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    1.06 Hotfix Live on Steam

    in Pillars of Eternity: Announcements & News

    Posted

    You will notice an updated Windows and OSX build. This has two changes:

     

    • Win Build - A minor change to a DLL so it would have proper signing. This shouldn't affect anything on your end. Just a housekeeping measure.
    • OSX Build - A change was made to fix crashes that some people were getting on Macs with certain Retina displays. Please let us know if you are still seeing these OSX crashes on startup.

     

    Thanks for your patience.

    1.06 Hotfix Live on Steam

    in Pillars of Eternity: Announcements & News

    Posted

     

    BAdler, are there any plans to rebalance Druids' spiritshift in order for it to be mechanically viable throughout the whole game?

     

    In my current playthrough, when Hiravias spiritshifts to the Autumn Stelgaer he's accuracy and damage are below what he has in his orlan form and he's just level 5. For a mighty soul-devouring beast, the Autumn Stelgaer ain't that terrifying (which is a shame, 'cause it looks pretty rad) :p

     

     

    I am not sure about a spiritform rebalance. I will have to ask Josh next week.

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    [1.06] Minor sound bug

    in Patch Beta Bugs and Support

    Posted

    Hey, everyone. I am having QA do more investigation to see if we need to hotfix. A bar for a hotfix is pretty high, but if this bug is significant enough we may do one. I will let you guys know when we have decided.

     

    Thanks for the reports.

     

    After having QA investigate further we have decided to hotfix the problem. Programmers are working on the issue right now.

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    Update #98: The Bard's Tale IV and Update 1.06

    in Pillars of Eternity: Announcements & News

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    I also have a special modding tool that some folks have been working on that should help make community localizations easier.

     

    Speaking of which, Eric's been deafeningly silent of late. Do you know whether any typos have been fixed in 1.06?

     

     

    Not sure. I don't think there were typos fixed for 1.06. Text changes don't get tracked the same way as file changes.

     

    I can ask him, though.

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    Update #98: The Bard's Tale IV and Update 1.06

    in Pillars of Eternity: Announcements & News

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    Update by Brandon Adler, Lead Producer

     

    Hello, everyone. I have two exciting bits of news for you today. Our new update is now live and our friends at inXile just released a Kickstarter for a new Bard's Tale!

     

    So we don't leave you all in the cold on the Pillars of Eternity expansion, we just might (wink, wink... nudge, nudge) have some stuff to talk about after E3 (week of June 22nd) and we'll also have some really cool news to talk about with Update 1.07.

     

    Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter

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    If you are like us, you probably spent an unhealthy amount of your childhood playing The Bard's Tale. It was a seminal title in the dungeon crawler, cRPG genre and shaped many games that came later.

     

    Well, inXile is helping to bring the party-based dungeon crawler back to the forefront. In their new The Bard's Tale Kickstarter, inXile is creating a mix of that old dungeon crawler feel with newer innovations in the genre.

     

    Their phase-based combat allows players to constantly react to each action's result, leading to very dynamic gameplay. Players can also input commands as quickly as they like, while not having to wait on character animations to finish. This allows players to play the game at their own pace.

     

    If you have a single-player, party-based, dungeon crawling, cRPG itch that needs to be scratched, join inXile by backing the project's Kickstarter now.

     

    Update 1.06

    Update 1.06 is up on Steam and will be released on GOG and Origin shortly. This update contains lots of great fixes and some cool paladin balance changes. It also contains two major fixes that Unity just released:

    • Fixed a crash that some people were experiencing on startup. This had to do with Unity attempting to load a corrupted font.
    • Fixed severe slowdowns when streaming in assets if the user had specific network adaptors or was running programs like Hamachi.

