Summary
Baldur’s Gate 3developer Larian Studios has issued an emergency hotfix addressing a problem unique to the massive RPG. As aDungeons and Dragonsgame,Baldur’s Gate 3is packed full of choices players make as they adventure across Faerun and interact with its many interesting peoples. It seems that it was possible to do so much inBaldur’s Gate 3that players' personal story databases weren’t big enough to handle records of all the interactions.
Dungeons and Dragonsis a pen-and-paper role-playing game in which players have full control over their characters and how they interact with the world. So long as a choice makes sense within the confines of role-playing, andvery lenient rules ofDungeons and Dragons, players are allowed to do what they want. Obviously,Baldur’s Gate 3can’t allow for such unending freedom, but Larian has done as much as it can to inject creativity into the game. Those choices all have to be recorded, too, in case they impact future events in the game.
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Larian has confirmed thatBaldur’s Gate 3had an existing issue that was in need of an emergency address. Players' personal story databases, which held records ofall in-game choices and actions fromBaldur’s Gate 3, were too small. While Larian doesn’t say specifically what happens if those databases were to overflow, it does say that save files were at risk. Hotfix 2.1 forBaldur’s Gate 3has now been issued, making players' personal story databases as large as they need to be (or as large as each storage device allows).
It’s unclear if the limited storage device issue ever actually led to errors forBaldur’s Gate 3players. Larian doesn’t say, and there’s no obvious feedback online regarding the problem. It’s possible that the issue was widespread, but thatBaldur’s Gate 3players never noticed. Without further clarification from Larian, players may never know the truth.
The personal story database hotfix wasn’t all that Larian changed withBaldur’s Gate 3version 2.1. It also re-enabled account-based cloud saves. There was a serious issue whenBaldur’s Gate 3launched that would lock players out of the game due to syncing issues with theirLarian account-based cloud saves. The issue has now been resolved. This sets up the ability to carry over saves toBaldur’s Gate 3’s launch on PlayStation 5 in early September.
WhileBaldur’s Gate 3is technically now fully launched on PC, the size and scope of the game means that there are still going to be issues that need to be addressed. That’s especially true given justhow many players have boughtBaldur’s Gate 3. Millions of people are tryingBaldur’s Gate 3out for the first time, doing things Larian likely never even realized were possible. This isn’t the first, and likely won’t be the last, hotfixBaldur’s Gate 3receives.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix Patch Notes
Baldur’s Gate 3is available now on PC with a PS5 version coming September 6. An Xbox version is also in development.
