Body of Stone BUG

I got installed both official and Drog patches.

There is still an annoying bug in the game.

Every elemental spell with "Body of (fire/water/air/stone)" descriptor, changing sorcerer temporary into elemental, is bugged. Because when spell/fight ends, sorcerer doesn't return to his original form, but always to male human.

I got Jormund (dwarf), Raven (elf) and Z'an Alurin (elf) in team and after one use of this spell, they are permamently male humans :| What the F?

Drog patch didnt fix it (or does it?). I really wonder how to help it. I am so unhappy and cannot continue

 

Did you start a new save-game after you installed the Drog patch or continue from an older one?

 

Well

I installed 1074 patch before I started the game,

but Drog patch was the one I installed much after I played quite long in the game and loaded that save. (I am in T'sen) :| I continued older one.

 

There have been several other individuals who report problems when they use an older save-game with the patch. Any modules that alter the main game modules themselves will have this result, really.


Although you might still be able to play to the end, I do suggest you start fresh and try to get your character back up to speed and then continue your game from where you left off...otherwise, you might run into more unexpected or inexplicable bugs which might hinder your game further on.

 

But this particular bug is removed in Drog patch?

 

You'll have to find the changelog. I would assume so, as Drog has fixed a huge amount of items, but I cannot say so beyond a reasonable doubt.

 

I created elf, lvled up her with program and she reverted to elf after casting every 'Body of'
I am not sure if bug appeared only in NPCs (like Jormund or Raven) so I dont know if that proves anything :?

so... I have to delete all saves and start from the very beginning, huh?

 

I would hold off on deleting all your saves. Continue with your experiment. Take your female elf and go find some followers with the spell and get them to cast it....just to be sure.

 

This 'bug' is a problem with localized versions of the game. The original English version never had this issue, and, additionally, the UAP isn't meant to be used with foreign versions.

 

It should be possible to fix all those bugs in localized versions of Arcanum. At least our Czech version now works well. One small and one big problem I discussed with Drog here:
http://terra-arcanum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=14889

 

oww...
my version is Polish one

now I wonder what can I do?

 

Go to gog.com and just buy and download Arcanum, it's only 5$.

 

one thing:

she *looks* like male human

but, mechanically she *is* a dark elf

 

• Monster stats resetting to 8 - CHECK
• "Body of [element]" spells turning NPC into male humans - CHECK

Any other ways in which localised versions are inferior to the corresponding English one?

 

Ironically this bug allows Gar to wear more armor, as his armor selection is only limited by his model. And it makes his dream of looking like everybody else come true. Yay.
Also, Tollo sometimes (or always) appears to be a standard male human NPC who is very fond of wearing undersized armor.

There's a reason I recently bought an English version.

 

Some more off the top of my head:
- Standard enemies (those that come from protos) don't have any spells.
- The orcs in random encounters look like humans.
- The summoned ogre also looks like a human.

 

Something tells me that the halfling wizards of the Ancient Game looking like naked humans are also something exclusive to the localised versions.

 

You meant German language, did you?
You have to listen quiet soothing whisper of Polish women. In German it is impossible.

and: Polish isn't even spoken in Polish version. Text only.

 

The joke. It has been ruined.