10 replies to this topic

[Asthner]

Hi. I've encountered a frustrating bug in my second playthrough of the BWP. Upon entering the Friendly Arms Inn for the first time, the game crashes to desktop about a second or two after displaying the game screen. I've tried teleporting to AR6800 via the console, but the effect is the same. My Baldur.err file doesn't contain anything besides a few lines of "Start Logging Session". Some google and forum searches suggested to try using the Area CRE Checker for obtaining a potentially useful log - the resulting file (AR6800 scan) is attached to the post, along with the Weidu.log file.
Up to that moment the game has run fine (besides a dialog mix-up - one of the starting messengers got his dialog replaced with some spell descriptions; I can easily live with that). Is there anything more I should add to this report? I'd like to be able to resume playing asap, I've spent way too many months without any Baldur's Gate.

Edit: I've also determined that the game doesn't crash if I manage to pause it immediately after the Friendly Arms Inn opening cinematic ends. However, it crashes mere moments after I unpause it.

Attached Files

•  Weidu.log   82.02K   380 downloads
•  arealog.txt   1.33K   313 downloads

Edited by Asthner, 09 September 2011 - 06:39 PM.

[Bloodtitan]

i think we need the AR6800.BCS content. it looks like a broken area script.

[Asthner]

I've done a search for the file and got several results. Which one do I upload?

AR6800.bcs in *\DSotSC\backup\0
ar6800.bcs in *\TGC1e\Backup\0
AR6800.bcs in *\rupert\backup\0
ar6800.bcs in *\w_packmule\backup\0
AR6800.BCS in *\generalized_biffing\prod\0\biffs\181
M#AR6800.bcs in *\MTS\Azrael

Come to think of it, no harm in uploading all of them. Here you are.

Attached Files

•  AR6600.bcs   4.11K   328 downloads
•  ar6800.bcs   7.11K   315 downloads
•  AR6800.bcs   8.72K   292 downloads
•  ar6800.bcs   9.96K   214 downloads
•  AR6800.BCS   12.3K   307 downloads
•  M#AR6800.bcs   380bytes   406 downloads

[Jarno Mikkola]

besides a dialog mix-up - one of the starting messengers got his dialog replaced with some spell descriptions; I can easily live with that).

Did you start a new game after you installed all the mods ?
As this indicates that you wouldn't have.

AR6800.BCS in *\generalized_biffing\prod\0\biffs\181

This is the one in use... the actual way to do this is to --change-log the file. And upload the ar6800.baf that you can gain using NearInfinity or other tools.

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 10 September 2011 - 02:04 AM.

[Bloodtitan]

you uploaded the file, not the content...

anyway, a lot of this script is happening in later parts of the game, not on first visit. it looks like rupert or the mule mod to me. i'd follow Jarno's advise to be sure.

[Aliya]

Bloodtitan is right, (since I had the same crash; it has a corrupted .bam ) it's (most likely) the w_mule that's causing the crash. If so, then Waukeen's promenade will crash, too. To fix that, open AR6800.bsc file in NI and delete the block in the end containing the w_mule spawning script.

[Asthner]

Thanks for the replies, I'll try the advice out soon. For now, here are the appropriate files - the change-log suggests that I'm in for some trouble yet, I think.

As for the dialogs - no, I did this by the book... Clean install, start a game for BG1, BG2 and ToB each, install mods with BWP (the recommended list + a few standard mods that didn't officially conflict), start new game from the beginning. I had similar errors in my previous playthrough, but they weren't problematic - as long as the original Bioware actors get their texts mixed up, I'm fine. I almost know those texts by heart anyway.

Edit: I've deleted the mule script in NI, and also the rupert script. The crash remains, though it now generates a "the application has stopped working" windows prompt and a freeze of a short sample of sound that gets away only with a restart. I'm not sure, but I could've got a similar "effect" when trying to get to the FAI while using the BGMain exe, and not the TobExLoader. Anyway, bug still unsolved. Fortunately I'm at the beginning of the game, so reinstalling everything and omitting the culprit mods won't be a problem if it comes to that...

Attached Files

•  change-log.txt   323bytes   284 downloads
•  change-log1.txt   323bytes   292 downloads
•  AR6800.BAF   8.14K   348 downloads

Edited by Asthner, 10 September 2011 - 05:07 AM.

