entering the Ah Fong Emporium and CTD

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  1. Cerulean the Blue

    Cerulean the Blue Blue Meanie Veteran

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    The thing is that Toffee Pro is the future, and most current modders are going to be releasing Toffee Pro versions from now on just because Toffee Pro mods are easier to install and uninstall. And Toffee Pro allows you to easily switch between uncompatable mods with just a few clicks of the mouse. along with a host of other features. It really is the easiest and most simple way to run mods.
     
  2. Cerulean the Blue

    Cerulean the Blue Blue Meanie Veteran

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    I have not yet experienced Ah Fong's Emporium, so I do not even know if it works on my install. Nor do I know whether or not the Toffee Pro version is more up to date than the normal version. I just wantend to suggest a method of reducing the steps necessary to install the various mods.
     
  3. krunch

    krunch moving on in life

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    bingo

    That could be it right there. I remember, specifically, reading that shop map 2 was written for adding on top of ShiningTeds MOD, but do not recall reading where anyone said do not add both versions or, if you use one of them, only use version 2.

    So, I'll try just using version 2 without version 1 added to see if version 2 works without the CTD.
     
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  4. Shiningted

    Shiningted I want my goat back Administrator

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    I'd skip adding Cujo's stuff too, because all his stuff is in my mod: later versions of the patches were added specifically to include the latest Cujo stuff.

    Ummm how did you add the portraits, out of curiosity? They probably won't be the problem here, but if you didn't manually put them into the existing portrait.mes - if you have some 'pack' with its own portrait.mes, then it will overwrite my stuff and will cause problems.

    And what are the pregenerated characters? If you create PCs for one version of the game, patch the game into something else and then import the earlier PCs. again I would think you are asking for trouble.

    Anyways, I will have another look at Ah Fong, it might be a probably with his inventory respawning.

    Edit: Still no problems with Ah Fong for me, and been to him several dozen times, but I haven't made him respawn yet. Hate it when that happens. :shrug:
     
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  5. Cujo

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    Ted got in before me, but thats what I was going to say.
     
  6. krunch

    krunch moving on in life

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    1. Okay. Ill skip the cujo stuff as you say it has all been added to your MOD and patches.

    2. Portraits...you said to re-add new portraits after installing your MOD. That's what I did. *shrug* Yes, it overwrote the portraits.mes file in the portraits folder. Originally, I only used the BG I & II series imports.
    * I edited the portraits.mes file and added an 8th row of 7 columns of new portraits. Then, I saw the Allyx post where he said he got 70 portraits in the new character generator window. I already had added the 51 portraits from the BG I & II series, I, newly, added the 21 portraits from IceWind Dale and the 36 portraits from Royo Steelwraith to my portraits folder. His thinking was in-line with what I observed and tested, but he already made the entries to his portraits.mes file for the new portraits added. There should be a lot more new portraits in the new character generation window, but they are not showing up. So, I tried his portraits.mes, and sure enough, there's 10 rows of 7 columns of portraits, 70 portraits. I have not got back to looking at why 49 BG portraits and some Royo portraits show up in the new character generator window, but not any of the others. (This is not brief. I hope it is reasonable and explains what and why.)

    3. Pre-gen Chars...No, the pregen chars are basic 1st level pre-made and edited chars which use the imported portraits. Only if the order of the imported portraits change by their assigned address in the portraits.mes file will the pregen chars have to be re-made. Right now, I have about 60+ pregen chars, including mine + giant + vicks + wedge + black mage. Most of my pregen chars have one, some maybe two, stats between 20 and 24 and the rest are between like 8 and 19. Why play average characters when you are going to spend like 100 or 200 hours playing the game [IMO]? I changed Cujo's Giant to have a 43 strength [uhm, +16 thac0 and DAM]. :)
    * As long as a character attribute is less than 44, meaning 43 or less, there are no problems that I have experienced, and I have completed the game using my pregen chars with the patches and MODs. Note: Give a Rogue an INT 43 and look what happens to his feats points to start the game.
     
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  7. Shiningted

    Shiningted I want my goat back Administrator

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    Yes, well.

    Some good news though, the game DID CTD for me. Its not doing it consistently, so I haven't got to the bottom, but no its not your peculiar install, it seems to be an Ah Fong bug, and I think I know what it is. Once I can get it happening regularly, I will send you the fix (and release yet another patch).

    Thanks for tracking that down.
     
  8. krunch

    krunch moving on in life

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    Note: Allyx's portrait.mes does not change your entries to the portraits.mes file, and as I have time, I will also take a closer look at why the new portraits added do not show up in the new character generator window.
     
  9. Shiningted

    Shiningted I want my goat back Administrator

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    Allyx's was built over mine, not simply replacing it. And thanks for looking into it.

    Could u email me a save where the CTD occurs? Send it to shiningted@yahoo.com
     
  10. krunch

    krunch moving on in life

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    Okay, check your email. It should be there.

    Thanks!..
     
  11. krunch

    krunch moving on in life

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    The issue of the CTD caused by entering the Ah Fong Emporium has been resolved. Its fix will be released as a part of the future release of Co8 version 4 MOD.

    No, I do not know when. Please don't ask. I am also sure Co8 does not know yet, either. Plus, I am sure, Co8 will let us know when it is time for them to let us know. Until then, we must wait.
     
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