Azuredge Problem

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Hi,

i have a real problem with Azuredge (the "pink on paper undead killer" Axe, Bernard Coronet) : i *don't* see it working at all.

Normally, should be:
"+4 damage vs undead, undead must save or be destroyed, returns to wielder's hands once thrown"
NOT USABLE BY NEUTRAL/EVIL CHARACTERS".

My first biggest deception with it was with Korgan : i was absolutely fascinated when i saw it and imagined what it could be in Korgan's hands with his +++++ Axes mastery !!... alas, Korgan is EVIL (ok), so he can't even wear it, it is red (unusable) in his inventory (ok, this is normal).. first biiiig deception so... but after all, this was normal : "NOT for evil or neutral char", so this was perfectly normal after all... this just alas changed all my possible alternate strategy i had imagined with korgan against undeads, sigh (rolleyes)..

So, i tried it on other characters :
- Valygar (NEUTRAL *good*)
- Keldorn (Lawful -full- *good*)

RE-biiiig sigh... THEY can wear it this time (ok).. but i never saw the effects *practically* ("exploding undead or such.. if missing their saving throws against it.. or something)!!

I tested hundreds times with those 2 chars alternatively, to compare once again...
THEY can wear it and use it perfectly this time, OK.. BUT THE KILLER EFFECT AGAINST UNDEADS SEEMS ABSOLUTELY AND DEFINETELY ABSENT : completely useless.

Last time i tested was on a gentle Liche (and very convenient for this) with each one : i had all the time to see the effects or not comparatively to a standard weapon.

NEVER A SINGLE "save roll" with it.. and evidently, i NEVER saw an undead "exploded" with his "special" ability against undead "if saving throw missed"...

Is this working ???

How do you use it ???

I am really a little upset with this Azuredge for now, i must say... especially when i read again in a "tactical guide" that it SHOULD work wonders against undeads and was really one of the best weapons against them, especially against liches (the main reason i tried to use it)...

i just never saw his "effects" nor ever see a single "undead XY saving throw" in the main detailed window when i use it...

Did you ever succeeded to use it against undeads like "written on paper" ????

TIA!

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nb:
I have TOB installed, last official patch and/but simply play AMN from the biginning : ?

[ February 26, 2003, 18:09: Message edited by: Taluntain ]

 

Hmmm...
just for the clarification note, i found that this was a long time classic, this completely BUGGY thing with Azuredge (i had NOT dreamed so)... incredible that they had NEVER fixed it with ToB and even the lastest ToB Official patch after all this time...

I found the old thread on this bug, so...
i Dled the "patch" and just copied the adequat corrected Azuredge *.itm in the Override directory.. i hope this will work.

A long long time classical bug so... my chance. I hope this will be at last fixed as it should be (and will work on ALL undeads -not only vampires so.. i did NOT have tested it on them yet BTW-, like it should have been from the beginnings)!! I will try it at once in my next session.

cheers!

 

I think you can download the Baldurdash fixpack to fix that bug...

 

Used this weapon during my first few goes through the game and experienced the exact same problem. After that I began thinking about the relative low cost for it and thought that was the reason it didn't work. For such a low cost item it would be vastly powerfull. O well, never even bothered with it after those few times. And since I'm running the game with my first EVER evil party, I won't be using it for a long time :>

 

Funny..at my first time playing BG 2 Azuredge worked just perfectly!!! I killed the Lich (spoiler..oh oh, sorry) within the Tavern Krooked Krane (City Gates) in a few hits after disabling his protections! But at the other times, it strangely had these problems as well..so I gave up of it! It's a mess ins't it?

 

Djizzu G'izmo ; yes, that was this patch i think.. through the Sorcerer’s Place own global fixes zip including this one (and i saw baldurdash did a separated zip too with this fix).

The one with the "modified as it should be" AX1H10.ITM file to be placed in the Override directory. Very neat, very simple.
All this coming from Kevin Dorner, once again : thx to him!!

It seems to really work NOW, although i am not sure i prefer the new simple "standard" "little tiny white" throwing axe visual look, but this is another story, and a very minor one! All the stats seem to be perfect now and like it should have been from the beginnings, with correct stats and all : great (i just wanted this)! I just use it on a Valygar Slot ONLY for undeads (after having 'wasted' one proficiency point in axes ONLY for it to have a specific tactic for undeads.. so my real annoyance before this patch too..!), but at least this is really useful NOW against undeads (they don't 'explode' everytime, but just when they miss their saving throws, what is completely normal so: perfect), thx to the natural throwing weapons Valygar skills = i use him (for now) like a backup bow specialist, behind able to switch to katana/shield or even double weapons if necessary: i love Valygar so far for his versatility: great NPC (like Kivan was for me in the first BG1, in even stronger than Kivan in many points)! (thx to the Valygar NPC designer too, so).

 

I dont get it.. Where can I find this fix for ToB?
Since I had the SoA fix on SoA, and It worked like a Miracle!

And now on ToB, it's back to that same old sh** which doesn't destroy undead

So any links whatsoever clues how to fix this would be welcome, thanks

 

Baldurdash bugfixes (BG1, SoA, ToB) can be found from address www.baldurdash.org

 

Thank you very much