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[16047] Casting Otiluke's Resilient Sphere on the Grand Dukes should not cause hostility

elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,316
edited August 2015 in BG:EE Bugs (v1.3)
1) Load attached save
2) Move party into the coronation area
3) After the dopplegangers transform cast Resilient Sphere on Belt
4) Kill the dopplegangers

Observed:

Notice that after the spell wears off Belt has a neutral (light blue) colour beneath him but you still get hit by the SAREVOK_STRIKE auto-kill spell.

Expected:

Casting this spell on either of the grand dukes should not cause hostility.

Additional Notes:

Unfortunately this seems to be one of those things that stems from how this encounter is handled in the original game (the use of auto-kill) and the fact that Otiluke's Resilient Sphere has a "hostile" flag active.
Post edited by elminster on

Comments

  • Avenger_teambgAvenger_teambg Member, Developer Posts: 5,862
    Why not simply turning the hostile flag of the spell off? The "AttackedBy" trigger is triggered only if the spell was flagged as hostile, or if a damage opcode (12) was applied. As far as I see, Otiluke doesn't have any damage opcode.
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,316
    edited April 2015
    That would be a lot simpler. I just assumed that the reason it was kept on was that it stops a character from doing anything except moving around (a character might not be too fond of this). But changing it so that it no longer has the hostile flag would save a lot of time and that works too for me.
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  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,316
    edited May 2015
    Ehh, blindness, colour spray, maze, feeblemind, and various other spells that restrict an npc are given the hostile flag. So I can see why it has it. That said the fact that it has a white icon is probably by itself the best argument against it being labelled a hostile spell. I can't think of another example of a spell that you cast at a target, works on neutral targets, is labelled 'disabling', and has a white icon. The closest I could think of would be Dispel Magic and it does not have the hostile flag (Glitterdust technically does but it doesn't work on neutral targets).
  • AnomalyAnomaly Member Posts: 62
    The problem I can see with your code is that casting a single Otiluke's sphere at anyone will be enough to protect you from SAREVOK_STRIKE if you attack Belt afterwards.

    I agree with the others, the easiest and more logical would be to remove the hostile flag.
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,316
    Anomaly said:

    The problem I can see with your code is that casting a single Otiluke's sphere at anyone will be enough to protect you from SAREVOK_STRIKE if you attack Belt afterwards.

    Ehh who cares. I never liked that guy anyways :p
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