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PayPalObsidian Entertainment have gone back and upgraded the original Pillars of Eternity with a big update, although it's currently only for the Windows version.
In the patch notes they said "This update is currently unavailable for OSX & Linux. We are investigating bringing these platforms up to speed as part of a future patch.". So I'll be keeping an eye out for if / when that happens, shame to see updates delayed though. But for those who can't wait it should work fine in Proton.
They use Unity, which does have both Linux and macOS game export support, so it's likely some kind of middleware is holding up updating those versions.
With the patch they've updated to Unity version 2019.4.11, fixed various navigation issues, fixed a whole a bunch of visual and audio issues, improved sound quests and dialogue, tweaked some combat mechanics, fixed up various UI problems and more.
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General:
- We have updated to Unity Version 2019.4.11.
- Updated graphics to DirectX 11.
- Fixed an issue where backer rewards would appear or unlock incorrectly.
- Also fixed a case where backer rewards might not unlock at all for users in the public beta.
- Corrected save file location for the public beta (You should no longer need to move save files into a _Local_ directory for them to show up correctly).
- Fixed areas that could not be navigated in numerous scenes.
- The lake in Cayron's Scar should no longer be unintentionally traversable when submerged.
- Fixed some cases where NPCs would become stuck when pathing during cutscenes.
- Fixed some cases where NPCs would walk or run in place during cutscenes.
- Fixed a handful of doors throughout various scenes that could be walked through due to lacking proper collision.
- Fixed multiple cases where characters might T-Pose briefly at the beginning of a cutscene.
- Fixed an issue where paperdolls in character creation and inventory screens might appear blurry.
- Overwhelming Wave should more reliably play its visual effects.
- Fixed VFX issues with the Woodskin spell rotating or attaching incorrectly.
- Symbols western chamber of Lle a Rhemen should now properly light up when expected.
- Fixed redundant horn audio playing after the battle of Yenwood.
- Fixed an issue where attempting to open locked containers could play multiple voice lines at once.
- Fixed a handful of cases where dialogue audio wouldn’t play when certain nodes were re-triggered.
- VFX will no longer become displaced when a character teleports or uses a movement ability.
- Unstrung Bow’s visuals will now properly appear on the ground when discovered.
- Soul Whip VFX are no longer lost on save/load or transitions.
- Penetrating Shot, Vulnerable Attack, Savage Attack, and similar VFX should no longer be lost on save/load or transitions.
- Released soul VFX in Sun in Shadow should now display correctly.
- Fixed an issue with Ninagauth’s Freezing Pillar VFX overlapping other visuals.
- Gafonercos will remain correctly positioned after completing certain attacks.
- Potion of Fleet Feet now properly plays a drinking animation.
- Reading from scrolls and rites will now position the scroll correctly in the reader’s hands.
- Fixed an issue that would cause water VFX to display improperly in certain areas.
- Ready the Cannons side quest should now properly update its objectives.
- Dialogue from Buried Secrets quest should no longer allow the player to demand their payment more than once.
- Fixed an issue where multiple barked lines in Gilded Vale could overlap excessively.
- Fixed an issue where Eder’s bark lines in the Temple of Eothas may end abruptly.
- Fixed a case where Calisca could trigger the wrong bark line near the camp inside Cilant Lîs.
- Fixed bark lines in Defiance Bay cutting short after their first line.
- Crag Ogres in Flames-That-Whisper Cavern should now more reliably play their banter on approach.
- Prisoners in Icantha’s house should no longer respawn in certain cases after save/load.
- Earth Blights should no longer sometimes detach from their selection circles when dominated.
- Scroll of Ray of Fire should now appear correctly and more accurately match the behavior of the Ray of Fire spell.
- Fixed a case where manually resolving stronghold combat could sometimes yield no rewards.
- Fixed a case where prone characters might try to move while prone, resulting in sliding behavior.
- Concelhaut’s Draining Missiles should no longer occasionally show 0.0 damage in the combat log.
