Baldur's Gate 3: Patch Notes (July 2022)

Larian Studios has done an amazing job with Baldur's Gate 3. Even though the game is still in Early Access, it's a great preview of what's to come when the full game releases. The game being in Early Access helps developers learn about bugs and deal with issues much faster than normal, as players let them know about issues they've encountered.

July 7 (2022) Patch Notes

Patch 8 has been released for Baldur's Gate 3. The patch adds the new Bard class, playable gnomes, lots of UI updates, character customization, and more. This is probably the biggest patch for Baldur's Gate 3 to date; The main changes are below. However, you can read minor fixes on the Larians forums.

STRONG POINTS

Bard class with College of Lore and College of Valor subclasses.
Musical instruments, usable by any class with the Interpreter feat at level 4.
Playable Gnomes with three sub-races: Rock Gnomes, Forest Gnomes, and Deep Gnomes. Gnomes start with Gnome Cunning and +2 Intelligence. Added gnome responsiveness to dialogue and situations.
Ranged critical hits now have battle cameras!
Baldur's Gate 3 is now playable in Brazilian Portuguese – vamo nessa!
New spells: Calm Emotions, Enthral, Heroism, Phantasmal Force, and Vicious Mockery. Bards, try Cutting Words, Song of Rest, and a new tadpole power.
A new hair shading model, improved hairstyles, and all 66 hairstyles are now available for all races and body types.*
Added strands of hair.
Gray hair added.
Swarm AI, which groups minor creatures together so they move at the same time and take quick turns to attack. Fighting many enemies should now feel smoother and faster.*
Thieves can access expertise at level 1.*
Use a shovel to dig up treasures and secrets throughout Act 1.
Sustained emotion acting in cutscenes. New facial animations allow characters to continue to emote realistically as you make decisions in dialogue.
Cinematic play for the background characters, who now react to the drama unfolding in the dialogues.
Elves are now a unique animated race.
Detect reworked thoughts – launch them from dialogs!
Committing crimes now triggers a new type of cinematic dialogue.
Sunlight through clouds has a greater effect on shadows and lighting, and gameplay now more closely aligns with light and dark areas of the game.
Revamped lighting in Act 1.
Implemented sound occlusion to simulate the behavior of sounds from other rooms and behind doors.
Hearing attenuation introduced. Dynamic audio mixing features enhance immersion by focusing on your actions and picking out the most important elements of the soundscape.
Added 10 new skin colors to character creation.
Updated Gale's face and hair.
Passive class features displayed in character sheet.*
Redesign of the movement bar.
Implemented the first phase of our networking improvements: Players with slower and less reliable internet connections should see stability and lag improvements in multiplayer.
Implemented Nvidia DLAA support as an anti-aliasing alternative.
Extensive UI updates.
Low-spec PCs no longer become unresponsive and fail to load assets when loading save files.
You can now cast Mage Hand with an active summoned pet.*
Short Rest can now heal Ranger companions and pets.
Creatures summoned with Ranger's Companion and Find Familiar now stay with the party after a long rest.*

Changes and fixes

Crashes, freezes and blockers

Can now Long Rest at Camp if a companion is dead.
Fixed a crash when unwanted clicking on the "Go to Camp" button and trade window.
Fixed a crash when choosing "do nothing" about Astarion holding the blade to your throat.
Fixed a crash when preparing the Throw action and hovering the cursor over the rejected summon.
Fixed a crash when dying summons containing Focus.
Fixed a crash when consuming Aunt Ethel's potion.
Fixed a crash when opening a spell container from a hotbar filter after deleting that spell from the main hotbar.
Fixed black screen triggered after committing a crime and telling Zevlor you'd like to celebrate at camp.
Fixed character getting stuck if pushed while sleeping.
Fixed launcher entering offline mode.
Fixed a crash related to inventory UI.
Fixed a crash related to opening multiple exam windows and closing one.
Fixed a crash related to FSR and Ultra Quality graphics settings.
Fixed a crash related to sending weapons in the same filter slots to other characters.
Fixed a bug related to Us at Crash Site control.
Fixed a bug preventing you from starting dialogs.

