Aielund Saga Improvements (Need Input/Feedback)

[Legacy_MagicalMaster]

               

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He should confront you, scripted to run over.  Maybe you're playing an older version of Act 4 or something, I don't know.  Or it bugged out, though never heard of that happening.

 

Never had any dwarves killed during "In Harm's Way."  Not sure what to say, will look at it again.

 

Will look at cutscene, haven't worked much with them though.

 

Not possible to see their faces, helms in NWN literally replace the head.  Some people have managed to make things like crowns -- but those are effectively blank helms with special visual effects projected to look like a crown, the helmet itself is invisible.  As for Terinus...well, see what you think at the end of the campaign.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Mac-Biodiesel]

               

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I can send my save game file, but I'm definitely glitched in Act 2: after coming back from the Ethereal Plane, Desmond no longer enchants.

 

I've never seen a dwarf killed in "In Harm's Way".  I've played it at least 6 times.  Maybe it can happy if you stir up all the duergar and run away?  Or maybe it will happen if you stir them up and lure them into the same room as the dwarf civvie, and then hide in plain sight or something?

 

There are some clipping issues with cutscenes.  One I remember is any time the throne room is the setting, there tend to be problems, like when you get knighted the camera stops its pan behind a column.

 

Oh, and spoiler for the theater: try lighting a alchemist's keg in the middle of the stage.  Hilarity ensues (and you get some nice items from Bartlett if you wax him).

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MagicalMaster]

               

WARNING: BAWOOKIES PUT SPOILERS WITHOUT THE SPOILERS TAG IN THE POST FOLLOWING THIS ONE.  SKIP IT OVER IT IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED THE CAMPAIGN.

 

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Save file would be nice, I don't see how Desmond would possibly stop enchanting.  Also possible that you have an older version.  I think I'm just going to upload the current version I have (Savant's final release) to the vault to make sure someone didn't upload an older copy.

 

Beats me on the dwarfs.

 

I do wonder if part of the cutscene problems can be related to resolution, but not 100% sure.

 

Dare I ask what happens with the keg?  Guessing everyone tries to run away from it?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Bawookles]

               

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Enemy name: Eldar Gypsy should be Elder (same error as elder eles)


Sign bubble: THe Long Shot - Bowyer & Fletcher - ugly typo


"You awake with a start" - awake is a state, should use verb (awaken). This is first bubble msg of Act Four.

 

Pascal Rousseau doesn't confront you when you break into his house. He does have dialogue, so imo it should trigger unless he can't see you (ie, you're under stealth).


Just remembered, it's very easy to leave "In harm's way" hanging, as the dwarves you need to save can easily be killed by the duergar. I would say many new players would fail this, unless they reload the entire dungeon and meta-game it. I couldn't find the last dwarf, searched for... too long... turns out he was dead, corpse-faded.


Oh, and the cutscene that opens Act Four - the cam clips horribly into the watchtower.

 

Lastly, Highmarch siege post up. You can see in the first-person shots of Carthach and Hasrinaxx just how ugly those hoods look, would be nice to see their faces... same with Terinus, I don't think he should be faceless when you first meet him, btw. Just my opinion, of course.

 

 The dwarves you are supposed to rescue for "In Harm's Way" are never killed, they just sit in their rooms unthreatened. 

 

 There's a plot reason why you are never supposed to see Terinus' face until the last part of the mod,

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it's because he's an alien.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MagicalMaster]

               

Please don't put spoilers out there without the spoilers tag, especially for stuff that happens near the end of the campaign.  Especially for someone who hasn't finished the campaign yet.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Bawookles]

               

Please don't put spoilers out there without the spoilers tag, especially for stuff that happens near the end of the campaign.  Especially for someone who hasn't finished the campaign yet.

 

Sorry. Didn't realize. How do you put stuff in spoilers tag anyway?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MagicalMaster]

               

Sorry. Didn't realize. How do you put stuff in spoilers tag anyway?

 

Please go back and edit your previous post, then, so people don't see it.  And mention it contains spoilers for Act 4, Part 3.

 

Spoiler tags work like this:

 

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Remove the space in the middle of the word and you get

 

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This is hidden.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Bawookles]

               

Please go back and edit your previous post, then, so people don't see it.  And mention it contains spoilers for Act 4, Part 3.

 

Spoiler tags work like this:

 

[spo iler]This is hidden.[/spo iler]

 

Remove the space in the middle of the word and you get

 

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This is hidden.

 

Ahh, okay, cool, thanks.

 

And just to troll: Darth Vader is Luke's father. 

 

BAM! That's right, I said it!

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MagicalMaster]

               

And just to troll: Darth Vader is Luke's father. 

 

BAM! That's right, I said it!

 

Rosebud was his sled.

 

And thanks.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Lilura]

               

Thanks for the heads-up on the spoiler, Magical Master.

