SP patch released on 11/08/06. Please click here to download from Ubisoft or mirror sites.

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SP Patch 1.01 changes and bug fixes
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- Totally redone the way AI Misc & Combat speech were managed to avoid a lot of stuttering
- Fixed a walkthrough stopper bug in Chapter 04 regarding spawning of Necroguard, if you had moved crates on their spawn point
- Now "Medium" is correctly defined as the recommended Texture level of detail for the smaller PCs
- Crash fixed on Save/Load if player has an object in their hands.
- Health and poison effects are no longer displayed during credits.
- Player?s hands don?t appear behind the credits when you combine the Skull of Shadows
with an equipped spell.
- All game menus are hidden when a video starts.
- Problem fixed when the player tries to switch between Xana mode and an equipped scroll.
- Indestructible shields are now really indestructible
- Crash fixed when the player tries to throw a dagger, then immediately jumps and parries.
- Crash fixed when the player tries to switch between casting a fireball and taking an
object.
- The DM fonts now support all Eastern European languages.
- Bug fixed. Player cannot re-use a scroll multiple times after switching to Xana mode.
- Saving is now disabled during end game credits to avoid system anomalies.
- The player now dismounts correctly from the top of ladders, even when moving backward.
- Leanna no longer shows the wrong animation when exiting from the giant spider?s lair.
- Fixed a bug that could occur when saving a game at the end of level 12_A. The chain
that allows you to exit from that part of the level won?t be shortened (unusable) if you
reload at this point.
- Instantaneous spells (Magic Protection, Heal, Wizard Eye) no longer break other spells
like Firetrap.
- Climbing NPCs can't be charmed and fall if shrunken.
- Bug fixed that allowed player to break the planks from the last house of the l07_a
without being inside the house.
- Bug fixed. When the player uses magic against Aratrok, his bodyguards now react.
- Fixed getting stuck on door on Level 11, when jumping on a rope attached to it.
- Fixed weapon being unequipped after jumping in certain conditions
- Fixed when pressing E multiple time in certain conditions would quicksave the game
- Fixed when pressing E very quickly to get his backpack back at a specific location, backpack was recovered but all objects were missing
- Localisation: while in game pressing esc and then switchwing to MP, the confirmation window was not tranlsated.
- Fixed not being able to take any objects under certain conditions
- Fixed game crash after de-equipping a weapon in certain conditions
- Fixed a potential first person hands animation problems
- Fixed being stuck sometimes in some specific locations close to stairs
- Fixed looping dagger and staff sound when doing a power attack and parrying in the middle.
- Fixed some scrolls that could be used several times (much like a spell)
- Fixed teleporting that could occur when using lockpick
- Fixed Fireball staying stuck to the player until it explodes
- Localisation: German: fixed improper wall signs
- Fixed the mission failed message not appearing when killing the wounded guard on the island.
- Fixed, shrinked enemies are now sensitive to melee weapon
- Fixed a crashwhen killing a NPC with a fire weapon when he is knee deep in the water
- Fixed Percy getting stuck in a window
- Fixed Percy not reacting properly to certain players choice (avoiding spoiler)
- Fixed a certain NPC (still avoiding spoiler..) still looking Alive when he is should be dead
- Fixed invisible wall present on level 7
- Fixed a crash when at the raggdoll in level 2 with a fire arrow spell
- Fixed collision disapearing on Trap behing the barn after a reload
- Fixed lockping becoming a weapon (melee animations played)
- Fixed Lighting bolt scroll not working
- Fixed issue with telekeninesis not always working as intended
- Fixed issues with "Adjust Brightness Level" still being in game after using it in the menu.

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Special fix for language problems:
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If you don't have the language you selected during the installation of Dark Messiah, please follow
these instructions:

- In the following folder you'll find files named ".reg" :
C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Dark Messiah of Might and Magic\Support

- Double click on the .reg file of the language you wish to use.
(Note: This won't CHANGE the language, only repair it).

- Click 'Yes' then 'OK'.

- Your Steam register key has been updated to your chosen language. Your game is now
correctly set.

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Technical issues
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Single player:

Steam and retail versions:
It is not recommended that you install both steam and DVD version of DM on the same machine.

Make sure to have all latest drivers:
- including your CPU drivers for XP:
AMD: http://www.amd.com/gb-uk/Processors/TechnicalResources/...00.html?redir=SDT303
Intel: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Det...c.aspx?DwnldID=11454
- Video card manufacturer
- Sound cards

If you have a Nvidia 6 series:
Strangely it seems that some Nvidia 6 series video cards (6800 ultra for instance) don?t work well on the latest drivers with DM. Reverting to older drivers 84.21 seems to fix that problem.

If you have the demo installed:
- It seems that it may create a problem for some users. You should uninstall it prior to installing the game.
- If the game is already installed we advise you to uninstall it, then uninstall the demo, and then reinstall the game.

Video settings:
If you encounter bad performance or instability:
- Make sure to bring all your visual settings to the minimum,
- Texture quality should be set it to medium or low
- Disabling HDR may be of great help on some systems
- For steam users, make sure to run a file integrity check, maybe some files got corrupted during the install.
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Support
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This message has been edited. Last edited by: Acheval,

w00000t ty

only... I just finished the game hadn't got any bugs though
but I'm ready for a couple of times more.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: ninjadrol,

Can we expect some performance/memory related issues to be fixed in this patch too?

