Balors Gem

[Fullmonte]

After spending two days fighting and dying, I finally defeated the Balor Guardian with every summon monster I had, cone of cold scrolls (I had 10), a web spell and finally a slay living scroll. After all that (and a victory dance), the game wont let me pick up the gem. Ive tried with every member of my party. This hasnt happened throughout the whole game so far. I have the 1.0 patch and the Co8 patch. What do I need to do? Help! Thanks in advance

Also, now my party members are doing this strange thing where they lift their arms above their heads like they're big time wrestlers....what is that?

[Lord Plothos]

Well, that's just weird. For starters, co8 is coded for patch 2, so if all you have is 1, I'd expect there to be all sorts of weird issues creeping up. In fact, I'm surprised you got through the fire node okay. Anyway, the pickup problem sounds like the looting bug, but if you haven't had that problem before, maybe not. Here's a couple of things you can try.

1. Enter combat with "c" and try to pick up the gem that way.
2. Reload from an older save file (file may have been corrupted).
3. Copy your saved games to a safe place and uninstall/reinstall with patch 2, then co8, then temple.zip. Then put your saved files back and see if they work.

[Fullmonte]

I think I meant patch 2.0. I tried going in and moving my temple.zip patch that I read about in another thread and that didnt work. Maybe Ill just have to reload and refight the battle and hope it works this time. Ive never had the looting bug so far in the game so its kind of a bummer when it happens right after the toughest battle of the game.

[Fullmonte]

I went back and tried the "c" manuever and it worked! Thank You

[Lord Plothos]

Awesome! Good work slaying the Balor! Enjoy the ending.