    Take a look below for all the details:

     

    Balance

    • Blacsonn was modified to have a focus gain multiplier (+20%) instead of a flat gain.
    • Added the Flanking and Engagement entries to the Glossary. Also updated the Flanked entry to link to Flanking and Engagement.
    • Minoletta's Concussive Missiles AoE is now set to foe only.
    • Lay on Hands increased from 1/Encounter to 2/Encounter. Base healing value was increased from 20 per tick to 25 per tick and Greater Lay on Hands increased from +7 to +12.
    • Flames of Devotion was given a +20 Accuracy bonus.
    • Spell Holding: Blessing Accuracy bonus reduced from +10 to +5.
    • All Zealous auras set to the same size. This decreased the size of Charge, but increased the sized of Focus and Endurance.
    • Bonus Graze to Hit rate added to Zealous Focus.
    • Bonus Hit to Graze rate added to Zealous Endurance.
    • Sworn Enemy will no longer call a hit reaction when applied.
    • Endurance reduction on the end of Reviving Exhortation was reduced.
    • Suppress Affliction base duration lowered from 15 seconds to 10 seconds.
    • All Exhortations are now set to recover immediately.
    • Reinforcing Exhortation now grants +25 deflection instead of +15.
    • Hastening Exhortation lowered to 9th level (was 11th).

    Items, Spells, Abilities

    • Arcane Assault and Flagellant's Path have received animation polish.

    Quests and Companions

    • Fixed an issue where a door in the Stronghold's Great Hall could become locked after the Steward unlocked it. This is a retroactive fix that should fix a saved game on load.
    • Fix for Against the Grain where you were able to convince Trumbel after convincing Sweynur. Players in broken states can speak with Trumbel to complete the quest.
    • Entering Lle a Rhemen will now force an update to The Bronze Beneath the Lake to the proper step if it's somehow been reverted to an earlier stage, allowing the Engwithan weapon container to appear.
    • Fix for cases where hurting a Crucible Knight during the Forge Knight attack on Crucible Keep would cause Lady Webb to assume you had burned the bridges with the knights' faction, thus forcing the invite to the hearings to come from Dunryd Row. This fix is also retroactive for cases where Lady Webb still waits to hear your word about getting an invite - head over Hadret House and speak with Webb to continue with the Crucible Knight's support as intended in your playthrough.
    • Attacking any main faction after acquiring their invite will now properly result in a quest update that asks you to talk to Webb about getting an invite in some other fashion (Dunryd Row support).

    UI

    • Added the correct icons for items that were displaying an incorrect icon.
    • Fixed a minor issue with Scripted Interaction images not animating correctly at times.
    • When dragging items in the inventory, you can now see their stack counts.
    • UI fix made for some localizations that were seeing text flow over their button's bounds.
    • Highlight shader will now properly render behind objects in the scene.
    • Added notifications on skill level up that lets users know that skill points may be saved for subsequent levels.
    • Spell bars now clear out correctly when users switch party members with hotkeys.
    • Fixed a bug where the second line of an object could get covered by newly gained objectives.
    • Fixed a UI issue where icons on an expanded spell bar could show blue or gold glows behind them.
    • Added notification when a player attempts to target a spell or attack when Paralyzed or Stunned.
    • Reordered spells and abilities on the character sheet UI. This was a fix to abilities being displayed under the spells category.
    • Fixed a bug where placeholder icons might appear in combat tooltips.
    • Suppressed effects on the party portrait icons now show their effects with a "suppressed" qualifier on tooltip.
    • Added a "per X sec" clause to beam spell descriptions to indicate how often they hit.
    • Transition icons will now revert to their non-glowing state if you attempt to transition, but click away before completing the transition.
    • Stronghold upgrade "purchase" buttons are now greyed out when another upgrade is already in progress.

