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Unofficial Patch 5.1 is out...

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Unofficial Patch 5.1 is out...

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...and can be found at The Patches Scrolls ((The Patches Scrolls) Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Downloads) in both full and incremental versions.

What should I say, the Bloodlines community is quite alive and went through 5.0 with a "fine-tooth comb" as Beckett would have said. Special thanks go to Slim_Laurence followed by Giggle Cream who were the main contributor on this one and found many bugs and improvements. ZylonBane must be acknowledged for his great overhaul of the rain speed and visual effects and Offkorn for making me aware of overlooked basic/plus patch issues.

I was busy myself and again managed to restore lost content: a missing sound for Romero making love (both professional and personal), two unused animations for the Firemage (at the Hallowbrook hotel) three context icons (for TVs and two secret levers), five vendor icons (for Trip, Vandal, Larry, Slater and Tseng; I needed to recreate these in the spirit of the ones found in the game files that didn't fit anymore), three additional new items (a throwing star replica, a LA library card and a name plate) and two unused NPC models (a Troika raver and a cop/security guard). Special thanks go to MooCHa who helped fixing the new item models and to gardeb for fixing the raver.

While 5.0 turned out to be a very stable release with no additional bugs introduced as far as I know, the great number of fixes and changes in 5.1 raise the risk of unwanted side effects. So if you experience something that isn't working anymore, please give me feedback so it can be fixed for the next release! Please do not continue a 5.0 saved game after updating to 5.1! The complete changelog is below:

v5.1 08.04.2008
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Removed Intimidation powerup of grenade prop and added it to basic.
Restored Protean 4/5 damage and some enemy discipline resistances.
+Made Tseng sell Shin Guntos and normal crossbows instead of Slater.
Restored unused name plate, throwing star and library card models.
Fixed new item models and female Tremere glasses, thanks to MooCHa.
+Made only Mercurio sell SWAT rifle rounds and Pyro Crossbow bolts.
Restored five vendor and three context icons and Giovanni's cabbie.
+Made Yukie invincible at Temple and streamlined Gary's phone call.
Restored hotel guard and warehouse Markus models, thanks to gardeb.
Added fade and sound when loving Romero and sound to pimpin quest.
Restored second Sabbat into warehouse and fixed MP infos and clans.
Improved Santa Monica rain speed and visuals, thanks to ZylonBane.
Armed sewer hunters with GLOCKs and sword hunters with Shin Guntos.
Restored a Gargoyle gesture and removed some of Regent and Prince.
Added special Jeanette email and repaired super-sensible Fu guards.
Removed Romero returning from basic but added him to pimpin quest.
Placed female bums into SM and adjusted cash inventory description.
Made cameras stackable and renamed SWAT rifle "Remington M24 SWS".
Added Firemage animations and fixed subtitles for dominated victim.

Fixed many enemies not damaging each other even when Blood Boilded.
Delayed Boris' Dementation reaction and made Dima leave when sent.
Turned all armor and Ocean House pendant not stashable or loosable.
Locked buggy Temple door for good and fixed more props and sounds.
Repaired Tseng shelves problem and added a missing Shu quest state.
Corrected Vandal, Isaac, Misti, Victor and Luca dialogue problems.
Added sound for Giovanni sliding doors and two missing email lines.
Fixed Lu, Heather, Gargoyle, Regent, Trip and Ash dialogue issues.
Renamed Cathayan "Fernando Cougat" and fixed Heather's morgue date.
Corrected bad Jeanette quest update and made Cal getting re-hired.
Fixed several left over basic/plus stat details, thanks to Offkorn.
Added warehouse start astrolite check and fixed minor text issues.
Removed unfitting sounds at Lotus Blossom and some dialogue pauses.
Fixed asking Malcolm about saved Heather and Knox's quest looping.
Re-fixed Thaumaturgy with non-humans and fixed Newscaster position.
Fixed double doors at Giovanni Mansion and removed Bruno's clones.
Added a Vandal line for females and fixed two Venture double doors.
Made Chang's threat stay in dialogue and fixed Lily's diary dates.
Moved female disease bum close to Last Round to make her lines fit.
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Very cool Wesp. Now I'm gonna try that worthless quest (as you put it, heh heh) again of getting Vandal to tell me about the chick at the Asylum. :)

Your work is much appreciated.
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Heh heh, played it with 5.1 and whadayaknow, Vandal gave me my worthless quest! (my cruel heart even bought a bag of her). Thanks Wesp. Gotta get all the quests ya know.
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question

at the museum you find a library canrd , how can one use that or is it usable in some way?
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Ch3loo19 wrote:at the museum you find a library canrd , how can one use that or is it usable in some way?
No, it's just an easter egg showing off an unused item. At least it can be sold...
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Post by Crenshinibon »

Was it the library card?

I recall finding a card on the floor, also at the museum that let me inside the door where your objective was located.
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