Big Thanks Atul Fatpie! A new Dungeon Siege beta patch v1.09B has been released @ E3 by developer Gas Powered Games. Read more to learn what the patch fixes and where to download.
Version 1.09B of Dungeon Siege contains the following updates and changes: Fixed all known Journal update issues related to quests. Fixed all known content placement issues such as inaccessible containers and "floating" objects. Increased game performance in several low-performance areas. Resolved all known issues with end bosses. Fixed all known fading issues. Updated ZoneMatch user interface and improved ZoneMatch functionality and performance. Resolved issues with sounds cutting out. Fixed problem with 5.1 speaker setups getting reset to 2 speakers when enabling EAX. Added safety to prevent the game from starting if critical resource files are missing. Added retry code that enables you to attempt to recover from unstable hardware causing corruption in data that is loaded from hard disk. Moved screen shots into their own Screen Shots subdirectory. Added new command line options: noalttab=true, prevents task switching during gameplay. nowinkeys=true, disables the Windows keys (supported on Windows 2000 and Windows XP only). user_path=, specifies where the user files go (rather than My DocumentsDungeon Siege). Other path-related command line options are: keys_path, map_paths, mod_paths, res_paths, save_path, and shots_path. Fixed the issue of a missing or moved "My Documents" folder causing problems. Improved many error messages to include more information to better help diagnose hardware configuration problems. Download Dungeon Siege Update Beta v1.09B