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Kivan wants to go to bandit camp....but we've already been there?

ArcalianArcalian Member Posts: 359
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I was force-talking Neera and Rasaad and clicked him by accident, and he said if we didn't find it soon he would seek other help. I recruited him before Nashkel, we went to Bandit Camp, killed Ardenor and Tugosz, and the guys in the tent. Tried to kill Tazok, but he got away.

In vanilla BG Kivan *never* said anything about this. Is he gonna quit on me? We just got into Cloakwood, don't really wanna have to replace him with, say, Coran.

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  • EnterHaerDalisEnterHaerDalis Member Posts: 813
    You don't want to replace Kivan with Coran?

    ....

    Care to explain why?
  • SpacemanSpiffSpacemanSpiff Member Posts: 23
    I don't know if this is confirmed or not, but I read somewhere that talking to Vai in Beregost until she leaves "completes" his quest.
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    edited December 2012
    EnterHaerDalis said:

    You don't want to replace Kivan with Coran?

    ....

    Care to explain why?

    Not sure why is relevant to what is being asked here. To answer your question OP I guess because it used to be that Kivan would attack Tazok. To keep Tazok alive (for reasons I won't get into) this is now no longer the case.

    http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/7205/getting-shadowkeeper-to-work-with-bgee

    You could always try checking shadowkeeper to see if the right variables are being used in your game, though BGEE may have changed them. Since you've beaten the Bandit Camp I guess you should have something to do with "findbandits" being listed as a variable of "2" amongst your global variables (I can't get to shadowkeeper at the moment).

    CLUAConsole: SetGlobal("FindBandits","Global",2)


    - this might also correct the problem. But hopefully the issue has already been addressed and this is just a hiccup.
  • RiolathelRiolathel Member Posts: 330
    OK i never got to bandit camp on vanilla but both my runs on bg:ee i never found tazok..

    I know this is a little off topic, but where the hell is he?
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    edited December 2012
    Riolathel said:

    OK i never got to bandit camp on vanilla but both my runs on bg:ee i never found tazok..

    I know this is a little off topic, but where the hell is he?

    You only run into him if introduced by one of the bandits in Peldvale or Larswood.
  • RiolathelRiolathel Member Posts: 330
    So if you went straight to the bandit camp ( i always killed the bandits that bring you there). Is there no possibility of you running into him?
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    Riolathel said:

    So if you went straight to the bandit camp ( i always killed the bandits that bring you there). Is there no possibility of you running into him?

    not in the bandit camp no. Only in chapter 7.
  • RiolathelRiolathel Member Posts: 330
    ty elminster
  • QuartzQuartz Member Posts: 3,853
    EnterHaerDalis said:

    You don't want to replace Kivan with Coran?

    ....

    Care to explain why?

    1. Unhelpful comment
    2. They are entirely different NPCs fulfilling different roles. Believe it or not, Kivan has this thing called "melee ability" that Coran completely lacks. Now I love me some Coran, he's an awesome NPC, but your implication that Coran should always replace Kivan is silly because Coran is a Fighter/Thief who's beast with a bow and lame with melee, and Kivan is a Ranger who's great with a bow and good with melee. Different classes different abilities.
  • SeveronSeveron Member Posts: 214
    I've just done a quick test, it would seem that Kivan will give the first warning after 5 days and then 10 days he will leave but only it seems after you force talk to him. His quest timer seems to start from the moment you pick him up
  • ArcalianArcalian Member Posts: 359
    Thanks, all. I'll replace him if I have to.
  • CalmarCalmar Member Posts: 688
    Talk to Officer Vai at the Jovial Juggler in Beregost after eradicating the bandit camp. She'll confirm that the roads are again safe and depart back to Baldur's Gate. Kivan then should consider his mission accomplished, too.
  • ArcalianArcalian Member Posts: 359
    I did all that. I didn't accidentally force-talk him until afterwards.
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