BG3 Mod Studio

BG3 Mod Studio is a comprehensive Windows application for creating and editing mods for Baldur's Gate 3.

Built with modern C++20, WTL (Windows Template Library), and DirectX, it provides a fast, native Windows experience for BG3 modding.

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✨ Features

BG3 Mod Studio is a multi-tab editor interface that provides:

• Full-text indexing with Xapian for lightning-fast search of PAK content (stats, spells, passives, localization)
• RocksDB storage for instant retrieval of icons and game objects
• Text editors with Scintilla-based syntax highlighting
• Image viewers with Direct2D rendering (DDS, PNG, JPG, BMP, TGA, GIF, HDR)
• GR2 model viewer with Direct3D 11 rendering for 3D character and object models
• PAK explorer for browsing BG3 PAK files without extraction
• LSF viewer for inspecting Larian's LSF files
• Game Object explorer for inspecting and searching game data
• Icon explorer for browsing and searching game icons
• PAK Generator for building and packaging mods

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🛠️ Building from Source

Requirements

• Visual Studio 2022 with C++20 support
• Windows 10 SDK (10.0.19041.0 or later)
• vcpkg for dependency management
• Git with submodule support

Build Steps

1. Clone with submodules:

   git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/trieck/BG3ModStudio.git
   cd BG3ModStudio