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Murdaugh Not Giving The Quest

Discussion in 'Icewind Dale (Classic)' started by FightCat, Jul 10, 2011.

  1. FightCat Gems: 2/31
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    Hello

    I got Icewind Dale Complete from GOG.com patched with Gibberlings Three's Icewind Dale Fixpack.

    No matter what I tried I couldn't get Murdaugh in Lonelywood's Whistling Gallow Inn to give me the quest of Ice Rose.

    I even tried the cheat of resetting the dialogue somebody over at Gamebanshee forums claimed as follows:

    When I type the cheat code I get a reply saying "Nice try cheater", nothing else.

    Anybody knows how I can get through this ? I just don't want to miss that huge amount of experience before progressing any further.

    Thanks in advance.

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    Uh, it's me again.

    Not long after posting this, I found out a workaround via some tool myself. Here is the solution for future reference:

    - I had cheats enabled via Cheats=1 in my icewind.ini before I had done this. I don't know if it's a necessity but here are the terms anyway.
    - I got Variable Checker from over here and extracted to some random folder. You need Java Runtime to be installed prior to using the tool. (head over to java.com in case you have not already)
    - Run varcheck.jar by double-clicking it. Should your .jar files be associated with other programs such as, in my case, Ovi Suite (Nokia mobiles software), you have to shift-right click to get the "open with..." context menu. Then you should choose/browse to choose Java Platform SE binary etc.
    - You may encounter some error dialog box, ignore.
    - Browse to the save folder you would like edited. Remember, it's not the mpsave folder, rather the very own folder of the specific save file.
    - After your file is loaded, click the topmost dropdown box labeled Global Variable and scroll to choose KNOW_MURDAUGH (1) (it's "1" since you should already have met him so that you are having this issue).
    - With KNOW_MURDAUGH selected, write 0 instead of that 1 next to the variable. Click Upd... and click Save File... down there. You're done.

    Hope it helps.

    P.S. Thanks so much to the author of the tool.
     
  2. Morgoth

    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    That's a long list of steps. Are you sure you modified the correct icewind.ini file? If you're using Vista or Windows 7, the correct file to edit is stored in the Compability files folder.

    Edit:
    More likely: "nice try cheater" refers to you trying to set a non-existent global variable, try: SetGlobal("KNOW_MURDAUGH", "GLOBAL", 0) instead ;)
     
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    For your convenience, I may have to reiterate that I have solved the issue through another method I've discovered which I've explained above as an additional post to the opening one.

    Thanks for trying to be helpful though. :bow:
     
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    8people 8 is just another way of looking at infinite ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    [​IMG] You realise you need the console prefix for the cheats to work, right?

    It's CHEATERSDOPROSPER: with patched IWD and GETYOURCHEATON: with HoW installed.

    In case you encounter further issues within the game. It's generally preferable for an internal alteration to be made than an external application to be used, for the simple sake of stability.
     
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