Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix 34 Adds Native Steam Deck Build, Reduces Framerate Spikes in Busy Areas Such as the Lower City in Act 3 Across All Platforms

Larian whitethorn beryllium done with large updates to its blockbuster role-playing crippled Baldur’s Gate 3, but it’s inactive releasing hotfixes. The latest, Hotfix #34, is simply a juicy one. It adds a autochthonal Steam Deck physique and should trim framerate spikes successful engaged areas specified arsenic the Lower City successful Act 3 crossed each platforms.

Baldur's Gate 3 Act 3 is infamous for its show issues. Indeed it was 1 of the tougher areas to navigate, particularly successful the months aft the crippled launched and earlier Larian issued assorted updates, chiefly owed to the sheer fig of NPCs who mill astir on-screen and everything the crippled has to see arsenic a result.

In a station connected Steam, Larian said the autochthonal Steam Deck physique means Baldur’s Gate 3 has a much unchangeable framerate, little loading times, and smoother gameplay connected Valve’s handheld. But the enactment done for this physique benefits each players by improving the mode the game's models are streamed crossed each platforms.

Meanwhile, Hotfix #34 addresses “some alternatively annoying” instances of crashing connected Xbox, Larian said. And arsenic is Larian’s way, it sprinkled the spot notes, below, with immoderate trademark flair. For example:

• Fixed the audio levels for a rat successful the Lower City that you, tragically, couldn't perceive squeak erstwhile it squoke.
• Reminded Halsin to really outcry erstwhile helium gains barbarian Rage alternatively of silently miming it.
• Told 1 of the imps connected the nautiloid to halt looking successful the incorrect direction.

Baldur’s Gate 3 celebrated its two-year day past month, with Larian brag Swen Vincke discussing however its tremendous occurrence paved the mode for the workplace to enactment connected its hotly-anticipated adjacent game.

The Dungeons & Dragons RPG was a breakout deed successful 2023, dominating online speech and mounting income records. Its chaotic occurrence was a game-changer for Larian, and the rubric has continued to execute powerfully successful the 2 years since launch, with mods helping to substance seemingly never-ending involvement successful the RPG, particularly connected Steam.

The developer shocked the video crippled satellite erstwhile it announced plans to marque marque caller games extracurricular the Dungeons & Dragons universe, alternatively than travel Baldur’s Gate 3 with DLC oregon a sequel. It is present hard astatine enactment realizing that vision.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix #34 spot notes:

FIXES

Crashes and Performance

• Fixed a imaginable clang related to the Slow information during combat.
• Fixed a imaginable clang related to utilizing the Find Familiar spell connected Scratch and Boo during combat.

Xbox

• Fixed a clang that could hap erstwhile suspending and past resuming the crippled mid-cinematic.
• Fixed a clang erstwhile loading a prevention portion playing an Honour Mode game.
• Fixed an contented that could origin the crippled to bent and go unresponsive erstwhile exiting to the Main Menu from an Honour Mode game.
• Selecting View Xbox Live Profile via the Larian Friends database volition present correctly amusement the user's gamercard.
• Fixed a Cross-Play contented where, if 1 subordinate had their cross-network privileges blocked connected Xbox and was past invited to a multiplayer league by a friend, they wouldn't get notified of the struggle successful their settings telling them wherefore they couldn't proceed to the lobby.
• Fixed a bug wherever creating a caller crippled successful Honour Mode aft having loaded a erstwhile savegame would origin the crippled to get stuck astatine 33% oregon 83% loading.

Gameplay

• Fixed the Hound of Ill Omen and the Accursed Spectre's HP being affected by trouble modifiers for force characters.
• Fixed a bug causing the Apostle of Myrkul to regain Hit Points each clip you load a savegame mid-combat successful Tactician and Honour Mode.

Audio

• Fixed a bug causing the sounds that djinn summons marque erstwhile they travel you to loop continuously, creating an uncharacteristic metallic thrum.
• When you're connected the crushed level of Felogyr's Fireworks, the smokepowder explosions going disconnected connected the level supra volition nary longer dependable similar they're happening close adjacent to you.
• Fixed the audio levels for a rat successful the Lower City that you, tragically, couldn't perceive squeak erstwhile it squoke.
• Fixed missing SFX erstwhile preparing to formed Wind Walk.
• Fixed an contented causing the SFX to play longer than they should erstwhile preparing to formed the Way of the Drunken Master's subclass-specific actions.
• Fixed missing SFX erstwhile preparing to formed Booming Blade.
• Fixed the SFX for preparing a Starry Form continuing to play if you formed the spell rapidly aft selecting it.
• Fixed missing SFX erstwhile Astarion taps Woe connected the crushed during a cinematic.
• Fixed missing SFX successful the overhead dialog betwixt Minthara and the questioners successful Moonrise Towers Prison.
• Fixed a dependable assets for Photo Mode not being generated correctly.
• Fixed the rattling Moonlantern SFX continuing to play aft you unequip it.
• Recovered immoderate missing SFX erstwhile casting Speak with Dead connected the caput flayer successful the Shattered Sanctum.
• Reminded Halsin to really outcry erstwhile helium gains barbarian Rage alternatively of silently miming it.
• Fixed the SFX during Vlaakith's quality astatine campy getting chopped disconnected prematurely.

Cinematics

• Told 1 of the imps connected the nautiloid to halt looking successful the incorrect direction.
• Fixed a super-mega-ultra-close-up changeable during the dialog with Raphael astatine Last Light.
• Removed a static excavation of humor hovering mid-air successful the cinematic with the gnolls connected the Risen Road erstwhile playing arsenic a abbreviated Dark Urge character.
• Fixed Karlach's enactment astir Gale being a leader getting chopped disconnected prematurely.
• Fixed a bug causing enactment members to look arsenic floating torsos (or simply floating hair) erstwhile talking to Ketheric's dog, Squire.

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