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GamereaperGamereaper Member Posts: 13
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So at the end of the game where you get the invitation to the duke coronation... I killed bill and I can't get into the palace I thought I would be able to brute force through but apparently you have to be a little b*tch and do it the other way... Any ways I did that and I still can't enter. It keeps telling me to gather my party so I'm stuck outside of the castle. Have the iPad version so modding is not a option. How the hell was this not fixed prior to release... Need a beta tester? ...

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  • EnterHaerDalisEnterHaerDalis Member Posts: 813
    There should be an Auto-Save from right before you arrived at Baldurs Gate north
  • GamereaperGamereaper Member Posts: 13
    There was but I went to kill the assassins in the under cellar for the invitation so my auto save is some where else. But I can go back to candle keep right before the basilisks. but that's sucks if I have to. I was mainly asking if there was another way and if not there needs to be just incase.
  • EnterHaerDalisEnterHaerDalis Member Posts: 813
    Twani said:

    The game really isn't designed for someone who just wants to slaughter their way through. Whether you consider that it should be or not is up to you. There are many times that you can lock yourself out of quests, including the main quest, by killing the wrong person. BG2 has safeguards for that, but BG1 really doesn't.

    Yea that's a good point. They should of been more accommodating to the child of the 'Lord of Murder' in terms of carving a path of carnage. You did grow up in a library though and they kind of insinuate that you don't know about your powers ...


  • GamereaperGamereaper Member Posts: 13
    EnterHaerDalis said:

    Twani said:

    The game really isn't designed for someone who just wants to slaughter their way through. Whether you consider that it should be or not is up to you. There are many times that you can lock yourself out of quests, including the main quest, by killing the wrong person. BG2 has safeguards for that, but BG1 really doesn't.

    Yea that's a good point. They should of been more accommodating to the child of the 'Lord of Murder' in terms of carving a path of carnage. You did grow up in a library though and they kind of insinuate that you don't know about your powers ...


    It's ok I agree they didn't think about a few things but it's ok it's a tiny flaw... but it's the first BG so it's ok. the second is more like that so I'm just going to buy that and continue bg1 another day. Trying to support them into doing ice wind dale ee and bg3! But I o well I'll just reload back to candle keep.

  • moody_magemoody_mage Member Posts: 2,054
    I wonder if someone knowledgeable like @Troodon80 might know the code to console him back in?
  • FinneousPJFinneousPJ Member Posts: 6,455
    @decado is that possible on ipad though?
  • moody_magemoody_mage Member Posts: 2,054
    @FinneousPJ, ah missed that in the opening post.
  • moody_magemoody_mage Member Posts: 2,054
    @CrevsDaak, do you think this might be fixable on iPad?
  • Troodon80Troodon80 Member, Developer Posts: 4,110
    edited February 2014
    decado said:

    I wonder if someone knowledgeable like @Troodon80 might know the code to console him back in?

    FinneousPJ said:

    is that possible on ipad though?

    The console is not available on iPad (and presumably Android when it releases), partly due to the fact that it requires two key-presses (CTRL and Space) which are not available on a tablet.

    @Gamereaper, best bet would be to upload a saved game for someone to fix by using something like iFunBox.
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    I don't recall a man named Bill in the game... Is him the gatekeeper of the Ducal Palace?
    As Troodon80 said the best way is to open the save in the computer and spawn him again if that's the trouble, that's easy to do in the computer version with the console (and without it if you like editing variables or maybe editing a BCS).
    I can't think of a way to fix this in the iPad, really. And killing a guy that's important for the plot wasn't a thing that I've tried when testing, maybe we can just give him a MINHP and done, you can kill people that has that item in BG1 because you can't shapechange into a Mind Flayer and drain his INT to death.
  • GamereaperGamereaper Member Posts: 13
    edited February 2014
    Schneidend said:

    You could try not murdering literally everybody you see.

    Lol i usually don't but wanted to rp like the game insists!

    It's like when I was playing fallout and I dropped the holotape I had to get in the glow. I couldn't find where I put it. But atleast I was able to go and get the electronic pick and open the brotherhood door that way. But I had to slaughter every person just to level my lock picking to 100. And who ever said the mutate perk was shit is a lier! Any ways I'm playing bg2 now.. Thanks for the support I wish iPad had a console and mods! Just saying I'd jail break for it.
  • the_spyderthe_spyder Member Posts: 5,018
    Necomancer said:

    This just reminds me of being a DM and a group of PCs decide to ruin a central plot point that you can't continue without and as a DM you're just like "....I hate everything."

    LOL. A while back someone was discussing the relative problems associated with murdering everyone, ala Knights of the Dinner Table style. They encountered ... ahem... certain realities programmed into the game to ... ahem.... deter people from traipsing around with a reputation of zero.

