Speaking of Orrick...

Mourdret · 12-06-2001, 01:01 AM

I’m having some game trouble (non-stupidity induced, this time&#8230

with the Mythal book and Orrick the Gray. When I give him the item, he thanks me and the dialogue abruptly ends. Some white text appears at the bottom of the screen repeating his thank-you message, and adding in red ‘No Reply Available’, or something to that effect. The thing is, in the text Orrick says something like, ‘Here, take this artifact’… but after speaking to him and checking my inventory, nothing new appears. I have tried emptying each character completely and repeating the dialogue, but still no item. I do, however, get the experience points. So has anyone else run into this problem? Know a way to fix it?

Being a wizard and all, I expect the artifact must have been something pretty cool… I feel so shafted. Woe. Woe.

Micah Foehammer · 12-06-2001, 10:36 AM

First of all, the item that Orrick gives you is random ... i believe that there are three possible items that you could get.

Secondly, I haven't heard of that problem occuring before. It sounds like you might have a corrupted file somewhere. I would suggest making a back-up of your saved games and then un-installing and reinstalling IWD and the aprropriate patches.

I believe that the dialogue strings are contained in .dlg files so it might be that Orricks dialogue string got corrupted and it could be correctable by copying clean versions of these files into your game folders. But that is ONLY a guess.

Talthyr Malkaviel · 12-06-2001, 12:15 PM

That happens to me, it says 'NO VALID LINKS OR REPLIES'
and I think it has something to do with the English version I have, because there's another bug (in Dorn's deep) in the English version.

Micah Foehammer · 12-06-2001, 02:18 PM

I don't think its the version because the first poster was listed as being from the US so I assume that he is running the US version and not the UK version. I'm running the US version and I have never seen that problem, either in the original IWD, the patched IWD, IWD with HOW installed.

Do you TotLM installed as well? There might be something in the TotLM installation that caused the problem.

Mourdret · 12-06-2001, 03:50 PM

“so I assume that [S]he is running the US version and not the UK version…”

The rumors are true, I’m American, and as such am running whatever version happens to be sold in America. Even so, though, if there is a chance that the problem will occur again in Dorn's Deep, I guess I ought to try reinstalling. I do not have any other games installed on my computer right now, so I imagine the problem is not some kind of strange conflict of installations.

Thank you for your help, everyone.

Micah Foehammer · 12-06-2001, 04:16 PM

Sorry about the erroneous gender assumption. TolM is short for the freebie downloadable expansion for HOW and HOW is the expansion for IWD. I wasn't intimating that another completely separate game was causing the problem, but rather that one of the various expansions might have had a bad installation (or even worse- the original installation of IWD) and that is how the dialogue got corrupted.

SecretMaster · 12-06-2001, 08:58 PM

Same thing happened here, I was like "NO item, cheap @$$hole" could someone tell me the item?

Brett · 12-07-2001, 03:27 AM

Ive had the same problem too, hed give me something and i had the error message. SPOILER!!!!......> Kill him, and his little goblin too!! it seems like the goblin has been taking some of old man oricks stuff, oh and the old man has a whole ton of very very very nice stuff to be taken, however, i would only do it if you haveall the items that you needed to buy from him, it will decrease your rep by a point but ive noticed that no one in the town cares anyway, no hassle only the bloody mess of old man orricks frail bosy to clean up [img]smile.gif[/img]

Micah Foehammer · 12-07-2001, 09:03 AM

The best item (IMHO) is Mithran's cloak. You can also get the Elfbone ring of Kiran Hai or a third item which i can't recall.

SecretMaster · 12-07-2001, 09:44 PM

Can someone give me the stats of these items?

