Larian Studios continue to respond to player feedback and release regular updates for Baldur’s Gate 3. On 3 October, update 1.003.002 for Baldur’s Gate 3 (also known as Hotfix 8) arrived and brought with it a number of changes, including fixes for bugs, crashes, and visual issues.
According to Larian Studios, the latest hotfix also addresses recent issues relating to companions. The company say companion behaviour has been reverted to Patch 2. They will no longer give you ‘important’ items when you dismiss them from your party.
Baldur’s Gate 3 update 1.003.002 patch notes (Hotfix 8)
Larian Studios has confirmed the following changes in Baldur’s Gate 3 update 1.003.002 (Hotfix 8):
- Companions will no longer transfer story items in their inventory to the player upon dismissal, restoring Patch 2 behaviour.
- Fixed reaction popups sometimes showing no text descriptions of the reactions available.
- Fixed a multiplayer crash that would occur when listening to a dialogue after an active roll.
- Eavesdrop will no longer trigger when a character is in any Character Creation session, such as level up or the magic mirror.
- Fixed a bug in Vulkan causing DEVICE_LOST crashes.
- Fixed a bug where Skeletons created using Animate Dead were missing their ranged weapons, despite specialising in them.
- Fixed an issue where the Weapon Master Feat would show as incomplete if a player was already proficient with all weapons.
- Fixed a crash when re-assigning characters in splitscreen.
- Fixed a visual issue with volumetric fog and materials generation.
- Fixed an issue with invalid savegames being created.
- Restored Raphael’s hair colour and horns. The House of Hope is once again fashion-forward.
- Fixed an issue where Splint Armour for Githyanki Females caused some unnecessarily psychedelic visual effects.
- Shaved His Majesty, who is once again a Sphynx. Steelclaw’s eye colour has been adjusted so they are no longer identical twins.
- Fixed Raphael’s portraits after restoring his hair colour. Maybe he’s born with it, maybe it’s Avernus.
- Fixed Twitch drops not being claimable on PS5.
Larian Studios’ ongoing commitment to frequently updating Baldur’s Gate 3 is commendable. The game was already tremendously well-received by gamers and critics alike. So, it goes without saying that Larian’s admirable efforts to continuously improve Baldur’s Gate 3 will only add to the game’s legacy of success.
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