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In case it hasn’t been said, another tip from the dos2 days, you can hold X on the controller and do an aoe search around you. Really helpful to make sure you’re not missing small items lying around.

Just so you know, you CAN add potions, elixirs, scrolls, arrows, throwables to their own pouches/backpacks. You can then add those pouches/backpacks to the radial wheel. It makes the inventory way less cluttered and the radial wheel much easier to navigate.

First time player here stsrting on PS5 yesterday. Just wanted to drop by and say thank you so much for your tips - while keeping it simple for us new folk who might get overwhelmed by its complexitys. Straight outta the gate I was so confused and could only find videos that made me more confused on the mechanics. 😅 You have a new sub brother, amazing content and very understandable. Love from the UK

Controller support was so phenomenal, I was very excited about this game but in the past have always had issues with turn based combat and that kind of thing mainly because of controls. The way this is set up feels so natural every button and pad has a purpose. I am just honestly so happy ps5 version plays and looks so smooth

Also if you press the right stick down it highlights most interactable items nearby. Great for finding levers and keys in dark places.

Thanks for this. I have been playing D4 for the last few months and was really overwhelmed by the controller scheme. This made several things clear. Thank you.

Love your channel, man. It's such a pleasant experience. Thanks for producing this content!

Great video. Needed a refresher since I bought this on ps5 release day but then got slammed with overtime. Figured I'd just start over. This video helped me remember some of the mechanics, but also reminded me how steep of a learning curve this game has. A lot to learn. Almost apprehensive about popping back in. Subscribed and will be devouring your library for this complex game.

OK, Renfail, I think you need to give yourself an inspiration point. I am 38 hours into the game (not counting the 76 hours I did in EA). I have dabbled with the controller here and there but I kept being overwhelmed. This video gave me a new perspective. So much so that I went back to your older ones on the same topic. Just completed that battle against the Goblin Priestess. Pretty sure it is the biggest battle done to date and did the whole thing using the controller. I am now sold. Thank you so much as I would never have gone down this route without this 16 minute video!

I have never played D&D but this game looked so great. Im playing on PS5 so this video is a great help. And i really appreciated you saying the button ‘names’ for both types. Thank you for such a helpful video 😊

Thanks for this! I’m new to D&D, and most videos are for pc. I’ve been so confused. This will help a lot. Thank you!

Been looking everywhere for the grouping option, thank you so much!

Im glad they managed to make control support really good and worth using for a genre typically played on kb&m. Same with Final Fantasy 14

Thanks man. Cant believe my days off work ended the day BG3 released. So hyped to start my play on Thursdays! Looking forward to catching a stream of yours in future too

Thank you so much. I don’t have the game yet and wanted to play on pc with Xbox controller. You showed it can be done. I will be looking at your other controller videos. Thank you again:):):)

Great stuff as always mate, I'm loving it on my ps5!

Great guides, man :) Thanks for them first of all. Another eyeopener for me just in this second was to longpress X on the PS5 controller to get a list (with all item-descriptions) in players reach. This is SO comfortable for me. Guess its A(?) on other controllers, but dunno for japanese controller layout, maybe B.

I have ps5 and was buzzing for this game but was dreading the optimisation for controller but I’m so happy to see that not only is it great but lots of people prefer to play with controller, PC players included, makes me feel like I’m not missing out!

This is great! I just started playing last night and these tips are fantastic. Subbing for more!

I wanted to love this game. It has been torturous! I have been extremely frustrated because of the constant group movement and the fact that I could never get a stealth attack and my group was always together. This is a game changer on every level. Thank you so much for this very, cohesive breakdown.

this was great; i've been worried about playing this game on console but this helped a lot!

Great Video. NICE to see OG explaining the game.

Thank you for this. You just made things exponentially better for me

Great explanation for each mechanic. Well done!

Hey man, nice video, I'm seriously thinking of getting this for the Series x and you're helping to sway my decision in favour of doing so 👍

Great stuff! I just started on the PS5 and this is supper useful! 😀

Thank you for all your balder gate 3 controller tips, u cleared lots of questions I struggled with.

Excellent intro. Like you, I "can" play with keyboard and mouse but prefer gamepad because of the fluid movement and character immersion. (I also wish this game could be first-person because of immersion, even though I know that gives up a lot of combat capability. YMMV, but for me personally that's a good trade.) My wife and I are planning to start BG3 today, so I'm sharing this series with her as well. Thanks for sharing the knowledge!