    For me, play as you enjoy. If you have fun fighting bounty hunters every few minutes, have at it. Who am I to say what some people find fun? it does tend to break the story a bit though.
  • ChildofBhaal599ChildofBhaal599 Member Posts: 1,781
    Gamereaper said:


    Schneidend said:

    You could try not murdering literally everybody you see.

    Lol i usually don't but wanted to rp like the game insists!

    It's like when I was playing fallout and I dropped the holotape I had to get in the glow. I couldn't find where I put it. But atleast I was able to go and get the electronic pick and open the brotherhood door that way. But I had to slaughter every person just to level my lock picking to 100. And who ever said the mutate perk was shit is a lier! Any ways I'm playing bg2 now.. Thanks for the support I wish iPad had a console and mods! Just saying I'd jail break for it.
    that reminds me that Elder Scrolls Oblivion had the problem that the mythic dawn books became not quest items too soon that I sold them early and couldn't progress through the game because I either forgot who I sold to or they had their inventory replaced already. having the ability to fix these kinds of problems is among the reasons I am glad to be on the PC now.
  • GamereaperGamereaper Member Posts: 13
    Ya I purchased this version but I'm not paying for the PC version. Too many bugs, and not enough enhancement.
  • NecomancerNecomancer Member Posts: 622
    @Gamesreaper I humbly disagree.
  • GamereaperGamereaper Member Posts: 13
    Well it wouldnt be so bad if they fixed this lag bug I get atleast every 20 mintues. Also im ticked off because the area effect spells still lag!!! but over all they put a few good things in, I was just hoping for ALOT more... but still I love to support this game because there are none like it and there needs to be so hopfully my money will motivate . I want to see more in this series all 2.5 isometric style, i would buy the shit out of it all...and I never pay games! Ever! been pirate my whole life, good thing too majority of the games are not worth shit.

    But id like to know why you think this legendary game had a proper "enhancement".
  • ArchaosArchaos Member Posts: 1,421
    edited March 2014
    @Gamereaper‌

    -Support for native resolutions
    -Zooming
    -New NPCs with unique portraits, voiceset, quests, areas, items and portraits
    -No loading times
    -New romances
    -Evil Thief (that is not an overpowered monster like Valen)
    -Improved stat screen
    -New kits (No mod has ever been able to make a proper Blackguard)
    -Hardcoded bug fixes and cleaning up the code
    -It can run on modern systems and it's multi-platform (though no consoles, thankfully)

    Some other things also but they don't come to mind right now.

    Most important of all. Official and continuous support for the game. That means more updates and more content... for free.

    I want to point you at the Dragon Age series which make you pay for every new quest and NPC. Or Mass Effect.
  • GamereaperGamereaper Member Posts: 13
    Ya but right now I have a hard core glitch that's make the game unplayable, that is a fail in my book. I agree they added a lot of good stuff like widescreen and such. Just was expecting more npc, quests and. areas added.. Fixing things like area of effect lag you know what I mean? This game is ledgend and they didn't really do as much as it deserves.

    I have played a few dragon age games they are fun, mass effect was amazing but the ending was a let down... I've played drakensang and gothic but I've yet to find a game I'll play over 5 times through.. The only games I can think of is fallout and stalker.
  • mnstrqmnstrq Member Posts: 1
    Could anyone tell me how to revive the guard that lets you into the Ducal Palace on the PC version? I made the mistake of killing him.
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    mnstrq said:

    Could anyone tell me how to revive the guard that lets you into the Ducal Palace on the PC version? I made the mistake of killing him.

    Enable the Lua console and use this command:
    C:CreateCreature("bill")
    He'll spawn in the middle of your screen.
  • ThacoBellThacoBell Member Posts: 12,235
    Gamereaper said:

    Ya but right now I have a hard core glitch that's make the game unplayable, that is a fail in my book. I agree they added a lot of good stuff like widescreen and such. Just was expecting more npc, quests and. areas added.. Fixing things like area of effect lag you know what I mean? This game is ledgend and they didn't really do as much as it deserves.

    I have played a few dragon age games they are fun, mass effect was amazing but the ending was a let down... I've played drakensang and gothic but I've yet to find a game I'll play over 5 times through.. The only games I can think of is fallout and stalker.

    Sounds like a computer issue, rather than a game one to me.
  • lroumenlroumen Member Posts: 2,538
    In vanilla there used to be a clickable button on the 'top' of the ducal palace (on the map) that you could press to open the door. That way you did not need the gatekeeper. Is that button still available? Might be the easiest solution.
  • GallowglassGallowglass Member Posts: 3,356
    lroumen said:

    Is that button still available? Might be the easiest solution.

    No, removed in EE. (It was only a leftover from testing in original BG1, never intended to be in the production release.)
  • lroumenlroumen Member Posts: 2,538
    Pity. It was fun
  • DJKajuruDJKajuru Member Posts: 3,300
    You can use the cheat code and move to the undercity area, the you can proceed normally and end thw game as expected.
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