Patch Notes for v1.3
Dee
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Crash Fixes
- Game no longer freezes when canceling an imported priest character- Double-clicking a stack on ground slots no longer crashes the game
- Custom portraits larger than 1024x1024 no longer crash the game; instead, a message appears informing the - user that the image is too big
- (Android) Returning to the game from sleep mode should no longer cause the game to close
Features and Gameplay Enhancements
- Added "Font Size" to Graphics Options (changing this during play will empty the combat log)- While viewing a mage's Spellbook screen, players can now switch to a priest character and the game will immediately switch to the Priest Spells screen (and vice versa)
- Spell scrolls that can be written into a spellbook for the current character now display a green-tinted overlay
- Non-friendly NPCs that are Blinded will no longer stand still; they will wander aimlessly until they are close enough to see someone worth attacking
- Phandalyn is now a Lawful Good Paladin
- Drizzt is now properly equipped with his scimitars, and has been recolored to match his description in the books
- All golems in the game now possess appropriate immunities to Poison, Charm, Hold, Fear, Sleep, and Backstab
- All crossbows now require the same strength as their non-magical counterparts
- Rogdok now grants 400 experience points when defeated
- Rasaad's bracers and boots are now only usable by Rasaad
- Neera's staff is now only usable by Neera
Modder Features
- Items can now be flagged as unusable by Half-Orcs- Profsmax.2da "FIRST_LEVEL" value can now be set higher than 2 to let characters place more pips in a proficiency type at level 1
- Clswpbon.2da "GETS_PROF_APR" value can now be set to 1 to allow non-warrior classes and kits to benefit from APR bonuses
- Neutral Evil, Neutral Good, Lawful Neutral, and Chaotic Neutral no longer prevent usability by True Neutral characters
- Portrait.2da is now alphabetized for easier reference, and the "M" values for each portrait have been populated; Dorn's alternate portrait has been updated to use the Half-Orc portrait from BGII:EE
Critical Fixes
- Aldeth's quest no longer gets stuck in cutscene mode during multiplayer- The tutorial now grants the player a weapon they can actually use (Exception: Clerics with Strength 3 cannot use any weapons)
- Systems with out of date graphics drivers should no longer see graphical distortions in the game's UI
(Android) Game no longer drains the battery when not in use
- Auto-Pause will no longer stop a random encounter area from appearing; instead, the area will appear before the pause takes effect
At final tally, there were 208 bug fixes made in this patch. For the complete list, open the button below.
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Minor Fixes
- Characters with both arcane and divine spells can now view spell descriptions from the gameplay screen- NPCs no longer speak over their own sounds when in dialogue
- NPC selection and activity sounds will now overlap with other selection and activity sounds from other NPCs
- Dual-classed assassins and thieves now receive the correct backstab multipliers when they get their abilities back
- Non-party characters now receive proper bonuses and penalties for their weapon proficiencies (or lack thereof)
- Japanese text now displays correctly across all screens
- Combat music no longer continues forever in certain situations (Killing Shank is a good example)
- The Shadowdancer's backstab progression now matches the BGII:EE version
- Luck spell no longer erases the target's weapon proficiencies
- "Boo will miss you" text when closing the game now displays correctly for every supported language
- Journal entries no longer disappear when scrolling the Journal screens
- Rasaad is no longer duplicated when removed from the party
- Exported dual-class characters should now keep their hit point totals when imported
- Blackmailing Areana now results in correctly receiving the blackmail amount each time
- Kirinhal can no longer be exploited for multiple XP rewards
- Jondalar now ends his combat tutorial if hit by the Totemic Druid's spirit animal
- Lothander's quest now resolves correctly when completed
- Shar-Teel no longer attacks the player after killing another member of the party during her recruitment encounter
- Dorn and Shar-Teel now correctly fight to the death after their final argument
- Shield spell now protects against traps that cast Magic Missile
- Otiluke's Resilient Sphere now carries out all of its intended effects correctly
- Elves' resistance to sleep effects now protects them from Power Word: Sleep
- All spells and innate abilities now possess accurate spell descriptions
