Divinity: Dragon Commander v1.0.40 Patch Released

I have to admit I hadn’t noticed Larian’s patching efforts for Divinity: Dragon Commander yet, but even just giving a cursory look at Steam’s news page for the title reveals that the Belgian developers have been hard at work trying to improve the title and fix its bugs. The latest patch is v1.0.40, and here’s the changelog:

Major change: Return to lobby after game

Major change: performance on raven for dualcore systems

Icon distance multiplier available in options menu

Several achievement fixes

Transporters did not pick-up units when in kamikaze mode

You can not create combat units anymore when you have retreated

Charming back a unit is now possible

Mines should explode once fuse is lit

Close chatlog when ending combat

Remove speed from immobile units

Fix for units remaining after surrender

Protect while cloaked fixed

All bombardment should be on the ground

Kamikaze Friendly Fire fixed

Air turret got a reveal button

Fix for kamikaze transport targetting air units

Show aura skills correctly in loadout screen

Restealth after transitioning to/from beetle

Unit selection sounds when boxselecting

Expanded description for battleship order imp fighter

Fix for flares not stopping vertical bullets

Beetles can be slowed down & speed tooltip update

Custom campaign level pool fixed

AI Fixes when loading the game (difficulty)

Tooltip info in dragon loadout

Drop down has been disabled for teams in custom campaign

Several graphics settings don’t require a restart when altering them

Cam returns back to original position after going over a mountain

Several AI improvements (in combat and strategy phase)

Dialog fix (swapped 2 nodes for Oberon)

Several UI updates

It’s also worth noting that patch go through a “preview” version before being officially released, so if you want to get them immediately you’ll have to follow these steps:

go to your library in steam, right click on Divinity: Dragon Commander and select properties.

You will see a tab BETAS on the top. Select it and enter the following code in the private betas section: W7QQVNWzQ8X8QRd6

You should now have a “Preview” option in the dropdown list. Select it and wait for a moment as steam syncs to the Preview branch.
If the preview does not appear in the list, or your game is not being updated, please restart steam completely by exiting steam and logging in again.

If you want to change back to the normal version, simply repeat the steps above but select “NONE” instead of “preview” in the dropdown list

Of course, as with all beta patches, you have to be aware that they’re not released as final yet for a reason, and you might encounter unintended bugs, glitches and general problems by installing them.