The Bard's Tale Trilogy

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• Announcements·12 Sept 2023Official

  MacOS Beta Branch Available

  A new MacOS Beta build of The Bard's Tale Trilogy is now available which resolves graphical errors that can appear while playing on an M1 or newer processor. To access this Beta branch, right-click The Bard’s Tale Trilogy in your Steam Library > Properties > Betas > (within that Betas selection screen in the upper-right corner, click the drop-down box and select the Beta-Beta option). Click the X to close that box out, and then you should see that to the right of the game name in the library list it will now have a tag. Mac users, please report back in this thread to let us know if you continue to see any graphical errors in this version of the game.
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• Announcements·26 Nov 2019Official

  macOS Support added - Build 4.34 Released

  Hi all, Krome Studios and inXile entertainment are pleased to announce that the new build of The Bard's Tale Trilogy now available includes native macOS support! In addition to our MAC gaming friends being able to play the game, there are several bug fixes in this build (4.34): Fixed an issue where TRADE items/gold doesn't work on controller, when full legacy mode is enabled EXCEPT Automap is still available. Fixed an issue in Polish only; where you could not continue the game when you try to use the acorn, in BT3 Fixed a missing translation when curing insanity. Replaced any instances of 'Phillipi' with 'Philippi' One L Two P's. Fixed the corners of the automap so you can cleanly map out the PASS letters In Dark Domain 2. Added songs remaining tooltip to songs (hidden if you have unlimited songs) Made songs list red if no songs are remaining. "Find The Scarlet Bard" tips no longer appear in the Destiny Knight when running with Legacy Songs mode, since there is no Scarlet Bard. Added long bow to the transfer item list, if it isn't in the shop. If there are any issues, please let us know. Enjoy!
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• Announcements·17 Oct 2019Official

  The Bard's Tale Trilogy - OSX Open Beta v4.32

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33355397/b147ad76817a7c58fdc06346c54c3fa7661784a7.png Hi all, Today we've pushed a new build for The Bard's Tale Trilogy live on the "beta" branch on Steam. This build has both an updated Windows build, as well as a build for OSX! Fixes/differences for the Windows build from the previous release are noted below. We're hoping to have a short open beta period on Steam only, and then, if all is well, do the full release for both Steam and GoG. We've set up a new discussion thread for OSX issues on the "OPEN BETA" forum - please post any problems there! https://steamcommunity.com/app/843260/discussions/1/1607148447810808434/ Cheers! Fixes since v4.29 Fixed an issue where TRADE items/gold doesn't work on controller, when full legacy mode is enabled EXCEPT Automap is still available. Fixed an issue in Polish only; where you could not continue the game when you try to use the Acorn in BT3 Fixed a missing translation when curing insanity.
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• Patch Notes·18 Sept 2019Official

  New Bard's Tale Trilogy Patch Released - v4.29

  We're happy to announce a new patch for The Bard's Tale Trilogy is now available on both "default" and "beta" branches! This is a primarily a bug-fix release, though there are also some gameplay changes. Please see the notes below for details. Additionally, we've added some support for overriding the selected language. Any issues, please let us know! LANGUAGE SELECTION There is now an option to override the selected language (the one set by the "Language" tab on the properties of the game in your Steam library). If you launch the game with the "-lang=" commandline (without quotes) you can select English, French, German, Spanish, Polish or Russian language by adding the 2 letter code, ie -lang=en -lang=fr -lang=de -lang=es -lang=pl -lang=ru Additionally - once this new build has been run for the first time, there will be a new file called "lang.txt" created on your PC, in the "%appdata%/../locallow/InXile Entertainment/The Bard's Tale Trilogy" folder on your PC. If you edit this file, you will be able to then override which language the game is displayed in; following the directions found within the file. GENERAL FIXES Performance improvements throughout the game. Stability improvements throughout the game. Fix for performance issues when transferring characters from BT1 to BT2. Identifying an item at Roscoe's now counts as "using" the service, for a variety of achievements. Enable tooltips for legacy mode options on the main menu; even if you had disabled tooltips in-game. Fix for some commands being able to be activated and inappropriate times, eg “view inventory” while in combat. Lighting fixes for when inside Casinos. Fix for some taverns using the incorrect animation on their window, in BT3. A variety of language translation fixes. The entrances to dungeons in BT2 now fade as you enter/exit, to make the transition nicer. Removed ability to select equip/unequip when in battle, if there are no items in the inventory. Fixed PartyAttack so that it can target non-con...
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• Patch Notes·13 Aug 2019Official

  New Bard's Tale Trilogy Patch Released - v4.28

  https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33355397/556285316d0dc58d269037c658ee103c2de12b1f.gif Hi all, We're pleased to announce that we have a MAJOR patch for the Bard's Tale Trilogy ready for release... actually it's out right now! Here's a shiny new trailer showcasing some of these major changes! For those of you who have been on the beta testing branch, please note that the below includes some of the features that were in the v4.07 beta release. There are a LOT of changes to go through, so we've tried to break it down into major segments. We hope you enjoy these additions to the game! Please let us know any problems you see. Cheers Linds MAJOR FEATURES Full language support for French, German, Spanish, Polish and Russian. Right click on the game in your Steam library, select properties, then the Language tab, to select a different language. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33355397/7fb7580924dba5c23915116dc59668f9a3f7d1d7.png All outstanding cameos have been upgraded and added to the game. We've continued to use the BT1 cameos as the default for character creation, but all the relevant cameos from the other two games are there, available for selection. For example: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33355397/8778da6abbc426581ae69e36c6dca58b4d1cb991.gif https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33355397/cd00fbae6eb2664b17fe3d31950dc321bc74b1b7.gif https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33355397/556285316d0dc58d269037c658ee103c2de12b1f.gif Our new In-game Bestiary tracks the monsters (per chapter) that you’ve fought, and progressively fills in their stats and details. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1749945517 The new In-game Manual has all the information you could ever want on how the game works, including information on the differences in Legacy Mode and how the game is different to the original ...
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