Chunky Fable III title update deployed

By Robert Purchese Published 1 December, 2010

Aesop now on Xbox Live.

Lionhead has deployed a title update for Fable III on Xbox Live.

It fixes numerous problems. Butler Jasper won't abruptly shut his trap when you visit the Sanctuary, after all, the voice of John Cleese can't have come cheap - might as well hear it. Of course, John Cleese has been in a BioWare game before - can you remember which one?

This title update also hopes to prevent save game corruption as well as boosts general game performance and frame rate, which can be particularly choppy in same-screen co-op.

But not all hiccups have been remedied, and Lionhead asks that you please continue to be patient.

"While we make every effort to include as many upcoming changes in our patch notes as possible, please be aware that some changes are unintentionally omitted. Where possible the title update will be retroactive, meaning if you've already experienced the issue in your game it will now be resolved. This is not applicable to all solutions," the developer wrote.

Full fix-list below.

But first, Eurogamer plays 15 minutes of Fable III.

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
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Comments (32) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • B0MBJ4CK #1 1 year ago

    "Aesop now on Xbox Live"

    Bravo, sir

  • BBIAJ #2 1 year ago

    John Cleese was in Jade Empire!

    Do I win anything?

  • BabyJesus #3 1 year ago

    About damn time.

  • Dave_McCoy #4 1 year ago

    Finally. I can finish it off now, after a trudge about in the snow for a while.

  • DreadedWalrus #5 1 year ago

    "Hero can become stuck inside of tree"
    "Shooting a crate creates a duplicate crate"
    "Black chicken in castle gardens flies straight up into the air for several seconds when kicked"

    I genuinely love reading changelogs. So often they're comedy gold, especially when out of context. :D
    Edited by DreadedWalrus at 01/12/10 @ 11:19

  • Xardan #6 1 year ago

    Hurrah! Finally!

  • ZizouFC #7 1 year ago

    Yay! I loved having to put a game aside for weeks while I waited for a patch...

    Wish they had added a "repair all" function for fixing houses/businesses.

  • DanWhitehead #8 1 year ago

    "Black chicken in castle gardens flies straight up into the air for several seconds when kicked"

    This one also makes a fantastic haiku.

  • roquey Verified Lead Quality Assurance Tester and Compliance Specialist, Universally Speaking #9 1 year ago

    I didnt have any bugs in the first place. go me.

  • levitate #10 1 year ago

    Hmm, maybe someone should make a dozen haikus based on random game's patchnotes. That could be fun. :)

  • martlev #11 1 year ago

    Seems like I won't be finding or divorcing my pre darkness attack wife still then :(

  • TheDudesRug #12 1 year ago

    I wouldn't call improvements to performance and framerate in this game a minor fix. The performance is diabolical.

  • linksdad #13 1 year ago

    Finished it thankfully without any game breaking bugs. Very unremarkable game though, and I loved fable 2. I dont even think I can be bothered going back to finish stuff off.

  • Vitor #14 1 year ago

    Now can we get on with the PC version... please?

  • V #15 1 year ago

    Question, possibly a dumb one. If you have the 4GB slim, are you still able to download and apply the update?

  • Alex_976 #16 1 year ago

    Yes just load up the game

  • CaptainKid #17 1 year ago

    @V
    That's actually a good question.
    Same with the Xbox Arcade version, can you actually download patches with that on a memory stick?

  • teabagger #18 1 year ago

    Great game except for the very abrupt and 'meh' ending. What annoyed me most, though, was locking you into the end quest without warning and giving no opportunity to sort out finances. Grrrr!

  • Flabio #19 1 year ago

    360 patch sizes are rarely any bigger than about 8 meg.

  • Khanivor #20 1 year ago

    Perfect timing. My black Friday cheap arrived yesterday.

  • TeaFiend #21 1 year ago

    So now if I play I will hear Mr Cleese telling me there is more DLC to buy? I was quite happy with the bug that stopped that happening.

  • RodHull #22 1 year ago

    Unforgivable as it was to release a game with so many bugs, at least they're patching a good deal of them. Fallout New Vegas is in a much more sorry state.

  • Entity #23 1 year ago

    Still can't get that last book I need on my first character (cesspool). I'd like to know if it's even a bug...

    *sadface*

    Edit: Live: Online multiplayer: Fixed an issue with sliding host in the sanctuary
    But not sliding player in main game? Hm... maybe by going to sanctuary and exiting back out will fix that issue.

    Edit 2: John Cleese just keeps talking about things that have happened since he stopped talking whenever I enter and exit the sanctuary. Endless drivel.
    Edited by Entity at 01/12/10 @ 15:00

  • Kami #24 1 year ago

    Really? He's still mute for me...

    Guess I should count my blessings...

  • evild_edd #25 1 year ago

    I'd been buying my time before loading up my copy. Time to break through the shrink-wrap soon :0)

  • murphy1978 #26 1 year ago

    I've not had anything on that list.

    I do need a fix for that daft bint that needs a wedding ring in that quest, but all my people are dead so shops don't open....

    Can the also add markers for the flowers? :p

  • monkfishjoe #27 1 year ago

    so still not allowed multiple save files then...bollocks

  • Dave_McCoy #28 1 year ago

    @Kami

    Jasper is still mute on mine too. Nice work Lionhead!!

  • Kami #29 1 year ago

    I'm not complaining at all Dave_McCoy, personally I'm finding Jasper about as annoying as Reaver (way to go Lionhead in making two British institutions annoying! Full credit, I mean, Stephen Fry AND John Cleese? Could you put those evil powers to better use maybe?).

    And most importantly, the game still struggles so often, slowing down when there is nothing going on. I like Fable 3. I will say it because I mean it, I like it... but this patch doesn't go anywhere near fixing it. The glitches and crashes are of course bad, but the sluggish framerates, the camera jamming problems and let us be honest here, can we PLEASE get a Repair All button? PLEASE?! I mean, I don't mind only sticking with shops and stalls but it'd be nice to basically own everything in Albion without spending half my time repairing crap one building at a time!

  • Pirotic #30 1 year ago

    I got this on day one, but decided not to play it until they fixed the bug with the black chicken flying straight up in the air. I mean come on, I can live with broken quests, no voice over, annoying slowdown.. but black chickens defying gravity is where I draw the line.

  • Kami #31 1 year ago

    Indeed, bloody black chickens... in my household we OBEY the laws of gravity thank you very much!

  • Bumbuliuz #32 1 year ago

    "The Game" quest is still broken for me and prevent me to continue my 25+ hours save :( I still get no A prompt to open the door I need and I am stuck, I am gutted over this and having to start again.