[2.6.6] [BG2] Imported save from 2.5 breaks spellbook

SpaceHamster

I've got a saved game from I believe 2.5 of BGEE, and when I import my wizard character, my spellbook won't let me memorize a 4th spell. It impacts all pages above 2. Screenshot attached. What can I do to resolve this?

SpaceHamster

Saved game file attached.

SpaceHamster

Assistance with this would be greatly appreciated, my playthrough is stuck until I can resolve this.

Bubb

Hi @SpaceHamster,

Your character had some invalid spells memorized. I've removed them — here's a save of your character imported to BG2EE.

kjeron

You have spells memorized that were added by mods you used in BGEE, but do not have installed in BG2EE.
I've removed those spells from your characters, so the slots are usable again.
Or, if you know what mods you were using (and the order you installed them), you might be able to install those mods on BG2EE and use the unedited save.

SpaceHamster

Thank you so much! How were you able to do that? When I opened the save game files, my IDE had it looking like jpeg text with no discernable variables. How did you know which were the offending spells?

JuliusBorisov

Glad to hear it's not caused by the patch.

jmerry

SpaceHamster wrote: »

Thank you so much! How were you able to do that? When I opened the save game files, my IDE had it looking like jpeg text with no discernable variables. How did you know which were the offending spells?

There are tools specifically built for working with IE game files. In this case, that's most likely Near Infinity. Much easier to modify things when you can actually see what everything means.