(Wondrous) Magic Items

Hi Rocktoy
based on your experiences and mine, I am beginning to wonder if there isn't some sort of "not all the time, but every once in a while" bug in Craft Wondrous Item. As you know, a couple of days ago, I stated that I was unable to craft a Broach of Shielding. I tried it a again this morning and had no problems at all. Go figure .
The Royal Canadian

 

Seem's so. Though I haven't ecountered that many problems with wondrous items. But every tenth or so times when I try to craft magical arms or armor I get a short list of possible enchantments. Those items will be bugged or the game crashes during crafting. So I have to cancel and retry until I get the full list. I think that same problem effects wondrous items too, but there is no way telling beforehand if the crafting will be successfull. That's why I always save before crafting. :thumbsdow

 

In the past I found crafting in busy places would CTD, like the streets of Homlett or the Inn, so now I always craft inside an empty building or lately I always craft in the abandoned spider tower at the moathouse. This problem may have been fixed after 5.0, but I still do it out of habit.

 

Hi GG
Interesting !! I confess I have never had problems with a CTD while crafting, but that is because (assuming your theory is correct, and I don't doubt that it is) I do all my crafting either on the second floor of the Inn or in the House in Nulb (the one you buy from Preston Wetz).
The Royal Canadian

 

Hi Rocktoy
I also have seen the "Short List Effect" when crafting Magic Weapons. What I do when I see the short list is to click on cancel and start over. One other thing to keep in mind, is not to let the item name get too long. This is probably what is causing your game to crash. The first thing to do when crafting a weapon from a Masterwork Weapon is to "erase" the word "Masterwork" from the item's name. Second thing to do is get rid of the extra +s in the name. If you craft a weapon to +3, erase the +1 and +2 from the name. What I like to do is rename the item to show whose weapon it is. For Example, when I craft Elmo's +1 Battle Ax to +3 Holy, Shocking Burst, Icy Burst, I could probably leave the name as "+3 Battle Ax Holy, Shocking Burst, Icy Burst" and have no problems, but I like to have a little more style so I would rename the Ax "Elmo' Fire". In my last run, I was given Illo's Joy, a repeating crossbow with a Sonic effect. When I added holy, Shocking Burst, and upgraded it to +3, I renamed it "Meleny's Pride".
The Royal Canadian

 

Hi Folks
The updated "Craft Wondrous Items" worksheet is now available, complete with descriptions of what each items does, where it has to be worn and any other notes of interest. To download the new worksheet ( it's sized for printing on Legal paper ) go to:
http://www.co8.org/forum/showthread.php?p=105805#post105805
The Royal Canadian

 

I usually do this too, but sometimes the CTD occures before I can click the cancel button.

Not likely. I always keep my item names quite short. Like "greatsword +2" etc. And when the item is finished I will give it a personalized name like Rundig, Mjolnir, Kilpi, Kylsteri etc. Also I never use any other enhcanments than holy, axiomatic and spell resistance (and of course the +1 to +3) so I do not have too many of those nor too long names.

 

Hi Rocktoy
I'm beginning to think that you either have a bad install or a bad save. My experience with this game goes back about 6 years, from Vanilla to Co8 4.0 to 6.0.1 NC, and I can honestly say I have NEVER had a CTD the way you described it happening. A good way to check for a bad save (assuming you are running a NG or LG party) is to look at the "Monsters Killed" section of your logbook. If it shows several listings of the first monster you encountered (Murderous Thief for NG party, Caravan Bandit for LG Party) then you probably have a bad save.
The Royal Canadian

 

Bad save is my guess. My logbook shows only a part of my due reputations. Otherwize the game works fine, I even killed Iuz which pretty much confirms the bad save thingie.