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"Strange Collector" not appearing

RidcullyRidcully Member Posts: 179
in Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
I completed Neera's quest and received the mechanical bird, however the strange collector doesn't appear.

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  • jmerryjmerry Member Posts: 4,127
    Where are you? The "strange collector" doesn't show up until well into ToB - the inn in Amkethran.
  • RidcullyRidcully Member Posts: 179
    In the Zephir. Tavern in Amkethran.
  • jmerryjmerry Member Posts: 4,127
    All right, you're in the right place. And this one's a pretty simple script: 
    IF
	Global("OHN_SCOLL_SPWN","AR5501",0)  // Amkethran Inn
	PartyHasItem("OHNMBIRD")  // Mechanical Bird
	IfValidForPartyDialog("Neera")  // Neera
THEN
	RESPONSE #100
		SetGlobal("OHN_SCOLL_SPWN","AR5501",1)  // Amkethran Inn
		CreateCreature("OHNSCOLL",[566.340],SW)  // Strange Collector
END

    Not easy for that one to go wrong. If Neera's in the party and able to talk (not silenced, polymorphed, or in any other condition that prevents it) and you have the bird, the collector shows up. Even unrecognized DLC shenanigans won't break this one. Neera does have to be present, though.

    Some other possibilities:
    - You have some other mod that's breaking the area script by adding something to the front of it, which runs repeatedly and prevents the script from getting to this block.
    - The script block ran once and glitched, setting the variable but not properly spawning the creature.

    You can at least force-spawn the collector if you have the cheat/debug console enabled, and get past this that way.
  • RidcullyRidcully Member Posts: 179
    Do you have to have the bird and Neera in the party the first time you go into the tavern? I'd been in and then went to get the bird and Neera
  • jmerryjmerry Member Posts: 4,127
    First time? No, you're good if you come back later. If this were a script that only runs once like a "trap" script, that would be a problem. But this is the area script, and that runs repeatedly as long as you're there. As soon as the conditions are true, this script block will be executed.
  • Viconias_UmberHulkViconias_UmberHulk Member Posts: 5
    Same problem, no solution on XB1 console. I’ve tried reloading an earlier save and lost hours of gameplay only to find out it’s not running properly for whatever reason. I’ve taken the mechanical bird out of the bag of holding, put Neera in patty, traveled all over the map and hard reset my console. It’s weird because I played this a month ago and it worked fine: show up with the item in a bag, Neera in party, speak to Marlowe and the Strange Collector comes up afterward.

    This time around: nope.
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