The New Pathfinding

ZaramMaldovar

Does the new pathfinding fix work as great as the report said it would. I have been unable to play BG2 in quite some time, and I will still be unable to play it for a few more weeks.

Flashburn

Yes, party members tend to follow each other in a straight line in cramped spaces. If some are faster than the others through Haste or somesuch, they tend to only go as fast the person they're following, which results in them sometimes pushing their leader out of the way and going faster. But that also occasionally causes the party member they pushed out of the way to stop in their tracks.

So it works. Its not perfect, but its leagues better than it used to be.

Astafas

I find that NPCs get stuck on other persons/narrow passages quite often. This has already happened at least ten times in CC. Don't recall that being such a problem before latest patch.

elminster

Astafas said:

I find that NPCs get stuck on other persons/narrow passages quite often. This has already happened at least ten times in CC. Don't recall that being such a problem before latest patch.

Instead they used to get blocked by another person, decide to go the opposite way to get around them, stop in for tea and biscuits at a local shop, maybe take in some fine dining, and eventually get to where they were supposed to go. Assuming of course they didn't run into a wall on the way.

Its better now than what it used to be like, though as Flashburn mentioned in the case of characters that are moving faster than other characters there are still some issues. Also if you have AI active sometimes characters will bunch up during fights (preventing others from reaching opponents).

Meyahi

It's better but not perfect. It's probably because of the boots of speed or whatever but be careful of the death trap in Spellhold because one of you party member may decide that it is a good idea to walk into it.

karnor00

I'd agree with the other posts - it's still not perfect but it's much much better than it used to be.

I used to have to continually babysit the party to prevent someone going the wrong way. Now they normally get it right and only occasionally do I have to correct them.

ZaramMaldovar

Better is better than not better. Thank you, guys. That is all I need to know