Beta 8_2 has been released.

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Beta 8_2 has been released. Feb 25, 2009 19:24:20 GMT -5

Post by DEV Jlf2n on Feb 25, 2009 19:24:20 GMT -5

Beta 8_2 News

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the files.

Baldur's Gate Southeast Gate District has been cut from a 20x16 area to a 16x16. Hopefully that will be the end of our crashes.

The player Scry Widget has been added but we will test it for a few days first. Once we decide to release it though no further downloads from the players will be needed.

The Bulletin Board has been fixed, as well as campfires, AFK and a few other things.

thanks

Beta 8 and 8_1 News

- This update brings a ton of material. Some of the things you'll find inside...

- All of the quests rewards have been upped. In some cases the reward has been doubled.

- The buyback amount for an item in a shop has been increased in a few of the stores.

- Familiars no longer take a portion of the xp.

- The TLK card game has been added to every Tavern.

- All indoor shrines are now usable.

- New Custom Loading Screens

- Completely reworked surface monsters from CR 0 to 23. This will hopefully allow for a smoother transition from area to area and CR to CR.

- New monsters like Stone Giants, Mountain Ogres, and Mouthers.

- Respawning traps

- Script fixes on numerous issues, some of which are already in play.

- Further fixes to the Underdark walkmesh issues.

- Deep gnomes will no longer receive the feat slippery defense. (+4 dodge AC). As a result, they will now be ECL 2 and have an easier time levelling. If you still have Slippery Defense, it may come out in the next patch.

2 new Underdark areas.

- North of the Tarpits
- South of the Tarpits

14 new areas have been added to the surface.

- Fields of the Dead North
- Troll Claws South & Cave
- Troll Claw Ford and Cave
- Troll Claws North
- The Troll Hills
- Cloakwood Mines level 4.
- Durlag's Tower and 3 Dungeon levels
- High Hedge Estate
- The Crystal Frost Castle Interior
- Mount Speartop
- Temple of Bane Interior

A few other things of note...

Durlags Tower is set up for a group. You'll have trouble if you go there alone. There is a ton of traps scattered throughout the place. Yo prevent rouges and other sneak classes from soloing there is no HiPs or Stealth allowed in the 3 interior areas. The creatures all have a very high spot. So find a warrior, and a rouge, and maybe someone to raise the dead.. ;D

and

Business has been good for ol Maltz. He's on the up and up!

Last Edit: Feb 28, 2009 11:23:16 GMT -5 by DEV Jlf2n

In all our years of wandering,[br]We never use up the splendid store.[br]At each wonder and marvel pondering,[br]As Faerûn proudly presents us with more.[br][br]- Revendar the Far-Traveled,[br]“ Rhyme of the Road,”[br] Year of the Serpent

draelith New Member Posts: 7	Beta 8_2 has been released. Feb 25, 2009 19:57:48 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by draelith on Feb 25, 2009 19:57:48 GMT -5 Downloaded the new HAK bundle from the link, but it contains: BG_builder_v1.hak BG_item_v1.hak BG_misc_v1.hak BG_tools_v1.hak The new BG_tools_v10.hak is requesting: BG_misc_v2.hak BG_item_v2.hak
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Beta 8_2 has been released. Feb 25, 2009 20:02:40 GMT -5

Post by DEV Jlf2n on Feb 25, 2009 20:02:40 GMT -5

Feb 25, 2009 19:57:48 GMT -5 draelith said:

Downloaded the new HAK bundle from the link, but it contains:

BG_builder_v1.hak
BG_item_v1.hak
BG_misc_v1.hak
BG_tools_v1.hak

The new BG_tools_v10.hak is requesting:

BG_misc_v2.hak
BG_item_v2.hak

yeah Im not sure how that happend but somehow I uploaded an old Hak folder. It will be fixed in 20 minutes or less.

In all our years of wandering,[br]We never use up the splendid store.[br]At each wonder and marvel pondering,[br]As Faerûn proudly presents us with more.[br][br]- Revendar the Far-Traveled,[br]“ Rhyme of the Road,”[br] Year of the Serpent

draelith New Member Posts: 7	Beta 8_2 has been released. Feb 25, 2009 20:04:17 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by draelith on Feb 25, 2009 20:04:17 GMT -5 Awesome, thanks!

