Ok, that's understandable. Can we expect the multiplayer patch in the next two weeks?
Depends on how simple the solutions (because there will doubtless need to be more than one) are, and how much other code work needs to be done. Baldur's Gate is primarily a single-player experience, so we have to make sure the single-player campaign is working solidly. That's not to say we don't care about multiplayer, but when you look at what the core experience of the game is, it's primarily designed to be a single-player game with a multiplayer component added in.
Gosh, I hope that came out more helpful than it sounded in my head. Multiplayer's on our to-do list, but it won't happen overnight.
Just to clarify, the multiplayer component is an important one--and Black Pits is an example of one area where we'd really like it to work as smoothly as possible. But fixing multiplayer isn't just a matter of changing one line of code and the problem goes away; it's a series of tweaks and changes, each of which needs to be planned and tested. So the work will be on-going, but you might not see the results of that labor until it's done.
In the mean-time, you can rest easily knowing that any improvement to the single-player game is also an improvement to multiplayer.
And I'm going to stop talking now. Enjoy the patch, everybody!
I note that Steam is supposed to get updated same day as Beamdog's download tool. Does this mean that Beamdog is now managing the Steam process?
I don't use Steam, I'm just very curious as to how this process seems to be getting such an improvement over and above the last patch and even the BG2EE release.
@Dee , if I want to see which version of the game I have, where do I look? (The new Options menu is great, but the Selune/Shar graphic is obstructing the version number.)
I was playing around with NI and did some unwanted changes. So I erased the .status file in my /Data folder so as to redownload the changed files. It just so happens that you guys released a patch at that time. (Thanks for the patch!) The Checking files...Downloading... thing in the launcher showed, and then the Apply Update button never showed. Almost certainly the update got downloaded along with the changed files, so I shouldn't worry about it... But I'd like to make sure.
@Jalily, thanks. @bardez, thanks, and will do when I get back from work, and update this post as to the result.
EDIT: v1.2.2030, i.e. the updated version. So, if you have a game that needs updating, and you erase the .status file, the launcher downloads the updated version.
Now, I'll go back to the wild mage effects list I was compiling.
I cannot download the update. It just says: Download Paused, Click to Resume. Nothing happens when I click. Is there a place I can download this patch manually? Appreciate any help.
I am also a bit confused. I downloaded the patch, and I suppose everything went well, but why is there no way to check your version from within the game? Shouldn't that be an obvious thing? Or if there is, do tell me where I can see the version number. It's not on any of the Options screens, for instance, or Credits.
I cannot download the update. It just says: Download Paused, Click to Resume. Nothing happens when I click. Is there a place I can download this patch manually? Appreciate any help.
I'm asking cause I reaaaaally want to download it, as I just got to the underdark and Dorn/Hexxat/Rasaad is looping their conversation. I had to encumber Dorn by putting on shield of Balduran and place him away from the rest and do the first map without him. Poor sod...
When I start the Beamdog launcher it stays stuck with the icon ''loading''... is it because of too many people trying to connect, or is it a problem on my side only?
Awww, interface magic and special abilities icons still aren't blue, like in the original. That's not cool. At least now you can kinda tell when they're active.
@Dee Would it be possible to add the update information and version number in the launcher and in the game itself (As it is in BG1EE)? My launcher is still announcing the beginning of pre-load as the latest news...
Then that's why your saves were deleted. When you create a hard link in the installation folder to your saved games, any changes made to that folder through the installation folder will also affect the saved games. That's what allows ShadowKeeper to work, but it also means that when you update your game, the hard-link will get deleted in the process. That's no fault of the updater; it's just how hard links work.
To avoid this in the future, use EE Keeper instead. You don't need to make hard links, it's a much sleeker program, and you won't end up losing your saves every time you update or reinstall your game.
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Gosh, I hope that came out more helpful than it sounded in my head. Multiplayer's on our to-do list, but it won't happen overnight.
The Black Pits are much more fun in multiplayer, though! They weren't designed with that aim in mind too?
Anyway, take your time. As long as it works in the end...
In the mean-time, you can rest easily knowing that any improvement to the single-player game is also an improvement to multiplayer.
And I'm going to stop talking now. Enjoy the patch, everybody!
I don't use Steam, I'm just very curious as to how this process seems to be getting such an improvement over and above the last patch and even the BG2EE release.
Or is there supposed to be an STR damage bonus but not THAC0?
Anyone else can answer this as well, of course.
I was playing around with NI and did some unwanted changes. So I erased the .status file in my /Data folder so as to redownload the changed files. It just so happens that you guys released a patch at that time. (Thanks for the patch!) The Checking files...Downloading... thing in the launcher showed, and then the Apply Update button never showed. Almost certainly the update got downloaded along with the changed files, so I shouldn't worry about it... But I'd like to make sure.
Thanks!
EDIT: v1.2.2030, i.e. the updated version.
Now, I'll go back to the wild mage effects list I was compiling.
I cannot download the update. It just says: Download Paused, Click to Resume. Nothing happens when I click. Is there a place I can download this patch manually? Appreciate any help.
Try deleting 783.beam and 783.status and running the launcher or client again.
@xzar_monty @callimachus
The version is displayed when you load a game and then visit Options. Load a ToB or TBP2 game to get a clear look at the number.
Were you using ShadowKeeper with a hard link to your saved games?
To avoid this in the future, use EE Keeper instead. You don't need to make hard links, it's a much sleeker program, and you won't end up losing your saves every time you update or reinstall your game.