Unofficial Patch 9.6 released!

[Wesp5]

Find it as usual on The Patches Scrolls: http://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/4647/7/73591

Changelog:

v9.6 02.10.2016
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+Fixed warform-weapons bug, moved Yugo to pier and limo onto street.
+Adjusted some weapon damages and made crossbow fire burning bolts.
+Added shake to forklift hit and improved two friend emails timings.
+Changed Shin Gunto to look different to katana, thanks to Lenuska.
+Added door to SM haven bathroom and masquerade area outside museum.
+Mentioned Clan Lasombra in the world loading tips, thanks to IanW.
+Fixed museum areaportals and small texture issues, thanks Psycho-A.
+Added observatory inspections and fixed male blood doll get stuck.
+Increased cemetery gate's health more and fixed a coffee shop door.
+Made Chang brother's Tiger's Claws weapon usuable, thanks Lenuska.
+Restored six models to Society, Foxy Boxes, theatre, and warehouse.
+Made two additional options available for plus patch installation.
+Added dialogue lines to give some surplus items to Gary and Damsel.
+Raised conditions to persuade Gimble and unlocked door afterwards.
+Sold crossbow ammo later and changed two tutorial elevator buttons.
+Added taxi to maps and fixed jars transparency at Grout's mansion.
+Moved flamethrower into new atrium and made braid Mitnick's reward.
+Placed some things in empty Giovanni rooms and fixed player start.
Blocked way into locked SM junkyard and corrected Chunk levitating.
Made Sin Bin ATM machine not vanish and Romero sit after boinking.
Fixed Givanni sound schemes and monitors in Skyeline and SM clinic.
Delayed Mercurio cutscene to make player move where he can see it.
Improved weapons, timings, ocean and widescreen cut of Ming ending.
Made crackhouse girl flee and hid two mirrored theatre door signs.
Removed restored weapons from basic and restored all the stats too.
Recompiled Kamikaze Zen map to fix vent without exit and lighting.
Corrected bad elevator light at Red Dragon and Jezebel's door lock.
Fixed decapitation shot and restored basic drugbox value and rain.
Unified keypad sounds and fixed wrong detection and sounds on Dane.
Fixed museum door not being locked and some minor dialogue issues.
Lowered Asylum music volume after loading and fixed minor map bugs.
Added original Japanese and Russian words to translated subtitles.
Fixed Empire mafia reaction and reduced pier artefacts and effects.
Updated SDK and fixed audio loop at Fu Syndicate, thanks Psycho-A.
Made manholes in Venture Tower cellar and Ocean House sewers close.
Fixed bad Kerri dialogue start and delayed Jeanette and Ming ones.
Used autoexec.cfg to fix talk dsp sound and frame rate door issues.
Enhanced some areaportals at Leopold Society and Giovanni Mansion.
Recompiled Zhao's Warehouse to fix huge doors vanish at a distance.
Fixed Nosferatu causing Masquerade violations exiting Luckee Star.
Adjusted volume of some NPC lines and corrected NPC coughing loops.
Fixed some Ocean House rails, areaportals, shadows and a map hole.
Made persuaded Chunk not attack and incapacitated drop gallery key.

[Salem Graves]

Can I update on an ongoing save?


Edit: I should mention a couple things I noticed while watching a let's play of the game, they were also using the plus patch. A couple things happened in their game that didn't happen in mine. In my game I never got to have the initial conversation with Heather after meeting her back at my home for the first time because an event with her triggered before I ever got to speak with her, she had brought someone back to the house. So I never got to get to know her or tell her she was a vampire. Another thing I noticed is after he finished with the dane and got off the boat onto the beach, he was ambushed by a few thugs and that never happened in my game. I'm not sure if either of these can be fixed or are caused by the patch, i just thought I'd mention them.

Edit Edit: I'm recieving a crash and an error "bad inline model number 70" after updating when I try to go to the santa monica beach. Is this because I can't update an ongoing save?

[eRogue]

It's generally bad practice to ever update any game in a the middle of a play through.

[Wesp5]

Originally posted by VirazolKaine:

Can I update on an ongoing save?

