We did not intend on making a sequel right away and wanted to wait until the time was right. "When Paradox purchased White Wolf in 2015, we recognized that Bloodlines was the crown jewel among their IPs. The questions below were answered by Florian Schwarzer, Senior Product Manager for Bloodlines 2 at Paradox Interactive. As such, not too long ago, we sent across some of our most burning questions about the game to the people responsible for it. How well it manages to do that is something we’re all curious about (to say the least)- ourselves included. More than a decade later, Paradox Interactive and Hardsuit Labs are returning to that universe with Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, a game that seeks to replicate the strengths of its predecessor while improving upon its weaknesses as well. Step 5: Choose the aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9, 16:10 - most widescreen monitors are 16:9) that fits your monitor, and click Patch It.2004’s Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines isn’t the most high profile RPG release of all time by any means, but in the years since its launch, it has accrued a massive fan following. Step 4: Navigate the patcher to the root of your Bloodlines install directory. Step 3: Find the ResPatch.exe program and run it.
Step 2: Find the Extras folder in your Bloodlines install directory (with patch installed).Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\vampire the masquerade - bloodlines\Extras
Step 1: Install the patch! community/unofficial patch v8.4.2 or higher In my opinion, this adds the biggest graphical boost possible as far as any single change goes. With community/unofficial patch v8.4.2 or higher installed, you can modify the screen resolution, though. No developers to keep the game up to date for bug fixes or engine updates.Engine version older than the one that Half-Life 2 was originally released with in 2004.This also means that the game was never kept up to date with the latest Source Engine improvements. The developers of Bloodlines were also laid off shortly after Bloodlines' release, so they were unable to continue releasing patches. The reason why higher graphical settings are not readily available (without mods) is because the version of the Source Engine that Bloodlines was created with was a version that was Alpha or early Beta depending on who you cite.
Nothing noteworthy, at least, with the exception of changing the resolution (see below). Unfortunately, it is not likely that you will be able extend the graphics settings beyond what you see available without resorting to mods.