Thank you so much for helping me, all these videos I see are on keyboard and mouse and don't explain how the controls work for console players 😂 My baldurs gate experience has greatly increased thanks to you

I've been playing on steam deck. I already knew most of these but I haven't been able to figure out how to do the top down view. Thank you for this

Learn something new every day. Thanks for the video!

Thank you, Renfail, I just started playing last night. I didn’t know how to stealth using controller.

Thanks! The wife and I have been split screening on pc with two controllers and it works great. I do wish I could look at other parts of the map beside where we are though

Super helpful. Thank you.

So much appreciated! But I still need a bit mor explanation of grouping and splitting party members. I can split and group but idk who I’m selecting for group or split without moving a bit and seeing who’s doing what hope you get the question lol thanks so so very much!!!

Awesome video! Thx man👍

Very helpful! Thanks!

thanx im loving the exploration mode on controller. im still using M&K for more technical encounters

Great tips!

I played about 30 hours on pc and am now playing on steam deck. this video is excellent help.

THANK YOU! 👏 I’m on PS5 and felt like I was going mad trying to figure out how to go into stealth and how to get the party to stay behind at different times. This was a lifesaver!

Good info! Thanks!

Thanks for this, I was using a steam deck and GeForce now with a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard with the deck in a dock. Admittedly for me there was a few things missing from M/KB. Like toggle group hide. Inventory management was also easier with a mouse but I absolutely agree I much prefer controlling the character with my dualsense. Clicking the mouse all the time was bothersome. Cloud saves also worked fine.

It was actually a lot of fun doing restarts and figuring out all this stuff. Now I’ve started my gnome warlock rouge. Started off commanding dude drop that fire sword. Shadow picked it up and she went into fighting subclass to get second wind and be able use the sword. She’s so OP that I might kill her off to use that build in hardest settings after this run

great tips i needed this this game is great on pc with a controller.

i love everything with controller, and the radial actions that is totally customizable to your comfort and its UI is always hidden on screen.

I have watched 427 videos about BG3 tips/tutorials just so I can learn the games mechanics. I’m very very early in the game still, and I hope all these videos I’ve watched hasn’t been a huge waste of time, and I actually enjoy the game. Lol.

Playing for 5 hours now on PS5. Good implementation. Loving the game

Stregobor left Aratuza and is helping not magic users with Baldur's Gate 3. Thank you for your videos. I was in doubt between buying the PC or PS5 version of the game.

Also helpful pushing up on the D-pad allows you to jump.

Dude so freaking helpful for us controller warriors, thanks!

One thing i found pretty cool is that i got the deluxe edition on both platforms and i have 2 travelers chest on my camp now and 2 legendary disguise mask.

I didn’t know about top down view. Thank you

The hero ive been searching for.

Thank you for this. I just recently started using the controller because the fonts are larger. Sometimes I give up and use my mouse when dealing with inventory.

Thanks!

So helpful ❤

To those looking for how to fly on console. It's an action (in the radial menu on console) you take after casting said spell. So cast fly spell, then go back into the radial menu and look for the same icon for flight. Hope that helps.

Hold X and release to spread a radius and it will open a window containing every interactable item within that radius. This way you don't have to manually move your character to check a group of containers one by one.

I play on pc but still prefer controller because of movement.

If you want to play baldurs gate 1&2 with controller support, they’ve recently rereleased on consoles. I’m waiting for a sale on ps store to play them again

I prefer the controller for most stuff. Inventory management and trading I sometimes use mouse/kb

On the PS5 if you hold down X it will scan your immediate area allowing you to see what objects you can interact with and quick access on the right hand side.

thank you, played 10 hours on the ps5 now (got early access through deluxe) had no issue so far- not gonna lie though, I do prefer the old school BG1&2 system with real time chaos (with pause options) over divinitys turn based. BUT the control works, it doesnt feel right but never feels wrong. its basically like a more complex dragon age on the console. 9/10 so far for me, looks great, cool characters and the framerate issue is a non issue for me- you are jogging slowly around the world and the combat is turn based- so going from 45-60 framerate isnt an issue AT ALL. Its not counter strike where I need 150+ fps and 144 hz monitor to try and get every reaction moment for success, its a freaking d&d turn based game. anything above 30fps would be good enough. sorry english is my 4th language!

Do you happen to have any videos of a basic combat encounter? I'd like to see someinr just do a fight and go through how you battle.

