Divinity: Original Sin Beta Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO THE NEW THREAD]

[Crispy]

Only a few days left... I have been stron and resisted the urge to play it during alpha/beta but its getting harder and harder

Just start the game to get used to the chargen then there's a tutorial dungeon right near the start of the game to enjoy. Get used to the combat, exploring, opening containers, some minor crafting, etc.

The hard part is stopping AFTER that.

 

[norolim]

I just noticed, that the release date of my Collectors Edition got delayed to 18 July...so, there's that.

 

[Watser]

I just noticed, that the release date of my Collectors Edition got delayed to 18 July...so, there's that.

Do you have a source on that? Had a look around the official forums as well as twitter but couldn't find any mention of it

 

[norolim]

Do you have a source on that? Had a look around the official forums as well as twitter but couldn't find any mention of it

My source is the store I bought my copy from
It's in Polish, but if you look near the top of the page: „Data premiery: 18. lipca 2014” means "Realease: 18 July 2014".

 

[Watser]

Interesting. Question is if it's only the polish version it could just be that their polish distributors are slow as fuck with the translation. But if all CE has been delayed to mid July, does it mean they havent cancelled the order for the dice? I was really looking forward to those dice.

 

[Nihiliste]

Since optical drives and CDs and DVDs are essentially a dead medium I found all the rage about the steam activation a bit silly. Don't get me wrong DRM free is of course incline but being tied to an online account with a company that no longer exists is not going be the limiting factor for most people when it comes to steam vs optical media.

 

[Stabbey]

A new patch has been released. This should likely be the final one until the full game is released.

http://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791433957212/announcements/detail/1658762991420390159

Highlights: You can now enable 360 degree camera rotation from the Options > Game menu. Also, there's now a brand new camera toggle button (b) that switches the perspective from isometric to top-down. This gives you a very useful way to see angles, aim shots better, and move around with better precision, to help avoid surfaces (oh, and those have been improved as well - ones which are too small vanish on their own, so hopefully no more getting caught by tiny invisible surfaces).

Time to play with Friends! Live QA stream! And well done Belgium!
17 JUNE - LAR
Hello everybody!

Belgium won its first game in the World Cup today and to celebrate we decided to release a new beta update. Version 1.0.112 already.

Highlights are the new lobby browser which makes it a lot easier to find old and new friends, several quality of life improvements and the mysterious 'b' button. This in addition to plenty of bugfixes and balancing improvements.

The release of Divinity:Original Sin is still scheduled for June 30th which is in 13 days. And in case you're wondering, yes we do still have some surprises up our sleeves.

If you want to know more, come watch our high-level twitch stream tomorrow June 18th at 20:00 CET, 11:00PST, [14:00EST,] 22:00 Moscow time at http://www.twitch.tv/larianstudios.

Here is the full changelist:

Changed gold value in trader tooltips
Better feedback when an item combo is not possible
Made some notifications clearer
Added Web, Stone container
Added trap detonation to combat log
Enhanced flee behavior for NPCs
Character creation shows next level ability stats
Fixed constitution items giving wrong HP
Fixed crash when using scrolls
Fixed dragging items on a container
No autochain when someone disconnects
Fixed MoveInRange behavior
Added FindCover behavior
Added notification when its your turn in combat
Fixed journal entries flashing after save/load
Made clouds more visible
Surfaces that are too small will dissapear automatically
Characters in water will stop burning
Added input controls info to skillbar tooltips
Added AP cost info for sneak tooltip
Added Highlighting/Circle options
Added Tactical camera mode
Fixed crash during shutdown\
Refactor in community manager, multiple matchmaking managers are now supported.
Modified visibility system, separate visibilites can now be configured for LAN/steam/...
Added LAN manager + LAN lobby browser
Improved lobby browser: multiple list requests can now run in parallel, partial list updates can now be received, friend/public lobby lists get merged
Fixed bug which could cause crash when reading lobby info from Steam
Let clients/server now we're quiting in shipping so they don't have to wait for a timeout
Fixed when host is saving while clients leaves, the client has saving bar stuck on screen in main menu
Fixed characters sometimes not rotating to their targets
Fixed crash when creating new profile
Added Lightning Strike skill
Don't show skilllevel -1 tooltips
Added highlight toggle
Fixed surface avoidance issues for party members
Party members will always avoid traps now
Steam will no longer burn or do damage
Fixed projectile distance in cursor + too far error message
Do not process requests for unloaded dialogs
Vitality boost on items was still too low because of the CON to HP formula change, fixed it forrealz now
Re-Balanced crafted weapons
Broom does crushing dmg
Tweaked combat (Braccus)
Gave colour to certain mods in armor
Removed unused itemcombo for old potions (C/I/R)
Change: some skills had a trait requirement but then henchmen couldnt learn it anymore, or people that play with traits off so they are now removed
Spears are now STR based weapons with STR requirements
Replaced ghost materials
Armor for enemies
Ricochet has 5 cooldown instead of 6
Timid becomes cautious in game
Created treasure for elementals
Created stats for elementals
CYS_BC > Triggers, Characters, Items > Removed crab, created ambush for Sea Spider
Story, script > Tweaked Sea Spider
SkillData > Tweaked Blessed's FX
Fixed jewels subtable
Treasure changes for chest reward tables
Fixed: creating combos with high level ingredients
Too much treasure in bookrows
Fixed some items never dropping
BookIDs and Recipe books
Stats and combos for Kickstarter items
Stats for dyes
Drinking dye poisons you
Dyes are now spread through treasure
Created boosts and Deltamods to give colours
Created Combos to dye armour pieces, req crafting
Containers like barrels and crates have less chance to contain super loot
Fixed enemy ricochet
Added a couple spells to Shamans around Giant Orc, tweaked Thelyron
REvised details of Jake's murder
More variation in treasure tables for the escort quest outcome
Gave special debuff arrows same name as the "skills" associated with them
Some skillbooks will no longer drop in treasure or be sold by traders. They can only be found in the world.

