#1 - Nov. 18, 2011, 1:17 p.m.
Below please find a list of "bugs" and/or game inconsistencies I took note of while playing. My apologies if these are already well documented -- I have read through the "Known Issues" sticky and the first couple of pages of bug reports, removing the bugs I had in duplicate, but I'm sure others have reported most if not all of these.
I have uploaded a screenshot for the bugs I was able to capture in time.
- Gamma and Contrast Sliders disappear and are unclickable in Windowed and Full Screen Windowed mode, both PC and Mac (but the numbers still appear). Seems more design issue than anything, if Gamma and Contrast are unchangeable by design or OS limitation. Perhaps a greyout would be more appropriate. Similar thoughts with regard to screen resolution.
http://i.imgur.com/iXqt2h.jpg - Cannot find controls for mouse sensitivity. Perhaps by design.
- Hero selection screen has odd shimmering light effect surrounding moon.Colors not meshing well enough?
http://i.imgur.com/oI4fH.jpg - Frame rates drop dramatically in Windowed mode when the Diablo III window is not in focus (i.e. Alt+Tab is used to bring a web browser into focus). This is normal, obviously, but it seems more so than is warranted given the power of the comptuer and the effects being rendered in-game.
60 Frames: http://i.imgur.com/bE0a4h.jpg
Overlay 10 Frames: http://i.imgur.com/ZicCjh.jpg - Leaving game displays a countdown timer stuck at 00 seconds for up to 3 seconds before exiting.
http://i.imgur.com/VD5Llh.jpg - Login screen does not remember account information when "Remember Account" is checked after exiting and relaunching Diablo III. I believe this is a known issue.
- Loading screen does not change state during load, or if it does only partially (the red diamonds at the bottom of the screen do not fill in, or at most only the first two fill in). This may be by design.
Start of Load: http://i.imgur.com/fNyadh.jpg
End of Load: http://i.imgur.com/tR76lh.jpg - Customized banner pattern text reads: "!!Missing!! - BannerPatterns:banner_basic_pattern_XXX".
http://i.imgur.com/yXcNUh.jpg - Client disconnects due to network issues sometimes render the player unable to "Start Game" without a complete log out. ERROR_316704.
http://i.imgur.com/evM1bh.jpg - Leah occasionally turns away from Deckard and the player when engaging in conversation.
http://i.imgur.com/HGVuwh.jpg - Occasionally clicking on the "New Lore" button in the bottom right hand side of the screen does not trigger anything. The button remains, clickable but activates nothing for a short while before disappearing. Specifically, this happened after triggering the "Skeleton" lore after breaking open my first rotting coffin on the "A Shattered Crown" quest. I am unable to listen to the lore through my Journal either.
- After speaking with quest givers, occasionally an asterisk appears above their head, but does not show on the minimap. This may be by design, not sure what it indicates (additional lore opportunity perhaps, not flagged for minimap).
http://i.imgur.com/O0WYGh.jpg - Disconnecting from Battle.net after an extended idle period displays the notification "Kicked From Game" before the "Lost Connection" notification while in-game.
http://i.imgur.com/xJ3ryh.jpg - Salvaing blue Sash returned "Petrified Bark", supposedly only attainable by salvaging legendary gear. Similarly, a "Fallen Tooth" was obtained salvaging a blue Chest Armor.
http://i.imgur.com/4x1D4h.jpg - Teleporting Carrion Bats sometimes teleport over the edge of cliffs temporary, making them unattackable by melee.
- Clicking on a lootable bookcase in a dungeon will sometimes fail, and the movement indicator will appear on the floor or level above the bookcase instead.
- A few of the Scribe's Lecturns on the Cathdral Level 4 reveal nothing. This may be by design.
- Lootable Scrolls of Companion dropped from bookselves on the left side of fireplaces appear in the fireplace, rather than below the bookself from which they dropped. In fact, Scrolls dropped from bookselves often land off center. This may be by design.
- The Diablo III Launcher sometimes does not load the Diablo graphic to the left of the News and Community. I believe the launcher simply loads web content, so perhaps this has to do with website connectivity issues.
I will check back on this thread over the next few days to clarify bugs and answer any questions. Hopefully this helps!
I will continue jotting down bugs and inconsistencies for Beta 6, as soon as the servers come back up! Thank you again for such a polished, immersive and truly incredible preview of Diablo III. I cannot wait.