No, this is always asking for trouble!

In my game I never got to have the initial conversation with Heather after meeting her back at my home for the first time because an event with her triggered before I ever got to speak with her, she had brought someone back to the house.

Then you probably skipped going back to your haven after a part of the main quest.

Another thing I noticed is after he finished with the dane and got off the boat onto the beach, he was ambushed by a few thugs and that never happened in my game.

These were the guys from the beachhouse which you probably already killed in your game!

I'm recieving a crash and an error "bad inline model number 70" after updating when I try to go to the santa monica beach. Is this because I can't update an ongoing save?

Exactly. The pier map was changed in 9.6 to get rid of some black artefacts in the sky, but in your old save data referring to the old map version was stored. Thus the error!

[Etherealizer]

Does it not say UP Version# Plus in the character screen anymore? Or is that a result of Windows 10 not installing the patch properly?

EDIT: Nevermind. It was just moved. I hadn't played this in awhile so I didn't realize. Kudos on you for still updating your patch after all this time, lol.

To those wondering: the indicator, UP 9.6 Plus, is located in the Gameplay Options now.

[BodhiZafa]

Does this patch work with the cheat console? I press ~ and it opens up the cheat window so I know it's working, however every time I try to start a new game it crashes. Also saved data doesn't show up. What's going on?

[Salem Graves]

When you update do you need to fully reinstall the game? or can you simply run the installer over 9.5 and it will work fine?

Edit: would it be possible to increase the volume of the malkavian voices they hear when in conversation with other characters? or add subtitles to the voice somehow while in a conversation? I have a hard time hearing what the voice is saying over what the character I'm talking to is saying.

[SultryPasta]

Thank you for keeping this game updated! I haven't played in YEARS, reinstalling it as we speak.

Side question - are any of the mods worth a download or will this unofficial patch be enough? Thanks!

[Wesp5]

Originally posted by CadenFall:

Does this patch work with the cheat console? I press ~ and it opens up the cheat window so I know it's working, however every time I try to start a new game it crashes. Also saved data doesn't show up. What's going on?

The console works fine but to keep the game from freezing after you use it, either use it from the main menu only or type "chareditor" and continue from there. I have no idea about the missing saves, are you running from the patch shortcut?

[Wesp5]

Originally posted by VirazolKaine:

When you update do you need to fully reinstall the game? or can you simply run the installer over 9.5 and it will work fine?

The latter is enough, provided you start a new game afterwards!

Edit: would it be possible to increase the volume of the malkavian voices they hear when in conversation with other characters? or add subtitles to the voice somehow while in a conversation?

Subtitles are not possible and the volume might make the other conversation hard to hear. But all whispers are transcribed into the Patch Extras folder.

[Wesp5]

Originally posted by wing_fighter2:

Side question - are any of the mods worth a download or will this unofficial patch be enough?

As no mods are compatible you should replay with the plus patch first and then choose other mods after you are finished!

[BodhiZafa]

Well I think I figured it out, apparently I didn't need to add the "-console" to the target in the properties. I think that's what was freezing it up. I didn't know the cheats already worked with the patch and I didn't need to change anything. Me changing it was messing it up.

Anyway, thanks for the update, I'm finally getting my wife to play this game now. I've downloaded the patch for her and it works fine. Cheers!

[La_Anarquista]

This patches-scrolls site assaults my cpu with pop ups, and when I try to download the link nothing happens. Is there anyother site that offers the patch? Without sending me back to patch-scrolls or whatever it was lol.

[[n3] vazor222]

Just logged in to say thank you wesp this is awesome!

[KDM 16AAB]

Noticed a weird door opening bug.

When I open a door and attempt to walk through it while it is still in the process of opening (not yet fully open) the door will regularly start to shut again on me, in some situations trapping me and rendering me unable to move out of the doorway.

Had to Quickload a few times because of this.

[Wesp5]

Originally posted by Khan.D.Man:

Noticed a weird door opening bug.

This is a known bug that strangely is connected to your frame rate! It was fixed in the latest UP 9.6 beta and you can do the same just by adding this to autoexec.cfg: fps_max "92"