[Jarno Mikkola]

Not to sound like a &/%#/, but next time, don't upload the files, open the files and copy paste the text:

Spoiler

[WeiDU.exe] WeiDU version 22900 [WeiDU.exe] Using scripting style "BG2" override/AR6800.bcs override/AR6800.bcs DSotSC/backup/0/AR6800.bcs
override/ar6800.bcs TGC1E/Backup/0/ar6800.bcs
override/AR6800.bcs rupert/backup/0/AR6800.bcs

FATAL ERROR: Sys_error("LavaIt!\\backup/0/MAPPINGS.0: No such file or directory")

The change-log fails... Anyways

AR6800.baf:

Spoiler

IF
Global("W_PMULE_C","ar6800",0)
!Global("W_PackMuleWrangler","GLOBAL",9)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("W_MWAIT","GLOBAL",3)
SetGlobal("W_PMULE_C","ar6800",1)
CreateCreature("W_PWRANG",[1740.1910],14) // Stedd
CreateCreature("W_MULE",[1825.1910],0) // Pack mule
ChangeEnemyAlly("W_MULE",NEUTRAL)
ApplySpellRES("W_MSHAD","W_MULE") // No such index
ActionOverride("W_MULE",MoveToOffset([1.1]))
Continue()
END

IF
AreaCheck("FW2302")
Global("JL#RupertBG1Spawn","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("JL#RupertBG1Spawn","GLOBAL",1)
CreateCreature("JL#RUPRT",[500.530],14) // Rupert
Continue()
END

IF
AreaCheck("AR6800")
Global("JL#RupertBG1Spawn","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("JL#RupertBG1Spawn","GLOBAL",1)
CreateCreature("JL#RUPRT",[500.530],14) // Rupert
ActionOverride("JL#RUPRT",MoveBetweenAreas("AR6802",[500.530],6))
Continue()
END

IF
Global("BW05_TGC1_FAIInvaded","GLOBAL",1)
!Global("BW05_TGC1","GLOBAL",17)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetMasterArea("BW0501")
ActionOverride(Player1,LeaveAreaLUA("BW0501","",[1175.3600],12))
ActionOverride(Player2,LeaveAreaLUA("BW0501","",[1230.3640],12))
ActionOverride(Player3,LeaveAreaLUA("BW0501","",[1120.3600],12))
ActionOverride(Player4,LeaveAreaLUA("BW0501","",[1230.3600],12))
ActionOverride(Player5,LeaveAreaLUA("BW0501","",[1120.3650],12))
ActionOverride(Player6,LeaveAreaLUA("BW0501","",[1150.3550],12))
END

IF
Global("BW05_MikeSummoned","GLOBAL",0)
Global("BW05_TGC1_FAIInvaded","GLOBAL",0)
Global("BW05_TGC1","GLOBAL",17)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("BW05_MikeSummoned","GLOBAL",1)
CreateCreature("BW05MIKE",[1120.3600],0) // Mike
END

IF
OnCreation()
Global("Chapter","GLOBAL",5)
GlobalLT("ElminsterSpawn","GLOBAL",2)
!Exists("ELMIN3")
THEN
RESPONSE #100
CreateCreature("ELMIN3",[3233.2533],0) // Elminster
SetGlobal("ElminsterSpawn","GLOBAL",2)
Continue()
END

IF
Global("EnteredArmInn","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
StartMovie("FRARMINN")
SetGlobal("EnteredArmInn","GLOBAL",1)
END

IF
Global("BP_BG1NPC6800","GLOBAL",0)
GlobalGT("Chapter","GLOBAL",5)
Global("JetlayaSpawn","AR6800",0)
LevelLT(Player1,
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("JetlayaSpawn","AR6800",1)
SetGlobal("BP_BG1NPC6800","GLOBAL",1)
CreateCreature("DSJetlay",[1204.3341],0) // Jet'laya
SetGlobal("JetlayaSpawn","AR6800",1)
END

IF
Global("BP_BG1NPC6800","GLOBAL",0)
GlobalGT("Chapter","GLOBAL",5)
Global("JetlayaSpawn","AR6800",0)
LevelGT(Player1,7)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("JetlayaSpawn","AR6800",1)
SetGlobal("BP_BG1NPC6800","GLOBAL",1)
CreateCreature("DSJetla9",[1204.3341],0) // Jet'laya
SetGlobal("JetlayaSpawn","AR6800",1)
END