- Weapon Specialization: Peasant should now reliably add its damage to unarmed attacks.
- Fixed some cases where the Halt spell might confuse enemy AI, causing them to repeatedly interrupt and re-attempt their own actions.
- Removed errant untargetable Xaurip that could sometimes appear in Dyrford Crossing.
- Fixed a case where Sleafhota might teleport to an alternate location mid-dialogue before attacking the player.
- Attacking Osrya directly will now reliably engage with her revenant and skeleton minions.
- Fixed a case where all survival camping bonuses might appear after spending only a single skill rank on Survival.
- One-Eyed Molina’s Gold-Fingered Spike-Flinger’s last two soulbound upgrades now increase Reload Speed instead of decreasing it.
- Deadfire Pack’s soulbound weapons now have the Universal weapon group.
- Fixed an issue with status effects from old saves duplicating when loaded on newer builds.
- Battle-Forged Godlike racial ability should no longer trigger a hit on the owner when non-hostile abilities are used (E.g. Second Wind).
- Caedebald’s Blackbow and Llengrath’s Blunt Wisdom are now of the universal weapon type.
- Stalker’s Torc item should now apply and display its effects correctly.
- Psychic and Brutal Backlash now correctly respect their per encounter rules.
- St. Ydwen’s Redeemer no longer displays “Destroys Vessels” activations in the combat log when not fighting a vessel.
- Scroll of Minoletta’s Minor Missiles will now better match the effects of the origin spell.
- Fixed a UI issue where chants could sometimes clip beyond their scrolling frame.
- Fixed a case where the damage type icon on the character sheet might not position correctly.
- Fixed some cases where assigning companions to multiple stronghold missions at once might cause UI issues.
- Quick loading with the crafting or enchanting UI open should no longer result in a permanent black screen.
- Fixed a typo in the description of Animal Companions.
- Fixed an issue where highlighting certain parts of a defeated enemy would not allow you to loot them.
- Doors in some scenes that were difficult to interact with have had their collision revised and should now be more reliable.
- Fixed a case where the final pressure plate in the Temple of Woedica would not appear.
- Examining the wall trophy inside of Elm’s Reach should now be possible.
- Skipping intros when first starting the client should now be more responsive.
- Fixed accuracy tooltips not appearing on the character sheet.
- Interactable tree in the Abbey of the Fallen Moon now can be interacted with properly.
- Fixed a bug preventing interactable highlights from appearing after opening the map.
- Fixed an issue that caused tooltips to sometimes shake in the UI
Nice to see an older game seeing some love, probably means Obsidian Entertainment are working on a new one don't you think?
You can buy it from GOG and Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Kimyrielle Jun 7
Quoting: ArehandoroObsidian are great. I wish they could have stayed independent, though.
They were great. Past tense. I loved most games they used to make, but I have zero interest in the games they're making these days. Not sure why some devs think everybody loves first person games. I certainly don't.
But yes, maybe they would still make great games if MS wouldn't have bought them. Big business has that tendency to kill everything it touches, so there is that.
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Quoting: KimyrielleQuoting: ArehandoroObsidian are great. I wish they could have stayed independent, though.
They were great. Past tense. I loved most games they used to make, but I have zero interest in the games they're making these days. Not sure why some devs think everybody loves first person games. I certainly don't.
I mean, you really need to ask that question? ................ Skyrim is one of the most popular and highest selling games .. EVER. In history.
Fallout games (like all of them) are incredibly popular.
Dragon Age series.
Deus Ex series.
Far Cry series.
Cyberpunk.
Borderlands.
I could keep going for a very long time.
The reason some devs think everyone loves first person games ........ is because everyone loves first person games. LOL.
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Kimyrielle Jun 7
Quoting: JarmerQuoting: KimyrielleQuoting: ArehandoroObsidian are great. I wish they could have stayed independent, though.
They were great. Past tense. I loved most games they used to make, but I have zero interest in the games they're making these days. Not sure why some devs think everybody loves first person games. I certainly don't.
