Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Help Tips & Tricks Impossible to throw a bottle during a fight ?

Hi,

I have restarted to play with patch 9. Last time, I played was with the patch 4 or 5. For some reasons very unclear for me, I am not able anymore to throw a bottle of grease, water, alchemic fire, etc during a fight or outside a fight anyway.

When the option is selected, the target animation occurs but when I click on my left button to throw the bottle, nothing happens... It is very frustrating especially because no error or explanation message occurs.
I just made the perfect ambush in the Selene Temple and luckily, I got the right scrolls / arrows to do what I wanted but I was expecting to use some of my numerous vials collected during loot.

Is it a bug ? A new rule ? Something I made wrong ?

It’s not a problem I’ve seen any mention of before.

Just to confirm, are you saying you cannot throw bottles at any time, either in or out of combat?

From the beginning of my new game, it worked only one time during a combat : one vial of alchemic fire thrown in direct line (same level from my character to the target ( floor of the Zhentarim gunpowder storage room).

But does it work outside combat?

Not that I know what the problem might be in either case, just trying to understand the exact symptoms you’re seeing.

I have a similar problem with the spell via scroll: Chromatic Orb. I cannot use it. It only shows empty hands by twisted arms.

Throwing vials works, even from a container, I mean. How do you throw your vials? From theinventory, the bar or from a container (backpack etc. pp.) put in your bar?

Directly from the bar and from a backpack pinned to the bar.

I will made more tests tonight but it is only one of the "regressive bug" I found

It is also not working out of combat.


Notice : in turn by turn combat, I have an action available to throw the bottle.


Add-on : on the last patch, the throw action has been touched to avoid damage for the thrower. If you are not able to throw anything, you cannot be harmed, right ?

Came across this thread when I was in the same situation. I finally figured at least 1 way to do it. You probably figured it by now since this thread is half a year old. However, I figure I should share how I did it for others who found this thread looking for answer also. Here it is...

1) Put the item you want to throw in your inventory (out of any backpacks, etc)
2) Use the "Throw (X)" class action, brown colored button
3) It will allow you to select anything you can throw in your inventory
4) LeftClick the item you want to throw
5) LeftClick again at your target and throw it

If your item is in a backpack, when you select an item to throw, you can select your backpack to open it, but it won't allow you to actually select an item inside the backpack to throw. If you proceed anyways, it will throw the backpack instead, the backpack would be destroyed, and ALL the items in your backpack will be splattered all over the floor! LOL!