12-06-2001, 01:01 AM	#1
Mourdret Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: November 11, 2001 Location: USA Posts: 8	I’m having some game trouble (non-stupidity induced, this time&#8230 with the Mythal book and Orrick the Gray. When I give him the item, he thanks me and the dialogue abruptly ends. Some white text appears at the bottom of the screen repeating his thank-you message, and adding in red ‘No Reply Available’, or something to that effect. The thing is, in the text Orrick says something like, ‘Here, take this artifact’… but after speaking to him and checking my inventory, nothing new appears. I have tried emptying each character completely and repeating the dialogue, but still no item. I do, however, get the experience points. So has anyone else run into this problem? Know a way to fix it? Being a wizard and all, I expect the artifact must have been something pretty cool… I feel so shafted. Woe. Woe. __________________ ~Mourdret the Great~<p>\"Are you girls summoning Hermaeus Mor in there...?\"

12-06-2001, 10:36 AM	#2
Micah Foehammer Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: November 15, 2001 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 3,253	First of all, the item that Orrick gives you is random ... i believe that there are three possible items that you could get. Secondly, I haven't heard of that problem occuring before. It sounds like you might have a corrupted file somewhere. I would suggest making a back-up of your saved games and then un-installing and reinstalling IWD and the aprropriate patches. I believe that the dialogue strings are contained in .dlg files so it might be that Orricks dialogue string got corrupted and it could be correctable by copying clean versions of these files into your game folders. But that is ONLY a guess. __________________ “Every tavern’s an opportunity, I say.”

12-06-2001, 12:15 PM	#3
Talthyr Malkaviel Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: August 31, 2001 Location: Land of the Britons Age: 37 Posts: 3,224	That happens to me, it says 'NO VALID LINKS OR REPLIES' and I think it has something to do with the English version I have, because there's another bug (in Dorn's deep) in the English version. __________________ Resident cantankerous sorcerer of the Clan HADB<br />and Sorcerous Nuttella salesman of the O.R.T<br /> <br /><br />Say NO to the Trouser Tyranny! Can I drill you about this?

12-06-2001, 02:18 PM	#4
Micah Foehammer Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: November 15, 2001 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 3,253	I don't think its the version because the first poster was listed as being from the US so I assume that he is running the US version and not the UK version. I'm running the US version and I have never seen that problem, either in the original IWD, the patched IWD, IWD with HOW installed. Do you TotLM installed as well? There might be something in the TotLM installation that caused the problem. __________________ “Every tavern’s an opportunity, I say.”

12-06-2001, 03:50 PM	#5
Mourdret Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: November 11, 2001 Location: USA Posts: 8	“so I assume that [S]he is running the US version and not the UK version…” The rumors are true, I’m American, and as such am running whatever version happens to be sold in America. Even so, though, if there is a chance that the problem will occur again in Dorn's Deep, I guess I ought to try reinstalling. I do not have any other games installed on my computer right now, so I imagine the problem is not some kind of strange conflict of installations. Thank you for your help, everyone. __________________ ~Mourdret the Great~<p>\"Are you girls summoning Hermaeus Mor in there...?\"

12-06-2001, 04:16 PM	#6
Micah Foehammer Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: November 15, 2001 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 3,253	Sorry about the erroneous gender assumption. TolM is short for the freebie downloadable expansion for HOW and HOW is the expansion for IWD. I wasn't intimating that another completely separate game was causing the problem, but rather that one of the various expansions might have had a bad installation (or even worse- the original installation of IWD) and that is how the dialogue got corrupted. __________________ “Every tavern’s an opportunity, I say.”

12-06-2001, 08:58 PM	#7
SecretMaster Apophis Join Date: October 19, 2001 Location: New York Age: 37 Posts: 4,666	Same thing happened here, I was like "NO item, cheap @$$hole" could someone tell me the item?

12-07-2001, 03:27 AM	#8
Brett Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: October 18, 2001 Posts: 22	Ive had the same problem too, hed give me something and i had the error message. SPOILER!!!!......> Kill him, and his little goblin too!! it seems like the goblin has been taking some of old man oricks stuff, oh and the old man has a whole ton of very very very nice stuff to be taken, however, i would only do it if you haveall the items that you needed to buy from him, it will decrease your rep by a point but ive noticed that no one in the town cares anyway, no hassle only the bloody mess of old man orricks frail bosy to clean up [img]smile.gif[/img]

12-07-2001, 09:03 AM	#9
Micah Foehammer Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: November 15, 2001 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 3,253	The best item (IMHO) is Mithran's cloak. You can also get the Elfbone ring of Kiran Hai or a third item which i can't recall. __________________ “Every tavern’s an opportunity, I say.”

12-07-2001, 09:44 PM	#10
SecretMaster Apophis Join Date: October 19, 2001 Location: New York Age: 37 Posts: 4,666	Can someone give me the stats of these items?

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