Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Technical Problems Crash when using aura of command, nothing works

Hi there, I was wondering if somebody else is having this problem , I've downloaded the latest hotfix for the game, I'm using a thief, and I'm depending mostly on the scorpion trap skill, using the aura of command to make them tag along, I've entered the hatch where the lizard was transformed into a snake in Verdisite, and my scorpions where distroyed in the process , now everytime I try to use the aura of command the game crashes, and is a total disastor, cause I totally depend on that skill

Any suggestions?

Gneen and Aura of command

Sadly, his workaround worked only for a limited time. This is a wellknown bug without final solution
On reading the infos on the old board I get the impression that a corrupted scorpion (seems to your case) has started this and a high level skill in AOC. Could you reload to a savegame where your scorpions were ok? And then enter this hatch again without scorpions?

Gneen's text:
I don't have a FIX for the Aura of Command bug ... but I was able to
get my Scorpions back after getting to the Dreadlands!
1. Step one - before I left I slept ... At the time I had four scorpion pets ... of course they disappeared in the morning.

2. I then rang the bell and ended up in the dreadlands

3. I summoned a scorpion - tried to AOC it ... it failed BUT IT DID NOT crash me ...

4. I summoned another ... again AOC failed BUT DID NOT CRASH

5. The next five I summoned I was able to AOC successfully! W00t!

Previously, I had not slept before ringing the bell. When I got to the dreadlands I crashed or froze when I cast the AOC. When I slept before ringing it still behaved strangely, but I was able to get me scorpies working for me ...

Conclusion: when summoned scorpions are removed, it is not always done properly. In some cases, it leaves you in a state where you cannot even attempt a summon without a crash or freeze. However - if you SLEEP away your scorpions, you've at least got a CHANCE to get them back.

I figure as long as I keep healing them (5 level 5's) I'll be OK as long as I stay awake!

Well, 'tis not my box ... was able to go to a previously stored
game where Aura worked perfectly. Then re-did the handing in
of the Dragonheart Gem to Alrik and the selling of all the loot
just gleaned from the Imp's Castle (trying to replicate my actions
of the previous crash-wroght scenario). Naturally, I couldn't
get the Aura to fail ...
so the good news is that I've got a game to play, the bad news is
that I don't have a cause/effect relationship to report.

My conjecture is that the root cause has something to do with
changing back and forth between settings - pixels/display and
Software / DIrect Draw / Direct 3D / and Glide. Some combination
of saving in one mode and then continuing in another creates some
kind of weird anomaly in the next saved file ...

Oh well ... still getting occasional crashes, but at least my
Aura of Command works now (for a while)