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Baldur's Gate 3 Script Extender
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Couldn’t open console and the file seems fail to update #99

Open Christina221A opened 11 months ago

Christina221A commented 11 months ago

I have put the DLL file in the folder. I confirmed its location. I tried to download from the latest release and tried again on bg3mm, both failed to work. I haven’t seen any pop-up windows in or out of the game. The only thing I can think of is that I don’t use the Steam Cloud saves because my saves are far too large to store online. Is there any connections between this and my issue? Would it work if I just download the raw codes from GitHub and run it on my computer? Or is there another way to confirm the file has been updated or not?

BelegCufea commented 11 months ago

@Christina221A To enable console you need a file named ScriptExtenderSettings.json in the same folder as DWrite.dll (namely ..\Baldurs Gate 3\bin). The content should include

{
  "CreateConsole": true
}

The file is part of the BG3SE-Updater-with-Console-v3.zip archive you can dowload here.

The console only displays debug messages. It can't be used to issue any commands. EDIT: As mentioned by Norbyte,the console can be used to execute code in the extenders Lua context.

As for any update/download issue, the DWrite.dll file is only loader of Script Extender. It will check, if you have current version and in case there is new one available, it will download and install new one into %AppData%/Local/BG3ScriptExtender folder. If for any reason it can't reach or downolad new verison, you will see prompt when runnign BG3 (in the game).

At your own risk (and I mean it)

If you have a problem with downloading Script Extender you can use offline verision of Script Extender available at https://bg3se-updates.norbyte.dev/Channels/Release/ManualInstall.zip. This version includes DWrite.dll with current (at the time of download) Script Extender already embedded and libprotobuf-lite.dll support library. Both of these has to be copied into ..\Baldurs Gate 3\bin. Be aware, you still need ScriptExtenderSettings.json file in the same directory to see debug console.

This offline version won't ever update! You will need to download and copy the files manualy when new version of Script Extender is available. And as it will not check for new versions, it is up to you if you will use this not supported method. All versions of Script extender are listed in https://bg3se-updates.norbyte.dev/Channels/Release/Manifest.json file. Newest is the latest.

Norbyte commented 11 months ago

The console only displays debug messages. It can't be used to issue any commands.

This is not true, the console can be used to execute code in the extenders Lua context.

BelegCufea commented 11 months ago

@Norbyte Ah, sorry for disinformation. I am just plain BFU ...

Just a question. Should I put such "instructions" as above here, or is it more harm then good situation?