In the realm of Faerûn, it seems that there's never a dull moment when it comes to updates for Baldur's Gate 3. Just three days after the release of hotfix #8, which rectified various issues, including a somewhat haughty feline and the curious tendency of companions to pass on their entire grocery list to you, Larian Studios has rolled out hotfix #9.
Hotfix #9 addresses a range of concerns, such as the perplexing phenomenon of your legs becoming transparent when wearing a particular armor set. It also tackles several pesky bugs. However, the standout feature in this update is the ability to profoundly transform the appearance and identity of your summoned hirelings, down to an almost molecular level.
Up until this point, the magic mirror at your party campsite allowed only your main character to alter their appearance. However, with hotfix #9, you can now extend this makeover privilege to your hirelings, those loyal yet expendable souls you can summon with a mere 100 gold pieces.
This newfound power allows you to change not only your hirelings' gender and names but almost every facet of their appearance. One limitation, however, is that you cannot switch between masculine and feminine appearance options, even if you change a character's gender. Despite this minor setback, the hotfix ensures that you can now see their legs while they don Adamantine Splint Armor.
For avid players of Baldur's Gate 3, hotfix #9 is a significant addition to an already fantastic game. The continuous stream of patches and hotfixes only serves to enhance the overall experience.
Here's a summary of the changes introduced in Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix #9:
- You can now use the Magic Mirror on hirelings to alter their appearance.
- The Magic Mirror now allows you to change your character's name.
- A rare crash when unloading or quickloading a game has been fixed.
- GPU crashes on PS5 Vulkan have been addressed.
- An issue with the Guardian Statue falling into a chasm has been resolved.
- Splitscreen problems on PS5, resulting in black screens during dialogues, have been fixed.
- Buffs from spells are now correctly removed when unpreparing the spells.
- Buffs from different sources no longer get removed when unpreparing spells (e.g., from scrolls).
- Character positions and animations no longer break when skipping lines in certain dialogues.
- Previews in the Accessibility options are now functioning correctly.
- Minthara's romance triggering issue has been fixed.
- Minthara's dialogue now triggers correctly during conversations.
- Transparency issues with the Adamantine Splint Armor have been resolved.
- A geometry stretching bug introduced in Hotfix 8 on Vulkan has been fixed.
- Characters will no longer appear in their underwear during intimate scenes, even with nudity enabled.
- Feign Death no longer causes an infinite leave-join combat loop in certain scenarios.
- Prices in dialogues now display correctly in savegames that were created while the price was on screen.
- Line-of-sight system optimization for entities with no sight range, such as items, has been implemented.
Baldur's Gate 3 players can look forward to an even smoother and more immersive gaming experience with these improvements.