More Baldur's Gate 3 Bugs (PS5)

[@kentokentoi0923]

Hail of Thorns is a spell dude not a bow or crossbow, Sharpshooter only works for weapons not spells.

[@PickedaName_]

Then why does the game say it affects the spell??? I'm not making assumptions, I'm doing the things I should do to make informed decisions and the game lies to me.

[@zeichnet]

@@PickedaName_ because there are ranged spells like melf's acid arrow. It's a ranged spell and works with sharpshooter but most of the time it works with bow or crossbow attacks. And sharpshooter is a dice roll too so sometimes it can hit nice sometimes it can not hit

[@De1usionsofGrandeur]

Damage isnt added casuse its spell the tooltip adding the damage is wrong since that damage only applies to your ranged attack not sells

[@Childofbhaal]

I was 12 hours deep in an Honor mode run and it got ended from a bug. I went to open combat on an enemy and used a slashing flourish. The attack didn’t register at all there was no attack even made or damage rolled. Yet the enemy initiated combat because of it and my whole party got the “surprised” condition and got their turns skipped resulting in death and end of the run. It could have been worse but 12 hours of my life I’ll never get back due to a bug is brutal.

[@PickedaName_]

You surprised them and your party was surprised instead? Sounds like a lame way to lose. I've read about people having their save get corrupted after updating the game then needing to restart after 80+ hours, I hope that never happens to me. Some people can't finish the campaign because of how the final act is structured or something like that? Idk but the fact that the gameplay is riddled with weird little bugs like what's in this video has me spooked for what might happen as I unlock more complicated actions and get in more tense scenarios.

[@colinkempsell]

I think the “bugs” you’re describing are just mechanics of the game that aren’t explained very well, which is a fair criticism. Instead of making a mopey video on this site, give the developers feedback on their website (or an email) so they can improve the product you bought. Also, I’m not sure why you’re comparing the tutorial of a racing game to an RPG…

[@PickedaName_]

Larian knows these bugs exist. That racing game has the same style of tutorials as this game so... apt comparison. Pop-up tutorial vs pop-up tutorial, the racing game does it better; which surprised me.

[@paprstsoapco]

I can't jump with my main character outside of combat. It just won't let me and it says "per turn". Whatever that means. I have to switch to another character to jump and then my main character will follow.

[@pavleostojic4110]

Maybe you are in turn based mode on your character.

[@bobleponj8788]

Maybe you have an equipment that allow you to jump for free when using a "dash" action. When you equip that kind of equipment, the shortcut key for jump ("Z" on keyboards or "UP" on a controlers) is binded to that extra jump free action. So it only work if you dash. Hapenned to me a few weeks ago, and took me quite a long time to understand the problem.

[@IliumGaming]

Ive seen people online suggest the sneak attack thing is because of weird turn order stuff. Like if the turns are "fighter, enemy, rogue" and rogue sneak attacks enemy, then fighter finishes them off (combining initiative) then sneak attack doesnt seem to reset. Personally I set sneak attack to always ask instead of automatically trigger and that seems to have resolved the issue. That way also lets you use special arrows with sneak attack so I dont really mind although the bug is certainly annoying.

[@PickedaName_]

Thanks for the info. If it's turn order stuff the only thing I remember doing is switching from Tav to Shadowheart (on round 1?) to see if she could reach a target before I moved Tav past it, then switched back to Tav and finished their turn. I didn't know we had the option to change how sneak attacks operate. If there was a tutorial pop-up for it then I completely missed it.

[@zeichnet]

You can choose sneak attack but you can't do that cuz you didn't hide. Basically you need to be invisible for enemy. There are bugs in the game like other 2023 games,that doesn't mean game is trash.

[@PickedaName_]

It isn't because I wasn't hiding. I could choose the action when threatened. It's a turn order bug. The bow I'm using has perma-advantage against those targets, advantage is the requirement to confirm a sneak attack. I was locked out of sneak attack ranged because of a bug.

[@zeichnet]

​@@PickedaName_ Nope it's not a bug, you were literally seen in 2:09 you can see. Game says you can attack with that action if you're hidden,if you're in red area you are not capable of doing sneak attack. Because of that rogues have hide action as bonus action each turn so you can hide and attack. Threatened bow extra advange thing is like +1 on your dice,it's not "when you're threatened you can do sneak attack speciality" so it's not a huge difference.

