Patch Profile??

[Curian The Paladin]

What is the latest patch of IwD??? what bug does it fix and where could i get it?? coz i want ot upgrade mine!!!

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[Ronn_Bman]

When you start up your game, you can choose "update", and it will take you to the patch page, or you can just click HERE!

You should be able to find info about the patch on this site.

[Ronn_Bman]

This is from the patch instructions

VERSION 1.06
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GENERAL
- Fixed a potential problem with hit points becoming negative with
characters having very high Constitution scores.
- Fixed a potential crash on dial-up and serial games when viewing some
transitional movies.
- Fixed potential saving problem with "Auto-Pause on Trap Detection"
feature.
- Fixed a message displayed when a PC has a full inventory and an NPC
tries to give the PC an item.
- Adjustments made to the end game for some people who would not get the
ending movies after the final conflict.
- Fixed a problem with salamanders not always displaying their aura
effects.
- Removed dependency on Winsock 2 (should help for Windows 95 users).
- Fixed a weapon problem on Fire Elementals.
- Fixed a display bug with derived THAC0 when the Prayer spell was active.


ITEMS
- Fixed a problem with a potion that gave permanent magic resistance
removing it's permanent effect after reloading a game.
- The Robe of the Watcher now gives the 10% magic resistance bonus.


NEW FEATURE

Using Notepad or another text editor, open the 'icewind.ini' file in your
game directory (default: C:\Program Files\Black Isle\Icewind Dale)
and locate the line that says "[Game Options]". If you wish to use the
feature mentioned below, enter the text found within the quotes (but not
the quotes themselves) on to their own line:

"Show Quest XP=1"
This will display the actual amount of experience points you receive when
completing quests.


For example:

[Game Options]
Show Quest XP=1
... etc ...


VERSION 1.05
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GENERAL
- Cheats have been readded to the game.
- Fixed the Ettins that don't respond in Dorn's Deep when attacked.
- Fixed some display problems during the final conflict and end game.
- Fixed a potential crash when killing Frost Giants.
- Potential fix for a rare problem with small, unpassable areas left when
monsters are killed.
- Fix for doors not appearing the same on different machines during
multiplayer games.
- Greatly improved framerate of static steam animations.
- Adjusted location of Yxunomei when leaving the level, resting, and
coming back.
- The shadow in Lysan's area will no longer lock the party in a cutscene
mode. The shadow previously could have trouble pathing to the party.
- On some systems, selecting the "Female Fighter I" sound set would not
play the sounds in the game. This has been corrected.
- Modification made to rest code for fatigue.
- Synchronized clock between saved games and current game time.

ITEMS
- Removed a bad item from random treasure available in Dragon's Eye.
- Fixed THAC0 reduction effect on the Amulet of Corellon Larethian.
- Fixed magic resistance effect on the Shadowed Robe.
- Fixed a problem with Nym not giving a dagger to the party.
- Fixed an alignment problem with the +4 Life Defender.
- Fixed a problem with spells being removed when unequipping the
Sanctified Warhammer.
- The various badges will now not decay when dropped.
- Lonesome Road and other CON-raising items will no longer give a healing
side effect when unequipped and then re-equipped.

DIALOGUES
- Fixed captive villagers "attacking" the party in Dragon's Eye.
- Fixed a blank dialog node with Mother Eugenia.
- Fixed a problem with the Undead Lieutenant in Dragon's Eye locking the
party in cutscene mode.
- Fixed Orrick the Gray's dialog problem when returning the Book of
Mythal Theory.
- Fixed a problem with a quest related to Kerish.
- Fixed a minor problem with Therik's dialog.

RULES
- Fixed an incorrect defense adjustment given in very low Dexterity scores.
- Fixed a bug in the Cleric XP table that would make them level 10 at
250,000 xp.

SPELLS
- Fixed a potential swap on the icon for Emotion: Hopelessness.
- Fixed problem with priest spell Cloak of Fear: In some cases, it would
not go away after death.
- Fixed problem with wizard spell Identify: Conjurers were not able to
memorize or write the spell.
- Fixed a problem when casting Raise Dead on creatures that aren't dead,
or on undead that cannot be raised.
- Fixed a potential crash bug with Purge Invisibility.
- Bards with the Identify spell memorized can now use it to identify items
in the GUI.
- Creatures killed within the effect of Death Fog now yield experience
points.

[Micah Foehammer]

The v1.0.5 and v1.0.6 patches are for IWD ONLY. You only have to install the second one (v1.0.6), but do NOT use either if you have already installed HOW. There is a separate v1.4.1 patch for HOW. AND Trials of the Loremaster has an imbedded patch for HOW as well ... v1.4.2.