 

[St Antony of Padua]

The small hazards and aiming problem were really troublesome some times. I'm glad they seem to have worked that out. I really want to try it out but I feel like I've played enough until the release which is less than two weeks now. Even after playing for 40 hours, I still want to play it out to the end. Not even close to being burnt out which I was worried would happen.

A couple of quick questions. Does playing with another person enrich your playthrough or would you rather play solo? Why?

 

[garren]

I always prefer to play games solo if possible, because when someone else enters gameplay, you cannot enjoy the game at your own pace.

 

[Ulminati]

That remains to be seen. I've got a partner lined up for the first playthrough though. We'll be sitting in the same room when we play and talking things out, so I'm not too worried about different paces.

 

[clemens]

I always prefer to play games solo if possible, because when someone else enters gameplay, you cannot enjoy the game at your own pace.

I've played the beta alone and also tried it with a couple of friends. This game is good solo but it really shines in coop : you shouldn't deprive yourself of that.

 

[MicoSelva]

Highlights: You can now enable 360 degree camera rotation from the Options > Game menu.

I thought the graphical assets were not designed for that? Anyone tried this? How does it look?

 

[St Antony of Padua]

Highlights: You can now enable 360 degree camera rotation from the Options > Game menu.

I thought the graphical assets were not designed for that? Anyone tried this? How does it look?

I did it before this patch. You could change it in a config file. Basically how you would expect. What is the normal angle and perspective is filled with assets, decorations, and such. The rest looks empty, barren.
Example taken from the Larian Forum.

 

[Perkel]

Interesting. Question is if it's only the polish version it could just be that their polish distributors are slow as fuck with the translation. But if all CE has been delayed to mid July, does it mean they havent cancelled the order for the dice? I was really looking forward to those dice.

maybe delayed because additional VO work ?

I don't know who is publisher in poland but biggest ones meaning CD project cenega often do full localization for their releases and it is not like Divinity needs to be released right away because their shareholders will be screaming

 

[norolim]

CD Projekt is the publisher for Poland. I checked other versions on the store and they are all delayed to 18 July, even the digital download one. ForkTong any comments?

 

[Perkel]

yeah looks like Voice added recently (or still recording ??) makes this delay. Poor planing from Larian.


Still i can't wait for game. Also this means that GOG version will have PL language as an option (this happened with every PL version CD project released that are on gog.com)

 

[Watser]

Also, the twitch stream is starting in 1h 40min. http://www.twitch.tv/larianstudios see ya all there

 

[Perkel]

nevermind i am stupid

 

[anus_pounder]

I always prefer to play games solo if possible, because when someone else enters gameplay, you cannot enjoy the game at your own pace.

This. 100%

 

[Infinitron]

Also, the twitch stream is starting in 1h 40min. http://www.twitch.tv/larianstudios see ya all there

 

[Crooked Bee]

Codex imps!

 

[Snozgobler]

Larian Stream is currently showing NPC imps with rather familiar names...

 

[Watser]

Gay whore romance confirmed

 

[Haba]

"Can player have a room and..."

"Eh, pffft no, it's not really a Bioware kind of a game"

 

[Infinitron]

"Can player have a room and..."

"Eh, pffft no, it's not really a Bioware kind of a game"

I love how obviously flustered he is with the retarded questions.