Wintermute on 23/8/2005 at 17:20
I get really sick of intro movies on games, so I'm always hitting escape before the darned thing shows. Anyway, I hit ecsape JUST as the initial opening sequence started. When the screen changed from black to the play screen, I found myself laying dead (or so I thought) on the floor a level beneath where you start (I was laying under the bridge that takes you to where you go with the gem dealer papers). After a about 15 seconds of wiggling the mouse around to see if anything would happen, my character stood up and let me walk around. Only thing is no NPC's interacts with me, at all. Not even if attacked. Not sure yet if this is a good or bad thing. Will save this game as a tester and see what happens when I get further into it. I'm running the PC Arx, v.1.17. Don't know if anyone else has had this happen.
Wintermute on 23/8/2005 at 18:11
The game doesn't seem to like it if you take the persons head off just as a cut scene is starting... Just sort of sits there, and hangs before crashing.
Still using v.1.17
Stingm on 24/8/2005 at 23:06
Never happened to me. But the lesson is do not hit esc before the movie is over..lol Might be fun to play around with though.
Sting
Stingm on 24/8/2005 at 23:07
We will just call you bug finder..lol You try things no one else would try.
Sting
Wintermute on 25/8/2005 at 04:54
I play games once normally, then go back through them and think, "Hmmm, how can I screw this up..?" :D
Wintermute on 25/8/2005 at 09:01
Arx PC v1.17
This one was found by accident, and NOT caused by anything I did (at least I don't think so as yet).
Decided it was time I went back to Arx. So I started having a search around in the castle, and upon entering the throne room, noticed there was a single guard still alive. I started thinking this was strange considering everyone had already succumb to my earlier killing spree. So I ventured towards him, and tried talking. Nothing happened. Next I tried stealing his items, didn't have anything. Then I noticed I could just click on him, and his inventory would show, but he still had nothing in there. So I thought, "Well, what good are you to me then?" and subsequently started attacking him. Well, after about 20 minutes of constant attack from swords, axes, arrows, and magic, he hasn't snuffed it yet, and he's still standing there.
I have never seen the cutscene for the throne room (if there is one). So, if anyone knows, would you would be let me know whether the cutscenes are pre-recorded, or if they run off scripted events upon a trigger. If they do run off scripts, this MAY explain what this one guard is doing here. It might be possible that he has been called by a scripted trigger, but since the king has long been a corpse (look by the guards' feet), he may not have any more commands to call, therefore leaving him a lifeless actor. This does not explain, however, his inability to be killed. I'm going to keep working on this one, as I'm not sure exactly what has happened here.
(P.S. This was NOT played with my bugged game.)
Well, here are some screenshots (not that they help much, but hey...);
(
Http://members.iinet.net.au/~greystroke/Arx/Capture_08252005_154659.JPG) Getting a face full of fire arrows
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Http://members.iinet.net.au/~greystroke/Arx/Capture_08252005_155013.JPG) Poisoned him and he's still not responding
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Http://members.iinet.net.au/~greystroke/Arx/Capture_08252005_155040.JPG) Having a go at him with a sword
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Http://members.iinet.net.au/~greystroke/Arx/Capture_08252005_154701.JPG) Just a far shot of the scene
Wintermute on 25/8/2005 at 09:10
Arx PC v.1.17
Another one that I don't know the cause to.
Here's one for all the packrats out there. Don't know how I did this one. Some of this isn't even meant to be stackable let alone have that many of them....
Still looking into this one.
(Normal game, not my bugged one)
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Http://members.iinet.net.au/~greystroke/Arx/oddinv.jpg) Umm, that's not right....
Wintermute on 25/8/2005 at 10:58
Arx PC v.1.19
Taking damage from falling while a cutscene is starting causes the gameplay to freeze (I say gameplay because everything else keeps happening, you just get stuck with the fake 16:9 screen, and can't move). This one seems to happen randomly.
Solution, don't jump off a high ledge if you know there is cutscene trigger where you are going to land.
Stingm on 25/8/2005 at 16:05
I may try that, it sounds fun. I guess I will wait for your next bug....oops you already found some. :O)
Sting
Stingm on 25/8/2005 at 16:11
Good find. I think there is atleast one cutscene in the throne room when you bring evidence to the king about the murder of the queen. There may be others, but I do not remember. As for the prescripting, I am not sure either. Perhaps one of the resident experts can illuminate us.
Sting
