A new, small update for Baldur’s Gate 3 arrived early this afternoon. It brings its small batch of requested fixes and changes.
Baldur’s Gate 3 borders on perfection. Critics and players are unanimous, Larian Studios has once again delivered a real juggernaut. Its storytelling, gameplay and freedom make it one of the best RPGs of recent years. However, a few shadows tarnish this beautiful picture. Two months after its launch, the game is still lacking on the technical side, with some persistent performance issues and a slew of bugs added with the last big update. Before the next major patch, the Belgian studio is working to correct what it can with small updates. A new one has just been released.
New patch for Baldur’s Gate 3
A ninth Baldur’s Gate 3 hotfix is available since this Friday, October 6 afternoon. A small update of around a hundred MB (on Steam) which directly addresses a few bugs, problems of all kinds and the crashes which are still plaguing the game, particularly on PS5. On console, Larian, for example, corrected a problem with split screen which caused a black screen when a player listened to a dialogue from his friend, as well as a crash linked to Vulkan. Also gone are the most intimate censored scenes. Nudity concerns have been fixed and lovers will finally take off their underwear if that’s what you wanted.
This little update is also and above all accompanied by two new features directly linked to the Magic Mirror, available since the last major update. For the record, the much-requested object allows you to change the appearance of your character in the middle of the game, at any time since the camp. Only so-called Original Characters (Shadowheart, Karlach, Wyll, etc.) are not eligible. At the request of players, it is now possible to also change the look of the Servants, these random characters which can be purchased from dear Blight.
They will, however, be subject to the same restrictions as your hero, namely that only the race and sub-race and the body type of the mercenary cannot be changed. Another change brought by this Baldur’s Gate 3 hotfix: the possibility of changing one’s name from the Magic Mirror. For bigger new features like photo mode or the famous stability improvements, you will have to wait a little longer.
Baldur’s Gate 3 hotfix #9 patch notes
Changes
- You can now use the Magic Mirror on Mercenaries.
- You can now change your name using the magic mirror.
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when loading a save or fast loading a game.
- Fixed an issue causing GPU crashes on PS5 due to Vulkan.
- Fixed the Guardian Statue repeatedly falling into a chasm, causing the server to crash.
- Fixed a split-screen issue on the PS5 version of Baldur’s Gate 3 that could cause a black screen when listening to dialogue.
- Fixed unprepared spells not removing their buffs if the spell was cast.
- Fixed buffs removed by spells without preparation if they came from a different source (a scroll for example).
- Fixed some character positions and animations breaking if you skip lines in certain dialogues.
- Fixed previews not working correctly in Accessibility Options.
- Fixed an issue causing romance with Minthara to trigger undesired.
- Fixed Minthara’s dialogue not triggering correctly when talking to her.
- Fixed Adamantium armor sometimes making your legs transparent.
- Fixed a geometry bug with Vulkan introduced in hotfix 8.
- Fixed characters appearing in underwear in some intimate scenes, even if nudity is enabled.
- Fixed Fake Death skill causing an infinite combat loop in certain circumstances.
- Fixed prices in dialogs not displaying correctly.