[@zeichnet]

I remembered bow of the banshee's situation: when you can attack 2 or 3 times each turn in high levels,at the beginning of battle you can make frightened effect on enemy and then you can do sneak attack after that it hit's like a truck. So you need to level up and see. I'm using titanstring bow with hill giant club every run,i forgot the banshee.

[@ThommyGunnGaming]

I can't hop into this game right this minute, but i do believe the tutorials are listed in the journal, when they go away you can go there, R1 over to the end and its all the tutorials in a menu similar to the racing game. Sorry you aren't having fun though.

[@PickedaName_]

Holy shit you're correct. How tf are you the first person to know this? (edit: it doesn't have complete info from the tutorials but there's at least something close to the pop-ups.)

[@ThommyGunnGaming]

@@PickedaName_ Haha cause i thought the same thing at one point when i first started, which was only a few weeks ago, on my first playthrough and saw something in there lol.

[@wilfredwayne7139]

It's the crashing for me its happening way to much and ruins the game when if you don't quicksave every 2 mins.

[@dribrom]

Well Sneak attacks can only be used when the enemy hasn't directly engage the character in combat. You need to make the enemy focus on something else than the rogue. One way to do it is to move an other party member into melee distance. An other way to use sneak attack is to go into stealth first and then use ranged sneak attack. This game is not that good at explaining all the details of the DnD 5e rulebook but luckily there are many channels that explains how the combat works if you interested in learning. Or you can just read the rule book online. This is not a bug. Regarding the Sharpshooting feat... You only get +10 damage to ranged weapons you are proficient in. Hails of Storm is not a range weapon attack but a magic spell, that is way the damage is not applied. The game should not tell you that it does apply. It's just a UI bug. PS: This is what the rulebook say: Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe's distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon. You don't need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn't incapacitated, and you don't have disadvantage on the attack roll. The amount of the extra damage increases as you gain levels in this class, as shown in the Sneak Attack column of the Rogue table. PPS: Advantage and Disadvantage Sometimes a special ability or spell tells you that you have advantage or disadvantage on an ability check, a saving throw, or an attack roll. When that happens, you roll a second d20 when you make the roll. Use the higher of the two rolls if you have advantage, and use the lower roll if you have disadvantage. For example, if you have disadvantage and roll a 17 and a 5, you use the 5. If you instead have advantage and roll those numbers, you use the 17. If multiple situations affect a roll and each one grants advantage or imposes disadvantage on it, you don’t roll more than one additional d20. If two favorable situations grant advantage, for example, you still roll only one additional d20. If circumstances cause a roll to have both advantage and disadvantage, you are considered to have neither of them, and you roll one d20. This is true even if multiple circumstances impose disadvantage and only one grants advantage or vice versa. In such a situation, you have neither advantage nor disadvantage. When you have advantage or disadvantage and something in the game, such as the halfling’s Lucky trait, lets you reroll the d20, you can reroll only one of the dice. You choose which one. For example, if a halfling has advantage or disadvantage on an ability check and rolls a 1 and a 13, the halfling could use the Lucky trait to reroll the 1. You usually gain advantage or disadvantage through the use of special abilities, actions, or spells. Inspiration can also give a character advantage. The GM can also decide that circumstances influence a roll in one direction or the other and grant advantage or impose disadvantage as a result.

[@jaymuney9801]

I dont know how I go to this video, play more and you’ll understand it , I’m playing a rouge and don’t run into these sneak issues , funny enough it was that same spot your doing a video about

[@PickedaName_]

What is there to understand? The game removed my ability to choose the sneak attack ranged action due to a bug. It's clearly a bug.

