act 2, you can see the splintered mind over a large red chasm beside a command console. Interacting with the console lets you manipulate the mind by creating a neural network across a series of multicolored nodes.

There is currently no way to remove the Illithid Tadpole parasites in Baldur's Gate 3. The twist is that once you start this 'Remove the Parasite' quest, you're offered several different options to choose from. How your story progresses ahead is up to you with what options you choose and how lucky you are.

Upon another long rest, the ascended Astarion will give the player-controlled character the opportunity to turn into a vampire spawn by drinking a drop of his blood. While this will grant them access to the basic Vampiric Bite ability, they'll be much weaker than Astarion.

Your new eye gives you +1 on intimidation, but a disadvantage on perception checks and attacks against hags. Perception is an important stat in Baldur's Gate 3, so it depends on whether or not your party can pick up the slack or not.

What does the script extender do? ›

It is designed to add to or enhance the available functions and features of the game and its engine. This may include fixing important bugs, removing limitations or allowing modders to interact with the game data in new ways when designing their mods.

If you connect your Larian account to Twitch, it will automatically enable Baldur's Gate 3 extension on your channel and link it to the game. This way, your audience can interact with you directly on the choices you make in the game!

First, you will need to download the archive. Even the files hosted at Nexus Mods will need to be downloaded manually. Next, in your mods tab on Vortex, click the "Install from File" button and select the archive you've just downloaded. This will add a new disabled mod entry for your script extender.