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Offline rollovermonster

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bug with Questpack?
« on: July 15, 2009, 09:50:55 AM »
2 or 3 months ago I posted in the Bioware forums about a problem I was having. It involved the game crashing at certain points; mostly when underground, but also when travelling to the city gates in the later game. The first time this happened was on exiting the underground temple after the encounter with the Empathic Manefestation, but it also happened in both the main Beholder lairs. I was never even able to enter the one in the Underdark, although I did manage to complete the one for the Unseeing eye quest.....after a LOT of reloading crashed games.
At the time when I first came across this problem I was playing a game that I had ported from my old computer, running XP, onto a new one running Vista. However, I had also installed the Questpack for the first time (even though I was mid-way through a game.....I know, not good, but I fancied trying it, and it appeared to be compatable with everything). Several other problems came up during the game, mostly involving different non-joinable NPCs being renamed as lines from what looked like various dialogues. The most interesting of these was that, halfway through the game, Jadarath became renamed (something like) "what are you down here for?" for the rest of the game. Several of Renal's theives were alos renamed like this.

FYI, my Weidu log was:
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #0 // BG2 Fixpack - Core Fixes: v8
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #1 // BG2 Fixpack - Game Text Update: v8
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #2 // Super Happy Fun Lucky Modder Pack: v8
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #100 // Party Gets XP for Sending Keldorn to Reconcile With Maria: v8
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #101 // Improved Spell Animations: v8
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #103 // Mixed-Use Dagger Fixes: v8
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #106 // Giants Receive Penalties When Attacking Halflings, Dwarves, and Gnomes: v8
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #107 // Remove Dual-Classing Restriction from Archers and Stalkers: v8
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #108 // Remove Second Attribute Bonus for Evil Path in Wrath Hell Trial: v8
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #109 // Corrected Summoned Demon Behavior: v8
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #110 // Additional Script Fixes: v8
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #111 // Bard Song Fixes: v8
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #112 // Wizard Slayers Cause Miscast Magic on Ranged Attacks: v8
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #113 // Additional Alignment Fixes: v8
~SETUP-VALHORN.TP2~ #0 #0 // Improved Horns of Valhalla v1.2
~DC/SETUP-DC.TP2~ #0 #0 // Dungeon Crawl, v4
~SETUP-BANTERPACK.TP2~ #0 #0 // Pocket Plane Banter Pack for BG2: Shadows of Amn
~SETUP-BANTERPACK.TP2~ #0 #1 // Install SOA Banter Accelerator script? (Increases the frequency of interparty banter)
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #0 // General AI Improvements
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #1 // Creature & Area Improvements -> All Creature & Area Improvements
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #2 // Creature & Area Improvements -> All Creature Improvements
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #3 // Creature & Area Improvements -> Boss Improvements Only
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #4 // Alternative Harper/Xzar Plot
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #5 // Extended Reynald Sequence
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #6 // Intrigue In The Copper Coronet
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #7 // Rahul Kanakia's Potion Quest
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #8 // Revised Hell Trials
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #11 // Saving Sanik In Brynnlaw
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #12 // Burglary Of The Bookkeeper
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #13 // New Fate For The Dryads' Acorns
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #14 // The Tragedy Of Besamen
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #15 // Further Slaver Involvement
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #16 // Sending The Solamnic Knights Home
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #17 // Nazariel The Lich
~SETUP-D0QUESTPACK.TP2~ #0 #18 // Reward Negotiation
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #0 // The Kidnapping of Boo by Cliffette: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #1 // The Suna Seni/Valygar Relationship: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #2 // Kalah and What He Was Promised: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #3 // "Cat and Mouse" (Bodhi hunts you in Spellhold) by Ghreyfain: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #4 // Gorje Hilldark and the Extended Illithium Quest: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #5 // The Pai'Na/Spider's Bane Quest: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #6 // Restored Crooked Crane Inn: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #7 // Restored Encounters: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #8 // Artemis Entreri in Bodhi's Lair: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #9 // Corrected "Xzar's Creations": v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #10 // Restored Hell Minions, by SimDing0: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #12 // Item Restorations: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #16 // Corrected BAMs and Scripts: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #17 // Corrected Character Names and Biographies: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #18 // Restored Minor Dialogs: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #22 // Justifier Kit: v18
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #23 // Feralan Kit: v18
~SONG_AND_SILENCE/ SETUP-SONG_AND_SILENCE.TP2~ #0 #0 // Changes to trueclass bards and thieves, and unmodded game kits (required for other components): v3
~SONG_AND_SILENCE/ SETUP-SONG_AND_SILENCE.TP2~ #0 #1 // Add new bardic store and thief items: v3
~SONG_AND_SILENCE/ SETUP-SONG_AND_SILENCE.TP2~ #0 #5 // Install Gypsy bard kit: v3
~SONG_AND_SILENCE/ SETUP-SONG_AND_SILENCE.TP2~ #0 #6 // Install Adventurer thief kit: v3
~SONG_AND_SILENCE/ SETUP-SONG_AND_SILENCE.TP2~ #0 #7 // Install Burglar thief kit: v3
~SONG_AND_SILENCE/ SETUP-SONG_AND_SILENCE.TP2~ #0 #8 // Install Soulknife thief kit: v3
~SONG_AND_SILENCE/ SETUP-SONG_AND_SILENCE.TP2~ #0 #9 // Install Sharpshooter thief kit: v3
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #20 // Change Imoen's Avatar to Mage: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #40 // Change Viconia's Skin Color to Dark Blue: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #60 // Weapon Animation Tweaks: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #110 // Icon Improvements: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #120 // Change Avatar When Wearing Robes or Armor (Galactygon): v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #130 // Force All Dialogue to Pause Game: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #1010 // More Interjections: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #1020 // Alter HP Triggers for NPC Wounded Dialogues: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #1040 // Improved Athkatlan City Guard: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #1070 // Improved Multi-Player Kick-out Dialogues: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #1080 // Add Bags of Holding: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #1120 // Stores Sell Higher Stacks of Items: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #1150 // Shapeshifter Rebalancing: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #1161 // Multiple Strongholds (Baldurdash) -> Keep Class Restrictions: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #1170 // Bonus Merchants (Baldurdash): v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #1180 // Female Edwina: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #2040 // Universal Clubs: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #2050 // Description Updates for Universal Clubs Component: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #2090 // Change Experience Point Cap -> Remove Experience Cap: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #2151 // Wear Multiple Protection Items -> No Restrictions: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #2160 // Alter Weapon Proficiency System -> Rebalanced Weapon Proficiencies: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #2192 // Limit Ability of Storekeepers to Identify Items -> Hybrid of Both Methods: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #2200 // Multi-Class Grandmastery (Weimer): v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #2210 // True Grandmastery (Baldurdash): v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #2240 // Un-Nerfed THAC0 Table: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #2330 // Remove Delay for Magical Traps (Ardanis/GeN1e): v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #3060 // Remove "You Must Gather Your Party..." Sound (Weimer): v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #3080 // Unlimited Ammo Stacking: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #3090 // Unlimited Gem and Jewelry Stacking: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #3100 // Unlimited Potion Stacking: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #3110 // Unlimited Scroll Stacking: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #3125 // Neutral Characters Make Happy Comments at Mid-Range Reputation: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #3160 // Keep Drizzt's Loot, Disable Malchor Harpell: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #3210 // Minimum Stats Cheat: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #4020 // ToB-Style NPCs: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #4050 // Change Jaheira to Neutral Good: v7
~BG2_TWEAKS/SETUP-BG2_TWEAKS. TP2~ #0 #4100 // Change Korgan to Neutral Evil: v7


