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Can not loot dead bodies

Discussion in 'The Temple of Elemental Evil' started by 13thPaladin, Dec 20, 2004.

  1. 13thPaladin Gems: 1/31
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    [​IMG] can anyone help me out here?

    I just recently got the game, and have put both patches on. After I fight some baddies (moathouse) I try and see if they had anythign worth taking and I get nothing.

    Are you suppose to be able to loot bodies after a fight?

    13thPaladin
     
    13thPaladin, Dec 20, 2004
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  2. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    This is a bug with the game and Windows XP SP2... you do have that, right?
     
    Taluntain, Dec 20, 2004
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    NO, NO, and HELL NO!!

    Computer geek here and I know the havoc sp2 has done.

    I do have teh OFFICAL TOEE patches 1 and 2 on.

    Oh and I got the Co8 patch, and it works.

    Infact I went back to those I have killed earlier and found their loot where their bodies were.

    Would love to hear about that 3rd patch from Atari.
     
    13thPaladin, Dec 21, 2004
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    Alright,

    So to Tal, or anyone else who might have some advice: How can you loot bodies with SP2 installed? Or is there no hope and the game is hopelessly broken?

    Thanks

    EDIT:

    Apparently a solution can be found on the co8.org boards (though I haven't tried it). I'd give the link but I am not sure if it would be rude.
     
    Philonious, Dec 21, 2004
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    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Co8 is one of our hosted sites, so definitely feel free to post away. :D
     
    Taluntain, Dec 22, 2004
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    I found my own workaround for XP SP2 bug. It's a pain, but it's gotten me the goodies I need.

    After combat, move your characters a reasonable distance from the corpse with the loot (within your character's melee-move distance). Select the single character you want to picku p the stuff - someone with a melee weapon, not a ranged weapon. Press "C" to turn on combat mode, left-click on the corpse, and that character will start walking towards the body. WHILE THEY ARE WALKING, left-click on the corpse again. Looting dialog appears.

    Works for me with official Atari patch 2, XP SP2 RTM fully MS patched.

    And what's this XP SP2 'havoc'? All it breaks is badly-written code. (disclaimer - I just applied for a job at MS)
     
    syrynxx, Dec 23, 2004
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    I also have XP SP2 and the same problem. With the above solution I can now loot the stiffs, but my sleight of hand still doesn't work. Even when it says "successfully picked", nothing happens. Is it also because of SP2?
    Does anyone know a solution to this? The same strategy of going into combat doesn't seem to work.
     
    yadavab, Dec 29, 2004
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    Taluntain, Dec 29, 2004
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    I have the same problem, I solved it by taking the hard way out (sleeping untill the body is decayed and the items appear on the ground)
     
    Bahir the Red, Jan 6, 2005
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    I had that problem too and it got fixed after I downloaded patch 3. What are the new bugs that that patch has? So far I haven't encountered any. Good idea about waiting for the bodies to decay.
     
    Scot, Jan 11, 2005
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