IF
Global("TalkedJet","GLOBAL",1)
Global("Chapter","GLOBAL",5)
Global("DSOTSC","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("DSOTSC","GLOBAL",5)
SetGlobal("Chapter","GLOBAL",7)
END

IF
Global("TalkedJet","GLOBAL",1)
Global("Chapter","GLOBAL",6)
Global("DSOTSC","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("DSOTSC","GLOBAL",6)
SetGlobal("Chapter","GLOBAL",7)
END

IF
Global("TalkedJet","GLOBAL",1)
Global("Chapter","GLOBAL",7)
Global("DSOTSC","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("DSOTSC","GLOBAL",7)
END

IF
Global("TalkedJet","GLOBAL",1)
Global("DSOTSC","GLOBAL",5)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetInterrupt(FALSE)
IncrementChapter("CHPTXT-9")
Wait(2)
SetInterrupt(TRUE)
SetGlobal("Chapter","GLOBAL",5)
AddJournalEntry(110954,USER) // The Dark Side of the Sword Coast As if the problems that plague the Sword Coast did not seem troubling enough already, you begin to wonder if there is in fact more taking place here than what would at first appear. A feeling of horror and anxiety surges through your body and it is then that you begin to feel that darker forces are at work in this small part of Faerûn you call home. Yet, at this time you do not have a full understanding of just how dark those forces are. Your chance meeting with the elf Jet'laya, from Cormanthor... just maybe, was not by chance at all. The possibility is that you were guided to this point somehow. But, for what reason and why you? Who or what has selected you to face such darkness? A darkness that somehow seems centered on the very lifeline between Baldur's Gate and Amn, the main artery that pulses with the lifeblood of the Sword Coast, the Coast Way Road. You, who up until recently had spent most of your years within the safety and quiet confines of the walls of Candlekeep, now seem to have been thrust into the darkness of a great unknown. What lies ahead for you and your companions as you continue your journey? You fear that your answer will only come too soon as you descend into the "Dark Side of the Sword Coast."
SetGlobal("DSOTSC","GLOBAL",1)
END

IF
Global("TalkedJet","GLOBAL",1)
Global("DSOTSC","GLOBAL",6)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetInterrupt(FALSE)
IncrementChapter("CHPTXT-9")
Wait(2)
SetInterrupt(TRUE)
SetGlobal("Chapter","GLOBAL",6)
AddJournalEntry(110954,USER) // The Dark Side of the Sword Coast As if the problems that plague the Sword Coast did not seem troubling enough already, you begin to wonder if there is in fact more taking place here than what would at first appear. A feeling of horror and anxiety surges through your body and it is then that you begin to feel that darker forces are at work in this small part of Faerûn you call home. Yet, at this time you do not have a full understanding of just how dark those forces are. Your chance meeting with the elf Jet'laya, from Cormanthor... just maybe, was not by chance at all. The possibility is that you were guided to this point somehow. But, for what reason and why you? Who or what has selected you to face such darkness? A darkness that somehow seems centered on the very lifeline between Baldur's Gate and Amn, the main artery that pulses with the lifeblood of the Sword Coast, the Coast Way Road. You, who up until recently had spent most of your years within the safety and quiet confines of the walls of Candlekeep, now seem to have been thrust into the darkness of a great unknown. What lies ahead for you and your companions as you continue your journey? You fear that your answer will only come too soon as you descend into the "Dark Side of the Sword Coast."
SetGlobal("DSOTSC","GLOBAL",1)
END

IF
Global("TalkedJet","GLOBAL",1)
Global("DSOTSC","GLOBAL",7)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetInterrupt(FALSE)
IncrementChapter("CHPTXT-9")
Wait(2)
SetInterrupt(TRUE)
SetGlobal("Chapter","GLOBAL",7)
AddJournalEntry(110954,USER) // The Dark Side of the Sword Coast As if the problems that plague the Sword Coast did not seem troubling enough already, you begin to wonder if there is in fact more taking place here than what would at first appear. A feeling of horror and anxiety surges through your body and it is then that you begin to feel that darker forces are at work in this small part of Faerûn you call home. Yet, at this time you do not have a full understanding of just how dark those forces are. Your chance meeting with the elf Jet'laya, from Cormanthor... just maybe, was not by chance at all. The possibility is that you were guided to this point somehow. But, for what reason and why you? Who or what has selected you to face such darkness? A darkness that somehow seems centered on the very lifeline between Baldur's Gate and Amn, the main artery that pulses with the lifeblood of the Sword Coast, the Coast Way Road. You, who up until recently had spent most of your years within the safety and quiet confines of the walls of Candlekeep, now seem to have been thrust into the darkness of a great unknown. What lies ahead for you and your companions as you continue your journey? You fear that your answer will only come too soon as you descend into the "Dark Side of the Sword Coast."
SetGlobal("DSOTSC","GLOBAL",1)
END

