Baldur’s Village – the Stardew Valley mod with a city filled with Baldur’s Gate 3 characters – was hit by a DMCA takedown from BG IP proprietor Wizards of the Coast the opposite day. Fortunately, WotC rapidly said that the takedown had in some way been issued “mistakenly” and moved to type issues out in order that the mod may return up.
Now, following this complete ordeal – full with established mod-liker and Larian boss Swen Vincke himself tweeting in assist of Baldur’s Village – the group behind the mod has issued its personal assertion, which features a fast replace on future plans.
“Up to now few days, we have now been actively addressing a state of affairs, and we are actually in a position to present a full clarification,” fundamental developer XunHe1145 tweeted, “Final week, because of copyright points, the Baldur’s Village mod was quickly taken down from Nexus. This unexpected problem caught our group off guard and led to confusion and concern amongst many gamers.
“Fortunately, the difficulty has now been completely clarified and resolved. We sincerely admire the understanding and assist from Larian Studios, the endurance and help from the [Nexus Mods] group all through the method, and the considerate judgment {and professional} dealing with by Wizards of the Coast. We acknowledge that defending mental property is a fancy and severe accountability, and we’re really grateful that our intentions — as each followers and creators — have been understood.”
They went on to offer an replace on the mod itself, revealing: “On the very day we acquired the takedown discover, we had simply finalized Astarion’s Ten-heart occasion, which was scheduled for the subsequent replace. On the time, we had been disheartened as we thought that this content material would possibly by no means attain the group.
“Thankfully, we’re in a position to transfer ahead. Within the close to future, we will likely be releasing a minor replace that features bug fixes and Astarion’s Ten Hearts occasion. Different deliberate content material updates will even resume as scheduled.”
They closed out their assertion by thanking the mod’s group, and including: “Our group stays dedicated to refining the mission content material with every replace. It is a present, . Thanks all. We gained’t neglect it.”
So, all is in addition to it appeared it was when the mod grew to become obtainable to obtain once more yesterday. Roll on the arrival of stuff like a Halsin romance arc that could or could not include bear intercourse. Good, even when it could’ve clearly been higher if this complete state of affairs that is seemingly triggered the modders loads of stress had been averted fully.
Are you glad to listen to the Baldur’s Village group is ploughing forward with work on the mod now the darkish cloud hanging over it has been shooed away? Tell us under!
