Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Help/Tips/Tricks cant find the cat in the castle

i have searched every where for the cat. and i still can not find it. ive got the flowers and the teddybear but no cat and its the first thing i need to get. would it show up on the playing map as a green dot? if possable can some one show me with a displayed picture of the location. i have spent two days trying to find it and im about to give up. please help.. thanks

Barnabus screenshot. You can't miss Arhu, there's a cutscene. There where the warrior stands, go into the corridor via kitchen.
You are in the castle by proper invitation, right? Did you enter the castle before by cheating with the teleporter pyramids?
Kiya

Wait a sec: How come you've got the teddy-bear and flower quest without being able to report to Janus that the cat is missing? Is Leila in her room? Could you give her both items?

yes i cheated and threw my teleportal through the gate to wonder around and got the sheild. then i talked to king. and i couldn't get out. the girl is not in the room and ive checked the hall no cat. am i going to have to start over or is there a fix. this is what i get for cheating. i read another entry on the forum about the castle and it said there were three things to get for the king. no cat.

Aw, Demon, you've messed up your files badly - the game thinks now you've already been in the castle and encountered Arhu.
Can you reload? I don't know if Raze has a fix for that.
Kiya
Maybe you could ask him? Via PM?

thank you for the info kiya hopefully there is a fix cause i defenitly don't want to start over. or go back in the game. thanks <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />

Unfortunately, there is no way to fix this other than re-loading a save before you entered the castle and talked to Janus the first time. I tried awhile ago and posted in the old forum for someone else. I could swap files around to trigger the cut scene with the cat, but after restoring the original files (required so as not to break other quests) the next quest would not work. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />
Hopefully the patch CDV is currently testing will detect and fix this bug.

Hi:)
im new here.
I have the same problem with little kitty.
I entered the castle by using pyramids... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> (though i had an invitation)
does that mean that i dont have a chance to meet this cat ?
please help
i spent whole day looking for the cat <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />
mike

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Do you have a save from before entering the castle by using the teleporter pyramids?

If not I can take another look at this, and try hex editing the relevant section of the quest file (if I can find it) to see if I can fix it.

hi
I returned to the moment i used pyramids. so i got in on invitation.. truly the cat was there... but... got to the point where i have to find a teddy bear... and guess what... teddy isnt there <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />:(:(:( what shoulkd i do now ?
btw. - do you know where can i get a patch without this problem:
"please install the game before updating"
??
ps. thx very much for helping

Try walking close to the wall; the bear may not show up if you are too far away.

If that doesn't help, go back to talk to Janus again; discussing the bear a second time may trigger its appearance.

Are you checking in the right spot, in the hall outside Janus' room, by the west wall? See this Castle Stormfist screenshot.



What version of the game do you have, and are you sure you downloaded the correct patch? The patch checks the registry for the install path, and will give an error message if it does not find the expected information (ie perhaps due to a system restore, or an over aggressive registry cleaner).

Some re-release versions of the game may already be updated to the latest 1.0034A version, as shown in the bottom right corner of the main menu, so would not need to be patched. The DVD version is already updated, and the patch (designed for the CD version) should not be installed.

Anyway, there is a way to create / fix the registry entry that the patch is looking for. This is described at the end of the manual install description in the Troubleshooting Tips topic. Alternately, you can email Larian support to get a vbs (Visual Basic Script) file which will do the same thing but is much more user friendly.

And if i install the patch (finally ;P ) how do i fix (update) the saveFile (is it actually possible?)
cheers

I'll have to take a look at one of my old saves and see if it is possible to correct this, or not (the patch doesn't, though I'd still recommend it if you don't have a re-release version that is already updated).