Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal

english version 26498

company: Bioware (www.bioware.com) /
         Interplay (www.interplay.com)

homesite: www.interplay.com/bgate2/

- Two new items added! A Gold Ioun stone and a Silver Ioun stone 
have been added into Throne of Bhaal. 

- Adds to the Adventure Mart in Shadows of Amn the merchant Deidre 
and the special items from the Collector's Edition of SoA. 

- Fixes a stutter bug experienced by some players that caused the 
game to pause momentarily every few seconds while playing. 

- Fixes the NPC "X appears busy" bug associated with Win2K and WinXP 

- Fixes the problem where WinDoctor or other registry 
checking/cleaning programs would erase the BG2: Throne of Bhaal 
registry entry 

- Fixes the incorrect calculation of the assassin backstab modifier 
when importing an assassin character from Shadows of Amn to Throne 
of Bhaal 

- Fixes the party-splitting bug where players would make the in-game 
transition from the end of Shadows of Amn directly into the start of 
Throne of Bhaal and have some characters left behind in Shadows of 
Amn 

- At level 20, the Jester bardsong ability also gains stun and slow 
in addition to confusion. 

- New keymap file fixes the problem where certain keys could not be 
assigned. Some of these keys are now no longer assignable from the 
config program due to localization reasons (though can be assigned 
manually - read on). This new keymap file will replace your current 
keymap.ini file which means that you will lose all of the key 
mappings if you have made any. Your current keymap.ini will be 
renamed to keymap.ini.ToBpatch.backup when the patch is run. To 
restore all your key mappings after running the patch, copy the 
entire section from keymap.ini.ToBpatch.backup and replace the one 
in keymap.ini for the following sections:
[Keymap Page]
[Keymap Actions]
[Keymap Miscellaneous]
[Keymap Quick Slots]
[Keymap Priest Spells]
[Keymap Wizard Spells]
[Keymap High Level Abilities] 

- High level Sorcerer characters who already have 10th level spells 
from SoA, will no longer permanently lose them when reselecting 
their spells upon transition/import into ToB. In fact, they need no 
longer need to reselect any of their spells. Lower level sorcerers 
(below 2.95 million XP) will still have to reselect their spells, 
but this gives them the chance to choose different spells to use in 
ToB. 

- The icon and the kit description for the Blade now have identical 
name for the same ability. 

- Fixes the bug where dialogues for unfinished quests from SoA would 
show up in ToB. 

- Fixes the bug where Greater Restoration scrolls would appear as 
Lesser Restoration in the Quick-Item slot. 

- Fixes bug where a second drow woodcutter was duplicated both 
inside and outside the cabin if he initially followed you inside. 

- Fixes rare bug where the game would lock in cutscene mode if the 
Spectator is attacked before the cutscene involving Captain Egeissag 
initiates. 

- Fixes the problem where Wild Mages created in SoA would not get 
the opportunity to learn Improved Chaos Shield. The spell now 
automatically appears in the 7th level page of the spellbook at the 
start of SoA. 

- Wild Mages are now viewable in the Character Viewer program. 

- Fixes bug where stackable items (eg. potions) would not stack when 
buying them at the store, hence filling up your inventory slots with 
one item each. The items will stack correctly now when buying them 
in the store screen. 

- Fighter/Druids can now put two proficiency points in Two-handed 
and Two-weapon styles. 

- Fixes the bug where the Rest Until Healed option wouldn't work in 
all cases. 

- Fixes a bug where dual-classed characters lose their inherent 
abilities. 

- Fixes bug where Carras the smuggler would not offer special items 
after fighting the monks. 

- Fixes bug where monsters were duplicated when transitioning across 
areas. 

- Fixes bug where drow scimitars would kill bards instantly. 

- Fixes the rare bug where players could enter into Balthazar's 
monastery through the locked door in the Amkethran graveyard without 
using the key. 

- Fixes rare bug where players could not progress to the 2nd level 
of Watcher's Keep after killing all the statues. 

- Fixes the problem in the Config program where changing the Graphic 
slider would enable the 3D acceleration setting. 

- As a clarification, Multi and dual class characters gain their 
first high level ability at the equivalent XP mark as a single class 
character. Everybody gets their first high level ability at approx 3 
million xp, give or take a few thousand. This was done to allow 
multi and dual class characters to enjoy the benefits of high level 
abilities before the end of the game. 

- Fixes the Jaheira Romance in Shadows of Amn (special thanks to 
Kevin Dorner!) 



Multiplayer Specific fixes:
- Fixes the multiplayer bug where Sarevok keeps repeating his first 
line of dialogue after the player makes the in-game transition from 
Shadows of Amn to Throne of Bhaal. 

- Fixes bug in multiplayer where SoA save games were displayed on 
the ToB multiplayer or single player Load Screens after quitting 
from a ToB multiplayer game. 

- Fixes the multiplayer bug where a client would quit a SoA game and 
host a ToB game, when in fact they would be hosting a SoA game. 

- Fixes the multiplayer bug where simulacrums were allowed to join 
your party. They can no longer join your party. 

- Fixes a rare multiplayer bug where setting a snare while saving 
would crash the game. 



Notes about the patch:

1. Most fixes are not retroactive. The patch will prevent certain 
bugs from happening, but it won't magically fix your save games. 

2. Your save games will be functional after the patch. 

3. You can install this patch overtop of BG2: Throne of Bhaal, 
whether it is unpatched or Beta patched. 

4. For Multiplayer, only same version games can play with same 
version games. People without the patch won't be able to play with 
people with the BETA patch, nor with people with the final patch. 

5. Once the patch is installed, the only way to go back to an 
unpatched version of BG2: Throne of Bhaal is to uninstall and 
reinstall BG2: Throne of Bhaal. 

6. If you need to reinstall the patch you can do so at any time as 
the patch simply overwrites the files. 
