bug: character die when game loaded

Ben13

CURRENT BEHAVIOR: character die when game is loaded while being affected by Energy Drain, no corpse can be found (the character was alive when the game was saved...)
EXPECTED BEHAVIOR: when game loaded, character should still be affected by Energy Drain but shouldn't die

Ben13

it happened to Neera in the Durlag Tower after being caught by Krinhale Energy Drain, after the fight I saved and quitted, at this time Neera was alive, but now each time I load the game she is always in dead state, and the body is nowhere to be found... Does anyone have the same kind of problem?
PS: I play the Enhanced Edition with patch 1.2

AeonQuasar

Yes. You have the same problem as me. Did you use the "find familiar" spell with her once?

Since i think you saved when you had around only8-11HP left and when you load the game think your familiar dies. So you lose a few hp. Have not found a solution to that yet.

Ben13

Hi, I'm glad to see I'm not alone with this problem!
But I never used the "find familiar" spell with her... well you never really now what happen when you cast spell with Neera, but I think I would have noticed if she did cast it 'on her own'. when I saved, Neera had something like 14-16 HP I think.
Thank you anyway for your answer.

prophet1

Find Familiar can only be cast by protagonist (it's in spell description).

@Ben13 If you still have that save where Neera's alive, can you upload it (zip the whole save folder and attach the zip file here)?

Ben13

@prophet1 Here is the quick save where Neera should be alive, can you tell me what it does on your computer?

prophet1

@Ben13 Try this save, Neera should be fine now.

@Dee Neera had a hp modifier effect (probably from Energy Drain) similar to the Find Familiar bug.

prophet1

Fixed save game:

Ben13

@prophet1 Thank you very much! It works perfectly, even after saving and loading again! Thank you!

SpyroChr

I have the same problem. My main character loses 12 HP upon loading a save file. Her maximum HP is 13, and the problem started after the fight with Krinhale. I will upload a save file, just in case someone could fix it, or tell me how to fix it myself, if it happens again. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

SpyroChr

Here's the save.
EDIT: I reuploaded it in 2shared format, because it's easier to update it for me.
http://www.2shared.com/file/QA-BUVY6/000000041-Main_Save.html

prophet1

Fixed this one as well, try the attached save.

For the future if this happens again you can fix the problem using EEKeeper (http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/25118/ee-keeper-1-0-2-1-for-os-x-via-wineskin) - on the Affects editing tab for the bugged character remove any lingering negative modifier 'Hitpoints' effects.

If you're not sure what these might look like, I posted screenshots of the effects in EEKeeper in this thread: http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/24218/familiar-spell-error-critical-problem-solved#latest

SpyroChr

Thank you. I will try it and tell you. Also, thanks for the links! I will edit this post to inform you of the results.

EDIT: It worked! Thank you so much. I also learned how to do it with EE Keeper myself. Thanks again.