The Gemstone of Balance and Other Stories (GGame Engine)

by Gary Arndt


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What is this?
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This document explains the purpose of this patch (what it fixes), when to install it, and how it should be installed.


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Patch notes
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Version 230624 contains several somewhat significant bugs described in the main (new) readme in this patch, but briefly, they are:

- Severe bug: Attribute increases (such as those given at particular locations) cause values such as AB, AC, DDB, or saving throws to decrease instead of increase (in earlier versions)
- Fairly severe bug: Some ambushes while in a ship or boat result in land creatures that are intended to be in a ship instead appearing on the water
- When entering the Planar Abode with 1 charge remaining on the wand and very high inventory weight, the uncharged wand may be dropped on the portal

Further, the following issue has been addressed:

- Ships sometimes seem to mysteriously disappear, which is actually NOT a bug but rather due to dangers such as whirlpools, the issue leading to some new features that make dealing with this more reasonable

Also, a major enhancement has also been implemented:

- Named saves now use just one single file rather than a directory (although the old approach is still also supported)


When this patch is applied to version 230624 (or a previous patched version 230822, 230825, or 230909), it will fix the bugs mentioned, resolve the other issues mentioned, apply the enhancement, and resolve a few other misc. minor issues.  Note that this patch includes the content of all of the older patches; it is NOT necessary to apply any of them prior to applying this one.

WARNING: DO NOT apply this patch to any versions other than those mentioned above

To install this patch, simply copy all files from the GGame2 directory of this zip file over the existing files in your install (although you may want to first back up or rename those files).

Note that this patch includes a new version.txt file; applying this patch updates your install to the new version specified in that file.

Further, the new GGame2\README.txt file (not to be confused with the file you are currently reading) contains details about the bugs that are being fixed and other changes as well as further details about this new version.
