Lionhead’s Fable III launched itself into the big, big world of videogames at the end of October to a bit of a mixed reception. Some franchise fans were a tad disappointed with a few of the game’s nonsensical restrictions, while others (like El33tonline’s Oltman) thoroughly enjoyed it.

But most of all, players of Fable III discovered the game to be… kinda buggy, with tales of woe coming in from all corners of the gaming world speaking of game-stopping errors and other peculiarities. In an effort to fix some of these issues, Lionhead has recently deployed an update for Fable III, and perhaps silence some of the naysayers.

The full list of patch notes for Fable III follows below:

Major Fixes

• Sanctuary: Fixed numerous issues whereby Jasper would stop talking or whereby the world map would become unusable
• Quests: Tabletop: The Hobbes may not spawn in the last area causing the player to be unable to progress
• Quest: Tabletop: Online multiplayer: Player host is unable to vault off platform to Hobbe area
• Quest: Tabletop: Player can become stuck behind some rocks
• Quest: Tabletop: After defeating the hollowmen in the room with the lever the player is unable to progress
• Quest: The Masquerade: Player can become trapped in Reaver’s mansion.
• Quest: The Masquerade: Player can fall out of the world
• Quest: GNOMES PART 1: Player can break script
• Live: The players fall out of the world (FOOTW) when transitioning from Shifting Sands to The Veiled Path
• Crash: Mourningwood guards audio
• Crash: During the quest “Peace, Love and Homicide”

Minor Fixes

• General improvements to performance and frame rate
• World: Online multiplayer: Fast Travel area does not extend from end of level the “The Hole” to go to Mistpeak Valley
• World: Player can fall out of environment in Mistpeak Valley while in combat
• World: After proposing marriage, Bowerstone Castle cannot be selected as family home.
• World: If client repairs a house, the house goes from renting out to living in
• World: Player can become stuck during Castle Battle after vaulting over sandbags near burning cart
• World: Bowerstone Industrial: Player can fall off the world
• World: a fix for existing or future FOOTW situations
• World: Online multiplayer: No Particle Effects on Host Screen after Marrying another Player
• Live: Orbs do not always show up
• Live: Online multiplayer: Fixed an issue with sliding host in the sanctuary
• Live: Fixed several issues relating to gifting and receiving gifts in local and online coop
• Quest: Tabletop: Breadcrumb not leading to Demonic Chickens Saves: Fixed a few issues that could cause a corrupt save game slot
• World: Driftwood: Hero can become stuck inside of tree
• World: Shooting a crate creates a duplicate crate
• World: Black chicken in castle gardens flies straight up into the air for several seconds when kicked
• Speech: Japanese: Reaver is missing VO in one quest

Also, don’t forget that the first set of Fable III downloadable content, The Understone Quest Pack, is available now.

Source: Lionhead