Neverwinter Nights 2 & Gothic 3

tycho102 · 11-09-06, 01:50 PM

The AI is extremely problematic. There is some kind of communicable bug that will infect various AI's, and not just your followers. The scientific name for it is "Hey, stupid! Just stand around here and do nothing while the rest of the party is on the other side of the map, waist deep in the dead and loot."

Happens with plot-critical NPC's, too. For whatever reason, they just get stuck and absolutely refuse to budge, and you cannot select or frikkin' move them yourself with a couple fireballs up the keister. Save your game all the time. Every single "room" change, save a new slot. You may have 500 saves by the time you finish the game, but when that AI bug crops up (I'm up to 107), you won't have to reload that far back.

I guess there's three patches out for it, but Atari hasn't made them available for download yet. Atari pushed this one out the door like Lucasarts did with Knights of the Old Republic 2, just in the opposite direction. Kotor-2's storyline was utterly broke, but the AI was ok; NWN2's story seems to be "complete" thus far, but the AI is utterly broke.

So what I'm saying here is, when you become frustrated with a bug, everyone else is right there with you.

11-09-06, 01:50 PM	#8
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The AI is extremely problematic. There is some kind of communicable bug that will infect various AI's, and not just your followers. The scientific name for it is "Hey, stupid! Just stand around here and do nothing while the rest of the party is on the other side of the map, waist deep in the dead and loot." Happens with plot-critical NPC's, too. For whatever reason, they just get stuck and absolutely refuse to budge, and you cannot select or frikkin' move them yourself with a couple fireballs up the keister. Save your game all the time. Every single "room" change, save a new slot. You may have 500 saves by the time you finish the game, but when that AI bug crops up (I'm up to 107), you won't have to reload that far back. I guess there's three patches out for it, but Atari hasn't made them available for download yet. Atari pushed this one out the door like Lucasarts did with Knights of the Old Republic 2, just in the opposite direction. Kotor-2's storyline was utterly broke, but the AI was ok; NWN2's story seems to be "complete" thus far, but the AI is utterly broke. So what I'm saying here is, when you become frustrated with a bug, everyone else is right there with you. __________________ My little Silent Hunter 4 repository