Wow, that's alot! Thank you, horsey! =)

What about those white boxes that appear on some computers when there's a cutscene, or when you're hit?

Well that sucks. I was kind of hoping the performance issues would be addressed.

On this:
Athlon 4400 64 bit Dual Core
1 gig of ddr 3200 memory
7900 Gtx 512

I am getting, every two or three checkpoints, framerates in the 6 - 15 range. It's near unplayable for a game in which you only have to be facing an enemy to hit him.

And if my computer is not up to snuff, than PC game developers have tenfold too high of expectations of their customers ability to upgrade.

It's on the Half-Life 2 engine, one of the most endearing qualities of that game being that it was playable on just about any recent or fairly recent machine.

There seems to be a disturbing trend towards games made for feature lists and screenshots these days, for which actual performance and playability are unimportant.

I should have bought Neverwinter Nights 2. It's really too bad you can't exchange PC games...

It may be that i'm overreacting, but really, i'll either have beaten this game in it's current barely playable state, or have given up on it entirely before the next patch rolls around, and that with the assumption that A) there will be another, and B) That IT will fix the performance issues.

Whatever.

What about being stuck in the spider statue, because the gem doesn1t fit, I got all gems and it's like I don't have the second one. I try to put the gem in the hole, but it does nothing... =/

quote:

Originally posted by amsneto:
What about being stuck in the spider statue, because the gem doesn1t fit, I got all gems and it's like I don't have the second one. I try to put the gem in the hole, but it does nothing... =/

There's 4 slots for the statue if I recall. You have to put the first gem in it's head.

i have to admit, this a bit less than i had hoped for. no mentioned of mm.exe and memory address erorrs that cause CTD and hard reboots....

if my Athlon X2 3800+ with an 7800GT can only play at lowest settings, i can;t imagine that was the developers intention and it is clearly higher than even min req and possbily higher than rec req.

please tell me you are working on fixing this.

nice , but the video isnt fixed? and the water isue and the chessboard?? wtf!

I don't mean to whine or anything, and if i get the patch and it resolves the problems i and a lot of others are having i'll humbly retract all nay-saying, but i don't really care about how i dismount ladders or what animation Leanna's up to, i just want to be able to hit orcs with a freaking sword and have it not look like stop-motion animation, or like a black screen followed by my desktop.

I've said this before, but it's impossible to *not* install the Steam version. It does it automatically once you install off the DVD.

Nothing for fix the crash MEMORY CANT BE READ ???

WarlockSol/and others: yes you can, but because the installation guide is a "little" poorly/clumsy configured, the average PC user(including me) easily gets mislead to install incorrectly.

Try installing this way:

1. Uninstall Dark Messiah and Steam.

2. Now, before installing Dark Messiah again, first install steam and update it.

3. Then start the Dark messiah installation and choose a folder for the single player portion but leave the multiplayer portion installed in the steam map(as suggested by the installer).

4. When asked about installing steam single + multiplayer, uncheck both options(stupid misleading option, as you're obviously not interested in downloading the same content again from steam).

5. When finished installing and entering the steam application, steam should NOT be downloading a singleplayer "update"(which is in reality the full "Steam version" singleplayer content). Another way of verifying the install went succesfully is running the singleplayer shotcut on your desktop. Steam should in this case NOT start running.

Hope you and others can use above information.
I was just going by memory, so apologizes if I remembered something incorrectly.

A wrong installation can cause(in my case)the computer to freez during a level load and during playing. It also caused choppy audio and unsteady framerates.

Cheers!

I installed it this way originally and unfortunately i still have crummy framerates. Is yours entirely smooth? and at what settings?

You ppl with memoru issues. Have you tried boost your virtual memory?

I have.
1024MB RAM
512MB graphicmemory (ATI XT1950XTX)

and the game takes besides that 1.2GB in virtualmemory by itself (!?). i have upped mine too 1.6GB and now it works on medium..don't wanna know how much it eats up when you try higher settings.

/Dalthor-san

I'll try the nvidia drivers when i get home. I'll feel like a complete tool if they work. But then again, i'll be able to enjoy the game, so whatever...

ok love all the work you guys have done, except none of that i have...i didnt see anything about the elemental weapon repitition thing????

That is a temporary fix Dalthor, and one that doesnt work for some people...by default I have 2 gb system ram, 4 gb virtual memory, and a 256 mb graphics card, and there were situations where it was still freaking out...its just rediculous, and yes, hopefully this patch fixes more than they are advertising, but most of the stuff in those patch notes is not even important to me...if I cant even finish the game because of predictable crashes that occur, why do i care about little nitpick bugfixes? The exception to me of course is the save/load crashfix...that one affected me, but it was something you could work through.

I don't think they are just doing a poor job, rather I have a sinking feeling the QA team is all playing on a cookie cutter DELL PC, or something similar, and they can't recreate any of the horrible experiences we have been going through, so they are fixing the easy/obvious stuff they could recreate...

Most of those fixes seem to be for trivial issues.

We really needed fixes for the poor memory management issues and mm.exe issues that caused crashes and poor performance.