{"id":1206911,"date":"2023-11-28T13:07:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1206911"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:07:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:07:06","slug":"baldurs-gate-3-bug-caused-by-games-endless-mulling-of-evil-deeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1206911","title":{"rendered":"Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 bug caused by game\u2019s endless mulling of evil deeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GALE-800x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"Baldur's Gate 3 character Gale staring mournfully at the camera\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GALE-scaled.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1440\" data-width=\"2560\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> Conscience do cost, as a certain fictional denizen of Baltimore&#8217;s East Side once said. (credit: Larian Studios)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>One of the best things about <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2023\/08\/baldurs-gate-3-early-impressions-youll-spend-whole-weeks-in-here-and-love-it\/\">playing <\/a><em>Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3<\/em> (<em>BG3<\/em>) is the way that it simulates the feeling of having an actual Dungeon Master overseeing your session. The second-person narration, the dice rolls, and even the willingness to say &#8220;Yes&#8221; to your quirkiest ideas all add to the impression that there&#8217;s some conscious intelligence on the other side.<\/p>\n<p>But consciousness can sometimes be a curse, and a recent patch to <em>BG3<\/em> introduce burdensome complexity into the game&#8217;s thinking. Essentially, the game was suffering from lag and slowdowns as players progressed because the game&#8217;s decision engine couldn&#8217;t stop assessing previous instances where a party member had gotten away with theft, murder, or other nefarious deeds.<\/p>\n<p>The performance issues have affected some players ever since Patch 4, released on Nov. 2 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baldursgate3.game\/news\/patch-4-now-live_96\">more than 1,000 changes<\/a>. One of those changes was a seemingly small-scope, situational bit: &#8220;Scrying Eyes in Moonrise Towers will now only react to theft and vandalism if they see the crime being committed.&#8221; The floating orbs in that area were, apparently, ignoring players&#8217; best attempts at sneaking, invisibility, or other cover-ups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1986762#p3\">Read 4 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1986762&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1986762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 bug caused by game\u2019s endless mulling of evil deeds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ Conscience do cost, as a certain fictional denizen of Baltimore&#8217;s East Side once said. 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