Gru'ul Store Issue: Cannot Access

[Legacy_Viefore]

               Finally, searching manually has failed me and I hope to get some help by coming forward for once.

In HotU, I never fixed Quarry Grinder 5 or accessed Gru'ul's shop prior to embarking on the Sleeping Man/Cania Wastes quest chain.  I figured it was going to be some kind of sidequest, and thought I'd return later for supplies.  Several plot points and levels later, I stumble my silly ass back to Cania central and-- can't buy anything from Gru'ul!

Gru'ul only looks at me with greedy eyes and asks for information/a deal re: True Names.  Not having been interested in him at the time, I hadn't bought his name.  Now, he will ONLY ask about a deal, will NOT offer options for a store, fixing the grinder, etc.  Even when I feed the imp through the grinder and get it running (failed the Dex check and can't redo it), he won't say a thing about it, and I have no other options.

So:

-Did not access store prior to True Names quest.
-Gru'ul will now ONLY ask about a deal, will NOT give store options.
-Getting Grinder 5 working does nothing.

Can I haul my ass back to the Knower and get his name, and do you think that will trigger the store, or only allow me his deal/bracers/etc?  Is there some way I can manually trigger this in a way I'm not thinking of?  Should I just weep gently and cheat Heal potions into my inventory in preparation for the final battle?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_HipMaestro]

               AFAIK you must pass both grinder quest checks (Int & Dex) to satisfy the requirements for the merchant shop to open so it is actually working as designed and you have failed the test.  I don't think Gru'ul's True Name will open it but I could be guessing badly there.  Well, it may work but only if it is the first time you've talked to Gru'ul which apparently is not the case for you.

Will try to identify the variable that needs to be set to open the shop.  I usually hoard items that boost both these abilities and Int is the easiest since the shops offer those +Int rings and then suck down Fox's Cunning before making your quicksave.  Dex is a bit more difficult to boost but I believe that check is not that hard to beat.

I'll get back to you about the variable... lest some other good samaritan stumbles by in the meantime. '>

edit:

Okay, there are 3 that need to be set so since I don't know which one(s) have been or haven't been... set each of them one at a time.

the set variable command is: dm_setvarint <varname> <value>
note:  TRUE/FALSE should evaluate as 1/0 but if not, use dm_setvarstring instead

substitute each of the following and then click on your PC when the targeting cursor appears:

<varname>,<value> (comma inserted as a delimiter only)
bDismantled, FALSE
bActivated, TRUE
bQuestComplete, TRUE

Hopes this solves the problem for you.  I haven't tested it in the module itself.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par HipMaestro, 14 juin 2011 - 03:06 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Viefore]

               Yeah, failed the Dex check and then feeding the imp through, though it kept the machine running smoothly, also did nothing, perhaps because I had done it all so late, who knows!

I will try this, thanks very much!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Viefore]

               Whew, I went on a long vacation and wasn't able to try this until today.

I have only one more issue:

*How/Where do I enter these variables?*

If I must enter them in a chat, there must be something I'm missing, because they do nothing.  Is there a script editor I have to use?

Thanks again!  Sorry for the late reply.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_HipMaestro]

               

Viefore wrote...

Whew, I went on a long vacation and wasn't able to try this until today.

I have only one more issue:

*How/Where do I enter these variables?*

If I must enter them in a chat, there must be something I'm missing, because they do nothing.  Is there a script editor I have to use?

Thanks again!  Sorry for the late reply.

Just use DebugMode and type in the three different dm_setvarint commands, one at a time.

If you have never used DebugMode before, you can either press the tilde (~) which will bring up the command prompt in the upper lefthand corner of the screen where you can type DebugMode 1.

OR

Type...
## DebugMode 1
in the chat bar

Either method works the same but the chat bar allows you to use the mouse to GUI edit the text if you type it wrong rather than backspacing at the command prompt.

Then, once you have DebugMode turned on, type each of the commands described before.  After pressing <Enter> for each command, a target cursor will appear... click on your PC.  Repeat for the other two variables.  If you get no error diagnostic you did it correctly so then make sure to turn DebugMode off before playing the game  (either DebugMode 0 or ## DebugMode 0 according to which way you are entering the data... the character 0 is a zero, btw).   Very important to turn it off again or it may corrupt your gameplay.

Good luck and post the results if this cures the problem for you (or even if it doesn't).
               
               

               

                     Modifié par HipMaestro, 04 juillet 2011 - 01:01 .