September 10 Patch - The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut Update

This update is live now! Please follow the inXile forums for known issues and updates on patch releases. Quest & Progression [list] [*] Fixed an issue where the user is not given the Wildland Whistle at the Adventurers’ Guild after disabling Party Chatter [*] Fixed collision around certain puzzles and ledges that were allowing the player to fall out of bounds in certain circumstances [*] Fixed messaging for when the player does not have a lockpick in their inventory they will not be informed about it being required to open locked doors [/list] Graphics/Performance [list] [*] Added various art optimizations, collision, and asset loading improvements [*] Improved performance when player opens and closes inventory windows [*] Grass is now once again growing in the Forest of Inshriach [*] (PC) Improved NPC shadows and fixed High and Ultra shadow settings [*] (PC) Lighting adjusted throughout Skara Brae Above, Skara Brae Below, and The Cellars of Kylearan's Tower [*] (Xbox One and PS4) Improved framerate in various levels [/list] Combat [list] [*] Fixed an issue where rapidly issuing commands may cause one of the spaces on the combat grid to become locked [*] Fix for Forceful Wave attack that may cause the character's position to get out of sync [*] Fixed certain issues where charging specific enemies could result in players getting stuck on the environment or produce a misaligned combat grid [*] Fixed an issue where loading an auto save created before a combat animatic could stop the following combat from occurring [*] Fixed an issue where enemies could fail to launch Mangar’s Mind Jab [*] (Linux) Fixed an issue where enemies in any combat could respawn after reloading the level [/list] Misc. [list] [*] Removed the Save Game option during animatics [*] Fixes and improvements for various party chatter moments [*] Fixed issues where using songs to quickly solve multiple puzzles could cause the puzzles to break [*] Fixed an issue where translation was missing for the 2nd riddle statue in Kylearan's tower [*] Fixed an issue in Mangar’s Tower where subtitles and VO would fail when ghosts were summoned and interacted with for the first time [*] Fixed an issue where music from loading screen would play during gameplay after a load or level transition [*] Fixed various minor audio issues [*] (PC) Fixed an issue where using the 'Esc' key to close the Mastery Book could break its intended functionality [*] (PC Microsoft Store) Fixed issues with signing in and syncing saves [*] (Mac and Linux) Fixed an issue where all load-game story videos were missing [*] (Linux) Fixed an issue where Rabbie's speech did not have voice or subtitles [/list] Crashes [list] [*] Fixed a possible crash during the 99-wave combat [*] Fixed a possible crash when using the Dragon Breath ability [/list]