I mean, you really need to ask that question? ................ Skyrim is one of the most popular and highest selling games .. EVER. In history.
Fallout games (like all of them) are incredibly popular.
Dragon Age series.
Deus Ex series.
Far Cry series.
Cyberpunk.
Borderlands.
I could keep going for a very long time.
The reason some devs think everyone loves first person games ........ is because everyone loves first person games. LOL.
Most of the games you listed can be played in third person (yes, I played Skyrim, Fallout, Dragon Age). People really need to think before they post.
LOL
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Quoting: KimyrielleQuoting: ArehandoroObsidian are great. I wish they could have stayed independent, though.
They were great. Past tense. I loved most games they used to make, but I have zero interest in the games they're making these days. Not sure why some devs think everybody loves first person games. I certainly don't.
But yes, maybe they would still make great games if MS wouldn't have bought them. Big business has that tendency to kill everything it touches, so there is that.
I wished MS never touched a lot of the game companies they bought but here we are. Seeing some game companies like Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin close sucks a lot and I won't be surprised if Ninja Theory is next to go, even if they say they're working on new projects.
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Quoting: JarmerThe reason some devs think everyone loves first person games ........ is because everyone loves first person games. LOL.
I don't. I'll play some/many of them but only because there's often no choice. In games like Skyrim, I'll use 3rd person.
Isometric top-down is probably my favorite style.
My other favorite style game is whatever MS doesn't (yet) own.
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Quoting: JarmerQuoting: KimyrielleNot sure why some devs think everybody loves first person games. I certainly don't.
I mean, you really need to ask that question? ................ Skyrim is one of the most popular and highest selling games .. EVER. In history.
Fallout games (like all of them) are incredibly popular.
Dragon Age series.
Deus Ex series.
Far Cry series.
Cyberpunk.
Borderlands.
I could keep going for a very long time.
The reason some devs think everyone loves first person games ........ is because everyone loves first person games. LOL.
Dragon Age isn't even optionally first-person, it is third-person and optionally top-down. Fallout and Skyrim can pick between first and third person.
But if you want to list incredibly popular games that use other perspectives, we sure can find some examples. Picking just RPGs from the 2010s afterwards, so it can be compared directly (don't even need to go to tetris or super mario or different genres), Baldur's Gate 3 is third-person with optional top-down, recent Zelda games are third-person
Want stuff that isn't even third-person? Recent Pokemon games are best-sellers and top down, Diablo 3 was top down, we have indies like Terraria (sidescrolling) and Stardew Valley (top-down) that aren't even 3d and still managed to make into lists of the best-selling games of all time.
Yeah first-person is popular, but there is a reason many of those games you mentioned offer multiple camera angles... it surely isn't everyone that prefers first-person, and honestly it isn't even clear whether it is a majority of people.
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Dmitri Seletski Jun 7
Quoting: SalvatosI don't know, but performance of Deadfire is still shit. :(Quoting: Dmitri SeletskiWaiting for Dead fire patch... I still have not completed it yet.Wasn’t there one early this year?
And I have powerful machine.
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I would tell people I'm a CRPG fan, but I sadly didn't get very far in Pillars of Eternity. I'd consider starting over and creating an "easy" character or something, however BG3 is immensely more enjoyable, which I am not done with despite over 100 hours.
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My dream would be to see the first game updated with the combat/class mechanics from the second. I found the tone and setting of the first more interesting but the sequel had some of the most fun gameplay I've had in a CRPG, and the turn based combat was a plus for me despite how jankily added in it was.
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Dmitri Seletski Jun 8
Quoting: 14I'd consider starting over and creating an "easy" character or something, however BG3 is immensely more enjoyable, which I am not done with despite over 100 hours.I find Pillars of eternity as more polished game when comes to char progression. It's less rich, but doesn't mean it's worse.
When I start my char, i can plan it from head to toes, even if I start for a first time, at least when it comes to skills and perks, etc. Something I absolutely can not do with BG3.
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