Incline VtM Bloodlines unofficial patch by Wesp5 v9.2 now available

WetWorks · Apr 1, 2014

You should play Skyrim instead, bro. You won't bump into grass there.

bertram_tung · Aug 14, 2014

9.1 is out bitches

Jack Of Owls · Aug 15, 2014

I played this game the year it was released but after official patches. Thought it was quite a blast but I did hit a few unfortunate bugs. After descending into the deep levels of a sewer system and reading creepy logs left by workers over the years that built quite a bit of atmosphere, I encountered the Lovecraftian horror at the bottom level of the sewer - but she was frozen & immobile. So disappointing. So is this game worth another go after so many years with the new unofficial patches? Will it be a different experience? What are the other must-have mods for the game to enhance fun?

Zombra · Aug 15, 2014

JackOfOwls said:
So is this game worth another go after so many years with the new unofficial patches?

Christ yes. Do it.

Jack Of Owls · Aug 15, 2014

Zombra said:
JackOfOwls said:

So is this game worth another go after so many years with the new unofficial patches?

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Christ yes. Do it.

Was a bit concerned about a comment someone made earlier in the topic about extra content that was originally cut to prevent pacing problems. Director's Cut versions or extended cuts of films, for example, (ie Terrence Malick's THE NEW WORLD) are frequently the worst versions. Wondering if that cut content will cause things to drag a bit when the original seemed to move at such a nice zippy pace.

Clockwork Knight · Aug 15, 2014

During installation you can choose between a plus version that modifies things and a basic version which mostly just fixes bugs. In doubt, choose the latter.

Considering the company's state at release, I don't think we can be sure of what was cut for pacing reasons and what was cute because holy shit we have to get this game out of the door

bertram_tung said:
9.1 is out bitches

v9.1 04.08.2014
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+Improved Gimble to Vandal dialogue and options to get Trip's quest.
+Fixed volume of Blood Hunt music and active discpline's durations.
+Corrected library decal problems and stuff in bloodless apartments.
+ Made Hallowbrook atrium skipable but moved Ra blade there as goal.
+Added line of Venus to get rid of the turnstile in Club Confession.
+Fixed beachhouse dog clipping and tutorial guard attacking player.
+Updated Free View Weapons to plus version and fixed some histories.
+Halved damage of Giovanni ghosts and increased Obfuscator trigger.
+Fixed missing blood pack after blood hunt and Barabas breaking out.
+Added sound to blood guardian summoning and removed a blood trail.
+Changed Sheriff's sword from Brawl to Melee and improved Lily line.
+Delayed quick Nosferatu leaving and improved Pisha leaving issues.
+Corrected library and Asylum elevator problems, thanks vladdmaster.
+ Moved unused Asian music to Kamikaze Zen and restored Lotus music.
+Added occult item Research text and fixed issue with Heather quest.
+Forced Skelter dialogue a second time and moved saves to old/save.
+Added library note inspection and restored tree to Leopold Society.
+Fixed Nosferatu issue for male blooddoll and warrens spiderchicks.
Removed Beckett warehouse stealth message and sleepers standing up.
Fixed tutorial invisible-popups-teleporting and minor text issues.
Repaired possible Ming after Hallowbrook bug and warrens doorblock.
Fixed Christopher, Damsel, Gary, Johansen and McFly dialogue bugs.
Corrected syntax errors using VTMBedit and fatguys not using claws.
Fixed sewer sound transitions on SM, Hollywood and Chinatown hubs.
Removed visible Pisha victim and improved scary Ocean House sounds.
Corrected tilted Hollywood streetlights and removed Asphole block.
Made Steam default folder and added numbers to Empire Hotel floors.
Fixed map holes at Skyeline vent top and Leopold Society sea cave.
Repaired Grout's candles and Heather's clothes, thanks vladdmaster.
Adjusted health bar frame and weapon/discpline highlight graphics.
Hid Blood Hunt flickering with dumpsters and removed sewer copcars.
Added Nines' gesture and improved Wong Ho one, thanks vladdmaster.
Restored Giovanni meeting guys and fixed Ocean House model details.

Scroo · Aug 15, 2014

haha, that guy is incredible, I can't believe he's STILL fixing that game up, amazing.

Gord · Aug 15, 2014

His dedication is remarkable.
Although by now most of the fixes are cosmetic things almost noone would ever notice, or bugs introduced in earlier versions of the patches.
As for people who wonder if Wesp's patches warrant a replay: There's also stuff like the clan quest mod or the camarilla edition, they are often based on Wesps patch and offer some additional content or tweaks, making it feel more different from vanilla gameplay.

