Many Baldur’s Gate 3 avid gamers have posted on boards concerning a scenario the place co-op characters are completely locked to the host’s occasion. Which means they can not work together with the characters when they don’t seem to be on-line, they usually can not have AI companions both. It’s unclear whether or not it is a bug or meant, however the co-op characters are actually a part of the host’s marketing campaign save file endlessly. We’ve compiled details about this potential Baldur’s Gate 3 bug, simply in case it occurs to you.
What are you able to do if you happen to can’t take away your pal’s characters in Baldur’s Gate 3?
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When a pal joins your pal’s recreation in the course of a marketing campaign, they need to create a customized character. Nonetheless, as soon as your pal leaves the sport, the customized character will stay within the occasion and can’t be eliminated… EVER. It is a large problem since you can not end the primary quests with out having the characters in your occasion, and you’ll by no means invite AI companions to your occasion once more. Sadly, this implies co-op characters are being locked to the host’s occasion endlessly.
As well as, if somebody joins your marketing campaign as a companion, they’re locked into your occasion identical to a customized character. Which means you can’t work together with them to bench them later. Moreover, becoming a member of a session in progress as a companion is inconceivable – even when they’re benched within the camp. You may solely choose a companion from a brand new multiplayer recreation, so loading a single-player save gained’t work.
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This problem additionally impacts the origin characters, like Astarion. If your folks select any of the origin characters when beginning a brand new marketing campaign, they are going to be locked to the occasion. You gained’t be capable of work together with them in camp if you happen to’re not enjoying in multiplayer mode, and also you gained’t be capable of take away them from the occasion. They are going to stay with the occasion completely.
Sadly, if this occurs to you, you’ve two choices to “repair” the problem. The primary choice is restarting your marketing campaign and starting it as a solo character once more. Nonetheless, some gamers had luck loading a fast save or handbook save earlier than their pals joined their recreation, which reverted their recreation to a solo marketing campaign.
Picture: PC Invasion
This potential bug is changing into a weapon for nefarious gamers to grieve different gamers. You should guarantee your On-line Visibility is about to Closed, Invitation Solely, or Associates Solely to stop undesirable folks from becoming a member of your recreation and deliberately inflicting this problem. You may set this selection within the in-game settings menu. As soon as there, navigate to the Gameplay tab, then the Default On-line Settings part.
Writer’s Be aware: I wrote this information whereas enjoying Baldur’s Gate 3 on Steam Deck.
