well, its my first time playing through baldur's gate, im on chapter three, i've gone down to the docks to see that mook lady, i defeated the guy that turns into mist, and i go to report it to aran linvail, but cant. No matter what i do, he always "appears busy". ive tried leaving the building and coming back, still busy. ive tried waiting for a few days, still busy. I have ToB so i should be pretty much patched...Does anyone know how i can solve this problem? I would really appreciate it..

(btw, great forum you have here, best rpg community ive ever come across)

Hi, welcome to IW.

Try installing the lastest patch and baldurdash fixpacks (linked to form the FAQ thread), they fix the majority of problems.

As Andrewas said the patches should fix your problem. The offical TOB patch fixes that particular "X appears busy bug".

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I very much agree [img]smile.gif[/img] :D ... Welcome to Ironworks [img]graemlins/thewave.gif[/img]

I'll just add the links
Fixpack

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Every one is right, the patches do fix that bug. However, keep in mind that for some people, that's supposed to show up. Some people are supposed to be too busy to initiate dialogue with you (basically the ones that are walking away out of the area or stuff like that), but the one you're facing is a bug.

Yup, that fixed it perfectly, many thanks to you all, and for the welcome as well!