Microsoft has released a new updated 1.09.2 beta patch for Dungeon Siege.
Version 1.09.2 of Dungeon Siege contains
the following updates and changes:
General
- Fixed all known Journal update issues
related to quests.
- Fixed all known content placement issues
such as inaccessible containers and "floating" objects.
- Increased game performance in several
low-performance areas.
- Resolved all known issues with end bosses.
- Fixed all known fading issues.
- Updated ZoneMatch user interface and
improved ZoneMatch functionality and performance.
- Resolved issues with sounds cutting out.
- Fixed problem with 5.1 speaker setups
getting reset to 2 speakers when enabling EAX.
- Added safety to prevent the game from
starting if critical resource files are missing.
- Added retry code that enables you to
attempt to recover from unstable hardware causing corruption in data that is
loaded from hard disk.
- Moved screen shots into their own \Screen
Shots subdirectory.
- Added new command line options:
noalttab=true, prevents task switching during gameplay.
nowinkeys=true, disables the Windows keys (supported on Windows 2000 and
Windows XP only).
user_path=, specifies where the user files go (rather than \My
Documents\Dungeon Siege).
Other path-related command line options are: keys_path, map_paths, mod_paths,
res_paths, save_path, and shots_path.
- Fixed the issue of a missing or moved "My
Documents" folder causing problems.
- Improved many error messages to include
more information to better help diagnose hardware configuration problems.
- added an hourglass cursor to show when the
game is busy
- switched to 100% client/server model to be
more NAT and firewall-friendly
- displacers now save their state in the
character save file in multiplayer using new quest saving functions
- Veteran & Elite modes functional
- "chunky" and "superchunky" cheat codes
removed
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Mod Related
- switched map node mesh index format to be
more mod-friendly when gmax comes out
- added a new naming key format to be more
mod-friendly
- exported many new functions
- added dsdll extension method
- exported UI functions and added 'command'
and 'call' actions for UI modding
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