Problem with Terl [potential spoiler]

[atruecrow]

I've come across a problem that I have never faced before. An NPC, Terl, keeps following me around, but whenever I try to talk to him, it just says "Cannot initiate dialoge". This does not happen with any other NPC, so it is not the old 'xxx is busy' bug. Is he part of a quest, and if so, are there some codes that I could CLUA in to make him talk to me? I was wondering if he was coming to tell Anomen to go for his knighthood test, but I'm not sure. Any help would be appreciated.

Current Party:
PC - F/T/M
Keldorn
Minsc
Anoman
Aerie

Quests accomplished (Still in chapter 2)
Circus
Mencar
Unseeing Eye Cult
Theif Stronghold
Anomen's sister was killed, went to visit his dad
Keldorn's mini-quest
Slums/CC Slavers
Fallen Paladins
Rescue Viconia (didn't take her with me)
Skinner Murders
Finding flying Montaron

Game:
SoA, ToB, Official Fixpack, Dungeon-be-gone, Baldurdash, XPCap Remover (lvl 50), Extra ToB Abilities, game on Core difficulty

~ a true crow

[Sir Exxon]

Terl is indeed the guy who tells Anomen that his knighthood test is at hand, and the reason why you can't talk to him, is because he should initiate a dialogue with Anomen himself.
I don't know why he's not saying anything, probably a bug. You say that you have the official fixpack, does this mean that you have the official patch as well? Or in other words, do you have both the official patch and the Baldurdash Fixpack?

[atruecrow]

I do have both the official patch and the baldurdash fixpack. I remember seeing a person resembling Terl approaching me after speaking with Tad in the Unseeing eye quest. He was approaching me, but I had already clicked to go down to the dungeon (ghoul town area), and he didn't follow me or catch up. Could this be the problem? Since then, whenever I am in a town area, he will approach me and follow me, but he doesn't talk to me...

Is there a CLUA code to set/reset Anomen's quest? I feel that might be the easiest way to try again. If you know of any other options, please tell me.

Thanks!
~a true crow

[Faceman]

Correction

Sir Ryan Trawl contacts Anomen about the test
Terl is Anomen's father's messenger.

Are you runnning WinXP. The NPC is busy bug is common there. Just install the official patch.

[Sir Exxon]

Don't know if this works, but you can try to kill Terl using Ctrl+Y, and then spawn in a new one using:
CLUAConsole:CreateCreature("TERL")
If this doesn't work, I'm sure Vedran has some nifty GLOBAL you can edit.

[atruecrow]

I tried killing Terl with Ctrl-Y, and CLUA'ing him back in, and that did not work (besides the fact that I accidently killed Keldorn on my first attempt with Ctrl-Y). I also tried talking to all of the Paladins in the Temple district as well as Anomen's father, and nothing has worked. If I could change a global, that would be cool.

Also, as a slight side question, what program(s) is/are required to view a listing of global variables?

Thanks!

~ a true crow

PS - I do run WinXP, but it is not the 'xx is busy' bug, for the only problem I have is with Terl. Thanks for the suggestion though!

[LennonCook]

Is Anomen visible and able to speak & hear ??

[Faceman]

what did you already do in the Anomen quest?
Terl brings messages from Lord Cor several times.
First time when Anomen's sister is killed then he appears several times depeding on your choice.

[atruecrow]

Anomen is visible, and I have attempted to have him talk to Terl, but that didn't work.

What I have done in the quest:
I was summonned to Anomen's house, and I went there. I decided not to avenge the death, and I took it to the courts (i.e. went to visit a woman in the Government Building...Brianna or something like that?). She said that there was not enough evidence to convict anyone, and I left. A few days later, the bugged Terl showed up, and I've been having problems ever since.

It's not a huge deal, except for the fact that I want Anomen to pass his test, for more spells & to become friends w/ Keldorn (and maintain the Good alignment of my party).

Thanks!
~atruecrow

[Faceman]

Hmmm,

this is strange
after you have taken the matter to the court
Sir Ryan Trawl should appear after some time (if you are outside Athkathla) and summon Anomen to the test at the order
Terl should have his next appearance AFTER the test IIRC.
Global Variables you might want to check are "AnomenKnight", "AnomenIsknight" and "AnomenTrial".
Are you romancing Anomen or is it just about the normal knighthood test?
AFAIK Terl spawns for the second time after a certain amount of game days,
so on the top of my head I'd say that you spent too much (game) time IN Athkathla(hindering Sir Ryan Trawl from appearing) and some Global variable is messed up - "AnomenIsKnight" should be =1 after the test and naturally =0 before or if you fail it, "AnomenKnight" is a timer that spawns Sir Ryan Trawl (outside of the city) if expired, "AnomenTrial" is the timer which gives you time to go to the trial after Sir Ryan Trawl has told you to.

Only screw-up I had with Anomen's knighthood was that I took the test before SirRyanTrawl told me to go (everything was prepared though and Anomen passed). Sir Trawl then spawned later summoning him although he was already knighted but with no further consequences than leaving me with an unfinished quest in the journal (although I got the same quest onder done too!)

[ 06-16-2003, 10:13 PM: Message edited by: Faceman ]