Xarn's Claw (New Bug?)
[font size=1" color="#FF0000]LAST EDITED ON Mar-08-01 AT 02:31PM (GMT)[p]I believe I've discovered a new interesting bug! On each time I start over the game (this is the fifth time around for me) I seem to discover a new bug.
But this was just too interesting to leave unreported. I haven't seen any mention of such a bug here before, so I may be the first one to find it? It's about Navarro, and the deathclaw downstairs. Here's EXACTLY what happened.
I go in through the tunnel from the gas station. I attack and slaughter almost everyone in the underground area of the base, but I don't go into the deathclaw's room. I take the passkey from the doctor's office (and kill him too). I then go into the deathclaw's room, and when I approach, he opens conversation, and wants to join me in order to kick some ass. I agree, and get some experience. But I don't really want him with me, so I use the passkey on the door below and open it for him. He thanks me and starts walking down the corridoor. More exp for me, yay.
So here's the interesting part. The screen goes blank and the deathclaw has disappeared. Then I see one more guard near the lift that's behind the wall of the deathclaw's room. I run up to her and fry her with my Pulse Rifle. Once the animation ends - get this - the deathclaw appears right into that very spot! He won't talk to me and he won't follow me, and I can't push him to move. But he's there. Nice, eh? Well this isn't the good part, oh no. I disregard him, since I couldn't get a screenshot to prove what happened. Instead, I go to the lift at the top of the base, and go up. As soon as I get up, I go into combat mode but no one attacks. And the deathclaw is with me again! I can't move him, and he's blocking the only way out of the damn hut. I coldly fry him. And guess what happens next... His CLAW drops to the ground! I have several screenshots and a savegame of this to prove it, too. I'm playing a totally unaltered 1.02 version of the game - NO mods or whatsoever were used. I fry him, and since he doesn't leave a corpse, all of his items drop to the ground - in this case, his claw. Now that's something I haven't seen happen! It doesn't have a graphic, it's represented as a purple box with the words "Dclaw Melee Weap2" inside it. I can even equip myself with it I don't know if this is old news, but if you want to see it to believe it, check out the links below for a zip with two screenshots of it and a savegameslot that was made just before going up the elevator. I have tried the savegame to replicate this situation, and I succeeded. Simply go up the elevator, and you should enter combat. The deathclaw should appear in front of you. Just fry him up and the claw should drop. If it doesn't, reload and try again. If you interact with the deathclaw while you're
downstairs, it doesn't seem to work. If you don't, then he should appear IN FRONT OF YOU when you go up through the elevator. Oh, a tip for you, if you want to save some time: In order to fry him in one turn, go for the eyes and then fire a normal shot, that usually electricutes the deathclaw. If you're lucky, no-one else will want to attack you either. If you can't do him in one turn, he'll fight back. Note, though, that whether you use 1 turn or 10 turns on frying him, it doesn't affect the fact that once properly fried, he WILL drop the claw.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~saboteur/f2clawshots.zip (two screenshots included)
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~saboteur/F2clawsave.exe (it will replace your slot 5)
Comments, anyone? Has this been done before or was I in fact the first one to discover it?
EDIT:
The savegame zip I provided was incomplete. I used winace to get it right this time (it's a self-extracting exe, so just run it - you won't need the proggie).
- saboteur
... saboteur@softhome.net
... http://saboteurmusic.cjb.net
[font size=1" color="#FF0000]LAST EDITED ON Mar-08-01 AT 02:31PM (GMT)[p]I believe I've discovered a new interesting bug! On each time I start over the game (this is the fifth time around for me) I seem to discover a new bug.
But this was just too interesting to leave unreported. I haven't seen any mention of such a bug here before, so I may be the first one to find it? It's about Navarro, and the deathclaw downstairs. Here's EXACTLY what happened.I go in through the tunnel from the gas station. I attack and slaughter almost everyone in the underground area of the base, but I don't go into the deathclaw's room. I take the passkey from the doctor's office (and kill him too). I then go into the deathclaw's room, and when I approach, he opens conversation, and wants to join me in order to kick some ass. I agree, and get some experience. But I don't really want him with me, so I use the passkey on the door below and open it for him. He thanks me and starts walking down the corridoor. More exp for me, yay.
So here's the interesting part. The screen goes blank and the deathclaw has disappeared. Then I see one more guard near the lift that's behind the wall of the deathclaw's room. I run up to her and fry her with my Pulse Rifle. Once the animation ends - get this - the deathclaw appears right into that very spot! He won't talk to me and he won't follow me, and I can't push him to move. But he's there. Nice, eh? Well this isn't the good part, oh no. I disregard him, since I couldn't get a screenshot to prove what happened. Instead, I go to the lift at the top of the base, and go up. As soon as I get up, I go into combat mode but no one attacks. And the deathclaw is with me again! I can't move him, and he's blocking the only way out of the damn hut. I coldly fry him. And guess what happens next... His CLAW drops to the ground! I have several screenshots and a savegame of this to prove it, too. I'm playing a totally unaltered 1.02 version of the game - NO mods or whatsoever were used. I fry him, and since he doesn't leave a corpse, all of his items drop to the ground - in this case, his claw. Now that's something I haven't seen happen! It doesn't have a graphic, it's represented as a purple box with the words "Dclaw Melee Weap2" inside it. I can even equip myself with it
I don't know if this is old news, but if you want to see it to believe it, check out the links below for a zip with two screenshots of it and a savegameslot that was made just before going up the elevator. I have tried the savegame to replicate this situation, and I succeeded. Simply go up the elevator, and you should enter combat. The deathclaw should appear in front of you. Just fry him up and the claw should drop. If it doesn't, reload and try again. If you interact with the deathclaw while you're downstairs, it doesn't seem to work. If you don't, then he should appear IN FRONT OF YOU when you go up through the elevator. Oh, a tip for you, if you want to save some time: In order to fry him in one turn, go for the eyes and then fire a normal shot, that usually electricutes the deathclaw. If you're lucky, no-one else will want to attack you either. If you can't do him in one turn, he'll fight back. Note, though, that whether you use 1 turn or 10 turns on frying him, it doesn't affect the fact that once properly fried, he WILL drop the claw.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~saboteur/f2clawshots.zip (two screenshots included)
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~saboteur/F2clawsave.exe (it will replace your slot 5)
Comments, anyone? Has this been done before or was I in fact the first one to discover it?
EDIT:
The savegame zip I provided was incomplete. I used winace to get it right this time (it's a self-extracting exe, so just run it - you won't need the proggie).
- saboteur
... saboteur@softhome.net
... http://saboteurmusic.cjb.net