Farage · Aug 15, 2014

AlexOfSpades u've seen this?

Jack Of Owls · Aug 15, 2014

I installed the Unofficial Patch and wanted to play in my monitor's native resolution at 1920X1080 but noticed GUI stretching and elongated characters. Is there another widescreen hack that fixes the issue? Or maybe by adjusting an ini setting, like FOV?

Zombra · Aug 15, 2014

Took me 2 seconds to google this http://www.gamefront.com/files/8624553/Vampire-the-Masquerade-Bloodlines-Res-Patcher/

throwaway · Oct 31, 2014

9.2 came out a few days ago
http://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/4647/64038/64039/description

+Fixed issue with cleaned appartment and removed some cable shaking.
+Added more Trip and turnstile lines and unknown Occult item infos.
+Corrected Obfuscator aura and one missing halo for tutorial wolves.
+Restored missing Ocean House newspaper and made photos look sepia.
+Added quest state for warehouse bonus and fixed minor text details.
+Restored generators to Leopold Society and improved warehouse one.
+Added toiletries to Skyeline haven and fixed SM victim standing up.
+Changed library boss teleport behaviour and fixed his cover nodes.
oved Braid Talisman into the Hallowbrook atrium and removed blade.
+Restored Copper Masquerade violation and added a line about Nines.
+Added Combat to feat names, restored Soak and called Social Public.
Repaired dialogues of Knox, Heather, Therese, Vandal and Dane cop.
Fixed some dirt floating inside of holes and more minor map issues.
Made only Chunk use the Gallery Noir entrance to hide during rain.
Repaired popping Ocean House sounds and getting stuck with witness.
Hid Ocean House and Grout's mansion blocks and a downtown texture.
Doubled distance in which detail models fade away, thanks to QUAKE.
Fixed Skyeline elevator issue and VPK packing, thanks vladdmaster.
Added updated fileutil.py into Python 2.7.2 folder, thanks Hasimir.
Fixed Jack not replying due to Python vamputil.py, thanks Hasimir.

Wirdschowerdn · Nov 1, 2014

Unofficial Patch 9.2 has been released:
https://forums.planetvampire.com/index.php?topic=6566.0

Version Changelog:
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v9.2 27.10.2014
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+Fixed issue with cleaned appartment and removed some cable shaking.
+Added more Trip and turnstile lines and unknown Occult item infos.
+Corrected Obfuscator aura and one missing halo for tutorial wolves.
+Restored missing Ocean House newspaper and made photos look sepia.
+Added quest state for warehouse bonus and fixed minor text details.
+Restored generators to Leopold Society and improved warehouse one.
+Added toiletries to Skyeline haven and fixed SM victim standing up.
+Changed library boss teleport behaviour and fixed his cover nodes.
+ Moved Braid Talisman into the Hallowbrook atrium and removed blade.
+Restored Copper Masquerade violation and added a line about Nines.
+Added Combat to feat names, restored Soak and called Social Public.
Repaired dialogues of Knox, Heather, Therese, Vandal and Dane cop.
Fixed some dirt floating inside of holes and more minor map issues.
Made only Chunk use the Gallery Noir entrance to hide during rain.
Repaired popping Ocean House sounds and getting stuck with witness.
Hid Ocean House and Grout's mansion blocks and a downtown texture.
Doubled distance in which detail models fade away, thanks to QUAKE.
Fixed Skyeline elevator issue and VPK packing, thanks vladdmaster.
Added updated fileutil.py into Python 2.7.2 folder, thanks Hasimir.
Fixed Jack not replying due to Python vamputil.py, thanks Hasimir.

Ulminati · Nov 3, 2014

Reinstalled this yesterday and holy smokes Batman those textures are blurry as fuck! Are there any texture replacement mods out there that don't completely alter the atmosphere? Maybe it's just the introduction areas, but I do remember the walls behind Jack to be blurry blobs of poop

ghostdog · Nov 3, 2014

Ulminati said:
Reinstalled this yesterday and holy smokes Batman those textures are blurry as fuck! Are there any texture replacement mods out there that don't completely alter the atmosphere? Maybe it's just the introduction areas, but I do remember the walls behind Jack to be blurry blobs of poop

You probably have disabled/low anisotropic filtering. IIRC I also had this problem with blurry textures a while back and it was anisotropic filtering. I can't remember if I fixed it from the gpu panel or from inside the game.

PhantasmaNL · Apr 14, 2015

On the n-th playthrough right now as Tremere (which seems totally OP in combination with melee and a fire axe but whatever).

My god the final warrens level sucks bigtime though.

