sad my issue cant be fixed with a simple savegame tweak...
however, will say that Larian Studios continues to impress...
in only a few hours i receieved a response from no less than 3 Larian staff!
1. Forum post reply (Alf)
2. private Forum message (David)
3. personal email (Farhang)
Thanks again to Larian Studios for the GREAT game and phenomenol support
Looking forward to the patch!