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Hey,

I cant combine two bars together or crush skulls with motar/pestle any more. Neither can I add elemental essences to items. Not sure if the last update today did that...

Anyone else?

No one? :-(

Same issue with the skulls. Haven't tried essences, but the bars are fine for me.

Yep. Really unfortunate little bug. I have a module up on Steam/Nexus called Escape From Smalcatraz which is just a stand-alone scenario involving some puzzle solving. One of the puzzles calls for being able to combine sinew+sinew to create bowstring. For *some* users, not all, the items do not combine, rendering the scenario unfinishable.

I've added a fix in the form of a hidden bowstring (need to perform some convoluted steps to make it appear), but whenever a person runs into this problem, they obviously mention it in the comments (as you'd expect) and the very nature of the question is itself a spoiler for the puzzle. Makes it very hard to keep the puzzle unspoiled on the Steam page.

For reference, please see this post and the next two posts for details on changes that appear to have been added with Friday's version update.

I can't combine small iron bars to make a large iron bar. And small potions won't combine to make a larger one.
I can no longer grind skulls to make bone dust.
In each case, items just swap positions instead of combining.

Not to say this mightn't actually be a thing work looking at, but I was able to 'fix' my recipe issues by doing a complete reinstall of D:OS, the Editor and deleting all my D:OS folders in Documents\Larian Studios (keeping a save game as back-up). As I did all of these at the same time, I can't say which specific file reinstall actually got rid of the problem.