basillus sign has disappeared :( (solved)

lelle83

hey fellow adventurers!

so I killed this insane basillus guy, took his sign and continued with other quests, waiting quite a long time to travel to the temple in order to get my reward. then I realised: the sign disappeared from my inventory.
I am sure that I didn't sell it accidentally or "lost" it when throwing stuff out of my backpacks. I also already checked every single shop there is. but it simply vanished
so my question is: is there a way to "cheat" that item back to my inventory?

thank you very much!

FinnTheHuman

I haven't used the cheats for years and now i use an ipad so I hope this gets you at least partially there. But yes, you can cheat items into your pack. You have to have a debug option set in your baldur.ini(?) file. Then, in game you hit the backtic (`) (or is it shift+`, ctl+Tab ???) and a text box will pop up. You enter the following text.

CLUAConsole:CreateItem(MISC04,1)

I got the code from:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/196688-baldurs-gate-tales-of-the-sword-coast/cheats

FYI: you can often drop things when you have a full inventory and someone hands you an item, for instance as a quest reward. I've lost a few items this way, im sure.

More info:
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/8154/cluaconsoleini-file-help

Good luck.

lelle83

thank you very much
now I have everything I need to know for getting the item back - except one thing:
I can't find the *ini file on my computer. I'm using the linux version of baldurs gate ee. maybe
there's a difference to the windows version?

oh, and also thanks for letting me know about the full inventory thing. I will be super cautious from now on!

FinnTheHuman

Right on, Linux! IDK specifically, but you should be able to try something like

> cd ~
> find . -iname baldur.ini

If nothing pops up, then try different directories starting from root. You could do
> find / -iname baldur.ini
but searching from root might take a while
sometimes games are installed in
/var
/opt

if not those, try /usr, its a larger directory so I would try that last.

lelle83

thanks again for the clear instructions!
they would have worked perfectly - but apparently beamdog changed something quite important. found this in the forums:

"To enable the console]Ensure that your Baldur.lua (NOT Baldur.ini) file (located in Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced"

hope the thread is helpful for people having the same issues.

lelle83

update: they also changed the syntax. then in my case the console command is:

strg+space (for opening the console in the game)
then: C:CreateItem("MISC04" ,1)

hope that helps!

edit: hooray, quest done!