I just completed the Giovanni mansion mission and, following the fight against the Changs and the cut scene with my character taking the sarcophogus I was transported to the Ventrue tower. I tried to report back to the Prince, but the dialogue I got was the dialogue following the museum mission, with Lacroix being furious because the sarcophogus was "Stolen!", and then asking me to find Gary in Hollywood, which I have already done, of course.
My journal is also "updated" telling me to find Gary.
I have the official 1.2 patch and the unnofficial 2.1 patch installed.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Game-breaking bug following Giovanni Mansion
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electroshock
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I believe they had a bug in the 2.1 patch, just download the 2.1a copy it over everything and you should be good to go.
Might try from a save before the fight just incase, thou it may be fine starting in the V tower.
Might try from a save before the fight just incase, thou it may be fine starting in the V tower.
Trust me, most of the names I have been called you can't translate in any language...they're not even real words as much as a succession of violent images.
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electroshock
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I can try to post in the patch creation thread, maybe try patch 1.8 as if that doesnt work it could be a problem in the save 
I am not that far in my patch 2.1a testing play thru currently just about to do the warehouse, I may can get to that point by late Wednesday or Thursday.
I if it is stuck I will try to make a quick fix.
I am not that far in my patch 2.1a testing play thru currently just about to do the warehouse, I may can get to that point by late Wednesday or Thursday.
I if it is stuck I will try to make a quick fix.
Trust me, most of the names I have been called you can't translate in any language...they're not even real words as much as a succession of violent images.
I am noticing more broken quest myself, i.e. helping Ash in the sewers as an example is broken for me, wont complete.
If you guys can give me the exact lines where the dialogue breaks, I will try to just look at the .dlg file of LaCriox to see if I can fix it without experencing it.
So are you returning to the Ventrue Tower and it is the very first dialogue when you speak to LaCroix?
Is Becket there, can you speak to him first, does he recognise you brought it back?
I can post the offical thread here and if a Mod wants/needs to delete, np with me, just trying to help out.
You will have to regester to post
http://www.forumplanet.com/planetvampir ... 49886&p=26
I really dislike gamespy, besides all the trolls you have to keep editing your post, even in Tech support.
I have edited my last post like 16 times adding to the list of problems, cause no one else is posting.
If I were you I would try emailing the author, Wesp5 he is listed on that last page 26, I linked.
If you guys can give me the exact lines where the dialogue breaks, I will try to just look at the .dlg file of LaCriox to see if I can fix it without experencing it.
So are you returning to the Ventrue Tower and it is the very first dialogue when you speak to LaCroix?
Is Becket there, can you speak to him first, does he recognise you brought it back?
I can post the offical thread here and if a Mod wants/needs to delete, np with me, just trying to help out.
You will have to regester to post
http://www.forumplanet.com/planetvampir ... 49886&p=26
I really dislike gamespy, besides all the trolls you have to keep editing your post, even in Tech support.
I have edited my last post like 16 times adding to the list of problems, cause no one else is posting.
If I were you I would try emailing the author, Wesp5 he is listed on that last page 26, I linked.
Trust me, most of the names I have been called you can't translate in any language...they're not even real words as much as a succession of violent images.
Okay, it's exactly as the original post says.
You finish fighting the brothers, Watch the movie where you load the truck and drive off. Game loads.... You're at the Prince's (having not played through the game before i'm not sure if you're supposed to be there or not... also, for me.. each time i try this i find that i'm spun kinda funny and staring at the ceiling when i come in but that may be nothing.) It's just him by the window and the sheriff by the desk. When you walk over to speak with him, it's the dialogue following the museum quest.( "Stolen!..") (I did not stick around long enough to see how it affected my journal unlike the OP). So in other words, after the truck movie, it loads you back to your return to the Prince after the museum to find Gary.
I'm going to try to copy my saves and reinstall the game and see if that helps. I'll report back with my results..