    General Fixes

    • Fixed a crash that some people were experiencing on startup. This had to do with Unity attempting to load a corrupted font.
    • Fixed slowdowns that could be caused by certain network adaptors or programs like Hamachi.
    • Fixed a problem where interacting with the ability bar in certain ways could disable mouse input.
    • Fixed an issue where SFX were not playing properly on containers.
    • Fixed a bug where Deceptive disposition was gaining ranks too quickly.
    • Wolves now have an ambient animation for knocked-down state.
    • Fixed an issue where grimoires were getting corrupted when sending a wizard to the Stronghold.
    • Fixed Commander Clyver's barkstrings to be hostile if the Keep is hostile.
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    Update #97: Pillars of Eternity Card Game: Lords of the Eastern Reach

    in Pillars of Eternity: Announcements & News

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    Update by Brandon Adler, Lead Producer

     

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    Hello, backers. Obsidian has some very exciting news! Today marks the first day of a brand new Kickstarter for the Pillars of Eternity card game, Lords of the Eastern Reach.

     

    Lords of the Eastern Reach is a strategic card game of adventure and empire building based on Pillars of Eternity. You must protect and build a city. Hire heroes and troops for defense or to delve into dangerous dungeons for loot and glory. Build towers, blacksmiths and other buildings to gain the advantage and go for the win.

     

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    The game is designed for 2-4 players and takes about 20-30 minutes per player. This gives the game a substantial feel while still being able to fit a game in on a work night.

     

    Turns are very interactive, with players being able to perform actions like building and hiring on other players' turns. No more sitting around waiting for your turn to come up!

     

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    The original video game development team was actively involved in its development.

     

    The design of the card game was done by game industry veteran Chris Taylor (Lead Designer, Fallout) while much of the game's development was done by Obsidian's own Scott Everts and John Lewis.

     

    Lords of the Eastern Reach also features artwork created by Pillars of Eternity artists such as John Lewis, Kaz Aruga, Polina Hristova and more.

     

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    If you are interested check out the video above where Feargus Urquhart and Chris Taylor go into the basics of the card game and talk about the Lords of the Eastern Reach Kickstarter in more detail.

     

    If you would like to back and get your hands on your own copy, head over to the game's Kickstarter page and donate.

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    1.06 Patch

    in Patch Beta Bugs and Support

    Posted

    Is official 32-bit support/fixes still being worked on, or is it not going to happen?

     

    We have tried a few different things in previous patches, but if you are still running into 32-bit crash bugs there may not be much more that we can do right now.

     

    We are still looking into things, but there are no easy wins at this point.

    1.06 Patch

    in Patch Beta Bugs and Support

    Posted

    Hello. I have a question about the visuals I posted in this thread

     

    http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/79513-low-quality-textures-in-game/

     

    Was it intended that some textures are high res in game and in the level up screen like:

     

     

     

     

    But then others look pretty bad compared to the level up  screen like

     

     

     

     

    I posted a few more examples in that topic. Is this only on my end or for everyone?

     

    This is intended. We use different resolution textures depending on minimum/maximum zoom level of the camera. Textures in paper doll need to be higher because the zoom level is increased.

    1.06 Patch

    in Patch Beta Bugs and Support

    Posted

    Although I appreciate the update, several issues that affect gameplay haven't been addressed...

     

     

    ... in addition to UI & visual issues...

     

     

    Just a heads-up for the QA team.

     

    Thanks for rounding those up. We are working on 'em. Only so many hands on deck.

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    1.06 Patch

    in Patch Beta Bugs and Support

    Posted

    EDIT: I just moved the 1.06 patch (Build 586) live on Steam.

     

    We are looking to put the 1.06 patch beta up later today. We are just doing some basic tests to make sure it doesn't explode your machines.

     

    If you would like to see what is in store for this next patch check out the blog post.

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    Update #96: The Road to Eternity

    in Pillars of Eternity: Announcements & News

    Posted

     

    Just to repeat what I said on the KS Update:

     

    Just finished the documentary. I really enjoyed it, it was great to see some of your processes and thoughts throughout. I wish it was maybe 30-45 minutes longer, taking a look at more of the issues you had nearing release / after release. Maybe a bit of a post mortem of the game following its release, what _you_ felt was good & bad.
    Regardless I think it was worth the wait, and 85 minutes well spent.

     

     

    Unfortunately, the documentary was already running a bit long. There was so much to try to get across in a short amount of time. Maybe some day we can do an extended cut with additional footage. That would be cool.

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