Baldur’s Gate 3 just got a surprise patch in the form of fixes for various bugs and crashes, an update to the EULA, and performance improvements for all platforms, especially Xbox. Though Baldur’s Gate 3 is finished with major patches, this small update is now live for all fans to download for free.
When Baldur’s Gate 3 first dropped on August 3, 2023, it took the world by storm, quickly jumping to the top of the charts, even winning Game of the Year at The Game Awards. It had no official DLC or expansions, but it received a number of significant updates throughout the years, with the eighth and final Baldur’s Gate 3 patch arriving on April 15.
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However, it seems like Larian Studios has been hard at work on some Baldur’s Gate 3 maintenance all the same. A new update, affectionately referred to as “Room Temperature Fix #33” by Baldur’s Gate 3, is now live, bringing with it a number of fixes for various game crashes, freezes, and other game-breaking hiccups. The patch should help players have a smoother experience across the board, most notably gamers on the Xbox Series X|S, who were experiencing more freezes and crashes than other platforms.
A handful of gameplay glitches were also remedied, including issues with crossplay, various buffs flickering on and off when Druids use Starry Form, and instances where the internal monologue of The Dark Urge would spoil major Baldur's Gate 3 plot revelations from later on in the game. Various UI and tooltip problems were also resolved, including typos in Giant’s Rage, missing icons for Bardic Inspiration passives, and oddities with certain character portraits.
Modders in Baldur’s Gate 3 also have reasons to rejoice, as a problem where larger mods would encounter an error while publishing was also fixed in this patch. What’s more, the EULA has been updated with a new fan policy that offers straightforward terms of how and where people can share their custom-created content.
This probably won’t be the final “Room Temperature Fix” Baldur’s Gate 3 puts out, though subsequent ones will likely be at a similarly slower pace than during the height of its development. Even so, it is refreshing to know Baldur’s Gate 3 is still going to get some attention and improvements. In the meantime, Larian Studios is still hard at work on its next game. Players will have to wait and see what the breakout developers come up with next, and if it can compete with the titanic success of Baldur’s Gate 3.
Baldur’s Gate 3 'Room Temperature' Fix #33
Hello friends, how art thou?
While Patch 8 may have been the last major game update as we head into development on our next game, we’re still very keen to ensure you can enjoy the best possible Baldur’s Gate 3 experience.
Which means we’re still fixing things, and although more cold than hot, today’s hotfix introduces fixes for some game crashes that had been plaguing us, and finally tackles the slightly ominous character portraits and lag being experienced when navigating the radial menu with a controller.
There’s also good news for modders in today’s update. If you’ve been struggling to publish larger mods and run into the ‘A task was cancelled’ error, you should now find this resolved!
Missed out on what’s new on Patch 8? Read all about it here.
FIXES
EULA
- Updated a link in the EULA to navigate to our new fan content policy which now offers a much clearer overview of how you can share fan content!
Modding
- Increased the timeout when trying to publish large mods to help prevent the 'A task was cancelled.' Error.
Crashes and Performance
- Fixed a potential crash when using the Set Slot option in the radial menu.
- Fixed a potential crash related to combat.
- Fixed a crash that could occur after failing a particular Arcana check in Moonrise Towers.
- Fixed a bug causing the game to freeze when hovering over skills on the Action Radial Menu.
- Improved some UI jitteriness on controller when dropping below 75 FPS.
- Fixed a long freeze that could occur on Xbox when levelling up.
- Fixed a potential crash related to the Trade UI.
- Fixed a potential crash on Xbox when resuming the game after suspending it.
- Fixed a potential crash on the 'Press A to continue' screen on Xbox.
- Fixed a bug preventing you from loading savegames due to corrupted data.
Gameplay
- Fixed a softlock on split screen where if Player 2 disconnects while Player 1 is in an active dice roll during a dialogue, Player 1 would get stuck in the dialogue.
- Fixed a bug causing the Lunar Vitality condition to get repeatedly and rapidly added and removed from characters in Starry Form.
- Fixed a bug causing the Shadow Curse condition to be repeatedly applied and removed when a druid uses their Starry Form as their only light source.
- Fixed the Private Dialogue on/off toggle during dialogues, which wasn't working on multiplayer games using the controller UI.
- Told the Dark Urge, everyone's favourite amnesiac, to stop talking about people 'back home' (you don't know where that is yet, bestie) and spoiling the game by mentioning their 'father', among other silly notions, in their overhead dialogues.
- Fixed a bug causing effects triggered by Rage: Wild Magic to remove themselves after Level 9.
- Fixed a bug preventing Hexblade warlocks from using the Accursed Spectre and Armour of Hexes reactions after removing a Polymorphed condition.
- Crawling Claws' Necrotic Claws now only does additional damage on hit and not on miss.
- Fixed a rare bug that would block mouse input after a dialogue.
- Fixed an issue preventing you from sending game invites or joining a cross-play lobby via the Xbox Guide.
- Fixed a bug preventing you from joining a platform lobby via an invite on your platform after playing a cross-play game.
Photo Mode
- Fixed the Highlights setting not working on controller.
UI and Tooltips
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Fixed,
probablythis time reallymaybe, the weird character portraits. - Fixed a typo in the Giant's Rage condition tooltip that indicated the wrong damage bonus.
- The scrollbar on the Mod Details page of the Mod Browser no longer moves at a snail's pace when you're using a controller.
- Fixed some missing icons for certain Bardic Inspiration passives.
- Fixed the Donate UI ('Consumable Items') not letting you donate stacked items.
Art and Animation
- The Gloves of Power no longer get all stretchy-looking when worn by male dwarves who have the Chain Shirt +1 equipped.
- Recovered the Help animation for Ranger's Companions.
Baldur's Gate 3
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 96 /100 Critics Rec: 97%
- Released
- August 3, 2023
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Larian Studios
- Publisher(s)
- Larian Studios
- Engine
- Divinity 4.0
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- Full cross-platform play.
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- RPG