Nothing really incompatable, I would have thought and, to be honest, I assumed my problems WERE due to having ported the game and having installed another mod halfway through it.

Anyway, I have since started a new game using the same mod set and have come across exactly the same problem after the Empathic Manefestation encounter. Everytime I try to exit the temple the game crashes. Sometimes it allows the diseased one to talk to me first, but it obviously the same bug.

In an attempt to try to resolve the problem, I uninstalled the Questpack and reloaded the game from a save just before going into the Temple. The result is that I exited the temple without problems and the game now appears to be running smoothly.

Has anyone seen this bug? Is it just one of the components of the Questpack (I've got the v2.3 installed), or any of them? If it is just one, my guess would be that it's the Jadarath quest, as I know that did have a problem where none of the others seemed to. I suppose I could test this by re-installing just the Jadarath quest, and seeing if I have the problem, but I think I would have to uninstall the Tweaks, then reinstall them after the Questpack (having read other posts saying that the TweakPack should always be installed last). Frankly, although I really like the additional content from the mod, it seems to be too much hassle, especially if it isn't the Potion Quest and I have to go through each of the quests to find which one is buggy.

Does anyone have any ideas about what the problem is/was and what I could do to fix it?

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Re: bug with Questpack?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2009, 12:32:30 PM »
Alas, I cannot say anything to the crashing. I just wanted to confirm that mixed texts / names happen if old, differently modded save games are used in a newly modded install, or if a mod is installed with the game or a game editor running.

Have you tried the search function? I don't recall directly a problem with crashes due to Questpack like you encountered, so if no-one else posted, I would try checking whether it's a reproducible thing: Try downloading the questpack again and install the fresh version. Maybe your version was damaged somehow?

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Re: bug with Questpack?
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2009, 03:21:57 AM »
Well I'd assumed that the problem with a saved game on a new install was what had hapened to my original game, but as I mentioned the same thing was happening when i started a new game. I couldn't find anything similar after searching this forum and those at Bioware, and was hoping not to have to re-install the mod. However, it's looking likely that I will have to after all...

One question about this, which I'm sure people will be able to answer. Can the Questpack be installed last, or will I have to uninstall/re-install the various other mods (UB, Tweaks etc) that I'd installed afterwards?

 

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