You finish fighting the brothers, Watch the movie where you load the truck and drive off. Game loads.... You're at the Prince's (having not played through the game before i'm not sure if you're supposed to be there or not... also, for me.. each time i try this i find that i'm spun kinda funny and staring at the ceiling when i come in but that may be nothing.) It's just him by the window and the sheriff by the desk. When you walk over to speak with him, it's the dialogue following the museum quest.( "Stolen!..") (I did not stick around long enough to see how it affected my journal unlike the OP). So in other words, after the truck movie, it loads you back to your return to the Prince after the museum to find Gary.
I'm going to try to copy my saves and reinstall the game and see if that helps. I'll report back with my results..
Hah! Okay..
reinstalled game, applied the one official patch, started from the two brothers fight.
Insted of telling me I am fighting the Blade Brother and Claw Brother, the two bars say "Ming Xiao" and "None." I feel like maybe some new wacky bug will mean some new wacky ending and go for it anyway.
Truck movie, arrive at the Prince's.. staring at the ceiling... but look, now the Prince is in front of his desk instead of at the window. I have hopes ut no, same wrong dialogue....
I'm going to try from a further back save but i jiust wanted to report this new oddness....
reinstalled game, applied the one official patch, started from the two brothers fight.
Insted of telling me I am fighting the Blade Brother and Claw Brother, the two bars say "Ming Xiao" and "None." I feel like maybe some new wacky bug will mean some new wacky ending and go for it anyway.
Truck movie, arrive at the Prince's.. staring at the ceiling... but look, now the Prince is in front of his desk instead of at the window. I have hopes ut no, same wrong dialogue....
I'm going to try from a further back save but i jiust wanted to report this new oddness....
Ahh bummer that tells me it is the Save that is corupted by the Unoffical patch, thou not positive,
Since the whole scene (him by the window) not spose to be like that after the fight in the Mansion, if I recall also Becket is spose to be there.
So something in the Save is causing the scene to revert.
The only tempory fix would be to cause that scene of him by the window to skip (not exist) and linking the correct scene.
I may be possible, certianly wont be a pretty hack, but at least people should be able to complet there game.
Ok just checked and the correct story state is 60 and Becket should be there, the story state for the Prince by the window is 30, so would have to remove this funtion to prevent it from finding this.
Well wont be able to test it till actully get there.
Maybe useful if everyone that gets stuck here post the Clan they are playing, I notice sometimes there are breaks for only some Clans.
Since the whole scene (him by the window) not spose to be like that after the fight in the Mansion, if I recall also Becket is spose to be there.
So something in the Save is causing the scene to revert.
The only tempory fix would be to cause that scene of him by the window to skip (not exist) and linking the correct scene.
I may be possible, certianly wont be a pretty hack, but at least people should be able to complet there game.
Ok just checked and the correct story state is 60 and Becket should be there, the story state for the Prince by the window is 30, so would have to remove this funtion to prevent it from finding this.
Well wont be able to test it till actully get there.
Maybe useful if everyone that gets stuck here post the Clan they are playing, I notice sometimes there are breaks for only some Clans.
Trust me, most of the names I have been called you can't translate in any language...they're not even real words as much as a succession of violent images.
Okay kiddos. I went back to a save from not too far before the Giovanni Mansion and everything went fine from there. I have a memory like a sieve so i don't know... but maybe i didn't use the latest patch until after that save... I tried starting directly from inside the mansion (didn't get the odd new bugs in my last post, but got the same old one) so it's either from when you patched the game, or something that happens when you first enter the Mansion grounds map....
anyone still having problems should try those two possibilities because i'm no longer able to guinea pig here. ^_^
(For the record, in case it does matter with the bug, my character is toreador... and i'm damn tired of watching that truck movie because my trenchcoat keeps flipping up in it and you know what? My bottom? Not as attractive as i'd like... No actually i think it's just the way she walks, it's probably a perfectly fine bottom...)
anyone still having problems should try those two possibilities because i'm no longer able to guinea pig here. ^_^
(For the record, in case it does matter with the bug, my character is toreador... and i'm damn tired of watching that truck movie because my trenchcoat keeps flipping up in it and you know what? My bottom? Not as attractive as i'd like... No actually i think it's just the way she walks, it's probably a perfectly fine bottom...)