Multiplayer

Fixed stuck loading screen after logging out.
Fixed a crash when selecting characters.
Fixed a crash when starting in the lobby.
Fixed an issue preventing clients from rejoining the session after a crash.*
Fixed crash and black screen caused by Long Rest.
Fixed crash when changing companion during dialogue.
Fixed Direct Connections checkbox being deselected due to NatPunch error.
You will no longer be stuck in the lobby if you join the host via an invite before you have created a profile and your game folder is in Documents.

user interface

The sources of advantages or disadvantages applied by spells are now clearly indicated in the target information.
Summons and followers can now use consumables from other characters' inventories.
Added feedback when characters heal.
Equipped items now unequip on double-clicking.
Added different portrait border colors for friendly and neutral characters in the turn order UI.
The UI now indicates when you are in turn-based mode.
Audio options are now properly reset to default.
Can now cut, copy and paste into password fields.
The save version number is now visible in the load menu.
Temporary hit points now visible in Party Line.
Invulnerable entities and characters no longer display -1/1 HP.
The Sort by Newest in Inventory option no longer prioritizes older items.
Drag-and-drop enhanced comments.
The barter window now displays the correct value when dragging items.
Inventory slots now update correctly when dragging stacked items from the barter window.
Improved readability of text indicating number of stacked items.
Fixed inventory size when switching tabs in group view.
The Show Party Inventory filter no longer stacks items.
Distant NPC dialogues no longer appear on the UI and combat log.*
Fixed T-pose issues with the trade window.
The combat log now shows all sources of modifiers.
In multiplayer, skipping the throwing animation in active throws and dialogue checks now displays the final amount plus added bonuses.
The quests tab is now called "Quest Log".
Targets that cannot be targeted are no longer highlighted when targeted.
Fixed FSR graphics causing item highlights to shift on mouseover.
The downed state is displayed on your portrait in real-time mode.
Cannot combine anvils and workbenches.
Selecting group toggle mode while summoning no longer indicates that the group is too far apart.
Switchable passives are now in the Character Stats tab.
Selecting the party member's portrait now correctly highlights it.
Fixed vibrating shiny elements in the exam window.
Successfully combining items no longer closes important popups.
The speech bubble cursor no longer has an unnecessary red cross.
Improved feedback and functionality when pressing Esc with multiple panels and windows open.
Releasing a mouse click on a portrait no longer selects that character.
Removed the "Send to Camp" option for items already in Camp.
Can now target enemies behind the target info UI.
Damage and damage type now display correctly in target info if you soak your weapon.
Fixed clipping modifiers in target info.
Fixed truncated text in Inspired notification.
Open windows and panels now close if the tutorial popup appears.
Fixed text boxes not detecting certain keys.
The F keyboard shortcut is no longer assigned to two commands.
Cursor icon now changes to text boxes.
Fixed clipping filter panel in group view when you have four characters.
Removed the Level Up button from combat.
Temporary Hitpoints UI now disappears after they are depleted.
Added loading screen hints to Darkvision.

Shortcut bar

Updated shortcut bar art.
Updated End Turn and Flee buttons.
Rest actions grouped in a new menu.
Restyled Bonus HP indicator.
Movement bar restyled to be circular and indicate movement cost.
Added a button that takes you to the character whose turn it is to fight.
Added a purple dot to hotbar weapon slots to denote active status.
Fixed resource bar not adjusting properly.
Updated Weapon Actions and Upcast drawers.
The assured passive features of summoned creatures now appear on their hotbars.
Fixed weapon actions disappearing from filter views when removed from hotbar.
The Equipped Weapon filter no longer displays duplicates.
Fixed items not appearing correctly when playing as a Druid in Savage Form.
Fixed alignment for weapon slots.
Fixed positioning of conditions when there are more than three.
You can now properly cast spells using spell containers that open through hotbar filters.
Fixed shortcut bar filter issues.
Fixed visual animation jitter for class and item access bar drawers.

Tooltips

Average damage range in weapon tooltips now includes damage applied by plunging weapons into damaging surfaces.
Ranged attacks and spells with a range of less than 2m are now shown as being in melee range.
Improved presentation of information by tooltips.
Tooltips now update to reflect weapon damage values.
Tooltips now correctly indicate when applicable that the Attack of Opportunity will not be provoked.
Tooltips now clearly indicate which actions or spells are unlocked by certain items.
Weapon tooltips now update to add and remove conditions when opened.
Fixed tooltips not showing if similar tooltips were already pinned.
Fixed flashing tooltips when unpinned.
Updated bomb and acid flask effect descriptions.
Added artwork for Beastmaster's Chain.
In-world tooltips no longer display for uninteractable objects.
Added a tooltip property that indicates the area of effect of certain spells.
Spell scroll tooltips now indicate when you can't cast them due to a blocked cast.
Fixed incorrect descriptions of tooltips and weapon mastery properties.
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