Baldur's Gate 3 Hotfix #5 patch notes

Larian Studios is addressing more bugs in the latest BG3 hotfix.

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It’s been a rapid fire of patches and updates for Baldur’s Gate 3 since it finally launched out of early access. Larian Studios has been busy addressing the various bugs and issues in the critically-acclaimed RPG, and its latest effort is Hotfix #5. Released today, let’s not waste any more time and dive into the patch notes.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix #5 patch notes

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The patch notes for Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix #5 were shared on the game’s Steam page today.

Highlights

  • Fixed a bug that locked players out of many of Minthara’s lines of dialogue.

Crashes and Blockers

  • Fixed sometimes not being able to talk to NPCs or party members because the game thought you were still in a dialogue.
  • Fixed a rare crash that would occur when faraway characters got close to the party.
  • Fixed a crash that would occur if a guard responding to a crime created a summon (e.g. an elemental), and you fled the combat or were incapacitated without killing the summon.

PS5

  • Fixed an issue causing the game's audio to stop working on PS5.
  • Fixed graphical issues on HDR TVs when the HDR black level calibration was set to 0.
  • Fixed a crash that would occur when opening the onscreen keyboard.

Performance

  • Fixed a memory leak when creating and destroying many objects.

Multiplayer

  • Improved performance when cycling through Character Sheet tabs in splitscreen.
  • Fixed splitscreen not working correctly when a client with splitscreen already enabled joins a multiplayer game.
  • Fixed dismissed avatars not showing up properly in Withers' Wardrobe if the host is at camp and is already looking inside the wardrobe.
  • Fixed characters sometimes disappearing on splitscreen when the client reconnects after disconnecting while listening in on a dialogue.
  • Clients rejoining a multiplayer game where there's a dismissed avatar in Withers' Wardrobe will now be able to pick that avatar up again rather than have to create a new avatar. (This bug would happen when the client left the session and another player selected that client's avatar in the middle of the dismiss-to-camp dialogue.)

Flow and Gameplay

  • Trader NPCs will now retain their Approval Rating of avatars and companions even after they're dismissed to Withers' Wardrobe.
  • Fixed the Emperor not dying and therefore not triggering the Game Over flow if you bring him to 0 HP outside of combat in the Astral Plane.
  • Fixed not being able to talk to Minthara at camp if you dismissed her outside of camp.
  • Fixed Level Up not working as expected if you level up while the game is saving.
  • Fixed Hag's Bane not having an effect on Auntie Ethel.

UI

  • Fixed text being cut off in the title of tutorial pop-ups.
  • Fixed button prompts getting cut off on the Multiplayer Settings screen on splitscreen.
  • Fixed some UIs not updating when saving, causing, for example, Shadowheart's inventory to appear empty when you recruit her on the beach.
  • Fixed the tadpole count in the Radial Menu on controller.

Controller

  • Fixed characters getting stuck when the Analog Stick Selection setting is set to Left Stick and you rotate the stick in circles as far as it can go.

Art

  • Added nipple covers to Cazador's spawn for when the nudity filter is enabled.

Level Design

  • Moved Withers' Wardrobe in the crèche camp to avoid clipping with Shadowheart's tent.

Those are your full patch notes for Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix #5. There’s constantly new updates in the world of Baldur’s Gate 3, so count on Shacknews for everything you need to know.

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