[@htuner99]

For the first one im pretty sure sharpshooter is just for bows and crossbows, the second one is odd I know you have to have advantage on the target but thats not the issue there it seems like it was a one time issue since u reloaded the save. Then you go and compare a glorified driving sim to a game that took almost every dungeon and dragons( the most popular tabletop rpg like ever) mechanic and put it into a video game, go drive ur cars and feel immersed into that. Rpgs aren’t for everyone

[@PickedaName_]

All I spend big money on is RPGs lol BG3 and NFS Heat have the same style of tutorials. A codex for pop-ups already seen is pretty common across all genres. I'm level 4 and BG3 can't handle basic mechanics, wtf is going to happen when I'm level 8? Games practically never have issues like what I'm periodically/consistently experiencing in BG3. Needing to save out of fear of something breaking means that thing is broken. I can't trust what the game tells me, that is a big issue in a strategy game.

[@shirowoh5850]

you do know you can just not play it?

[@BillaBored21]

sharpshooter all in worked for me. I once saw i did 33 damage on a normal bow shot. i guess console takes longer to patch than pc ports

[@PxNxWxGxW]

I just got this game yesterday on my PS5. 20 hrs in and I have companions that won't follow me, chests that I dig up that sometimes doesn't have a prompt to open them, going into turn based mode for zero reason at all. I'm currently stuck in the under dark cos my companions refuse to fucking move with me. GOTY on PC maybe but it's trash on PS5. I'm so pissed I wasted almost $80 on a broken fucking game. It's as bad as cdpr trying to shill cyberpunk for the PS4.

[@PickedaName_]

Do you know how to group/ungroup the party? I missed the tutorial and had people in the comments explain it to me. The game has a terrible tutorial system, there's a section in the journal with the tutorial history that most people don't know exists. If you're near the blue turrets, place called the arcane tower, it's turn based because the turrets gonna shoot you. I'm like 80hrs in and I'm still experiencing bugs with ability & equipment descriptions, have had my imp never get a turn in a fight, and had to reload a save because NPCs that hired me to do something aggro'd when I did the thing... I think BG3 is a 30-40$ game on PS5. I'm playing it less and less due to all of the scuffed design in it. It hasn't crashed yet but the experience is constantly being disrupted. I bought Control on ps4 for 5$ years ago and it was sold at that price likely due to it having fps issues in chaos on that hardware. I feel like the bugs in bg3 should reduce the price of the game because the fps issues rarely happened while the bugged mechanics in bg3 are constantly popping up. It feels like a broken game, like I'm playing tabletop with a bad gm.

[@PxNxWxGxW]

@@PickedaName_ ya I had to go to camp and regroup every one. It's such a pain in the ass. Ran into a new bug tonight...I was splitting books in my chest and it froze my game lmao. Bro idk how this game even exists on console.

[@zeichnet]

If you keep playing the game eventually you'll understand "mechanics and why this game won the goty over the other games". I'm not worshipping game like other players, i saw so much bugs and exploits but i can see why this game won. I'm suggesting you to keep playin.

[@ladyazalea6131]

This mans isnt smart enough to realize that the bug is not the damage not happening, but the fact that the UI is actually whats bugged. It shouldnt be saying you benefit from sharpshooter because sharpshooter clearly states it is only applied to ranged WEAPON attacks. Not to mention it's something that you have to toggle, so you may have it show in the equipment screen but not proc because, low and behold, you didnt go to passives and activate it.

[@PickedaName_]

You're not smart enough to understand what happened in the video. The combat log shows it giving Hail of Thorns +14 before damage is rolled. Low and behold, you didn't pay attention and are arguing both sides in the same paragraph. Is it an issue with the UI or is it an issue with it not being activated?

[@ladyazalea6131]

@@PickedaName_ "it shouldn't be saying you benefit from sharpshooter because sharpshooter clearly states it only applies to ranged WEAPON attacks." What part of a combat spell not being a weapon is hard to understand?

[@ladyazalea6131]

@PickedaName_ again- it's a UI issue, not a combat system bug

[@ladyazalea6131]

@PickedaName_ I was pointing out that if you tested with other things to confirm if it worked with other ranged attacks and it DIDNT it was likely because it wasn't toggled. I didn't argue two different points, you just (as clearly showed by you not reading the description of sharpshooter) have reading comprehension issues.

[@PickedaName_]

@@ladyazalea6131 so you're cool with ui bugs that deceive the player? Like you're agreeing that there's a bug but you seem more concerned with how I interpreted the issue.

[@BottyInnit]

You should probably accept that you don't like this game and move on.

