Stitch666 on 16/11/2002 at 20:10
Overall I'm loving Arx dearly, but I'm running into factions issues that are ruining the game for me.
I'm about halfway through the game (I think), and I was on my way to go down into the temple in the tavern. And for some reason every time I approached the tavern two things happened to me within seconds of each other:
First off, a rat guy appears out of nowhere, throws a poisoned dagger at me, and then disappears. Fair enough.
But also, simultaneously, every denizen of the tavern turns on me.
The two don't necessarily seem to be related, as I've tried to not trigger both at the same time. And I know I've never done anything to piss off the people in the tavern. The odd thing was I had this problem slightly earlier when I was just visiting the tavern on a whim, and they got hostile on me about 50% of the time when I entered the inn, and 100% of the time when I left. So I reloaded an older game and avoided going there, because I didn't want to have to kill a bunch of citizens.
But then, finally, plot required that I return, and then they got hostile again and I killed a few. I went over and talked to a guard and, oddly enough, he wasn't hostile, so I just decided to continue on into the temple.
Well, I beat that section of the game and now the guards in Arx have turned on me as well, despite the fact that I haven't done anything. I suppose I could kill all of them and continue on with the plot, but that's ridiculous. Unless I just start offing the entire population of Arx, this game has quickly become unplayable.
Any suggestions?
Stitch
Raf on 16/11/2002 at 22:51
patch 1.15 fixes the Tavern problem.
The ratman is a normal thing, so don't worry about this one.
Regarding the Town attacking you, can you be more proecise ? have you done anything so that they attack you ?
Stitch666 on 16/11/2002 at 23:12
No, sir, I have not.
I'm not sure, but a guard may have seen me battle a tavern guy and therefore turned against me as well.
Any idea when this 1.15 patch will come out?
Oh, and in case you're one of those wacky French guys who worked on the game, let me also say that Arx Fatalis is jaw-droppingly amazing. I've been waiting for an RPG like this for years.
So thanks.
Stitch
Raf on 17/11/2002 at 11:03
Thanks for the nice words :) The patch should be out next week. the only problem is that it will fix the bug before it happens, so if you've already triggered the attack, this patch won't fix it.
Regarding the city of Arx, maybe you've picked up an item from somebody... or do you know if you are enemy with the guards of the guardpost ? (the ones next to the tavern)
Morte on 17/11/2002 at 12:42
I had the same problem in the Tavern. The first time it happened people suddenly burst through the door and attacked me. I reloaded and tried again and managed to get inside, then suddenly a woman cried "Help! Thief!" upstairs. I went to see if it was some kind of scripted sequence taking place, but realised they meant me (ridiculous, as I hadn't stolen anything at that point) as they all attacked.
Reload. Tried again. I got inside, walked over to Tizzie and bought a beer, at the same time I heard the woman cry out again. I waited for the attack. Nothing happened. I went upstairs and everyone was acting normal. 'Twas very odd.
julien_roby@arkane_studio on 17/11/2002 at 16:00
You'll find a solution to your problem here, so you don't have to wait for the patch..
Also it will only prevent the bug from happening it won't fix it if the bug already happened.
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http://forum.jowood.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8752&pagenumber=3)
(look for one of my post in the middle of the page, there is a file attached with)
Stitch666 on 18/11/2002 at 17:27
I had saved a game from before the tavern turned on me (as the event didn't sit particularly well with me) so I just applied the fix and reloaded that game. Now the tavern guys are still my homies and I've already caught up to where I left off before, so I'm satisfied.
Thanks for all the help, Arkane guys. You're providing excellent support for an excellent game.
Stitch
Oldtimer on 27/11/2002 at 02:46
A different version just happened to me. I'm pretty much just trolling for XP before I go back into the Ylside bunker, LVL 8, meteor sword, all runes, haven't done all the side quests, but I couldn't pick that many locks. I was visiting the underground sea looking for a cutscene, as I had Carlo arrested, didn't find one so I went into level 4 and came across some rebels who told me to leave, attacked me so I had to kill them. I went into the rebel compound to see what was going on and guess what, I had to kill them all. I talked to Alia. No response. I don't mind the XP, but is this a bug? Why did they attack me or should I just start killing everyone in order to level up?
julien_roby@arkane_studio on 27/11/2002 at 11:17
If doesn't leave the place when they told you that's why they've attacked you.