 

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Perhaps one of the dwarves was fried by a duergar AoE... guess I was just unlucky cuz, believe me when I say, I scoured every polygon of that place... lol - even the upper lvl

 

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I'm such a NWN noob... Pascal was bugged out cuz I bashed down the door and entered immediately, in the same round, so that combat was probably still engaged when he ran up to me, therefore couldn't instigate dialogue. I tried it several times on fresh maps, by waiting a few secs first, and then not, before entering - it seemed consistent and therefore just a common Aurora quirk everyone probably knows about except me...

 

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Rene incorrectly refers to the Dockside Arms tavern as Docklands Arms tavern.


Voluble Tusone artefact - it should be "valuable", as the gemstone can't talk as far as I can tell. And do we say Egypt artefact or Egyptian artefact? Tusone is used many times as an adjective (it should be Tusonite or Tusonian, surely..)

 

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I removed Terinus's hood when he temp-joined the party during the siege of Fort Highmarch. So... it would be easy to disable his hood for the first meeting, no? No big deal, though! 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Empyre65]

               

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Terinus joins the party in Highmarch? That must have been added in a newer version than I have.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MagicalMaster]

               

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I'm such a NWN noob... Pascal was bugged out cuz I bashed down the door and entered immediately, in the same round, so that combat was probably still engaged when he ran up to me, therefore couldn't instigate dialogue. I tried it several times on fresh maps, by waiting a few secs first, and then not, before entering - it seemed consistent and therefore just a common Aurora quirk everyone probably knows about except me...

 

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Rene incorrectly refers to the Dockside Arms tavern as Docklands Arms tavern.


Voluble Tusone artefact - it should be "valuable", as the gemstone can't talk as far as I can tell. And do we say Egypt artefact or Egyptian artefact? Tusone is used many times as an adjective (it should be Tusonite or Tusonian, surely..)

 

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I removed Terinus's hood when he temp-joined the party during the siege of Fort Highmarch. So... it would be easy to disable his hood for the first meeting, no? No big deal, though! 

 

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That would do it with Pascal.  Will consider possible solutions.

 

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Maybe he's just drunk on fine wine!

 

Tusonite presumably.

 

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Whelp, guess that's all there is regarding Terinus!

 

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Terinus joins the party in Highmarch? That must have been added in a newer version than I have.

 

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When he ports in to disable the shield at the end of the battle.  Most people probably don't even realize he temporarily joins the party for a few minutes.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Empyre65]

               

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I have an old version in which Terinus gives the player the scepter and does not join the party.

Maybe you could make the hood his actual head in chapter 3, rather than having him wear it, and give the hood's properties to his chapter 3 weapon, and make sure the player cannot take the weapon away from him. The chapter 4 Terinus (and his gear) would remain the same as he is now.

Or, you could revert to the way it is in the older version I have, with Terinus handing the scepter to the player.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Bawookles]

               

I've found a few script problems with Terinus near the end of "Return of the Ironlord". Both of these script problems happen when you are soloing with no henchmen. 

 

One is where you first meet Terinus in Fort Highmarch and he tells you to go seek out info on the relic while he looks to the defenses on the Fort. He will just get stuck with a "continue" dialogue prompt by you unless you have a henchman, like Robert Black.

 

Second is where you have come back to the Fort with the relic and Terinus is going to teleport out to Culdeny to get it to work which prompts the start of the big battle. Terinus will once again get stuck with a "continue" dialogue prompt unless you have a henchman.

 

So, in both cases, I just added Robert Black to my party to get through the dialogue bits, and then told Robert Black I didn't need him anymore. '>

 

I've played through Aielund an embarrassing amount of times, and to make things challenging and interesting now, I solo it with no henchmen. It's been great except for the occasional dialogue glitch like this.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MagicalMaster]

               

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Maybe you could make the hood his actual head in chapter 3, rather than having him wear it, and give the hood's properties to his chapter 3 weapon, and make sure the player cannot take the weapon away from him. The chapter 4 Terinus (and his gear) would remain the same as he is now.

 

I don't think any actual heads with hoods hide his face.  May just set up a script to re-equip the helm if it gets unequipped or something.

 

One is where you first meet Terinus in Fort Highmarch and he tells you to go seek out info on the relic while he looks to the defenses on the Fort. He will just get stuck with a "continue" dialogue prompt by you unless you have a henchman, like Robert Black.

 

Second is where you have come back to the Fort with the relic and Terinus is going to teleport out to Culdeny to get it to work which prompts the start of the big battle. Terinus will once again get stuck with a "continue" dialogue prompt unless you have a henchman.

 

Considering I've played through it solo multiple times, I can safely say that shouldn't be an issue.

 

1, do you have the latest version?

 

2, did you have a companion nearby but not in the party?

 

I mean, you said you added RB to your party when one would expect he'd be back in Fairloch if you never recruited him...