Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity Original Sin - Beta Issues with Beta 1.59

1. Crafting/Blacksmithing - these two sbilities have changed again. Before B1.59, character with 'Crafting' ability could smelt ore/silver, hammer out a shield, create weapons from ore/steel bars and sharpen bladed weapons on the whetstone wheel. Under the new release only a character with "Blacksmithing' ability can do some of these actions.
* My character with Blacksmithing ability +2 was able to smelt iron ore, but could not smelt silver ore.
* Could not make steel bars even though I had over 12 iron ore bars.
* Could not enhance metal shield
* Except for knives, could not sharpen any other bladed weapon using the whetstone wheel.

2. Requirement descriptions - this is minor, but needs to be fixed. My main character is Wayfarer with +2 Bow Ability and Dexterity of 8, yet the following is scripted:

* Under Armor - requirements are showing up in Red lettering instead of Grey lettering even when I meet or exceed requirements. For example, current armor requirement is Dexterity 6, I'm Dex 8, but requirement is shsowing up in Red lettering.

Weapons - similar problem. Character is equipped with bow meeting expected requirements. However, if I hover mouse over arrow(s) in inventory, I get message stating the "Bow is not Euipped" in red lettering which is not true since I'm looking at it in my weapon slot.

3. Talking Statues - seriously bugged! Lesser Earth Demon and Air Demon work fine. However, when you defeat the Lesser Water Demon the body remains whole, not a lump, thereby indicating that the Demon is still not dead (i.e. flag not set). Hence you can not continue onto final Lesser Demon confrontation and complete this quest.

4. Crafting/Books - there is still a disconnect between the "recipe" books and actually trying to craft an item/potion based on these books. For example, a recipe book implies that you can crush a ruby and apply it to an mace. Tried that one and it doesn't work. Tried using "2" sinew and a branch to make a bow: no go! Tried combining two pre-mixxed ingredients together as a recipe book proposed, nothing. Perhaps my expectations are too high, but I thought that the crafting issues would have been solved by Beta 1.59.