Bug: Dismissed Party Member Disappears Forever

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Akhenaset
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Bug: Dismissed Party Member Disappears Forever

Unread postby Akhenaset » 15 Sep 2020, 14:43

This is the first time I have encountered this bug. I used the Choose Party tool to create a party of five characters in Might and Magic 8, installing Greyface's 2.4.1 patch and MMExtension. When I had to temporarily dismiss one of my characters to hire Frederick Talimere, the character disappeared completely, not appearing at the inn. I have tried replicating the bug and discovered that it happens only to the character that has been added to the party the last during party creation. If I dismiss character two or three or four, he or she appears at the inn, but the one created last disappears still if dismissed. (Update: The bug only occurs if I have four or five characters in my initial party.) I have also noticed that the hirelings at the inn change depending on how many characters I have in my initial party — something I think that I have never seen before. Not sure if this is somehow connected to the bug.

I loaded my old save from a year ago, tried to replicate the bug — and failed. The characters could be dismissed and rehired with no problem.
I am sure that this problem is somehow caused by the Choose Party tool, but I do not know how to bypass it. I have tried creating a party and then deleting the mod; tried using Grayface's patch and not using it after creating the party... nothing helps.

Any advice?

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Re: Bug: Dismissed Party Member Disappears Forever

Unread postby cthscr » 19 Sep 2020, 18:17

AFAIK early version of 'Choose Party.lua' hadn't set Hired bits for characters (Party.QBits started from 400, for 4th and 5th created party members they should be 447 and 448).

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Re: Bug: Dismissed Party Member Disappears Forever

Unread postby Akhenaset » 23 Sep 2020, 13:49

cthscr wrote:AFAIK early version of 'Choose Party.lua' hadn't set Hired bits for characters (Party.QBits started from 400, for 4th and 5th created party members they should be 447 and 448).
I have tinkered with the .lua file and managed to fix the bug: everything works as it should now. Thank you for the advice!


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