Familiar spell error - critical problem (SOLVED)
AeonQuasar
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1.2 version.
Some strange problem have accured. Trivia: Playes as Female LG Fighter/Mage elf, have reached chapter 6. Entering Baldurs gate.
EDIT:
Current behavior: Game belives the Familiar dies everytime I load, even if it not summoned or spell is erased, Character dies if the HP is too low before loading.
Expected behavior: Game should just load normally, no HP or Constitution should be lost when loading.
The problems started once i "learned" the Find Familiar spell. Every time I load the game, i lose 10 hp, even if the Familiar is not summoned that day.
The worst part is if I save when on low health, and suddenly dies or quit the game, then the save game slot is useless, since I always die when I load the save.
Is it a known solution to this? Have really tried searching around for the problem to known errors, but no luck so far. Refuse to belive im the only one who have seen this error. Will try to delete the spell, but it's sad i cant use my familiar, since my party is now builded on a familiar to scout.
Hope someone can help.
Some strange problem have accured. Trivia: Playes as Female LG Fighter/Mage elf, have reached chapter 6. Entering Baldurs gate.
EDIT:
Current behavior: Game belives the Familiar dies everytime I load, even if it not summoned or spell is erased, Character dies if the HP is too low before loading.
Expected behavior: Game should just load normally, no HP or Constitution should be lost when loading.
The problems started once i "learned" the Find Familiar spell. Every time I load the game, i lose 10 hp, even if the Familiar is not summoned that day.
The worst part is if I save when on low health, and suddenly dies or quit the game, then the save game slot is useless, since I always die when I load the save.
Is it a known solution to this? Have really tried searching around for the problem to known errors, but no luck so far. Refuse to belive im the only one who have seen this error. Will try to delete the spell, but it's sad i cant use my familiar, since my party is now builded on a familiar to scout.
Hope someone can help.
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It's really hard playing the game now. special since im a Fighter/Mage with "relative" low constitution (14). So Level 5 means 41 HP, meaning I can be much more than half infjured if i save.
EDIT: The loss of HP is not always 10, sometimes 12 and even 13. It varies.
- open your saved game with latest version of EEKeeper (http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/16497/ee-keeper-updated-to-v1-0-2)
- Check if there's anything suspicious on the "Affects" tab of your affected character
- Failing that, switch to "Global Variables" tab and look for SPRITE_IS_DEADFAM**** variable (where **** may vary depending on your familiar type); if it's there, try deleting it or setting it to 0
First, thanks for reply. I appreciate it.
Having some problem with the EEKeeper. So untill i get that one up and running as it should i think i will try the seccond solution. There opens up for my other question, and sorry for being such a dumbass, but "global variables" means what exactly?
Is it in game or is it a DLL file or something on notepad?
My familier type is pseudo dragon btw since im LG.
In the meantime, I suppose you can also try resetting the variable via the console:
C:GetGlobal("SPRITE_IS_DEADFAMPSD","GLOBAL")
--> this should tell you the variable's current value; if it's not 0 then use the next command to set it to 0:
C:SetGlobal("SPRITE_IS_DEADFAMPSD","GLOBAL",0)
If you don't know how to enable the debug console, check out this thread (it's for BG1EE, but only difference for BG2EE is folder name): http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/8317/general-bgee-customization/p1
But I will get it to work eventually. On the other side, i see other players having the same problem, so it might be a bug that have accured after the installation of 1.2.
On my pc, it's (BG1EE installation folder)\Data\00766\
Well I might as well just take a break from this game for a while and let other handle it. Seems there are alot of people who complain about this bug, so I guess a 1.2.1 patch is right around the corner.
Thanks anyway. Was going to buy BG 2 right after i finish this game, so i could transfer my character.
And they still need to know for certain what causes the bug first before they can fix it in next patch. If the console command I posted solves your problem, then at least we'll know for certain that the problem begins with familiar death, and the devs can start working on it from there.
I was not able to replicate this scenario in my tests - simply killing off a familiar (-> character takes damage, although too much of it, which is another bug: http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/23161/bug-1-2-v-when-a-familiar-dies-a-charname-dies-as-well), saving, and then loading that save does not do anything to character's health.
It might also help if you upload your save (zip the whole save folder and attach here).
If you would like to test the save, im not stopping you.
It's the main character that is affected, but that is only because I do not have another main caster yet. Will get it in BG2.
Will try the other option you mention. Thanks again for all help. You have been very helpful.
I did some tests with your save and indeed it looks like this bug is caused by the death of the familiar. The first effect (constitution penalty) is applied only once as intended, but the second one (HP loss) is applied every time you load a savegame.
Until this is properly patched, as a workaround, I've removed the HP penalties, but not the constitution ones, from your save. Try replacing your quicksave with the one I'm attaching.
Also to prevent that from happening again don't let your familiar die
@Wisp
I've used NI (v1.33 w1.3.0) to edit a savegame for BGEE v1.2.0, is it safe? Or should I wait for an updated version first and use EEKepeer for the time being?
It looks like it worked fine, but I didn't properly test it.
I'd guess it's safe. The relevant formats are unchanged and I think that version of NI should still be able to edit them without mucking anything up.
After taking a look at the save it seems familiar death in BG1EE applies an extraneous HP modifier effect compared to familiar death in BG2EE. I'm attaching 2 screenshots from EEKeerer to this post, one is from BG1EE saved game after 2 familiar deaths; the second one is a similar situation in BG2EE (I started ToB game, in case it matters somehow).
This is why I couldn't replicate the problem earlier - I was trying to do it in ToB game, and the bug only exists in BG1EE. And there it's 100% reproducible:
1. Start a new game with Adelia.
2. C:CreateItem("SCRL6D"), C:CreateItem("POTN08",2)
3. Use the scroll to summon the familiar.
4. Ctrl-Y the summoned familiar.
5. Use the potions to heal Adelia to full health.
6. Save the game.
7. Load that last save.
--> Observe that Adelia is not at full health as she should be, but has 6 hp of wounds.
Im just happy the bug get noticed and prob fixed in the next patch, and im happy i can continue to play at current save.
Great job all of you. You have my blessings