Developer TaleWorlds Entertainment has recently deployed a stable update for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. But if you want the latest features, you can download the beta patch instead.
Beta Patch e1.6.5 features some useful improvements to the user interface. For one, two new options allow you to replace avatars and usernames with generic ones. These are Enable Generic Avatars and Enable Generic Names, both can be found in the settings menu.
Another notable UI improvement is that you can now see your teammates’ equipment over their characters in the character selection screen.
For single-player mode, all members and roles in the party role assignment are now shown separately. Minor improvements can also be expected in combat missions and the campaign map.
Those who want more freedom when targeting enemies will be stoked to find a new option. This option can disable the target lock feature.
The game is possibly more responsive now thanks to the improvements added to multi-core CPU usage and performance.
Beta Patch e.1.65 Highlights
SINGLEPLAYER
- Fixed a crash that occurred when talking to a newly assigned governor
- Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to give a clan role to a governor
- Fixed a crash that occurred due to education notifications popping up endlessly
- Fixed a crash that occurred when becoming a vassal for the first time
- Optimized the function that calculates ideal garrison strength
- Optimized the function that calculates the score for a party's target behavior
- Fixed a bug that reset the hideout progress bar after loading a save file
- Fixed some save and load inconsistencies
- The stack amount is now shown while crafting javelins in the crafting screen
- Added world map notifications that trigger when the player loses a trait
- Added pregnant icons to the encyclopedia and the clan page
- Added an option to disable the target lock feature
MULTIPLAYER
- Added progressive badges for individual game mode kills and wins, hours played, and levels gained
- Made changes to ensure that secondary team colors are more consistent
BOTH
- Improved multi-core CPU usage
- Improved performance of the on-demand animation loading system
Keep in mind that all of the things in this patch are subject to change before the final release.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Beta Patch e1.6.5 is now available on PC.
