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[Gilgamesh]

Some who have followed this project might still remember at least some of the weird bugs I´ve encountered. Well, now one is yet again trying to ruin the project. I have avoided playing to mod so that I wouldn´t have to deal with the problem but today I tried and I found no way around it.
Let me describe it:

The bug occurs every time I´ve killed a certain amount of creatures (about ten) in the Icewind Dale. I click the rest-button and the game shuts down with no error message.
I´ve tried the following:
1. Getting rid of everything from the area but the creatures - didn´t help
2. Getting rid of everything from the area and then creating some creatures with codes - didn´t help
3. Moving away from the area using codes, creating the same creatures (and different) to the other area and killing them - the game didn´t shut down --- When I went back to the game crushing area and created the same creatures with codes, the game shut down after I started to rest.

If no-one can tell me what´s wrong the mod will be canceled and thrown to some Mod Graveyard (some parts are still playable).

:bash:

Edited by Gilgamesh, 09 October 2004 - 06:02 AM.

[Shed]

Perhaps it is a flaw with the creature file, or death variable?

[hlidskialf]

Check the area itself. It'll have some kind of "rest interruption" setup. My guess would be that you've got an invalid cre or setup listed there. So when you rest, the game attempts to access it and crashes.

[Seifer]

You might also run the area through the area cleaners and try building it again if all else fails.

Steve

[Gilgamesh]

I´ve tried all of the above exept building the area again. Well, actually there´s two areas that I know of.

I forgot to mention that even if I leave the area after killing any creature, the game crashes in the new area also when I try to rest. This rules out just about every possible bug that can be modded away.

I haven´t yet totally given up so maybe I´ll figure out something but I´d really like to hear out any suggestions you people have.

[igi]

Put the relevant files up for download, that way people can try things, and see if they can solve the problem.

[TheWizard]

After coming this far, Gilgamesh, the LAST thing we want to see you do is give up!

[Gilgamesh]

Put the relevant files up for download, that way people can try things, and see if they can solve the problem.

This would be much appreciated. Where can I put the files?

[Gilgamesh]

Nevermind, I found out what´s the problem (this time it´s totally insane).
Let me explain what I did:

First I thought about the thing: After I had killed creatures in that certain area, the rest-bug hunted me to other areas too. This lead to a though: what comes with me from the bug area ---> NPC´s. Hmm...I have one new NPC from the dale with me, Alissa.
Test:
1. I reload the game from the part where I´m just leaving for the Icewind Dale. I do everything exactly the same but don´t take Alissa with me. Result: no rest-bug.
2. I enter the village and take Alissa with me. Result: rest-bug appears.
3. I reload and enter the village but don´t take Alissa with me. Result: no rest-bug.
Conclusion:
Alissa is incompatible with a few areas. :drunk:

Stupid weird bugs...


Well, I think this might have something to do with Alissa´s special abilities (which are tested to work by the way) so I´ll just fix them a bit (she won´t be learning any new now) and see if that helps. If not, I´ll remove all of the abilities. If that doesn´t help, I´ll remove Alissa.


Thank´s for all the suggestions!

Edited by Gilgamesh, 10 October 2004 - 06:11 AM.

[Gilgamesh]

Special Abilities were indeed the problem. Although I didn´t use them, they still caused the bug. So, the bug took place in a few areas if Alissa was in party, monsters were killed and rest-button was pressed.

Anyway, I fixed the problem (Alissa won´t learn any new abilites, she gets them all at once) and I´m now finally progressing again. I estimate I´m done in about two weeks.

Edited by Gilgamesh, 11 October 2004 - 11:06 AM.