end of chapter 2 technical difficulties!

[Raif Gwydionson]

I've played through the game several times without problem.

I'm currently going through as a ranger and I'm at the conclusion of chapter 2 at the pinnacle of the host tower.

For some reason, neither Maugrim, Aribeth, or Morag seem to notice me, and their conversation will not start.

I've tried talking to them, and the big gate is indestructable.
I've tried killing all the lizard folk to incite them.
I've tried summoning a creature inside the gate.
I've tried loading quicksave games, as well as the autosave game from the ambassador's quarters and gone through the whole tower, to no avail.

HELP!
What can I do??

[Illumina Drathiran'ar]

Hm... And you're all patched and up to date?
Is your character 100% legal?
Answering "no" to either of these questions might enlighten me, but if the answer to both is yes, then perhaps someone else can help you.

[andrewas]

This has been on the known issues list since the dark ages, you would think they would have fixed it by now. Anyway:

If you have reached the pinnacle of the Host Tower, and the NPCs on the other side of the locked gate do not respond and do not run their in-game cutscene, the best way to continue is by running a particular script. First, press ` or ~ to display the command console in the upper left of the screen and then type the following to enter DebugMode: DebugMode 1 Once you have done that, prepare for a fight, and then open the command console again and type the following: dm_runscript 2q6k_startfight NOTE: There is a single space between the dm_runscript command and the name of the script. The gate should open, and the NPCs should attack you. Once they are disposed of, you can turn off DebugMode with: DebugMode 0 Then, read your journal entry and use your Stone of Recall to report back to Aarin Gend and finish the chapter.

[Raif Gwydionson]

thanks!