Julian Willett

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Short topics because I will have no life for the next 4 weeks (so no custom weapons yet!)

Allergic to Passives - How to Make a Custom BG3 Passive

Next Video!

Hey all! The votes are in and custom passives won! I will start putting together that tutorial in the coming few days.

For those who want the tallies, I have summarized them below. Since Youtube members can vote on the free and member poll, I count the votes on the member poll as 4 votes (so still 5x voting power).

Given the interest in custom weapons and modifying existing classes, those will be on the next poll.

Modify existing class: 5 + 16 (1 Patreon + 16 normal)

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Clean (or not) Reinstall of BG3 for Patch 7 - Fix It

Vote on the next BG3 modding tutorial!

Have a different idea? Let me know in the comments.

New Race Text Tutorial Available!

Refer to the following on how to make a new race (solely enabling you to customize their appearance as more than that makes things quite a bit more complicated). I could not figure out how to prevent tails and horns from being added to your character when clicking the randomize appearance button, so that is one caveat.

New Class Text Tutorial Now Available

Want to learn how to create a new class for BG3 using the toolkit? My text tutorial is attached. The video will be ready in 1-2 days.

Explosive Creativity: How to Make a Starfield Weapon Mod

Faster Than a What? — How To Make Custom Starfield CK Ship Modules Now

Baldur’s Gate in Stardew Valley: How to Install Mods Like Baldur’s Valley for Stardew Valley

Starvival: the Installation

Text Tutorial: Fixing BG3 Stuck Loading Before Main Menu with Patch 7

Next BG3 Video

What do you want to learn how to do using official modding tools?

Mod Updates

Hey all! Two great releases are now active on Nexus Mods!

1. I released a Firebolt Fireball mod. Want that Firebolt to be a Fireball, without the spell point requirement? Now you can have it! https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/10193

2. Polymath 2.5 is now out, with a widget for creating mods of existing spells (that you edit before packaging). I already have a rough draft of a scri...

Polymath 2.5 Ready

That was easier to code than anticipated. Behold, Polymath now comes with an option to write out the information for existing spells, so you can edit them. I'll tentatively upload the update to Nexus tomorrow and will start the short to show how to double spell damage.

Polymath Update Incoming

Hey all! I'm back to coding. Someone asked me how to modify existing spells (so double their damage for example). It would be easiest for you all if I just added another widget to Polymath. I hope to have this update done in a day or two, and then will release a short on doubling damage on existing spells. I have also relaunched my Patreon, so feel free to join/rejoin me there if you want to support me further beyond likes and subscribes (which also help immensely). I am still figuring out wh...

Channel Focus Shift

Hey everyone! I'll release a short vid on this in a bit. Ever wonder why my channel name is what it is? I am an MD IRL (and have another doctorate degree on top of that, to boot). I will be returning to more intense clinical duties in about a month (after a few years of more time-flexible research), so I will need to change some things to enable me to stay on top of my work-life balance when I suddenly have a whole lot more work (and board exams!).

While I will continue to support Polym...

Patreon and Content Update

Hey all! The baby came out healthy. Like most first-time dads, I completely underestimated how much time and energy a newborn can take (even with parental leave). Sleep deprivation (mostly interrupted sleep) and adjusting are pretty hard on me. Have not had the chance to touch my PC and think about gaming or videos.

Given this (and that I am making a big move in less than a month and then starting a new and intensive job less than a month after that), I am removing the paid tiers on my ...

Key Update

Baby Astarion is coming out, so I will not be making progress on my videos for at least the next 2-5 days. I will let you all know when I have time to get back to working on content creation (I have fortunately just about finished up my important research publications, so I should have more time to dedicate during my parental leave that help me relax). Patreon subscribers, thank you for your support. Feel free to put your membership on hold while waiting for me to return to a more regular upl...

Polymath 2.4 Update

And Polymath now places your custom items into the tutorial chest! I'll consider edits to enable placing it in other containers (like the Camp Chest), then will start up the video script! Once I am happy with the code, I'll post the beta version here!

Polymath 2.4 Update

Placing custom gear in the game it is (considering Patreon requests as well!)! Given that it is a heck of a lot easier to start with something premade just for you (versus me providing some template), I have already edited Polymath to add an option to place your custom weapon/armor in the tutorial chest. All that is left is to ensure the code runs without issues, test it, then get the video moving (providing additional guidance, such as if you want to give the gear to a merchant).

Next Video Poll

We're on for another BG3 video! What should the topic be? Patreon subscribers, be sure to vote there, so your votes are appropriately weighted!

While we are waiting for the imminent official modding tools, I will tentatively not be updating Polymath anymore, instead showing how to do these tasks by building on templates that I will make make available.

Planning the Next Tutorial/Software Update

So I will likely continue to make videos while I still can. We are also in the unique position where official modding tools should be released in the next month for both Starfield and BG3 (so any tutorials I make for those games may become redundant and lower yield after a month). So I can craft another poll, what game do you want to see a modding tutorial on next? Patreon followers, please vote there so I weigh your votes appropriately.

Polymath 2.3 Released!

Polymath 2.3 is live, with the SD version of the video being done uploading in around 15 minutes!

I am going to take a few days to see about making a mod that I thought could be interesting to put together last week (unlimited fireballs with a sound effect of Fallout's "War Never Changes" quote). I will consider making a tutorial on it, or just showcasing it (so making a feat that gives a spell with a custom sound effect that you all could unpackage to check out). I will then start thi...

Polymath 2.3 Update

The script is all set for the video! I'll finish recording by tomorrow, to start putting together the video. The video should ideally come out no later than Saturday and will be 8-9 minutes long.

Personal Musing: Castlevania: Nocturne

I just finished Castlevania: Nocturne on Netflix. I highly recommend it if you like Baldur's Gate 3, as the character backgrounds (ultra-traumatized) are similar to an extent, and there is pretty remarkable character development in fairly complex characters. I pretty much cried while watching every episode; their ability to make one emotionally engage with almost every character was outstanding! It was an extremely mature engagement of how individuals can encounter suffering and how lives con...

Polymath 2.3 Update

Hey all! I should be done with the script for the video by tomorrow. It will be a shorter one, so hopefully I can get it out by Thu/Fri.

Polymath 2.3 Done!

Thank you all for your patience (I'm back from NYC). So it turns out Polymath 2.3 has actually been good to go since the alpha that I released for you all. I just had to figure out the right property to add to make it so you see your custom passive in the character screen.

I will proceed to prepare the script. Of note, I will most likely be releasing the source code (versus the obfuscated source files) in this release. My incoming child is due earlier than anticipated, and I have impor...

Polymath 2.3 Just About Ready

It is so much nicer having code actually work more like it is supposed to. The custom passives widget and integration of custom passives you make into a class mod are just about ready and functional! As you can see in the screenshot, I gave myself a custom passive that gave Flurry of Blows. The only thing left is to figure out why the custom passive does not have the custom name and description that I gave it. This will likely not take much longer (I have already ruled out more likely causes)...

Polymath 2.3 Update

The framework for the Passives widget is roughly done. Next, I need to add additional functionality to the widget and decide if some of these fields are better not included for the moment (StatsFunctorContext and StatsFunctor appear to do roughly the same thing, even if separately defined in-game). I hope to have the widget done by tomorrow with implementation completed by Saturday.

The video will be delayed since I will be traveling next week. I'll aim to test this out before I leave a...