5+ year spell sequencer bugs still exist

MikeC_81

Characters still get their sequencers broken where they disappear from the special action button but remain in their spellbook contingency section. It is a problem that cannot be solved without a save game editor. Google searches make it clear this has been a known problem for years. Still no resolution?

ithildurnew

Still no resolution, along with a host of other known bugs. Next patch if it ever comes out might fix this... probably will break some other things.

JuliusBorisov

Hello! The next patch is still in development. It will come with lots of spells-related fixes.

Balrog99

I've only encountered this bug when I control-r Charname or one of his companions with a sequencer/contingency active on them. It heals the character but also removes the icons, allowing extra castings of said sequencers/contingencies. You can still use them even if the icons are erased however, allowing otherwise not-allowed multiple castings of either. It's annoying but more of an exploit than a bug. I haven't seen any other instance of that happening myself. Does it happen when one of your companions is mazed/imprisoned/killed? If so, it's weird that ive never noticed it before...

gorgonzola

if it happens in consequence of a cheat, of using the console, i would say that it is not necessarily a bug.
even if the players can enable the console it is disabled by default and is intended as a developer tool, players are not supposed to be albe to instant kill enemies, instant heal for free party members, teleport to other places in the area or even in different areas, so if doing so a player has some unwanted consequence, like the sequencer icon removed, but also miss encounters functional to complete quests, it is because he uses at his own risk a tool intended for developer use, a bug is something that causes problems in the regular playing, ie if being mazed trigger it (but @Balrog99 seems to exclude that it is the case).

jmerry

You definitely don't have to be cheating for this to happen; I've had it come up plenty of times in normal play.
If the "which spells" half is forgotten, that's easy enough to clear up - just memorize a new sequencer, or fire off the empty one.
If the "have an ability" half is forgotten, the only way I know to fix it is to use a save editor.