If I reinstall the game will it erase my save game??? Dose anyone have any suggestions of what I can do to fix this??? is this a common bug or is it more serious???And for the record thank you all for the help, I am finding this to be a very good community to be a part of.

Reinstall would probably be a good idea.

I dont think the save games will be deleted, however you can just copy them to another location before uninnstalling.

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A reinstall would be a good idea. I don't think your saved games will disappear, but back them up anyway. You may also want to backup your cache folder and clean that out, too.

Do you have the latest patches? I dimly remember hearing about a similar assertion error, and I think the patches will clean that up.

Without Heart of Winter - use Icewind Dale Patch v.1.06
With Heart of Winter - use Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter Patch v.1.42 (which is contained in the free expansion download called Trials of the Luremaster).

I believe both patches can be found on Fileplanet and on download.com. Download.com has the UK version of Trials of the Luremaster, but it should not affect the game in a negative way even if you've got the American version of IWD.

Just post again if you need more help!

Oh, a further note on patches (if you need it...)

If you do not have Heart of Winter (HoW), the most advanced patch is v.1.06. Use that one and no other.

If you have HoW, the most advanced patch is v.1.42. It incorporates all the previous patches, so don't bother trying to get any others.

IMPORTANT - only install one or the other. Installing v.1.06 over HoW leads to nasty problems.

If you do not have HoW right now but are meaning to get it, still use the 1.06 patch. The 1.06 patch is part of the HoW expansion, so it will not hurt to install HoW over the 1.06 patch. The reverse, however, does hurt.

@ admann;

I just spotted a really old thread that had the same assertion error as you had. It apparently was not solved by a patch (but that was before patch 1.42) but was solved by reinstalling the game.

well sorry I have not got back till now but was called into work and have put in 32 hrs in the last 2 days so I have not had time. after last I did reinstall, got the patch, everything but still same problem,,, dont know what to do! thanks for all the help though, any ideas? I will try anything.

Wow, it still isn't cooperating!? Reinstalls are kind of the last-resort, solve-everything solution. I'm not really sure what else you can do, but I'll take a shot at it.

1) Try cleaning your CD.
2) Try another reinstall with that CD.
3) Try borrowing a buddy's copy.

Kind of grasping at straws here; pardon me for asking obvious questions. Have you unzipped and installed (not merely downloaded) the patch?

I thought of another possibility. Your saved game could be the problem, if you're using a save from the small area. Try using a previous saved game (e.g. from slightly earlier in Wyrms Tooth, or your autosave on leaving the glacier).

Let us know if you get it working.

Hey admann, did you manage to solve the problem? If you haven't, here's a possible idea. It probably won't work if you're all patched up already.

http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=31989