[2021] Hotfix #17 Now Live!

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hello everyone,

Today, we have a fresh hotfix for you too.

In our previous patch, it turns out Lae’zel wasn’t romanceable regardless of her approval rating. There’s probably a life lesson in that. But this isn’t ‘Larian’s Dating Advice Column’ - although we feel like given the nature of some of your fan art, a dating simulator with our most popular characters wouldn’t go amiss. Or at least a tapestry. Anyone know any good tapestry makers?

As ever, a sincere thank-you to those of you that took the time to report these issues to us via our support team and by your posts on all our social channels. Everything you send us is super helpful - and always welcome.

Thank you for playing Baldur’s Gate 3 - and to the Reddit user that created this masterpiece - we see you, and love you.

• Fixed issue preventing romance with Lae’zel regardless of your approval rating.
  
• Characters no longer walk around causing Bludgeoning damage to everyone around them.
  
• AI now use their full arsenal of spells and items during combat.
  
• Fixed crash that would occur during a saving throw if an item was equipped that improved your proficiency in an ability.
  
• Character portraits now display correctly in the Twitch Extension during multiplayer.
  
• Triggering Wild Magic: Turn Magic no longer skips your turn in FTB or combat.
  
• Fixed shields from disappearing at the start of sheath animation.
  
• AI no longer take Attacks of Opportunity when they shouldn’t.
  
• Nere’s Shield of Screams now automatically activates as soon as he enters combat, and lasts for the duration of the fight.
  
• Performance drop during cinematic dialogue at the Tiefling Den is no more.
  
• Fixed rare crash that occurred when previewing a jump.
  
• A black square no longer appears in the middle of the screen when crossing the bridge to the Blighted Village with NPOT resolution and lensflare enabled.

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

UPDATE 26/01/2024: This Hotfix is now live for Mac players!

Hello everyone,

We’ve amended some of the items below to make sure that we’re continuing to remain transparent, and can provide you with further clarification in relation to some of the fixes!

Work is still ongoing to ensure future updates for Mac players will arrive alongside PC versions, and Mac players can expect to receive both Hotfix 16 & 17, together in an update which we’ll be able to talk more about soon.

If you’re experiencing issues after installing the latest update, please check whether the issue persists with your mods uninstalled. As mods aren’t officially supported at the moment, some installed mods may become temporarily incompatible with new patches and hotfixes.
If the issue persists after uninstalling the mods, please reach out to our support team with your report!

Thank you, truly, for taking the time to submit these issues to us, and for sharing your feedback. For more details on the fixes in Hotfix #17, please read on!

If you do have any bugs to report, please continue to reach out to our support team[larian.com].

Thank you for playing Baldur’s Gate 3.

PERFORMANCE AND CODE

• [Fixed] Black and colourful visual artefacts sometimes appearing for 1 frame on PS5 when switching scenes or opening and closing UI windows.
  
• [Fix Submitted] Error 544
  
  We have increased the compression of savegames, which should fix several issues caused by large savegame files, including some instances of the Error 544 message. We have also reduced the size of save files by removing summons that don't exist in the game anymore.
  
  
• Guarded against crashes caused when certain character resources (Actions, Bonus Actions, Superiority Dice, etc.) were added and later removed by a mod or cheat engine.

GAMEPLAY AND COMBAT

• [Fixed] In Honour Mode, the aura of Cazador's Potent Mist Form now properly dissipates after he's no longer in Mist Form. Sorry!
  
• [Fixed] The camera sometimes zooming in while jumping or casting projectile spells.
  
• [Fixed] The ability to walk through open doors when you click beyond them from far away.
  
• [Fixed] Thieves' Tools in the camp chest or inventory of a companion who is waiting at camp not being accessible when lockpicking.

UI

• [Fixed] Safeguard Shield's Saving Throw modifier is now correctly reflected on the Character Sheet.

FLOW AND SCRIPTING

• [Fixed] Gale will no longer permanently leave the party if you don't offer him any magic items while talking to him – unless you're abundantly clear that you don't plan on ever doing so.
  
  This is a temporary bug fix that aims to avoid Gale immediately leaving the party when players are unable to hand over an item. In Hotfix #16, we began the process of updating a player’s ability to access certain quest-related items, even if they were in the camp chest, or in the inventory of a companion waiting at camp.
  
  However, the UI through which items can be donated to Gale has not yet been updated, which meant that the dialogue could be triggered if the items were available elsewhere, but would not show in the UI to be donated. This risked placing players in a situation where Gale expected an item from them, and they were unable to provide one.
  
  With this initial fix, closing the UI or using any line other than “I’m not giving you anything. Not now, not ever” will prevent Gale from immediately abandoning your party, until the UI logic has been updated.
  
  If you’re keen to give Gale the boot, and don’t have an actual shoe to share in your inventory, selecting “I’m not giving you anything. Not now, not ever”, will still cause Gale to leave your party, permanently!
  
  
• [Fixed] characters getting stuck 'in a story event', preventing you from controlling them, after getting killed in the fight with Grym.