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Patch 8 will be ready to roll out on Tuesday, April 15th!

To celebrate, get ready to join us on Twitch where we’ll talk all things Patch 8 with guest developer Ross, whose work on the new subclasses will be arriving next week.

Date and time: April 16th, 1pm UTC
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HI, I can't seem to find an option in Steam to disable automatic updates of games. I can only tell it not to update until I launch the game. I don't want to update until my current PT is finished , because I 'm using mods which might no longer work. What should I do ?

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Originally Posted by ldo58
HI, I can't seem to find an option in Steam to disable automatic updates of games. I can only tell it not to update until I launch the game. I don't want to update until my current PT is finished , because I 'm using mods which might no longer work. What should I do ?
As with the previous patch, we will likely have a Patch 7 beta branch available after the patch release.

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Excellent news! A couple of days ago I set GOG not to auto-update so I can finish my current first person view modded playthrough (just beat Myrkul last night), but I'm looking forward to trying it when that's done.

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Arcane Archer and Drunken monk got fixed/reworked, so their abilities actually work? Because even on last stress test patch, these 2 subclasses were basically non-functional.

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Will that be April 15th for PC Mac and Console Users?
Or just for PC/Mac and then consoles at a later date like with Patch 7?
If the latter, any rough non-committal estimate for the console dates?

Thanks as always for all the awesome work!


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Originally Posted by GalexMystra
Will that be April 15th for PC Mac and Console Users?
Or just for PC/Mac and then consoles at a later date like with Patch 7?
If the latter, any rough non-committal estimate for the console dates?

According to a comment in another thread, it's all platforms releasing on the same day:

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Patch 8 will go live next Tuesday April 15th on all platforms, including Mac!

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Crossing fingers for at least some of the longstanding bugs that mar the experience on PS5 to be fixed, but after so long, I kind of don't expect it.

At least the huge dialogue/animation bug will be fixed though, right?

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Originally Posted by ldo58
HI, I can't seem to find an option in Steam to disable automatic updates of games. I can only tell it not to update until I launch the game. I don't want to update until my current PT is finished , because I 'm using mods which might no longer work. What should I do ?
Unplug web connection when playing BG3

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Originally Posted by Taril
Originally Posted by GalexMystra
Will that be April 15th for PC Mac and Console Users?
Or just for PC/Mac and then consoles at a later date like with Patch 7?
If the latter, any rough non-committal estimate for the console dates?

According to a comment in another thread, it's all platforms releasing on the same day:

Originally Posted by Salo
Patch 8 will go live next Tuesday April 15th on all platforms, including Mac!

Awesome! Thanks for the info share!


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Originally Posted by Buba68
Originally Posted by ldo58
HI, I can't seem to find an option in Steam to disable automatic updates of games. I can only tell it not to update until I launch the game. I don't want to update until my current PT is finished , because I 'm using mods which might no longer work. What should I do ?
Unplug web connection when playing BG3

You can use the Steam offline function, that way you can play the old patch without disabling your internet connection on your computer.

Personally I would try the old branch option that you can find in the beta tab on steam (when it's available), I assume that would let you play without going steam offline mode.

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Originally Posted by KiraMira
Originally Posted by Buba68
Originally Posted by ldo58
HI, I can't seem to find an option in Steam to disable automatic updates of games. I can only tell it not to update until I launch the game. I don't want to update until my current PT is finished , because I 'm using mods which might no longer work. What should I do ?
Unplug web connection when playing BG3

You can use the Steam offline function, that way you can play the old patch without disabling your internet connection on your computer.

Personally I would try the old branch option that you can find in the beta tab on steam (when it's available), I assume that would let you play without going steam offline mode.

Yes, I used the beta of patch 6 to delay patch 7, but it was done with a rollback operaion, so patch 7 got installed, I noticed it broke some mods, then reinstalled the game from the patch 6 branch. It would be nicer to avoid upgrading and then regressing back, by not upgrading in the first place.

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Is this Swen's birthday gift to king Philip of Belgium ? (65th aniversary on 15/4). Would he be be a BG3 player ?

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Originally Posted by ldo58
Yes, I used the beta of patch 6 to delay patch 7, but it was done with a rollback operaion, so patch 7 got installed, I noticed it broke some mods, then reinstalled the game from the patch 6 branch. It would be nicer to avoid upgrading and then regressing back, by not upgrading in the first place.

Oh..yeah, I see why you would want to avoid that! Offline mode and auto-updates off is the best option then.


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