DEV Jlf2n Administrator Founder / Director Posts: 1,653	Beta 8_2 has been released. Feb 25, 2009 20:05:30 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by DEV Jlf2n on Feb 25, 2009 20:05:30 GMT -5 Feb 25, 2009 20:04:17 GMT -5 draelith said: Awesome, thanks! Ok it's fixed. Try downloading the haks now. Sorry about that.
	In all our years of wandering,[br]We never use up the splendid store.[br]At each wonder and marvel pondering,[br]As Faerûn proudly presents us with more.[br][br]- Revendar the Far-Traveled,[br]“ Rhyme of the Road,”[br] Year of the Serpent

DEV Jlf2n Administrator Founder / Director Posts: 1,653	Beta 8_2 has been released. Feb 25, 2009 20:23:10 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by DEV Jlf2n on Feb 25, 2009 20:23:10 GMT -5 Ok it seems Megaupload is getting it jumbled up. Ive uploaded it 3 times and it still converts back to an older upload. I'll do a upload to FileFront real quick.
	In all our years of wandering,[br]We never use up the splendid store.[br]At each wonder and marvel pondering,[br]As Faerûn proudly presents us with more.[br][br]- Revendar the Far-Traveled,[br]“ Rhyme of the Road,”[br] Year of the Serpent

DEV Jlf2n Administrator Founder / Director Posts: 1,653	Beta 8_2 has been released. Feb 25, 2009 20:34:46 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by DEV Jlf2n on Feb 25, 2009 20:34:46 GMT -5 Ok finally fixed.
	In all our years of wandering,[br]We never use up the splendid store.[br]At each wonder and marvel pondering,[br]As Faerûn proudly presents us with more.[br][br]- Revendar the Far-Traveled,[br]“ Rhyme of the Road,”[br] Year of the Serpent

tonyagen New Member Posts: 3	Beta 8_2 has been released. Feb 25, 2009 20:44:38 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tonyagen on Feb 25, 2009 20:44:38 GMT -5 I thought I was going crazy there for a second... Oh o to late. Thanks for the fix and the info

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Beta 8_2 has been released. Feb 26, 2009 18:27:24 GMT -5

Post by DEV Jlf2n on Feb 26, 2009 18:27:24 GMT -5

Ok Baldur's Gate South East Gate District is still CTD'ing me whenever I zone in and out. Look for Beta 8_2 soon. Hopefully it will stop the crashes completely. I have cut the area down to a 16x16. Usually when I do that an area becomes solid. I hated to do it but the area cut probably won't be missed by anyone.

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Zealote Sage of Candlekeep Retired DM Long white hair...O_O! Posts: 2,286	Beta 8_2 has been released. Feb 26, 2009 18:30:41 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Zealote on Feb 26, 2009 18:30:41 GMT -5 Dont cut it too much man, the city's alleys and corners are still good for events, those that makes you walk around town and check everything.
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Beta 8_2 has been released. Feb 26, 2009 19:04:35 GMT -5

Post by DEV Jlf2n on Feb 26, 2009 19:04:35 GMT -5

Yeah Ad its on my list for sure. How about south sshamath? Does it do ok? And Zeal Im only cutting away the south section down by the Temple of Tyr. I hate to do it but the CTD's have got to go. Other than that one area I am completely crash free.

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Beta 8_2 has been released. Feb 26, 2009 19:57:31 GMT -5

Post by deserk on Feb 26, 2009 19:57:31 GMT -5

Feb 26, 2009 19:04:35 GMT -5 DEV Jlf2n said:

Yeah Ad its on my list for sure. How about south sshamath? Does it do ok? And Zeal Im only cutting away the south section down by the Temple of Tyr. I hate to do it but the CTD's have got to go. Other than that one area I am completely crash free.

South Sshamath has a much less precent chance of crashing than Northern Sshamath, from my experience.

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Beta 8_2 has been released. Feb 26, 2009 20:31:27 GMT -5

Post by Zealote on Feb 26, 2009 20:31:27 GMT -5

Feb 26, 2009 19:04:35 GMT -5 DEV Jlf2n said:

Yeah Ad its on my list for sure. How about south sshamath? Does it do ok? And Zeal Im only cutting away the south section down by the Temple of Tyr. I hate to do it but the CTD's have got to go. Other than that one area I am completely crash free.

I remember some crash issues in events if the mobs were spawned too close to the transition. Since the transition in and out of BG is pretty close to the NPCs (Guarding Fists and Walking Fists, as well as Citizens) maybe this is one of the reasons why it crashes sometimes. Maybe making the transition a bit more distant from the NPCs could help a bit.
I mean, when you transition to the city and another player is already there, it means the NPCs are there moving, close to the transition right?
My point is, the Palace District is a big area, but has no crashing issues for me at least. Maybe its because there are no NPCs wandering around the transition, like the Gate.

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meldor Senior Member QC Team Posts: 369	Beta 8_2 has been released. Feb 26, 2009 22:14:01 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by meldor on Feb 26, 2009 22:14:01 GMT -5 South Sshamath isn't as bad as the north part but I do crash there also like I was in BG once every 3-4 times. I wouldn't mind seeing Sshamath in 4 divisions instead of two..
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