The Last Baldurdash Bugfix Update Until The T.O.B. Patch

[Kevin Dorner]

Well, it's been real. My apologies to many of you who've sent me fixes, and suggestions, and tweaks that I wasn't able to include, but it's pointless now that T.O.B. is so close as whatever's left may be getting fixed in it or its patch. I finally managed to go below 500 e-mails in my Inbox a week ago, but it's back up to 580 since I've been working on things. If I only had more time...(I could cast Time Stop.)

Also, be advised that I'm serving the FixPack off my own PC/cablemodem until I hear back from the nice person who mirrors it, so it might be a bit slow to download for a day or so.

Enjoy.

Newly Added Fixes:

• Non-protagonist Stalkers (ie Valygar) permanently lose Backstab abilities if they die and are raised by any method
• Arbane's Shortsword has 0 charges when found, and confers erroneous immunities that don't work
• After Mazzy has recruited Valygar as her "squire", if either becomes Charmed or Dominated, they will both permanently leave and go hostile
• Staff Of The Woodlands gives an AC bonus of 3 rather than setting base AC to 3 (Barkskin)
• 44 areas' type flags incorrect; leads to strange NPC dialog
• Thieves' stronghold flagged as outdoors on three floors, and floor with all the beds disallows resting
• Updated outdoor encounter areas fix; added one more area flagged as indoors
• Uncommon glitch where Planar Sphere mage stronghold ambush assassins fail to appear after their gating animation
• Captain Arat gives unlimited Flame Arrows if spoken to repeatedly before Keep liberation
• Bards don't get another 6th level spell when they level up from 22 to 23
• Valygar has no Ranger spells or Stalker spells when he joins at any level
• Minsc has no Ranger spells when he joins at any level
• Incorrect protagonist reputation check in Aran Linvail's dialog when asking for help against Bodhi
• Experience exploit with Ellie the Festhall Cook after the Sleeping Potion Plot has begun
• Experience exploit with the Spellhold statue at quest completion
• Kuo-Toan Prince can be pickpocketed for his blood quest item
• Adalon can be (with difficulty) pickpocketed for her blood quest item
• Ihtafeer can be pickpocketed for her head quest item
• Mazzy's Trademeet home allows single-player entry, but only party exit

[ 06-04-2001: Message edited by: Kevin Dorner ]

[moriveth]

Originally posted by Kevin Dorner:
<STRONG>Uncommon glitch where Planar Sphere mage stronghold ambush assassins fail to appear after their gating animation
</STRONG>

Thank you thank you thank you! This was happening on all my games and was really annoying. I also don't get warped out of the fighting pit in the Copper Coronet after winning the duel (maybe it was fixed in an earlier patch--I stopped trying it at some point). Again, it happened every game, every time. Do you know why this happens?

[Ned Flanders]

Mazzy's Trademeet home allows single-player entry, but only party exit

This also happens with the cabin in the forest of tethyr? The outdoor area after leaving the underdark where you encounter coran. There is a cabin on the western side of the map loaded up with crimson deaths and vampiric mists. Anyway, same thing: single character entry but only party exit

[Kevin Dorner]

Originally posted by Ned Flanders:
<STRONG>This also happens with the cabin in the forest of tethyr? The outdoor area after leaving the underdark where you encounter coran. There is a cabin on the western side of the map loaded up with crimson deaths and vampiric mists. Anyway, same thing: single character entry but only party exit</STRONG>

D'OH!

I guess that one's for BioWare.

[Kevin Dorner]

moriveth: Ah, glad I fixed more than just one person's incidence of that one (I'd heard it from a couple of others as well.)

Weird one...I think it's an engine flaw, but it certainly doesn't come out often.