White dragon bug...

Grojlach · 01-05-2003, 07:10 AM

Not sure what went wrong, but I've encountered a fatal (?) bug in my current IWD2 game...

When I go near the River Caves Entrance, the white dragon and his wyrm goons appear to fight me and after a battle, I kill all of them. However, when I enter the River Cave, both the white dragon and his wyrm buddies are alive again! And even worse, whenever I try to leave the cave or use the "L" button (Quickload), IWD2 completely crashes, giving me the idea that my entire game is ruined now... There appears to be a variable conflict as there aren't supposed to be two White Dragon groups.

Anyways... I think the bug has something to do with exposing captain Mariner as that part is linked to the meeting with the White Dragon, but I have no idea now what to do to repair my game now. Could I work around my problem by changing some variables? Or does anyone else have an idea? And my game is patched, btw.
Right now I'll just try to kill both the White Dragons and not go back whatsoever, though I'm not sure yet what kind of problems that'll cause.

[ 01-05-2003, 07:11 AM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]

Grojlach · 01-05-2003, 07:40 AM

Hmm, I simply killed the White Dragon twice and didn't bother moving out of the cave anymore, seems to have worked... Hopefully I won't get into trouble because of it later on in the game, variable-wise. Still a weird bug.

Luvian · 01-05-2003, 07:53 AM

There ARE two white dragons group. This is not a bug.

J'aran · 01-05-2003, 08:13 AM

Yep. When you use wilderness lore inside the cave, it says something about it being inhabited by a mated pair of white dragons. So by killing the one outside, you've ruined an idyllic family-life already, and there would be no point in leaving the other one alive.

That doesn't explain your game crashing on a quickload or when leaving the cave, however...

Grojlach · 01-05-2003, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Luvian:
There ARE two white dragons group. This is not a bug.

Still doesn't explain the crashing part, like J'aran remarked... Oh well. The misunderstanding about there only being one white dragon came from a walkthrough which seemed to have been written by someone who hardly played the game in the first place, noting all the mistakes so far.

Anyways, I'm in chapter 4 now and everything seems to be working fine, still. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 01-05-2003, 09:43 AM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]

9_1_6 · 01-05-2003, 09:55 AM

Are these white dragons difficult to defeat???

Magness · 01-05-2003, 10:54 AM

If they catch you unprepared, it's tough. If you're ready for them, it's relatively easy.

There are 2 ways that you can encounter the white dragons.

1. As Grojlach described, one at a time. One in an ambush outside the cave, the other inside the cave. Some of their white wyrm spawn with each.

2. No outside ambush. You encounter the entire white dragon family inside the cave.

Neither of these white dragons is a really tough older BG2-level dragon.

01-05-2003, 07:10 AM	#1
Grojlach Zartan Join Date: May 2, 2001 Location: Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum Age: 43 Posts: 5,281	Not sure what went wrong, but I've encountered a fatal (?) bug in my current IWD2 game... When I go near the River Caves Entrance, the white dragon and his wyrm goons appear to fight me and after a battle, I kill all of them. However, when I enter the River Cave, both the white dragon and his wyrm buddies are alive again! And even worse, whenever I try to leave the cave or use the "L" button (Quickload), IWD2 completely crashes, giving me the idea that my entire game is ruined now... There appears to be a variable conflict as there aren't supposed to be two White Dragon groups. Anyways... I think the bug has something to do with exposing captain Mariner as that part is linked to the meeting with the White Dragon, but I have no idea now what to do to repair my game now. Could I work around my problem by changing some variables? Or does anyone else have an idea? And my game is patched, btw. Right now I'll just try to kill both the White Dragons and not go back whatsoever, though I'm not sure yet what kind of problems that'll cause. [ 01-05-2003, 07:11 AM: Message edited by: Grojlach ] __________________ [url]\"http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/Grobbel/\" target=\"_blank\"> [img]\"http://www.denness.net/rpi/username/Grobbel\" alt=\" - \" /></a>

01-05-2003, 07:40 AM	#2
Grojlach Zartan Join Date: May 2, 2001 Location: Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum Age: 43 Posts: 5,281	Hmm, I simply killed the White Dragon twice and didn't bother moving out of the cave anymore, seems to have worked... Hopefully I won't get into trouble because of it later on in the game, variable-wise. Still a weird bug. __________________ [url]\"http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/Grobbel/\" target=\"_blank\"> [img]\"http://www.denness.net/rpi/username/Grobbel\" alt=\" - \" /></a>

01-05-2003, 07:53 AM	#3
Luvian Ironworks Moderator Join Date: June 27, 2001 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Age: 43 Posts: 6,763	There ARE two white dragons group. This is not a bug. __________________ Once upon a time in Canada...

01-05-2003, 09:55 AM	#6
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J'aran Mephistopheles Join Date: December 12, 2001 Location: Fryslân, The Netherlands Age: 44 Posts: 1,493	Yep. When you use wilderness lore inside the cave, it says something about it being inhabited by a mated pair of white dragons. So by killing the one outside, you've ruined an idyllic family-life already, and there would be no point in leaving the other one alive. That doesn't explain your game crashing on a quickload or when leaving the cave, however...

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Magness Quintesson Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Manchester, NH, USA Posts: 1,025	If they catch you unprepared, it's tough. If you're ready for them, it's relatively easy. There are 2 ways that you can encounter the white dragons. 1. As Grojlach described, one at a time. One in an ambush outside the cave, the other inside the cave. Some of their white wyrm spawn with each. 2. No outside ambush. You encounter the entire white dragon family inside the cave. Neither of these white dragons is a really tough older BG2-level dragon.

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