No hope
 

Thanks for the info.

I started a new game when the moment it was released on Steam (26 Oct 2012) and have been playing steadily since then. The game was patched at some stage, but I never started a new game since I was already half way in.

Does this mean I should uninstall, and throw it away? (and never buy another King's bounty game again, to be sure)
I'm certainly not going to replay 93 hours of gameplay just to get past this game halting bug. I am very disappointed that a workaround (or save game editor) is not available to get past this monumental blunder.

Does anyone know of the console commands to delete items or not?
I'm hoping that advancing Plundered Stylist quest, will trigger the quest engine allowing me to continue with the main quest 'heir to the throne' as well.

Armored Princess / Crossworlds was a much better release for sure.

Game halting bug? There weren't that many game halting bugs in Warriors of the North. Mostly optional quests. Plundered Stylist is not one of the primary quests.

Although I'll admit, they really should have quality controlled the quest bugs far more carefully before release.

You don't need to do every quest to win the game. I've already beaten the game 2 times... on my 3rd time now.

That said, there are work arounds for both bugged quests you listed. I don't remember them right now but the stylist fails due to not having enough of the missing loot items. Strange, since most people bug out at 2/5, not 4/5. 4/5 would imply you forgot to find the last one in the cache in the tree.

I'm pretty sure the item is not a cloth pack.

The heir to the throne one, someone found the odin banner item name and you can just add that in there.

And finally, both of those quests are optional and not necessary to continue the game.

Sorted!
 

ah, Fantastic!
Thanks ckdamascus - you're right, the main quest line is advanced elsewhere.

In the mean time I searched for the console command to add odin's flag 'item addon2_quest_odin_banner' - which immediately triggers the quest and allows completion.

You could be right about the final piece 4/5 not being discovered, I'll head back there are scour every blade of grass on the island to make sure...

wow, you have a titan's patience. The last time I replayed any game more than 3 times was with Heroes of Might and Magic 2! :j

Yeah but the bug with 4/5 is that while the quest says you found 4/5, you only got "2" of the stupid ornaments since when you killed the robbers and it "said" you found items, you didn't actually get the item. Check your inventory for what looks like a little treasure chest. If you have the bug, you will only have 2 of them. The fix is to use the console to get the other 3 (when you do find them).

The last chest is usually in "a cache in the tree" somewhat nearby where you fought Loki.

So it would update the quest log, but not update your inventory.

The way the game works, all the items are predetermined (except for battle treasure chests) at the start of a new game. So the "fix" was to make it so the robbers would 'drop' the items as loot.

Sadly, this meant you had to restart if you wanted it to drop. :( However, I'm SURE there is an item code for it that people found in here. I'll try to find it for you as well.

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well looks like I'm a monkey's uncle. It is the "cloth_pack".

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...ight=plundered

It might be possible that you never found the 5th one so that is why it isn't triggering as complete? That shouldn't be the case though hmmmmm.... :(

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They fixed an exploit with the Metamorphic Axel. :) With +1 Speed mode, it used to apply this bonus when a demon was hit and "counter reacted". Giving him QUITE an advantage. Normally he can only re-attack whoever is adjacent. It used to let me move +1 more. :)

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Is this a bug? When an Archdemon "halves" an enemy AND scores a berserker strike, I sort of wanted to see him INSTANTLY kill the stack (since 2 times 1/2 = 1 haha), but it just halves it. Shouldn't I do like at least kill 3/4 of the stack? :) Come on, throw me a bone here! :)

I want to continue to dance around this w/out giving spoilers. When I was assigned the quest, the bottom section simply said "Reward:" and nothing further. I thought, that's odd, where's the missing Reward text. As that's a multi-part quest, w/ a twist, they'd be better off just removing the "Reward:" part completely.

Not exactly a bug per se, but I think my suggestion improves that screen.

Pundered Stylist, what are you doing!?, STAHP!!
 

ckdamascus, you've guessed correctly again - After discovering the 'final' item in the closest tree cache, my quest log now shows 5/5, and the next step actually tells me to bring the goods to Ratmir, but, again, there is no conversation option to finish the quest. *Arrrrghh*! :confused:

Even trying the 'item cloth_pack' again, in hope of retriggering the quest has no effect. I guess the only other option now would be to delete and re-add the cloth packs, but no one seems to know the syntax of the required delete command.

You shouldn't need to delete, unless you went overkill and made > 5 and it only checks for 5.

I hope you have an old saved game. :(

Interesting that you mention it checks for 'cloth_pack == 5' and not 'cloth_pack >= 5'.
Does this appear anywhere in a script? - Is it possible to override this with a mod like some of the other mods (lua scripts)?

Looks like everyone is also running into the Black Unicorn bug. Any advice on this one? (The horn simply doesn't appear in your inventory)

Regarding that, it makes sense that is the case. Just thinking like a programmer. :) It checks for both inventory and quest flags before triggering completion and there is "no way" you could ever get > 5. (rolls eyes). I don't know enough about modding. If you are super unlucky, it is embedded in the .exe file so nothing we do can make it work.

Roll back to an older saved game before you used cheat codes (this is why I always save before I use cheat codes, level up, dialogue with any major event, use runes at all, buy items, buy units etc). :) I think you guys would be in horror to see how many saved games I have per "run". :)

Or, just live without it. I beat the game without it before. Isn't the end of the world. ;0

It is also a bug with the initial patch release. It works fine in build 6246/X (start game build / current build).

However, you are on initial release, so it is bugged. I dont' remember the code for the horn but it might be in the items.txt file if you decompress one of the files (I forgot which one).

fatt shade is really good at that, so maybe hunt for his posts.

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also there is a save game editor, but i never used it before, have no idea if it works (please make a backup before using it on your saved game files). that might be able to explicitly delete items

Thanks again for the support and suggestions.

I've just skipped the rotten quests and went straight for end-game.
Unless they test properly next time I can't say that I'll be buying another sequel in this genre.
But, to be fair, they added a lot of content to this expansion - a long game, and definitely worth the price tag.