Summary
Larian Studios has rolled out the Hotfix 14 update forBaldur’s Gate 3, eliminating nearly a dozen issues in its hit role-playing game. The patch debuted less than a week afterBaldur’s Gate 3was treated to its last hotfixon December 8.
Although the Belgian developer has been hard at work improving its latest title ever since its PC version hit the market in early August, its post-launch development efforts grew even more intense in the months that followed. That’s largely because the subsequentreleases of theBaldur’s Gate 3ports for the Xbox Series X/Sand PS5 left Larian with three versions of the game to support.
Nevertheless, the studio has been maintaining its update release pace, as most recently underlined by the arrival of theBaldur’s Gate 3Hotfix 14 update. Identified by version number 4.1.1.4216792, the new patch ships with 11 fixes for bugs of mostly high severity, such as those that would induce crashes. For example, the update eliminates an issue that would sometimes crash the game when the player attempted to load a save file inBaldur’s Gate 3Honour Mode, as well as another cause of instability associated with the RPG’s split-screen multiplayer functionality.
More than one-third of the Hotfix 14 update is dedicated to issues specific to Microsoft’s current-generation consoles, with this release thus building on thefirstBaldur’s Gate 3Xbox Series X/S updatethat rolled out on December 11. Specifically, Larian revamped the way cross-save downloads work on Xbox, scraping single-instance downloads in favor of serialized synchronization of smaller packets. Doing so eliminated some crashes that would occasionally occur when the game attempted to synchronize multiple large save files at once, according to the developer.
The initial Xbox cloud sync process has also been revised in the latest patch, as Larian allocated more memory to that process with the goal of improving its overall stability. An obscure error that would sometimes brick aBaldur’s Gate 3instance when the player disconnected their Xbox wireless controller while navigating a virtual keyboard was also addressed in the Hotfix 14 update, its changelog reveals.
Beyond that, the update fixed what turned out to be a rather bizarre issue that could have crashed the game whenever the player was trying to complete a trade in the Underdark. According to Larian’s patch notes, this particular problem was caused by the trading NPCs being too close to bibberbangs, the exploding mushrooms that can be found throughout the underground area.
Baldur’s Gate 3
WHERE TO PLAY
Abducted, infected, lost. You are turning into a monster, but as the corruption inside you grows, so does your power. Forge a tale of fellowship and betrayal, sacrifice and survival, and the lure of absolute power. Caught in a conflict between devils, deities, and sinister otherworldly forces, you and your party will determine the fate of the Forgotten Realms.THE ULTIMATE D&D EXPERIENCEChoose from a wide selection of D&D races and classes, or play as an origin character with a hand-crafted background. Adventure, loot, battle, and romance as you journey through the Forgotten Realms and beyond. Play alone or as a party of up to four in multiplayer – and select your companions carefully.A CINEMATIC STORYTELLING EPICForged with the new Divinity 4.0 engine, Baldur’s Gate 3 gives you unprecedented freedom to explore, experiment, and interact with a world that reacts to your choices. A grand, cinematic narrative brings you closer to your characters than ever before, as you venture through our biggest world yet. Romance, deceive, aid, obstruct, and grow alongside your friends thanks to Larian’s next-generation RPG engine.