I even had to resort to a walkthrough :negative:

Mexi · Apr 15, 2015

Wow, there are still patches coming out from him. Is he still feuding with Tessmage? I think the TruVampire patch (spelling error?) is superior, though.

Aenra · Apr 15, 2015

Ulminati said:
Reinstalled this yesterday and holy smokes Batman those textures are blurry as fuck! Are there any texture replacement mods out there that don't completely alter the atmosphere? Maybe it's just the introduction areas, but I do remember the walls behind Jack to be blurry blobs of poop

Plenty

ghostdog · Apr 15, 2015

Aenra said:
Ulminati said:

Reinstalled this yesterday and holy smokes Batman those textures are blurry as fuck! Are there any texture replacement mods out there that don't completely alter the atmosphere? Maybe it's just the introduction areas, but I do remember the walls behind Jack to be blurry blobs of poop

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Plenty
http://www.moddb.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/addons/material-pack-121611
http://www.moddb.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/addons/prop-model-skins
http://www.moddb.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/addons/objects-ground-and-some-decals
http://www.moddb.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/addons/metal-tile-glass-and-others
http://www.moddb.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/addons/asphalt-concrete-and-carpet-pack
http://www.moddb.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/addons/wood-pack
http://www.moddb.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/addons/stone-pack
http://www.moddb.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/addons/plaster-pack
http://www.moddb.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/addons/brick-pack
http://www.moddb.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/addons/building-packs
(am also listing the individual ones as used to be his 'all-in-one' pack did not actually have it all in one after all)

These cover everything. They are loyal enough to the original for even me to get. And a really good work, you may notice how they're all from the same person. On top, i also go with this, though check images to decide for yourself:
http://www.nexusmods.com/vampirebloodlines/mods/10/?
(just lower your gamma a bit)

And last, after whatever addons you fancy and/or UP, get the Widescreen mentioned above, then go and get the 4gb enabler, should be the last thing you do:
http://www.ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php

Have fun

Wanna provide some actual in-game screenshots to showcase the textures ? It's kinda iffy that for almost all the above packs the author provides no screenshots and he gets pretty low rating. The only screenshot provided looks like crap :

Ulminati · Apr 15, 2015

That was the same problem I had. I found some textures, but for some reason the author didn't think it was important to show them in game.

Aenra · Apr 15, 2015

I wish i could, but not currently installed am afraid. And i do not own it in steam version either, meaning i could not do it from here anyway. Sorry :S
In case it helps (it doesn't, lol) i did the comparison 'manually' once, never looked back since. You could try it yourselves, download a small pack (it's like a few Megs) and paste after backing the originals up?

..but you already knew that.. :stupid:

edit: The reason for lack of pictures is that these are re-uploads from random user. Used to be one pack of some gigs hosted in megadownload? Something like that, the site they closed down a few (many) years ago

Jools · Apr 15, 2015

Cadmus said:
I can't imagine replaying it in the next 10 years probably.

Modron · Apr 15, 2015

Mexi said:
Wow, there are still patches coming out from him. Is he still feuding with Tessmage? I think the TruVampire patch (spelling error?) is superior, though.

Tessara pretty much broke down while wesp kept plugging away like clockwork, I can't imagine anyone seriously recommending Tess' true mod over wesp's basic patch. Funny how the kotor2 restoration mods pretty much unfolded in the exact same manner, 1 side just working away calmly while the other crumples and develops a cult of sycophants.

PhantasmaNL · Apr 15, 2015

PhantasmaNL said:
On the n-th playthrough right now as Tremere (which seems totally OP in combination with melee and a fire axe but whatever).

My god the final warrens level sucks bigtime though.

I even had to resort to a walkthrough

Does anybody remember their first playthrough and how they tackled the warrens and how long it took to meet Gary? My recollection is blurred to say the least (as also proven by my inability to navigate it on memory alone) but it must have taken ages and countless reloads. Im getting too old for this shit.

Zombra · Apr 15, 2015

PhantasmaNL said:
Does anybody remember their first playthrough and how they tackled the warrens and how long it took to meet Gary? My recollection is blurred to say the least (as also proven by my inability to navigate it on memory alone) but it must have taken ages and countless reloads. Im getting too old for this shit.

You mean getting through the monster-filled sewery levels

or the "hub" part with all the NPCs?

I do remember just getting down there at all was definitely a pain in the ass. My first time was as a Malkavian so I was sneaking past everything, which probably made it even tougher and more "reload-y" than just killing shit.

Despite the level being a pain, I actually like it ... it made me feel like I really earned it when I got to the bottom.

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