Spells not working.

[Dandad]

Ever since entering the Shrine I have noticed that I cannot heal my leading character. "Restore Health" fizzles every single time it is cast on him and he does not even appear as a beneficiary of the "Healing Realm" spell. I am also experiencing similar problems with my teleport spell. I have successfully created a number of portals after entering and completing the Shrine. But not one of them works when I try to teleport to them.
Apart from a bug or corrupted file/s the only other possible cause I can think of is something to do with the Mavin sword oath and (unjustly) killing the Sphinx?
All other spells I have used seem to be working normally. But since I have to use "Call of Home" to heal my leader -bottles fizzle on him as well- and then walk all the way back through the Shrine to continue from where I left off,
I am on the verge of taking a rest from WW -the blisters and shark bites are killing me - and playing a different game for a while and then coming back to start all over again at some future date.
Any advice? For example, what are the chances of saving my game, reinstalling. Would this make a difference?

Dandad

[Wyvern]

There are places were some spells won't work. Teleport is usually the most common of these.

This is NOT related to killing the Sphynx - the game doesn't care whether or not you keep your oath (drat!). There are no consequences to offing the various nice NPCs in the game, although it does appear that in the original design for the game consequences were planned but didn't get implimented when they rushed the game to market.

Now, back to healing. Have you tried changing his position in the party? What class is he? Is he a vampire? If he is a vampire, healing isn't going to work on him! He needs BLOOD!! I've never played a vampire so someone else will have to come along and tell you how to make that work, but I think you need to remove weapons, equip a shield or something in the shield spot and BITE!

Wyv

[Wyvern]

I forgot to tell you -

If you want to take a break from your game, you need to save your gamexx.sav files and your roster.dat (move them to another directory for safe keeping). You can then totally uninstall the game. When you reinstall, just put those files back where they belong and you're back in business!

Wyv

[WillowIX]

Originally posted by Wyvern: I forgot to tell you - If you want to take a break from your game, you need to save your gamexx.sav files and your roster.dat (move them to another directory for safe keeping). You can then totally uninstall the game. When you reinstall, just put those files back where they belong and you're back in business! Wyv

But an uninstallation does not remove your saved games does it? Just a thought. It might be wiser to back them up before uninstalling. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Wyvern]

An uninstall usually leaves the saved games, but I'm not so sure about that roster.dat file. Best to be safe and make copies.

Wyv

[Dandad]

Thanks Wyvern and Willow for your prompt help, as always!! I will experiment with a reinstallation after further experiments/investigations of the spells which do not work.

I cannot find any (other?) indication that I am a vampire. If I am then I'll start again anyway. It would be too tedious to be running back and forward for the rest of the game. Even the thought of having to do so is unnacceptable.

I was not totally surprised to find my portal by the Leprachaun's treasure did not work. But the other three were all after the Shrine, from outside Shrine exit to Bloodbeards ship. I tried all of them repeatedly with all of the four characters who have the appropriate spells. In all locations the game said a portal had been created, but it repeatedly failed to work when I left Brimloch to return.

Is it normal for the Create Portal spell to work, and the Teleport to it not work with a one hundred percent failure rate?

Dandad

[Wyvern]

There are some areas in the Lost Sea area where portals seem to fail. It does seem odd though that you are able to successfully create the portal and it still fails. Usually if a teleport is going to fail to that area, the create portal fails. hmmmmm

You can play a vampire without always having to go back to the town to heal, you just have to use that character as a vampire, not just a normal character. He has to attack with his teeth but as I said, I haven't played one and my memory of what others said you had to do to make it work well fails me.

Restarting a game with the same characters had a lot of advantages. Except for quest items, they keep just about everything they have collected/learned. Very nice! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Wyv

[Bungleau]

To find out if you're a vampire, look for the vampirism trait on the skills page, and check your special attacks (the dragon on the adventure screen). I believe that vampires get a special attack (frost breath or something like that).

'Cause if healing is failing, you're likely a vampire. Sorry.

As for reinstalling, Willow and Wyv have you covered. Save the appropriate files, and you'll be set. Typically, an uninstall won't remove any files you've added (like savegames), but they might... back 'em up to be sure. The reinstall might overwrite them as well... I've seen that logic before.

[Radek]

1. Check your special abilities. If you find something like "vampiric bite" then you get the answer for failing heal spells. The Vampirism trait might be scrolled out of the window (I am not sure where the trait is positioned on the list) but the abilities will always give you the answer. What did you tell Adrianna in the Skull Castle and what did you allow her?
2. The portals in the shrine. I have experienced "vanishing portals" there several times, too. You create a portal, the game tells you "portal created" but - when you attempt to teleport, the spell fizzles. It seems to be some kind of bug of the shrine. You should be able to create portals anywhere in the shrine. You should be able to teleport from anywhere to your portal. In fact, the only place in the game, where you CANNOT create a portal and, therefore, where you cannot teleport, is the Pyramid. You'd better do the following:
a) Make a special save.
b) Create portal.
c) Make a normal save.
d) Make a few steps away and teleport. Okay? The portal is ready and it will work everytime you cast teleport from anywhere. Reload the normal save and continue your way. Failure? You are a victim of the bug. Reload the special save and goto b).

[LiOnHe@rT]

but how come some spells still cant work in some places, i know one of them is the teleport spell that everyone knows of... could it be a bug???
ANYWAY, the vampirism trait is quite irritating to me: not being able to heal ur characters and always losing life until ur characters goes *bonk* totally... [img]graemlins/madhell.gif[/img]