Detect Illusion... bug?

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Meh, I've got 195 points used in detect illusions with my M/T, but the character record sheet still says 0... WTF!?!

At level up it does display the correct amount, but seeing as I never really bothered that much with detect illusion before, I can't truly say if it works as supposed to. To my understanding it is used by hitting the search for traps button on the interface, and can result in the breaching of enemy mages illusionary spells, and can dispell illusions (such as some of those in the circus tent), however it just doesn't seem to do anything... at all!

So, my questions are:

1st. Am I correct in my understanding of how detect illusions work?

2nd. Have anyone had this happen on them, if yes, did detect illusion function as if you had the correct amount (195 in my case) or the fixed amount (of 0) in the skill?

 

I think it is a bug. It never worked for me when I played BG2.

 

It displays correctly for me, but the major problem with DI is that it has a very limited range (at 100, dont know if range increase with skill). You have to get really close, basically melee-range, to enemies for it to work. Once you're in range though I found it very reliable. Also like truesight it only dispel illusions once per round.

 

Do you have, perchance, Malovoe's orb item from BoM item pack? It sets nearly all thief skills to 0. But ofcourse, you are the creator of the mod, I didn't want to insult you sorry.

Did you try with SK? What does SK say about the rating of DI?

Yes, your assumption of using the skill is true, it should work normally if you are close to your target. If it doesn't it can be a bug.

My F/M/T's skill worked so far, it worked wonders against Improved Irenicus!

 

that was in fact the case . So, all you guys should just forget question #2, as that was stupidity on my behalf, seeing as I can't even remember what the items in my own mod does .

In that case I am glad to see that my assumption of how DI worked was correct, seeing as I'm currently doing a game reaching Silverstars poportions (though I never bother with changing the difficvulty slider either way), as I guess I'm going to need all that I have.

 

^Well, glad to be of help. And good luck in your game, I guess you will have major fun if you have the mods up to my 'proportions'! Just ask me and other guys here if you are stuck with a nasty fight, I am more than willing to help! See you!

 

@ Silverstar

I'd probably make use of that . I think it got to be a couple of years since I last completed a game using tactics (and on top of that, I've installed some other mods, like Imp. Asylum and the likes). There's only one fight that I've chosen to avoid which is, no surprise, Improved Illyich... I've beat him once, and it took me like 4 or 5 hours, and I don't really want to endure that once again .

 

^Do you also have Improved Battles, Rogues Re-balancing to make shadow thieves deadly, Ascension for ToB, Turnabout for a little balance and great RP, Oversight for Imp.Sendai? Imp. Asylum is never-ending fun! Do not go there unless you have a decent level, a friendly bit of advice.

Imp. Ilych is kinda tiring yes. I finished the first dungeon and HAD to take a break I was so tired and stressed...yet glad.

Anyway, good luck! I wanna hear about your progress in the game soon!

 

Yup, I've got all those except for Rogues Re-Balacing (to my knowledge that one doesn't alter the difficulty of the Shadow Thieves - anyhow I'm siding with them for RP reasons, so no need for that anyway ) and turnabout. I don't get the Imp. Sendai as it couldn't install the component for some reason, and I thought "what the heck... I've got all these improvements anyway" and didn't bother trying to figure out what the problem was, the rest of the components installed fine though .

Thanks for the advice. Anyway it'll fit just perfect with how I normally go around finishing the game (I always do about 90% of all subquests that I want to do before going to the Asylum ).

Thanks . Well, I didn't plan to do a thread with how it goes, as there has been tons of those already, but who knows?