Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition v1.3.2053 Patch Released

The team at Beamdog has released a new, sizable patch for Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, which includes quite a few fixes, and a couple of new features for normal players and modders. Here’s the short version of the changelog:

Crash Fixes

– Game no longer freezes when canceling an imported priest character
– Double-clicking a stack on ground slots no longer crashes the game
– Custom portraits larger than 1024×1024 no longer crash the game; instead, a message appears informing the – user that the image is too big
– (Android) Returning to the game from sleep mode should no longer cause the game to close

Features and Gameplay Enhancements

– Added “Font Size” to Graphics Options (changing this during play will empty the combat log)
– Quickloot feature from BGII:EE has been implemented
– While viewing a mage’s Spellbook screen, players can now switch to a priest character and the game will immediately switch to the Priest Spells screen (and vice versa)
– Spell scrolls that can be written into a spellbook for the current character now display a green-tinted overlay
– Non-friendly NPCs that are Blinded will no longer stand still; they will wander aimlessly until they are close enough to see someone worth attacking
– Phandalyn is now a Lawful Good Paladin
– Drizzt is now properly equipped with his scimitars, and has been recolored to match his description in the books
– All golems in the game now possess appropriate immunities to Poison, Charm, Hold, Fear, Sleep, and Backstab
– All crossbows now require the same strength as their non-magical counterparts
– Rogdok now grants 400 experience points when defeated
– Rasaad’s bracers and boots are now only usable by Rasaad
– Neera’s staff is now only usable by Neera

Modder Features

– Items can now be flagged as unusable by Half-Orcs
– Profsmax.2da “FIRST_LEVEL” value can now be set higher than 2 to let characters place more pips in a proficiency type at level 1
– Clswpbon.2da “GETS_PROF_APR” value can now be set to 1 to allow non-warrior classes and kits to benefit from APR bonuses
– Neutral Evil, Neutral Good, Lawful Neutral, and Chaotic Neutral no longer prevent usability by True Neutral characters
– Portrait.2da is now alphabetized for easier reference, and the “M” values for each portrait have been populated; Dorn’s alternate portrait has been updated to use the Half-Orc portrait from BGII:EE

Critical Fixes

– Aldeth’s quest no longer gets stuck in cutscene mode during multiplayer
– The tutorial now grants the player a weapon they can actually use (Exception: Clerics with Strength 3 cannot use any weapons)
– Systems with out of date graphics drivers should no longer see graphical distortions in the game’s UI
(Android) Game no longer drains the battery when not in use
– Auto-Pause will no longer stop a random encounter area from appearing; instead, the area will appear before the pause takes effect