Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Technical Problems cannot save

Try getting the key from Lanilor's house anyway, after defeating the black ring member. If that doesn't trigger the proper speech options, try standing inside Mardaneous' house and closing the door, to trigger his 'help, I'm locked in' expression he would have said clicking on the locked door from outside.

There is no key to get further in the catacombs. You need to collect 3 orbs from around the first level (map) and drop them on the pentagrams beside the locked door to the stairs down. A nearby book should describe this. The grave will be opened after you get past the locked door and take the stairs up. In the graphics options change the darkness setting to 50 and increase the gamma to help see better at night or underground.

A hex editor is a program for editing binary files, similar to a text editor for text files.

Raze, when Sisaya entered via orc camp => she can't get all 3 orbs => remember the lever behind the door in the west/east corridor? How to reach it? IMO it is too far for telekinesis.

Oops, I forgot about the orc camp entrance, and assumed she managed to get past the statue.

Nope, the statues don't work, Raze - I tried it with her save this morning myself: it's true, the statues turn and turn endlessly. Therefore I hoped the grave was open - but as Sisaya says, she got the Slasher quest via orc cave...
No, I fear she needs hex.

It's not my story.000 file though => it's triggering the council quest before finishing Aleroth.

Hallo again.

I took my time to study the Hex editor. I downloaded it and what did I find - that my saves don't have string 41 67 65 6E 74 73 56 (AgentsV) not even string 6e 65 77 20 6E 70 63 (new npc)!

What can I do now? (I was looking the strings with - Find (Ctrl + F)

Just to inform you - there is no key in Lenoir's house, when I close the door from Mardeniuss house he ask me to save him, but when I open the door, he is stupid again.

If you are steel interesting in finding the way, please help me.

Sisaya

Did you download Hackman? The latest freeware version introduces a file size limit, so it will only open the very beginning of the data.000 file. Check further down the topic for a link to version 7, or try a different hex editor.

The key in Lanilor's house should be straight in, sitting on top the shelf with a plant and banner. Was the black ring member there, at least?

Are the other council member quests being triggered properly? Either a dialog or story file swap with a working save should get Mardaneus to the council, but I would need your save to check that.

Sisaya, I will play your save now and see what I can do, ok?

@Raze, big problems:
with Sisays's old save => M. door is locked, key is on shelf. Demona can't be attacked (neutral) - M. joins the council. BUT now no saving possible in the Council Hall now. I can use the teleporter pad to get to Hall.
Gee, did you know about this speech option? Lanilor was killed by the orcs in Aleroth? M. is sane.

with the new story.000 file =>
saving is possible - BUT: M. door is unlocked, no key on shelf. Demona is passive. No speech options to join council. NO access back to Council Hall (teleporter is not active)

I don't think, there is much use to continue your game, Sisaya. I can give you back your old file, but how will you survive, if you can't save anywhere? Or enter the Dark Forest? I fear that short circuit messed up - and my story file causes other problems I saw: strange cut scenes with the quarreling dwarf/human => I saw a place in the No-Between-World, where all quest items are stored, including keys. This might be though, because I forced the game to use a story file from another version (higher than your save)

I will upload your old save (the corrupt one) and maybe Raze will find another method.

I can only tell you this: please, patch your game if you wish to start again and never keep only one save. If you don't want to start all over => I can start for you, play the Aleroth dungeon - take the solution, leading you to Stormfist and leave you at the Council. But you need to update to 1.34 for this to venture with my save then.

As you play a mage => I can give you my mage where I started the council quest (but I am much higher in lvl, as I leave this one until I have solved all subquests, am in my 30es then) I can modify this save, so you will see your char's name <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> - you will be able to do all council quests as you wish. Only no sub quests then, as I did them already. She looks the same as your char.

And... I think, I can give you your inventory back, so you have your nice weapon.

BUT! You need to patch to 1.34. What do you think, hm?

2nd offer: I will give you save, where my mage is lvl 17, but you will have to redo the castle and the Hall - as I normally enter this in my 30es (lvl 33)

My boyfriend sad to me that I am a cheater <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif" alt="" />, because we are making changes in my play all the time. So I decided to start a new game (I have plenty of time).

I will save one copy of ¨old¨ game just in case if you find out the solution.

Kiya and Raze, I am very thankful for all your help. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

I am going to continue visiting the forum because man can find a lot of interesting tips. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />

See you; <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

Sisaya <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kitty.gif" alt="" />

Please, patch your game, Sisaya - and keep more than one save, ok?
Kiya