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[Fouinto]

Spoiler

...in one of the cave where you leave the Nashkel Mine.

[AndrewB]

you could always console the item in, iirc that's what I ended up doing. I don't remember which particular "skull" item is the correct one for the quest offhand, however.

[smeagolheart]

you could always console the item in, iirc that's what I ended up doing. I don't remember which particular "skull" item is the correct one for the quest offhand, however.

I think it's misc50 or misc55

[joshuar9476]

you could always console the item in, iirc that's what I ended up doing. I don't remember which particular "skull" item is the correct one for the quest offhand, however.

I think it's misc50 or misc55

or just use shadowkeeper like i do ...

[enderandrew]

I'm running into the same bug. None of the skeletons drop skulls. I guess I'll just cheat in a skull via console, but it would be nice to see the bug fixed.

[Lollorian]

Can any of you guys do a quick search for all the SKELETS.CREs in your BGII folder please? Attach the one from your generalized biffing folder if possible

A better way to debug this would be to changelog SKELETS.CRE (and attach all the SKELETS.0001.CRE, 0002.CRE etc that gets dumped into the changelog folder ) Instructions for how to do that are in the stickied FAQ in this forum

[TDouglas]

I was going to do that myself (I was having the same problem), but there are no files named SKELETS.CRE in the Override folder . Not quite sure where to find 'em now ...

[micbaldur]

If it helps here's change-log of SKELETS.CRE from my BWP 11.0 install.

Spoiler

[WeiDU.exe] WeiDU version 23102
This is a non-stable version. Unless you're sure about what you're doing, consider downgrading.
[WeiDU.exe] Using scripting style "BG2"
override/SKELETS.CRE
override/skelets.cre res_fixer/backup/0/skelets.cre
override/SKELETS.CRE BPv180/BACKUP/0/SKELETS.CRE
override/skelets.cre scs/backup/10/skelets.cre
override/SKELETS.CRE JA#BGT_Tweak/backup/20/SKELETS.CRE
override/skelets.cre aurora/backup/0/skelets.cre
override/SKELETS.CRE xpmod/backup/0/SKELETS.CRE
override/SKELETS.CRE
override/SKELETS.CRE

Mods affecting SKELETS.CRE:
00000: /* from game biffs */ ~SETUP-BGT.TP2~ 0 0 // Baldur's Gate Trilogy - Core: 1.14 (28 Jan 12)
00001: ~SETUP-RES_FIXER.TP2~ 0 0 // Resource Fixer: v1
00002: ~SETUP-BPV180.TP2~ 0 0 // Big Picture AI/Enhancement Mod, version 180: v180ba BWP Fix
00003: ~SETUP-SCS.TP2~ 0 10 // Initialise (required by almost all other mod components): v20
00004: ~JA#BGT_TWEAK/SETUP-JA#BGT_TWEAK.TP2~ 1 20 // General fixes: 1.7
00005: ~AURORA/SETUP-AURORA.TP2~ 0 0 // Aurora's Shoes and Boots: v5
00006: ~SETUP-XPMOD.TP2~ 0 0 // Creature XP Reduction -> Reduce to 75%: v6 BWP Fix
00007: /* acted upon in an indetectable manner */~GENERALIZED_BIFFING/GENERALIZED_BIFFING.TP2~ 0 0 // Generalized Biffing: v2.1
00008: /* acted upon in an indetectable manner */~GENERALIZED_BIFFING/GENERALIZED_BIFFING.TP2~ 0 0 // Generalized Biffing: v2.1

Here's cre-files.

 SKELETS.00001.CRE   1.12K   271 downloads
 SKELETS.00002.CRE   1.17K   235 downloads
 SKELETS.00003.CRE   1.17K   230 downloads
 SKELETS.00004.CRE   1.17K   250 downloads
 SKELETS.00005.CRE   1.15K   277 downloads
 SKELETS.00006.CRE   1.15K   274 downloads

I didn't find skulls from skeleton's either.

[Miloch]

What the hell is JA#BGT_TWEAK "General fixes"?

Edit: are there any skulls on any of those skeletons if you open them with DLTCEP, micbaldur?

Edited by Miloch, 07 November 2012 - 12:59 PM.

[micbaldur]

What the hell is JA#BGT_TWEAK "General fixes"?

Heh part of BWP but i don't what it does. From readme:

Spoiler

- new Searchmap and Wallgroups for Nashkel (now you can enter the graveyard).
- new Searchmap and Wallgroups for Gnoll Fortress (now you can enter the lower wall ring).
- new travel-trigger on the backdoor of Gellana's temple (Friendly Arm Inn)
- Mulahey gets a real Halforc (race & colours).
- Tazok gets his BG2-Animation.
- Eldoth's Arrows and Perdue's Shortsword get new Itemicons.
- Skulls from skelettons inventories on High Hedge area removed;
one skull can be found in that crypt in the 'Vale of the tombs' (that area you enter after leaving nashkel mines)
- Firebead Elvenhair's avatar-colours in Candlekeep & Beregost are equalized
- Poisoned Throwing Dagger & Shadow Armor are no longer available in Thunderhammer's Smithy but in Silence's Store
- Prices at the "Lucky Aello's" get cheaper.

That explains why there aren't any skulls. Didn't know that though. Maybe i should read "readmes" more often.

Edit: are there any skulls on any of those skeletons if you open them with DLTCEP, micbaldur?

1 to 4 have skulls but 5 and 6 doesn't.

Edited by micbaldur, 07 November 2012 - 01:14 PM.

[Miloch]

Maybe i should read "readmes" more often.

Rofl. Maybe everyone should . Where is that mod hosted anyway?

1 to 4 have skulls but 5 and 6 doesn't.

Well that means mod #4 in the change-log removed it, but you already figured that out from its readme.

[micbaldur]

It's german mod and hosted at kerzenburg.baldurs-gate.eu. Don't know anything more about it.

Well personally i didin't have problems with missing skulls because you can get them elsewhere. I was only helping when Lollorian asked for change-log.

Glad though that this mystery is solved.

[Miloch]

Yeah, it's just odd that it's been reported for at least a year and a half and no one's thought of reading about what the mods they've installed have done to their games (what readmes are for). Obviously, it's an intentional feature rather than a bug.

[Lollorian]

Well this was... interesting I'd love to know why Jarl thought this was a fix especially since Thalantyr mentions you can get skulls right outside (or something like that )

[melkor_morgoth75]

Yeah, it's just odd that it's been reported for at least a year and a half and no one's thought of reading about what the mods they've installed have done to their games (what readmes are for). Obviously, it's an intentional feature rather than a bug.

I've been silent here. I was aware of that mod and what was doing (part of my installations), but honestly never reported that as it is a feature of the mod itself

mm75

[Azazello]

Thanks, I will know not to install Jarls general fixes.  I thought he was fixing problems not doing undoucmented changes.  I read the changes in the readme and most sound OK, but not the skull option. That removes this option from my next BWP install.  Thanks, I just thought it was a bug.

It's not undocumented, it's right there in the ReadMe.

 

I haven't downloaded the mod--is there an English version of the ReadMe?

 

I'm reading a translate of the webpage, I like many of the changes. Can't wait to try some of them.

 

Per BWP Guide, the skull thingy, amongst others, is within component 20, General Fixes -- so players can choose not to use that option.

 

Still, I recommended someone - one of our nice German-speakers, maybe - contact Jarls and request some of the things in component 20 be externalized. (My personal request: Tazok gets his BG2-Animation)

[Azazello]

-duplicate post-

Edited by Azazello, 03 March 2013 - 02:07 PM.