Larian Kicks Off 2024 With a Beefy Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix That Makes Quest Items Easier to Access

In the meantime, Larian advised Mac gamers of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing sport that it’s “restructuring” to make sure that future updates on Mac arrive alongside their PC variations. “It will take a little bit of time however as soon as completed, there should not be delays anymore,” Larian stated. Till then, Larian expects a delay for updates of a most of two weeks. “We’re sorry for the inconvenience and perceive that is irritating,” Larian stated. “Thanks on your persistence.”

Listed below are the Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix #16 patch notes in full:

HIGHLIGHTS

• The cross-save performance will not sync modded saves, as they can’t be accessed by console gamers.
• Added classes to the Waypoints checklist, grouping Waypoints by location.
• You’ll now have the opportunity to entry sure quest-related gadgets on the spot, even when they’re at the moment within the camp chest or within the stock of a companion who’s ready at camp.
• Added a couple of Potions of Animal Talking to the Epilogue.
• Karlach will now get her scene in Avernus no matter whether or not she’s an avatar or a companion.
• Wyll will now observe Karlach to Avernus accurately.
• Fastened the Conceal Helmet possibility resetting for companions after saving and loading.
• Cazador now has 3 variations of his Legendary Motion relying on what number of Ritual expenses he has. The extra expenses he has, the extra harmful his Vampiric Swarm is.
• Fastened a number of points with low decision textures showing after prolonged playtimes.
• Fastened a visible bug the place sure doorways would reappear briefly when destroyed.
• Fastened Gale’s dialogue ending abruptly when asking him for a kiss. Benefit from the second.

CRASHES AND BLOCKERS

• Fastened a potential crash associated to quickloading.
• Fastened a crash that may happen when unloading after which loading a area.
• Fastened a crash when altering VSync settings.
• Fastened a crash when destroying the spiderweb beneath the Spider Matriarch.
• Fastened the potential explanation for not having the ability to save the sport (Error 701, crashing the sport).
• Fastened a crash that would occur when displaying a pop-up message after lockpicking an merchandise.
• Fastened a difficulty that was inflicting the grenade launchers throughout Gortash’s combat to bypass Flip-Primarily based Mode and deploy grenades in real-time, which may lead to a crash. We name that dishonest.
• Fastened a crash that may happen when eradicating condition-based auras from modded savegames.
• Fastened a doable crash when getting the obtainable social gathering gold throughout a commerce.
• Fastened some points that would forestall savegames made beneath uncommon situations from loading up.

COMBAT AND BALANCE

• The Spectral Kind passive is not hidden.
• Fastened Balthazar’s Spectral Kind not triggering when Balthazar succeeded in a Saving Throw however nonetheless bought broken.
• Fastened Auntie Ethel not utilizing Bizarre Magic Surge when struck by Repelling Blast in Honour Mode.
• Fastened the scrying eyes’ injury mitigation mechanic in Tactician Mode not working the primary time they’re broken.
• In Tactician issue, Cazador now transforms into a distinctive mist type that threatens his foes with a necrotic aura.
• Potential Drain will be unable to cut back a goal’s capacity beneath 1.
• Improved the best way Legendary Resistance works, now solely triggering when it’s really helpful.

GAMEPLAY

• Fastened Astarion not being obtainable by the companion menu at camp when you despatched him straight to camp in the course of the recruitment dialogue.
• In Honour Mode, the Eggbearer situation is now additionally utilized when the mother owlbear is useless however the daddy owlbear is alive.
• Fastened a difficulty in Honour Mode the place the injury from Smite spells would not set off gadgets that activate when broken.
• You’ll be able to not commerce with Grukkoh the bugbear through the dialogue button earlier than you have, uh, caught his consideration.
• Utilizing a weapon that makes use of your Spellcasting Potential Modifier as an alternative of the traditional Potential Modifier will now select the Spellcasting Potential with the best worth.
• Fastened Group Conceal not working correctly when a social gathering character is Downed.
• Myrmidons’ weapons can’t be looted from their our bodies after Lengthy Relaxation anymore.
• Fastened the Elemental Weapon, Magic Weapon, Warmth Steel, and Daylight situations persisting on the weapon after a Lengthy Relaxation.
• Fastened a difficulty that may have an effect on some gamers controlling multiple avatar, which prompted a number of bare characters to seem over them after the primary Dream Customer dream.
• Fastened a difficulty the place reconnecting to a multiplayer session would assign a participant an avatar in Withers’ Wardrobe with out taking stated avatar out of the wardrobe. They do not open from the within!
• Stealing a couple hundred gadgets in a single go not ends in the sport changing into unresponsive for fairly a while afterwards whereas it offers together with your kleptomaniac overindulgence. It could nonetheless freeze for a brief interval whereas processing the stock switch, although.
• NPCs on the ground beneath you, can not ‘see’ you looting corpses up there.
• When handing again stackable stolen gadgets (akin to therapeutic potions), you’ll not lose all of them, however solely the quantity you stole.

