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Edwin disappears

Started by -errcw- , Sep 17 2006 10:22 AM

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#1 -errcw-

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Posted 17 September 2006 - 10:22 AM

First, let me say that BGT so far has been an awesome mod; I've had immense fun playing it.

I'm encountering a problem with Edwin in BGII. After getting the necessary papers from Renal and proceeding to Mae'Var's guildhall then up to see Edwin on the third floor, he visible momentarily then quickly disppears. He is around long enough for me to pause to try to initiate dialog, but all I get is the "character appears busy" response. Funny thing, though, even after he's disappeared Detect Evil still lists him. On the other hand, casting an area of effect spell (say, Fireball) centred on where he was doesn't cause any damage to him.

I'm not sure if they're relevent, but the globals I could find for Edwin are
EDWINABANDONED = 1
EDWINALIVE = 1
SPRITE_IS_DEADEDWIN = 0

I've tried setting the abandoned variable to 0 before seeing Edwin but it doesn't seem to have had an effect.

My WeiDU.log file is as follows:

// Log of Currently Installed WeiDU Mods
// The top of the file is the 'oldest' mod
// ~TP2_File~ #language_number #component_number // [Subcomponent Name -> ] Component Name
~SETUP-BGT.TP2~ #0 #0 // Baldur's Gate Trilogy - Core 1.01
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #0 // The Kidnapping of Boo by Cliffette
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #1 // The Suna Seni/Valygar Relationship
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #2 // Kalah and What He Was Promised
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #3 // "Cat and Mouse" (Bodhi hunts you in Spellhold) by Ghreyfain
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #4 // Gorje Hilldark and the Extended Illithium Quest
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #5 // The Pai'Na/Spider's Bane Quest
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #6 // Restored Crooked Crane Inn
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #7 // Restored Encounters
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #8 // Artemis Entreri in Bodhi's Lair
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #9 // Corrected "Xzar's Creations"
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #10 // Restored Hell Minions, by SimDing0
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #11 // Gorf the Squisher Fix, by Gebhard Blucher
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #12 // Item Restorations
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #13 // Yoshimo's Original Portrait
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #14 // Anomen's Original Portrait
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #15 // NPC Portrait Restorations
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #16 // Corrected BAMs and Scripts
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #17 // Corrected Character Names and Biographies
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #18 // Restored Minor Dialogs
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #19 // Restored Bhaalspawn Powers, by David Gaider
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #20 // Extended ToB Item Descriptions
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #21 // Throne of Bhaal Minor Restorations
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #22 // Justifier Kit
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #23 // Feralan Kit
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #24 // Sarevok's Remorse
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #0 // The BG1 NPC Project for BGT: Core Install
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #1 // The BG1 NPC Project for BGT-Weidu: Phase I (Banters)
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #2 // The BG1 NPC Project for BGT-Weidu: Phase II (Quests and Interjections)
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #3 // Jason Compton's Accelerated Banter Script.
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #6 // Give Edwin his BG2 portrait.
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #7 // Give Imoen her BG2 portrait.
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #8 // Give Jaheira her BG2 portrait.
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #9 // Give Minsc his BG2 portrait.
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #10 // Give Viconia her BG2 portrait.
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #14 // Non-joinable character portraits
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #15 // Coran's Romance Core (Rated: R)
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #16 // Placeholder 1: New Quests
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #17 // Dynaheir's Romance Core (Rated PG13)
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #18 // Shar-Teel Relationship Core (Rated R)
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #19 // Branwen's Romance Core (Rated PG13)
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #21 // Xan's Romance Core (Rated PG13)
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #22 // Ajantis Romance Core (Rated PG13)
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #23 // Female Romance Challenges
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #24 // Coran's Romance Speed -> Coran's Romance Speed (1 hour)
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #28 // Dynaheir's Romance Speed -> Dynaheir's Romance Speed: 1 hour
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #32 // Xan's Romance Speed -> Xan's Romance Speed: 1 hour
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #36 // Shar-Teel's Romance Speed -> Shar-Teel's Relationship Speed: 1 hour
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #40 // Branwen's Romance Speed -> Branwen's Romance Speed: 1 hour
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #44 // Ajantis' Romance Speed -> Ajantis' Romance Speed: 1 hour
~SETUP-BG1NPC.TP2~ #0 #100 // Install Player-Initiated Dialogues
~BG1NPCMUSIC/BG1NPCMUSIC.TP2~ #0 #0 // The BG1 NPC Project Music Pack
~SETUP-DUNGEONBEGONE.TP2~ #0 #0 // Dungeon Be Gone V1.4
~SETUP-BG1NPC-QUICKPATCH.TP2~ #0 #0 // Install BG1NPC-QuickPatch
~SETUP-EASE.TP2~ #0 #15 // Bonus Merchants (Baldurdash)
~SETUP-EASE.TP2~ #0 #18 // Imoen ToB Dialogue Fix
~SETUP-EASE.TP2~ #0 #21 // Romance: Bug Fixes (required for later components).
~SETUP-EASE.TP2~ #0 #25 // Happy: NPCs won't fight with each other or leave the group.

Hopefully there's a simple explanation and an even simpler fix; I'd hate to give up Edwin in my party. Thanks in advance for your help!

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#2 Ascension64

Modder
5983 posts

Posted 18 September 2006 - 12:07 AM

The possible explanations of this could be:

EDWIN.BCS

IF
Global("EdwinTold","GLOBAL",1)
Global("BackstabbingEdwin","LOCALS",0)
AreaCheck("AR0304")
!InParty(Myself)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
Enemy()
CreateCreature("DASSIN",[766.269],0) // Shadow Thief
CreateCreature("DASSIN",[712.292],0) // Shadow Thief
CreateCreature("DASSIN",[690.461],0) // Shadow Thief
CreateCreature("DASSIN",[977.482],0) // Shadow Thief
CreateCreature("DASSIN",[562.561],0) // Shadow Thief
SetGlobal("BackstabbingEdwin","LOCALS",1)
ForceSpell(Myself,POOF_GONE)
END

...and...

AR0304.BCS

IF
GlobalLT("GoSeeEdwin","GLOBAL",2)
!Dead("MaeVar")
THEN
RESPONSE #100
ActionOverride("Edwin",Deactivate(Myself))
END

IF
Global("GoSeeEdwin","GLOBAL",2)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("GoSeeEdwin","GLOBAL",3)
ActionOverride("Edwin",Activate(Myself))
END

IF
GlobalLT("GoSeeEdwin","GLOBAL",2)
Dead("MaeVar")
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("GoSeeEdwin","GLOBAL",3)
ActionOverride("Edwin",Activate(Myself))
END

In both cases, the blocks are straight from a standard BG2:SoA game. Have any of the present GLOBALs gone mishap?

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#3 -errcw-

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Posted 18 September 2006 - 06:15 PM

I think the globals must have self-destructed somewhere along the line. I restored them from a known-good configuration (with a bit of minor tweaking to keep the state consistent) and everything seemed to work all right. Out of curiosity, I also tried a reinstall -- strangely, that seemed to fix things as well (though in this case I think my various remedies may have overlapped; I lost track of everything I fiddled with).

Regardless, all is well now. Thanks for the response and help.

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#4 Vincentzorz

Member
18 posts

Posted 02 August 2011 - 09:31 AM

BUMP

I also ran into this problem using a new Big World installation.

I solved it by just spawning "Edwin" in another area (Where the scripts mentioned above aren't causing him to de-spawn instantly..) and then I could go on as usual

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