- Characters wielding ranged weapons that deplete their current stack of ammunition will now automatically use the next stack of equipped ammo if it is the same type; if no stack of the same type is available, they will use the next available stack of non-magical ammunition
- Baeloth's recruitment dialogue now includes translations for Polish and German
- Imported dual-classed characters
- All usable spells and innate abilities now possess icons
- Erik and Jondalar no longer provoke the wrath of the Candlekeep Watchers
- The Doomsayer will no longer respawn after being killed
- The player will no longer lose control over Dorn once Dorotea and Senjak have been killed while in area OH1000
- Small Shield +2 no longer provides a bonus against missile weapons
- Potions of Power and Potions of Heroism no longer cause regeneration when reloading the game
- Montaron no longer leaves the party when force-talked at Reputation 12
- Items that are (or are not) usable by Barbarians now list Barbarian in the Usable/Unusable list
- Weapons that receive a damage bonus no longer provide an extra bonus to other weapons used when wielding two weapons
- Charm Person or Mammal no longer displays a message in the combat log at the end of the duration if the target was not successfully charmed
- Wizard Slayers now cause a Miscast Magic icon on their target's portraits (if available)
- Find Familiar spell description now displays the full description
- Subtitles now display correctly when Scale User Interface is enabled
- Horn of Kazgaroth no longer disappears after the first use
- User journal entries now display correctly during Multiplayer
- The door to the northwest-most house in the Friendly Arm Inn area now displays correctly when open and closed at night
- The tutorial now includes a translation for Czech
- Unidentified stacks of items no longer stack with identified stacks
- Selected weapons and ammunition now display the same green outline on the Inventory screen and the Gameplay screen
- The Dagger of Venom no longer bestows multiple portrait icons
- The bard class's spell progression now follows the progression from Throne of Bhaal
- There is no longer a strange woman's scream in Cloakwood Mine
- The Identify screen at temples and stores no longer allows scrolling past the final item in the list
- Resting now unpauses the game if it was paused, allowing random encounters and town guards to spawn correctly
- The Spell Information screen no longer allows clicking of hidden buttons
- The Reform Party function now works even if the game is paused and the UI is hidden
- Drizzt will now see the player even if they are invisible, allowing him to survive the encounter with the gnolls
- Expanding the dialogue window now aligns the text to the bottom of the window instead of the top
- Arriving at an area's eastern side now places the party at the edge of the map
- Killing Zhurlong before completing his quest now closes the journal entry for his quest
- Amnian soldiers now display correct reply strings once Brage's quest has been completed
- Spell Shield duration now scales according to its spell description
- Text strings on the Record screen now resize themselves to fit the available space
- Ghasts in Durlag's Tower no longer attack other enemy creatures
- Map markers can now be color-changed and deleted without any issues
- All items that grant immunity no longer display strings in the combat log for the effects that did not affect the character
- All text containers now allow scrolling all the way to the bottom of the text
- Pick-Pocket skill no longer resets to zero when raised above 255
- Picking up Brage's dead body no longer leaves a second body on the ground
- Lothander now leaves the area immediately after completing his quest
- Windowed mode no longer allows "edge scrolling" (scrolling the map by moving the cursor to the edge of the screen).
- The Sword of Balduran no longer makes other weapons glow green when equipped
- Beast Masters may no longer summon familiars during the tutorial
- Changing clothing colors no longer changes the colors of helmets and shields on the paper dolls if those items possess colors of their own
- Merchants no longer flash in and out of existence in the Iron Throne during Chapter 7
- (Android) All devices now display the same version number as other platforms
- (Android) Pressing the Return key on the on-screen keyboard when entering a password during multiplayer now closes the keyboard
- (Android) The magnifying glass tool's toggle setting is now remembered when transitioning world map areas
- (Android) Traps no longer display their trigger icons before they've been discovered with the Find Traps ability
- (Android) Multiplayer auto-saves and quick-saves no longer display ridiculous timestamp values[/spoiler]
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