FLOW AND SCRIPTING

• Fastened a difficulty stopping some gamers from advancing into Act III, looping them again to Act II.
• Barcus Wroot ought to now present up accurately at Final Gentle Inn if in case you have saved him from his earlier predicaments.
• Fastened avatar Karlach having the ability to provoke the primary romance scene with Lae’zel after proving her price to Lae’zel, which shouldn’t be doable for her due to her engine nonetheless not being upgraded.
• Tweaked the set off situations for Lae’zel’s preliminary romance dialogue after proving your price to her in order that it solely triggers if the participant controlling her has a single avatar. That is to keep away from by accident triggering the dialogue with an unintended avatar in case you have got a number of.
• Fastened some improper character behaviours doubtless launched in Patch 4.
• Fastened a difficulty stopping some dialogue choices with Alfira and Nadira from displaying up.
• Fastened Auntie Ethel prematurely teleporting to Act III when you choose up her corpse in Act I.
• Gale is now much less doubtless to lie to you about wanting to return the Crown of Karsus when making his resolution within the endgame.
• Raphael will not make a shock look in the course of the Epilogue when you made a cope with him after which determined to kill him.
• Wyll will now seem in the course of the preliminary Epilogue scene if he is the Blade of Avernus and doesn’t have a associate.
• Fastened a couple of points with Mizora’s dialogue getting caught.
• Fastened a blocker within the Home of Hope during which Raphael would not seem if he was Silenced in Sharess’ Caress.
• Fastened a blocker the place you had been ready to banish Hope whereas she’s chained, stopping you from saving her.
• The avatar dismissal dialogue will now be closed if the consumer rejoins the session whereas it’s nonetheless lively.
• Duke Ravengard will now accurately maintain the bars of his cell door whereas imprisoned within the Iron Throne as an alternative of staying idle, seemingly unbothered by all the pieces happening.
• Characters which might be attacked whereas disappearing out of sight will now resume their disappearing after fight ends. Again to the shadows with you.

PERFORMANCE AND OPTIMISATION

• Fastened a difficulty the place switching between social gathering members would trigger efficiency to drop.
• Fastened a texture problem in Character Creation at Low and Medium settings.

UI

• The proficiency bonuses on Explorer issue are actually accurately accounted for in Character Creation.
• Fastened a difficulty inflicting the Stage Up display screen to show the inaccurate HP achieve when growing Structure.
• Fastened some situations the place incorrect gadgets can be chosen when dragging them within the Commerce menu.
• Fastened a difficulty that prevented respeccing into a Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer when you selected a spell that was already obtainable from the Draconic Bloodline.
• The values within the Talent tooltips on the Stage Up display screen will now replace while you add Experience.
• Fastened the ‘Cannot management’ warning not disappearing beneath sure circumstances.
• Fastened a difficulty that briefly prevented you from interacting with an merchandise within the stock if it had been unequipped or outfitted beforehand with the X button.
• When a tutorial pop-up refers to an possibility within the shortcuts radial menu on controller, the choice will now be highlighted.
• Fastened ‘(Empty)’ generally briefly showing subsequent to an merchandise’s identify when highlighting it on Xbox.
• Added descriptions for the completely different issue ranges within the Extra Fight Mechanics choices on Customized Mode.
• Fastened a caching problem within the radial menus. This might, for example, trigger some Disguise Self choices to not seem after cancelling and returning to the spell.
• The beautiful darkish veins you get in your face while you turn into part-illithid now present up accurately within the Magic Mirror.
• Fastened floor names generally showing above characters on controller.
• Elevated the opacity of sure textual content packing containers within the Reactions UI on controller to enhance visibility.
• Fastened a blocker the place UI pop-ups would not shut if the window behind them was closed first. This might occur, for instance, when a cinematic dialogue triggered and closed the map when you had been nonetheless naming a customized marker.
• Fastened the loading display screen not displaying a picture when becoming a member of a multiplayer session.
• Fastened the injury kind within the Crushing Fist spell tooltip.
• The Legendary Resistance: Incapacitation tooltip now mentions that it could solely be used 3 instances.
• Made certain the grid proven in inventories is accurately drawn if the grid turns into smaller.
• Eliminated a low decision model of one of many loading display screen pictures.
• Fastened a difficulty that prompted some Video Settings like VSync and Refresh Charge to reset again upon beginning the sport.
• Eliminated the choice to verify or reset choices within the Alter Customized Mode menu for gamers who usually are not the host of a session.
• Whole social gathering gold is not seen in barter mode.
• Fastened a difficulty with the radial menus on controller inflicting the identical gadgets to get re-added to the identical submenu and the Motion radial menu to generally seem empty.

LEVEL DESIGN

• Eliminated some world labels that had been displaying up for a pair of cube in Withers’ chapel within the Epilogue camp that made it appear like they could possibly be picked up. Additionally swapped out a slicing board.

ART

• Optimised the looks of platforms with chains in Grymforge.
• Fastened some minor visible points with weapons.
• Fastened affect VFX/SFX not working for some projectiles.

ANIMATION

• Fastened a zombie that may T-pose when dragged out of your stock.
• Fastened some destruction animations that weren’t working correctly.

SOUND

• Fastened the improper atmosphere sounds enjoying within the Final Gentle area and Wyrm’s Rock Fortress.

WRITING

• Wyll is now appropriately celebratory upon the Netherbrain’s defeat.
• Added textual content to the tooltip for Cazador’s Misty Escape capacity on Tactician Mode.
• Fastened Gerringothe Thorm’s Sublimation capacity tooltip incorrectly stating that it ought to kill the goal immediately.
• Wyll now has a line in the course of the ending scene when realising the tadpoles are gone.
• Added an additional dialogue possibility when speaking to Shadowheart within the Epilogue to repair a path that solely gave you one selection.
• Fastened the Wrathful Spirits situation saying the affected entity is Immune to all injury as an alternative of Weak to all injury.

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