[@Eastonfection]

Lol why is it every time someone has actual legitimate criticisms of a game that many claim is a “perfect masterpiece”, they just “don’t like the game”? I like the game but I also recognize it’s not perfect. It’s not even Larian’s best game. I’ve never experienced so many bugs and quest breaks since Skyrim. That sneak attack bug drove me so crazy in my playthrough. Everyone thinks they have an explanation, but I’ve had fights repeat themselves in the same way on separate attempts and sneak attack is available on attempts where it wasn’t before. The dice rolling mechanics in D&D really don’t belong in video games period. A combat encounter can go completely differently on two separate occasions, simply based on a dice roll and not player choice. DoS:2 was better in that regard. You knew you made a good/bad choice in combat in that game because the actions where consistent. This game begs you to save scum every action you take cause who tf knows if your master wizard is going to whiff a basic spell next turn or your master thief will be able to disarm that simple trap.

[@PickedaName_]

The issue is I want to like this game but it's worse than the games I've played that are similar to this. I don't understand how BG3 has such die-hard fans who can't acknowledge the issues the game has. The game doesn't seem to do anything well but people praise its creation as some grand achievement that all should revere. Braindead zealots.

[@zeichnet]

​@@PickedaName_ it's not worse but there are so much mechanics and item interactions than every other rpgs. Bg 3 can bore people if they're simple minded. I was a simple minded before this game. My first run i played pure class characters so game fcked me real hard even i finished the game with learning some mechanics. On my tactician run i learned all multiclass and item interactions and dominated the game. I'm on my honour run because of my achievement addiction and it's not that hard.

[@zeichnet]

I bored of mechanics when i didn't understand on my first run's maybe 100 hours. Then i learned i was playin the game wrong but finished the game. I'm not saying move on i'm just saying give a second chance and learn some mechanics from videos or forums.

[@MyLiverismyEnemy]

Man who doesn't understand mechanics calls everything bugs.

[@PickedaName_]

Man who trusts game, tries to understand mechanics but game lies to him. The sneak attack bug is a bug and has nothing to do with misunderstanding mechanics. You dolt

[@MyLiverismyEnemy]

​@PickedaName_ you literally highlight the reason you cannot sneak attack in the video. "Astarion lost condition 'hiding'." When you lose the condition of hiding, you are in the observable field of an enemy. When you are observable, you cannot sneak attack. The red all over the ground when you attempt to sneak is what is observable to the enemy. If you attempt to sneak in that area, you'll immediately get a skill check that will fail because you're currently observable by an enemy. If you are able to move to an area that is not highlighted in red and then try to hide, you'll get a skill check that's more probable to pass, then you can use a ranged sneak attack. You aren't understanding the mechanics. Not a bug.

[@PickedaName_]

@@MyLiverismyEnemy you don't understand. Your interpretation of what occurred is flawed and based off of assumption. You aren't acknowledging the fact that the action couldn't be selected, it typically can be even when Astarion is seen or at a disadvantage. I even show how it typically functions in the video but you were eager to throw shade at someone and didn't pay attention.

[@MyLiverismyEnemy]

​@@PickedaName_I do understand. You don't. Astarion is standing outside of the observable area in the second scenario. You can see the red on the ground when you start that scenario, which is the observable area. Why do you think I explained the red area in my previous comment? You're assuming I just skipped over that portion and went straight to calling you out.

[@PickedaName_]

@@MyLiverismyEnemy Sneak attacks require advantage. Astarion has permanent advantage against those opponents due to his weapon enchantment. I could choose melee sneak attack but couldn't choose ranged sneak attack because it was bugged due to turn order.

[@jakemoore5077]

Seriously when you start to sound as helpless as dsp maybe this aint the game for you, go play checkers and let us keep playing chess

[@eiros59]

You don’t really understand the mechanics of this game. This is really why console peasants shouldn’t even be included.

[@PickedaName_]

Lmao as if my issues with not understanding something is due to me not seeking information. The game can't explain things appropriately but somehow that my problem?

[@PxNxWxGxW]

I play table top so I know how mechanics works. This game runs like shit on my PS5. Poorly ported which is Larians fault. My PS5 can handle way more than this slow paced game.