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Blackwood's Red Mage at Baldur's Gate 3 Nexus - Mods and community

Blackwood's Red Mage for Baldur's Gate 3 - mod.io

I just updated this mod just last night to include an offhand object that I made from a shield template. It works, but it still looks a bit janky to me.

In the last picture, you can see the inspiration. The design goal is to have the crystal appear to be hovering and pulsing with power, but not an overbearing glow.

I'm aware of Manaflare - Magic Aura Weapons at Baldur's Gate 3 Nexus - Mods and community, and it's great, but entirely a different direction than I'm trying to go.

Is there any way to make it appear more like a hovering crystal where the glow and effects come from it rather than the hand? Or, is there any asset in the base game that approximates this better than I did?

I'm still very new at this, and I couldn't figure out how to change the size of the texture.

If you are running BIOS E1824IMS.11B on any MSI (Titan 18 HX AI, for example) and using a Thunderbolt dock, read this.

This BIOS version has a confirmed ACPI _OSC compliance failure that makes TB docking non-functional under any meaningful load. This is documented in minidump analysis. It is not a dock compatibility issue, a driver issue, or a hardware defect. It is the firmware.

The defect

BIOS E1824IMS.11B fails to correctly implement the ACPI _OSC method for USB4/Thunderbolt. Windows never receives Software Connection Manager control of the TB5 host routers, producing IOMMU DMA faults that cascade through the system under load while any dock is connected.

Confirmed in minidump analysis — the BIOS outputs these strings on every boot:

DOCM: CM mode is not applied to any host router, native USB4 capability is not supported
_OSC: USB4 control UUID is unrecognised since SW CM mode is not applied for OS
U4FN: OS and platform doesn't support native USB4

This is not hardware-specific. Every unit shipping with this firmware has this defect. RMA ships the same BIOS. Only a firmware update fixes it.

What it looks like in practice

Dock with monitors only, minimal USB load: marginally stable with audio artifacts
Adding any USB hub or USB 3.0 device to the laptop while docked: degradation escalates to device cascade under load
Full peripheral setup through dock: immediate cascade within seconds of any demanding application

Full minidump analysis, isolation testing methodology, and supporting documentation: [A2XWJG] BIOS E1824IMS.11B — BSOD 0x9F / USBXHCI under TB5 dock load — ACPI _OSC USB4 non-compliance confirmed in minidump | MSI Global English Forum

The dock disconnected while I loaded Twitter to post about it. Twitter...

If you're running E1824IMS.11B

Check your BIOS version. If you have any Thunderbolt dock and are experiencing instability, audio dropout, USB device drops, or crashes under load — this is likely the cause. Please comment with your model, BIOS version, and symptoms. MSI's support queue almost certainly has similar tickets closed as hardware faults rather than traced back to the firmware.

The more people who document this, the harder it is for MSI to treat it as an isolated incident.

Looking for Help With an Off-Hand Crystal

⚠️ MSI Titan 18 HX AI BIOS E1824IMS.11B — Confirmed ACPI _OSC USB4 non-compliance makes Thunderbolt docking non-functional — MSI unresponsive