Alright, so yesterday I saw folks buzzing about this BG3 Sex Framework mod. Honestly, curiosity got the better of me. Heard it adds, well, adult interactions. Needed to see what the fuss was about, right? Just for science. Or something.
Step One: The Wild Hunt for the Thing
First things first, had to find the actual mod files. Easier said than done! Jumped onto my usual modding spots, but it wasn’t just sitting there like a regular armor mod. Took some digging, ended up on a kinda sketchy-looking forum thread after like twenty minutes of clicking around. Felt like finding pirate treasure, except dodgier. Downloaded the main framework file and one of the “animation packs” they said was required. Had my antivirus giving me the side-eye the whole time.
Step Two: Installing This Beast
Okay, files are downloaded. Cool. Now the fun begins. You can’t just drop this in like some simple UI tweak. Nah. Needed a fresh install of that Script Extender thing BG3 mods rely on. Grabbed the newest version. Then came the real headache: installing the Framework itself. It uses some weird installer tool, not your standard drag-and-drop. Opened it up, instructions were vague. Told me to point it at my BG3 mod folder. Did that, clicked install, held my breath. It actually seemed to work without crashing! Small victory.
Next, had to install the animation pack. That one was drag-and-drop into another specific folder inside the mod directory. Felt like I was defusing a bomb. One wrong move and poof, game explodes.
Step Three: Launching and Pure Chaos
Launched BG3 through the Script Extender. Took ages to load. Kept crashing back to desktop twice before it decided to behave. Finally got in! Excitement building… Then nothing looked different. Panic started to set in. Did I break it? Found a post saying you gotta enable it via the Script Extender console thing in-game. Hit the tilde key `~`, typed the activation command they mentioned. Still nada. More forum diving. Ah! Need a specific item mod too? Are you kidding me? Found that, installed it messily. Back in game. Console command again… and bam! Some weird new items showed up in my camp supplies? Okay… progress?
Step Four: Figuring Out How It (Sort of) Works
Felt like solving a riddle. Found one of those new items. It was supposed to be like a “trigger” item. Right-clicked it, saw new menu options basically saying “Initiate Interaction”. Selected it, then picked a companion. Astarion looked confused. Game went into a weird cutscene mode. The camera angles were… janky. Like, super awkward positioning. The “animations”? Well. Characters were stiff, clipping through each other, stuck in T-pose at one point. It was less sensual and more glitchy mess. Honestly, looked ridiculous. Zero smoothness. Some of the options in the framework UI during this “scene” didn’t seem to do anything either. Turn off clothing? Characters mostly just vanished underneath.
Tried it with different companions. Same awkward results. Shadowheart ended up floating three feet off the ground. It felt unfinished, like an early tech demo slapped together.
The Reality Check
So, what do you really need to know? Honestly:
- Pain to Install: It’s not for the faint of heart. Get comfy with Script Extender and weird installers.
- Unstable: Crashed my game twice getting it running, and performance took a hit during the “scenes”.
- Buggy: Animations are rough, clipping is constant, UI elements might not work, it feels broken.
- Awkward Execution: The implementation is clunky as hell. Trigger items? Weird console commands? It feels like a hack job.
- Community Driven (Chaos): You need separate animation packs made by different people. Quality and weirdness vary wildly. Finding ones that don’t look utterly bizarre is tough.
Would I recommend it? Seriously? Only if you have serious tolerance for jank and truly need that specific flavor of roleplay badly enough to fight the modding demons. For a polished BG3 experience? Forget it. It’s a mess. Spent hours messing with it, mostly just confirming it’s as rough as folks warned. Science done. Uninstalled the whole pile before it broke my save. Back to killing goblins the old-fashioned way.