sorcerer class main quest bugs? (spoilers)

[bditmer]

Hi guys. I seem to be having a problem with plot critical NPcs not showing. i had one at the very start in west harbor and now one in fort locke. is this just the case with the sorcerer class or is it going to plague the game with all classes? :confused: hmmmm. really wanted to get into this game but this bug is driving me nuts
cheers

[kamalktk]

So, who was missing? There's not enough information here to help you.

[bditmer]

sorry, new to this :) georg was the first in west harbor, after i recruited the 5 miltia men he wasn't there, replaced by a generic npc. michael cormick in fort locke. where he was when i first arrived in fort locke and talked to him, a general NPC soldier is standing in his spot once i went to the crypt and rescued the guardsmen. pretty gutted as i wanted to play the sorcerer class. is there any solution to this other than saving every 2 minutes and reloading if the npc isnt there?
thanks alot
Ben

[bbellina]

Strange bug. I've never heard of this, and cannot imagine how the game could replace an NPC with another NPC. There is really no such thing as a generic NPC. Nor can I imagine why this odd behavior would have anything to do with what class you select. Do you have any mods installed in your override?

[bditmer]

i have no mods installed, just the stock standard steam download.
i didnt have any problems with my other chars i played with. maybe a corrupted save file or something? guess i have to start again :(

[bbellina]

Since you have no mods installed, the only thing I can think of is that the blueprints downloaded for the game were corrupted in some way. My advice is to re-download and re-install and start over. A pain I know.

[Solon25]

Hmm, i must think, long time ago i play trough :)

What shows your questlog? There is the commander missed in fort locke, you have to find him 1st. And you must guard him from the crypta to the fort, he must be alive. Is he?

[bditmer]

i rescued him and did everything correctly and when i get back to fort locke, the commander is there just not michael cormick
re d/loading and installing it is a pain in the ♥♥♥ thats for sure. gutted thanks for your guys help though :) if the other classes seem all right i just wont bother with sorcerer

[NWN DM]

Verify local files?

[bditmer]

righto, how can i verify the local files? i have no idea sorry.

[encephalon]

Right click the game in your library and select properties. Then go to the local files tab, and click verify integrity of game cache.

[Solon25]

the commander is there just not michael cormick
Afaik he went to Niewinter, you have to meet him there later.

[bditmer]

awesome guys thanks so much for your help, after validating, 146 files failed to validate so hopefully that will fix this problem. what a awesome community :) looking forward to getting back into this game. thanks again

[NWN DM]

awesome guys thanks so much for your help, after validating, 146 files failed to validate so hopefully that will fix this problem. what a awesome community :) looking forward to getting back into this game. thanks again
Yikes, must have been a borked download or install (or both somehow).

Good luck! :)

[bditmer]

ok i re downloaded the botched files but when i booted up my save game damn cormick wasnt there. i will start again and hopefully with a new save file with the proper files ill be sweet. thanks a lot guys!
BTW i have been thinking about getting into the multiplayer/persistant worlds. can someone recommend one? cheers again guys

[totalitaer]

There are some (ok, lots of) gamebreaking bugs that are completely random. I had to restart because I was locked in a zone. Whenever I tried to use the zone transfer the list and map was empty so I couldn't go anywhere. Then I had some quests that didn't register (main quest ofc :( ). Now I have 5 different slots that I save in and so I always have a short rollback in case something is fubar. Saved me from restarting already twice on my current playthrough. Save a lot (real saves, not quicksave) and keep many many slots.

Though it doesn't have anything to do with your class (in fact my current playthrough I am a Sorc+paladin (planning to to a sorc(11), Paladin(5), Eldritch Knight (10), Red Dragon Disciple(4), "spellswords" are awesome, run around with a Halberd the size of king kong while throwing spells left and right)

[master_miguel]

Reminds me of when I ran into Light of Heavens last week in Port Llast, asks for a duel so I accept then...dead. Hadn't saved for the past hour or so. Thanks for killing me in our duel Light of Heavens, ugh.

[bditmer]

Though it doesn't have anything to do with your class (in fact my current playthrough I am a Sorc+paladin (planning to to a sorc(11), Paladin(5), Eldritch Knight (10), Red Dragon Disciple(4), "spellswords" are awesome, run around with a Halberd the size of king kong while throwing spells left and right


whoa can you get to lvl 30 in oc? that build sounds pretty cool. where did you find that build or did you come up with it yourself? i was thinking sorc/rdd/pale master for my bombed char. probably will start again with the 5+ multiple saves.
thanks everyone for your advice :)
Ben