Trips' Shader Pack
⚪ Last updated 2024⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.3% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #6 of 71 Utilities mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
PREVIOUSLY TRIPS' OLD SHADERS
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DOES NOT SUPPORT MacOS
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UPDATED FOR PATCH 7
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Everything BELOW this line is for MOD AUTHORS
With this Compendium installed you can reference the old Patch 4 and earlier non-VT shaders/Material SourceFiles:
Vanilla Shader ---> New Trips Name
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Public/Shared/Assets/Materials/Characters/
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CHAR_Skin_Body.lsf ---> Trips_Skin_Body_Old.lsf
CHAR_Skin_Body_GM.lsf ---> Trips_Skin_Body_GM.lsf
CHAR_Skin_Head_v3.lsf ---> Trips_Skin_Head_v3.lsf
CHAR_Skin_Head_v3_GM.lsf ---> Trips_Skin_Head_v3_GM.lsf
CHAR_Skin_Head_v3_LOD1.lsf ---> Trips_Skin_Head_v3_LOD1.lsf
CHAR_Skin_Head_v3_LOD2.lsf ---> Trips_Skin_Head_v3_LOD2.lsf
CHAR_Skin_Head_v3_LOD3.lsf ---> Trips_Skin_Head_v3_LOD3.lsf
CHAR_Skin_Head_v3_LOD4.lsf ---> Trips_Skin_Head_v3_LOD4.lsf
CHAR_Skin_Head_Creature.lsf ---> Trips_Skin_Head_Creature.lsf
CHAR_Shadow_Shadow.lsf ---> Trips_Shadow_Shadow.lsf
CHAR_Shadow_Body.lsf --->Trips_Shadow_Body.lsf
CHAR_Shadow.lsf ---> Trips_Shadow.lsf
CHAR_Feathers.lsf ---> Trips_Feathers.lsf
CHAR_Feathers_Bloody.lsf ---> Trips_Feathers_Bloody.lsf
CHAR_Feathers_GradientMap.lsf ---> Trips_Feathers_GradientMap.lsf
CHAR_Horns.lsf ---> Trips_Horns.lsf
CHAR_Horns_SSS.lsf ---> Trips_Horns_SSS.lsf
CHAR_Horns_SSS_PMA.lsf ---> Trips_Horns_SSS_PMA.lsf
CHAR_Horns_SSS_PMA.lsf (EA Patch 7) ---> Trips_7EA_Horns_SSS_PMA.lsf
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Trips' Shader Pack re-releases old shader files to bypass VT restrictions and adds new custom shaders. It's a modder's resource and dependency for other mods, with 17,307 endorsements and 1.3 million downloads, last updated in September 2024.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 17,307 endorsements and 1.3 million downloads.
- Essential for modders—this is the backbone for many shader-dependent mods.
- Actively maintained, last updated September 2024.
⚠️ Cons
- Not a plug-and-play visual upgrade—requires other mods to see benefits.
- As a resource, it's useless for players who don't mod.
For mod authors and tinkerers who need a reliable shader base to build on. Also for players who install mods that explicitly require this pack. Skip if you want a direct visual overhaul—this is a behind-the-scenes tool.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check if the mods you want to install list Trips' Shader Pack as a dependency—it's often required.
- Place the files in your game's mod folder as instructed by the mods that depend on it.
- If you're a modder, study the included shaders to understand how to integrate them into your own projects.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Baldurs Gate 3 Mods
- Author
- Trips
- Version
- 2.1.0.0
- Downloads
- 1,316,896
- Endorsements
- 17,307
- Category
- Utilities
- Created
- 12/1/2023
- Updated
- 9/8/2024
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