14 DAY TRIAL // BioWare has rolled out patch 1.04 for Dragon Age II on the Mac. Ported to Apple computers by TransGaming's Cider Portability Engine, Dragon Age II is a fantasy RPG (role-playing game) set in a mythical world.
In Dragon Age II, players assume the role of Hawke, a human mage, warrior, or rogue. A lowly refugee, Hawke arrives in the city of Kirkwall to become a legend over a turbulent decade of political and social conflict.
Describing the latest patch, BioWare’s Rob Bartel explains that “This one's smaller than our previous two, clocking in at around 25 fixes.”
“Some of these address critical issues such as crashes or save game corruptions while others simply add to or improve the Dragon Age experience, unlocking a bunch of new follower banters in our Legacy DLC, for instance, or offering better handling of ambient audio when switching between followers,” says Bartel.
In Dragon Age II 1.04, the effect of the Sunder ability now persists properly when saving and loading the game. This affects all platforms, not just the Mac.
Gamers who opt not to log in will no longer be presented with recurring Lost Connection errors, while certain ambient audio will no longer cut in and out when switching between characters, BioWare says.
On the Mac, players can now disable the snap feature for area-of-effect attacks by holding the 'Shift' key. The same goes for Windows gamers.
The patch delivers improved resource loading and memory handling in conversation, so as to address a number of sporadic crashes reported by some users.
“The bulk of the resulting crashes were occurring in the conversation after the Isabela sex scene in Hawke's Estate and a conversation with Aveline in the Viscount's Keep, after she was promised the job as Captain,” explains BioWare. This problem should be resolved in Dragon Age II 1.0.4.
Also on desktop platforms, the patch improves handling of login, messaging, and authentication during periods of server disruption.
Mac users can download the patch through the game's software update mechanism.