Download-Beschreibung This is the official release of the v1.2 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines patch by Activision. This patch will update Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines to version 1.2. The patch addresses a number of known issues, including fixes for the Society of Leopold quest, keys and keycards disappearing, the use of Protean (Level 5) and Fortitude at the same time, and various other gameplay updates. INSTALLATION NOTES: This patch will update ALL retail copies of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines to version 1.2. It is recommended that any user modifications that have been installed to the Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines directory be removed before installing this patch. These modifications are not supported by Activision and may not be compatible with some of the new features that are included. LOCALIZATIONS NOTE: This patch will update all languages of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines English, French and German. The ultimate source of patches & addons for Vampire: The Masquerade. Download unofficial patch 1.2. This is the official release of the v1.2 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines patch by Activision. This patch will update Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines to version 1.2. For Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled 'So why should I download the unofficial patch?' Unofficial Patch Author(s): Werner Spahl AKA Wesp5 Dan Upright (creator) Type: Patch Latest version: 9.8 Release date: October 4, 2016 Download: The Unofficial Patch is a community-driven project that has been in development since official release of in October 2004. It first started as a collection of minor fixes but has grown into a huge package that also restores content that did not make it into the release version of the game and also adds some high quality content created from scratch by the community. It is widely considered the only proper way to play the game. Contents [] Description The project was first started in December 2004 by Dan Upright and soon taken over by Werner Spahl, better known by his nickname Wesp5. Originally merely meant to fix obvious errors, some of which were soon after addressed by the official Patch 1.2, the project has massively grown over the years, addressing thousands of both minor and major technical and gameplay issues, rebalancing the game and restoring or adding content that was for one reason or another missing from the release version. In more recent versions the patch is distributed in form of a configurable installer which allows deactivating certain features (more about that in the Plus Patch section further below). And unlike early versions, which simply overwrote the original game data, it now uses a structure inspired by mods for other Source Engine games, which keeps the base game intact and allows to parallelly use other mods, which may be incompatible with the Unofficial Patch, without having to maintain a separate Bloodlines installation for each one. Background As the original game's release was heavily rushed and, the studio that created Bloodlines, was shut down by Activision almost the moment the game was released, the official technical support was extremely brief, with only a single official patch having been released. As a result, the game was left in a comparably bad state, with many bugs left in the game and many of them being potentially game-breaking. With the lack of long-running official technical support the Unofficial Patch quickly established itself as a de facto standard in the Bloodlines community. Plus Patch As the patch grew over the years more and more changes and additions were made to the game which are widely considered controversial, particularly by players only interested in fixes to problems still present in the final official version of the game. This even lead to an alternate series of patches known as the. To counter this the Unofficial Patch was eventually divided into two separate versions, a 'basic' version and a 'Plus' version, the latter of which contains major additions to the game which arguably do not represent the creative vision of the game's original developers. At this point the patch is distributed in form of a configurable installer and the desired version can be selected during the installation process. I too had the same question last week when starting the game for the first time. I did some research on various forums. Some people said that unless you are a diehard and plan to beat the game several times it might be fun to start on Basic and then install plus on a later playthrough to see what has been restored. On the other hand most people said that it is a step backwards to not install Plus even if it is your first playthrough because Plus restores original content from the game, changes item locations or characters & moves them around to ideal locations (this might confuse people who remember their original locations - & they're not there) but it makes more sense.
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