Latest unofficial patch for Vampire Bloodlines is released

There’s a new “unofficial” patch for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. According to GameSpot, version 4.8 includes “gameplay tweaks, bug fixes, and more.” This update requires the v1.2 patch. Strangely, there’s no documentation as to what problems this update addresses.

After doing a little bit of digging, I learned at Planet Vampire’s forums that version 4.8 was released a week after 4.7. Apparently, Werner Spahl, the maker of the patches, inadvertently included a side-quest breaking bug in 4.7 so he tried to get it fixed as soon as possible. See the list of changes for v4.8 after the jump.

+Recovered grenade as Intimidation powerup and fixed netcafe laptop.
+Created new Gary quest to swap pull toy prop with poster of Tawni.
+Added humanity points for granting money to haven bum and Mercurio.
+Made killing pier cops loose humanity and gave one the baton only.
+Changed Pearl of Dubai powerup to Charisma so Nosferatu can use it.
+Swapped Gary’s quest order and his CD for a box with vacuum tubes.
Made Isaac give his gift earlier and SWAT cops use Steyr Augs only.
+Exchanged knowledge requirements of high computer and dodge books.
Fixed side quest breaking bug at Empire Hotel after speaking Boris.
Made Carson pack his laptop and fixed bad loading tip word choice.

Fixed Imalia still being pissed off when you sold her the magazine.
+Added overlooked humanity loss when killing Phil at the SM clinic.
Corrected bad Ming Xiao, Tzimisce fatguy and Ra blade damage stats.
Restored sound to Bach’s grenades and fixed minor dialogue issues.
Delayed reaction to changes of Heather’s state in medical computer.
Updated netcafe entry for Tawni Sessions dependent of quest state.
Placed serial killer card more reasonable and restored more sounds.
Prevented continueing the Tawni quest after you have been noticed.
Added gestures to a Jack tutorial line and fixed stealth kill icon.
Fixed Ming dropping out of dialogue and a possible Gary phone bug.