Fixed: beta 4 caused crash to desktop

[Shaitan]

Hi!

 

At the starter dungeon BG2 fixpack 4 causes CTD at the lightning machine right after the first turn. I've tested this, does anyone else get this?

 

I've only installed BG2 ToB and patch

[pro5]

Confirmed.

 

CTD is caused by this block:

// known spells listed with incorrect level/type
COPY_EXISTING ~famlight.cre~ ~override~
		  ~meplig01.cre~ ~override~
 READ_LONG  0x2a0 "known_off"
 READ_LONG  0x2a4 "known_num"
 FOR (index = 0; index < known_num; index = index + 1) BEGIN
READ_ASCII ("%known_off%" +		("%index%" * 0x0c)) "resref"
PATCH_IF ("%resref%" STRING_COMPARE_CASE "spwi201" = 0) BEGIN
  WRITE_SHORT ("%known_off%" + 0x08 + ("%index%" * 0x0c)) 1 // correct spell level
END ELSE
PATCH_IF ("%resref%" STRING_COMPARE_CASE "spin933" = 0) BEGIN
  WRITE_SHORT ("%known_off%" + 0x08 + ("%index%" * 0x0c)) 2 // correct spell level
END
 END
 BUT_ONLY_IF_IT_CHANGES

[pro5]

Actually, it seems all new "Known Spells..." patches corrupt CREs and cause CTDs.

[Gort]

i have many mods installed over fixpack beta4 and game doesn't crash

[Shaitan]

i have many mods installed over fixpack beta4 and game doesn't crash

 

Strange. I did my observation on a clean installation. I just checked if Beta 3 did the sam - it didn't.

[pro5]

i have many mods installed over fixpack beta4 and game doesn't crash

Are you sure it's Beta4 you have installed, not Beta3? Beta4 was released yesterday.

 

Btw anybody knows why Blur is changed to Level 1 in the block above? It's level 2 spell.

[Gort]

Are you sure it's Beta4 you have installed, not Beta3? Beta4 was released yesterday.

of course i'm sure. I was waiting for it last 3 days, trying to make as stable installation as possible

[pro5]

Are you sure it's Beta4 you have installed, not Beta3? Beta4 was released yesterday.

of course i'm sure. I was waiting for it last 3 days, trying to make as stable installation as possible

 

Then you must have skipped the "Super Happy Lucker Modder" component.

[pro5]

The problem is in changing innate spell levels. Innate spells must have level 0.

 

This code will not cause CTD:

COPY_EXISTING ~famlight.cre~ ~override~
		  ~meplig01.cre~ ~override~
 READ_LONG  0x2a0 "known_off"
 READ_LONG  0x2a4 "known_num"
 FOR (index = 0; index < known_num; index = index + 1) BEGIN
READ_ASCII ("%known_off%" +		("%index%" * 0x0c)) "resref"
PATCH_IF ("%resref%" STRING_COMPARE_CASE "spwi201" = 0) BEGIN
  WRITE_SHORT ("%known_off%" + 0x08 + ("%index%" * 0x0c)) 1 // correct spell level
END
 END
 BUT_ONLY_IF_IT_CHANGES

[CamDawg]

Gah, sorry everyone.

 

Beta 4 has been re-issued. Download the new copy off the mirrors. As my spot check was clearly insufficient the first time, I've gone through and verified every creature touched by these patches is fine.

[seanas]

The problem is in changing innate spell levels. Innate spells must have level 0.

umm, you mean innate spells must have level 1, don't you?

 

Gort probably didnt get a crash because a number of mods (well, BP at any rate, and possibly TDD) have routines to check for innate spells with incorrect levels set and to set them to level 1.

[CamDawg]

seanas: Nah, something new and different. Innate spells have to be level one so that they don't crash HaveSpell() triggers; the new tidbit of info here is that they need to be listed as level 0 in a creature file's known spell blocks.

[Gort]

well, i have skipped "Super happy funny modder" component, i have TDD and i have BP. So i've got nothing to worry about or i should reinstall all, using new version of fixpack?

[CamDawg]

If you skipped the modder pack and everything's working fine, don't bother.

[Gort]

If you skipped the modder pack and everything's working fine, don't bother.

ok, thanks