Great tips thanks, regarding aiming on PS5, how do you aim High, like to an elevated trap ir something like that?

Appreciate it

Downloading now, 108Gig, can’t wait

I normally don't like top down games but I'm so excited that on PS5 it'll be more behind the player. I would deal with anything to play Baldur's Gate 3 though. 🤣 I'm so excited to play! 🎉🌻

Great vid man just started on ps5, im currently trying to work out how the hell i only attack with my main hand while dual weilding so i dont waste my bonus action

Ah so that’s how you party hide, thanks for this video!

I just started playing this on my ps5 (4 hours in) and the in game graphics are fantastic and the game flows quite well and so far I am having a blast with the turn based combat and the story and dialogue is triple A shit here. I am so happy that we console players also get to enjoy this brilliant game. I also convinced my gaming friends to get it so we can play it together and I cannot wait to see how they react to the choices they make lol

Aiming up is a mystery to me lol. I always drag the icon to a wall and run it up like an idiot. Also was a thief class but couldnt figure out how to lock pick until I found out about the context button.

Damn I love this video.😂

another thing.inventory management where is the camp storage container in the controller UI? i see only companions but no container

Need this for PS5; thanks!

Thanks for the video, helped me with a couple of things for the ps5. The game is phenomenal and have really enjoyed it these past 2 days. One question, can you not examine an enemy once in battle stage. If you can, how?

To me, the ideal control system would be a wii-style analog nunchuck in one hand, and an mmo style mouse with numbered buttons in the other. Too bad it doesn't exist (together).

idk wish i took a graphic hit from my ps5 and got it for my 2060 laptop hehe. Menu madness! I will say though I do think the movement is better with a controller. I never get the sense that a character moves with point and click. Just a lot of menus for actions for me to keep up with past that :)

Finally I dont have to individually put everyone into stealth

When you have temporary companions like the Duke, or Glut, or Shovel, can you access their inventory on console? I see it is done on PC, but not console.

Does anyone know how to sheath a weapon. I just received a new companion but they constantly have their weapons unsheathed

i need more help: if i buy a controller with back buttons, would i have more actions on the controller?

@renfail At the beginning of the movement section you said you have the camera auto follow you character. How did you enable that?

Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 EE have full controller support on consoles. Obviously not as good as M&K but it gets the job done

I play on m&k but controller looks so cool i dunno if i can play that way if i attach a controller to my pc

Do you know how to put a character in Melee mode after already using your action on a long range attack? For the uses of having an attack of opportunity? Can’t figure it out on controller

As someone who just switched from ps to Xbox thank you!

Thanks for this video! This Xbox gamer appreciates it.

Is quite different playing this game with a controller...Than any other RPG...so many wheels...Sometimes I don't even know which skills/spells to used.. Playing as Black Dragonborn, Paladin, oath of vengeance..hero of the People. Also went back to a previous safe file after 13 hour's of playthroug..Due to an action, that I did was going to miss on one of my romance's.. consequences does matter more with certain companions 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

I want to run around with my weapon unsheathed sooo how do I do that on console?

Is there a way to toggle between ranged and melee weapons on controller? On the keyboard it was the ‘f’ key, but I haven’t figured it out on the controller.

The one thing I'm curious about playing on PS5 vs PC is how do you replicate mouse cursor? I see a lot of BG3 videos and almost all of them are PC based and see them placing the cursor over things that it doesn't look like you can do on consoles. I know about the press down on left stick to get the circle cursor, but that's in game, not like the PC where you have the cursor (arrow) always. I'm sorry, I should have made a list of situations where the PC mouse is useful but I didn't yet. I'll update after I watch more videos.

Can you sheath/unsheath on an Xbox controller? I’m an idiot couldn’t see the fine print that the hide instrument was also for weapons as well.

anyone else having an issue with the edge controller in this game only? my triggers if pressed all the way down and then the menu is backed out of using circle (only in this scenario) becomes dead until it has been pressed all the way through the click at the bottom more than once. it doesn't happen on any other games, and it doesn't happen with my regular dual sense.

Hey I'm playing on ps5 and I'm trying to figure out how to move a rock, and look in my inventory

BG 1 and 2 are on ps5 with controller support

Thanks for the video, but perhaps using an early save for these tutorials would have been better as now I’m expecting Shadowheart to go through some sort of change ^^U

Why do I keep getting tooltips when using the gamepad and bringing up the context menu on an item in my inventory, even if the tooltips are turned off? Is there any way to fix this?