Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Technical Problems Solution for patch and disappearing maps

We just figured out what's going wrong with the latest patch and have created an updated version of the patch which we released this evening.

The official announcement will come on monday, but if you go now to the support section and download the patch which is marked as v1.33 you will in fact be downloading v1.34 which solves the black map/resetted world problem. The following applies:


If you apply the updated patch and load savegames made prior to v1.33 you will encounter no more problems.

If you had loaded savegames made with v1.33 after starting a new game with v1.33 you will also not encounter any problems.

If you have made a savegame in versions before v1.33, then loaded that savegame in v1.33 and saved in v1.33, that savegame is potentially corrupt. The best thing is to revert to one of the savegames made earlier with v1.32 or before.

We're really sorry about any inconveniences/frustration caused by this but are happy that we could solve it relatively quickly. Thank you to all of you who sent in your savegames and helped us locate the bug.

Lar

Yaaaaaaayyyy Team! I knew if i started a new game and got into it that you fine folks would fix the problem, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" /> it's kinda like lighting a smoke to wait for the bus ... and the bus comes around the corner before your smoke is halfway gone! So now i think i will still play my new game, because i am now armed with dangerous knowledge from all u fine players! Hey it's only time! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

SUPERB, now THIS is a fast response <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />

@Lar
Is this bug also included in the german version of the 1.33 patch?

Yes, it affected all versions. Everybody who got v1.33 should get v1.34 before continuing unless they started from scracth with v1.33 (and even then, it's not a bad idea to get v1.34)

Lar

If you have Windows XP/2000, make sure you install the 1.34 patch from an account with administrative rights (as with all installs). If you do not have full read/right access to the Divinity folders, some files can not be updated, and the patch does not currently give an error message in that case.

you guys did a great job <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> and fast to

I'm sorry that I have to be the one to brake the bad news but, with 1.34, which I installed this morning, there are small squares of black that do not clear off the map, even when I stand right on top of the spots.. I was having the dissappearing map problem w/ 1.33. I can deal with this much better, if it's the only thing wrong...

This is the fog-of-war, single blocks? Did you re-load a save from v1.32 or before? If you start a new game, do you still get this problem?

Try deleting all of the files in the '..\Divine Divinity\Run\Dynamic' folder.
This folder is used as a cache for the game. Files are created / copied there from the save game folder when you load, and written / copied from that folder when you save a game. The files will be re-created as required the next time you start Divinity. If there was a corrupt file in that folder, deleting the files should fix the problem.

This is a new game that I started after i installed1.34. Yah its the fog of war, just the small squares and only on the large map(Ferol).

The only place where I have seen those blacked-out spots is in Ars-Magicana on the back-side of Geoff's house/shop. I did go and delete the files in \Divine Divinity\Run\Dynamic' folder and they are still there.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

How wonderfull........Just want to say Thank-you guyes for working so hard to get out the patch fix. So far so good here.

Well I have been playing with 1.34 for about 15hrs straight just about. I've seen no problems...(except for the small one from earlier) but that's very easy to live with compared to before!...............Thanks alot guys! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I figured out another bug. You can't minimise the details anymore. The fog works, but the shadows and the detail level don't work anymore.
I know, it's not that important, but I want to post it anyway <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

They work fine here; I can still change and apply the settings.

I can't, and Barnabus also...strange.

i had to jump back to an oldsave game to continue on, and so far the problm fix is working well - - however instead of a black map (because i honestly haven' explored the dark forest yet) the whole entire map was revealed - although eveything was normal i could just see eveything.

Does this patch fix the savegames that are already bad? I started with 1.33 and all my savegames are 1.33. I downloaded 1.34 and still have black maps (they occur when I teleport back to Rivertown from Verdistis). Do I have to go back through my savegames till I find one that doesn't have the problem and restart from that point?

the patch will not fix black maps , unless you have a previous save that you haven't touched since before installing the patch, i tried putting my savegame in a different folder, uninstall, reboot, scan, defrg, then reinstall, move saves back to folder and try again...but, it didn't work! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> So I decided with all my new knowledge from these forums, to start all over again with a new game, and it's even better than the first time! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> more options, different ideas, I'm just <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sad.gif" alt="" /> that it's gonna take so long to get where i was before (all teleporters except imp, and rounding up the posse counsil members) But hey...it's just a game <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> and a damn great one worth every hour spent on it...oh gotta go impale some giant blue orcs <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" />

Hi Lar, when you said "before continuing unless they started from scracth with v1.33" do you mean, if i started from scratch with 1.33 i am on safe side?

Thanks