IF
Global("W_MuleToGAM","GLOBAL",1)
!Global("W_MWAIT","GLOBAL",3)
!InActiveArea("W_MSUMA")
InActiveArea(Protagonist)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("W_MuleMo","GLOBAL",1)
MoveGlobalObjectOffScreen("W_MSUMA",Protagonist)
ActionOverride("W_MSUMA",JumpToPoint([1.1]))
END

IF
Global("w_mmaze","GLOBAL",2)
CombatCounter(0)
!RealGlobalTimerNotExpired("w_mmazet","GLOBAL")
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("w_mmaze","GLOBAL",0)
ApplySpellRES("W_MFREE","W_MULE") // No such index
END

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 10 September 2011 - 09:33 AM.

[Asthner]

Ok, will do. What about any hints to the present situation? The dialog issue isn't a concern, unless someone has a ready solution for it, but I'd like to be able to solve this crash thing. Thanks for all the help up to now...

Edited by Asthner, 10 September 2011 - 10:51 AM.

[Asthner]

Hmm. I think I've kinda solved it. I decided to tinker with NI and try removing certain scripts. I removed these:

Spoiler

IF
Global("W_PMULE_C","ar6800",0)
!Global("W_PackMuleWrangler","GLOBAL",9)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("W_MWAIT","GLOBAL",3)
SetGlobal("W_PMULE_C","ar6800",1)
CreateCreature("W_PWRANG",[1740.1910],14) // Stedd
CreateCreature("W_MULE",[1825.1910],0) // Pack mule
ChangeEnemyAlly("W_MULE",NEUTRAL)
ApplySpellRES("W_MSHAD","W_MULE") // No such index
ActionOverride("W_MULE",MoveToOffset([1.1]))
Continue()
END

IF
AreaCheck("FW2302")
Global("JL#RupertBG1Spawn","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("JL#RupertBG1Spawn","GLOBAL",1)
CreateCreature("JL#RUPRT",[500.530],14) // Rupert
Continue()
END

IF
AreaCheck("AR6800")
Global("JL#RupertBG1Spawn","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("JL#RupertBG1Spawn","GLOBAL",1)
CreateCreature("JL#RUPRT",[500.530],14) // Rupert
ActionOverride("JL#RUPRT",MoveBetweenAreas("AR6802",[500.530],6))
Continue()
END

IF
Global("EnteredArmInn","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
StartMovie("FRARMINN")
SetGlobal("EnteredArmInn","GLOBAL",1)
END

IF
Global("W_MuleToGAM","GLOBAL",1)
!Global("W_MWAIT","GLOBAL",3)
!InActiveArea("W_MSUMA")
InActiveArea(Protagonist)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("W_MuleMo","GLOBAL",1)
MoveGlobalObjectOffScreen("W_MSUMA",Protagonist)
ActionOverride("W_MSUMA",JumpToPoint([1.1]))
END

IF
Global("w_mmaze","GLOBAL",2)
CombatCounter(0)
!RealGlobalTimerNotExpired("w_mmazet","GLOBAL")
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("w_mmaze","GLOBAL",0)
ApplySpellRES("W_MFREE","W_MULE") // No such index
END

Probably too many - but the crash stopped. I won't mark the issue as solved just yet, cause I don't know which script specifically was at fault here... But thanks for the help!
And, as I haven't stated this anywhere in the forum yet, having just registered: BWP is a TREMENDOUSLY fine piece of work! THANK YOU!

[Miloch]

You could also have used this to see which creature is crashing the game (I thought Jarno had added this to his FAQ). I am still not sure why the pack mule works for some people but not others (Rupert should not be causing an issue - he is a standard human animation I think).