"Important Side-quest Character X Appears to be busy..."

TheAmazingOopah · Post by **TheAmazingOopah** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:08 pm

Heya, I have both Shadows of Amn and Throne of Baal installed, but I still have the problem that very often, important characters are unavailable for a long time, just "because they appear to be busy", though they definitely should be open for conversation. I guess this can be defended with role playing arguments of realism, but is also very frustrating at times. Now, I looked at the Gamebanshee Baldur's Gate 2 Downloads page, and there it said that you could download the latest "official" BG2 patch, Version 23037.

(http://www.gamebanshee.com/baldursgateii/downloads.php, the top one).
I looked it up, and it appeares to take away, when installed, the "being busy" thing. I was unable to install it, however, because I already had installed Throne of Baal, which should take care of as many bugs as this patch does. But: even with ToB installed, I still have the "being busy" bother going on. What is wrong here? What should I install to unable it?

mr_sir · Post by **mr_sir** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:17 pm

Did you apply any patches before installing ToB? If so then this could be the problem and you will need to do a full reinstall of both SoA and ToB (just remember to back your saves up first)

TheAmazingOopah · Post by **TheAmazingOopah** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:35 pm

Nope, I installed SoA and ToB inmediately after that, quite recently, and I didn't install any patches in between. By the way, I have the version that is English spoken, so either the American or the English version. (just in case that that would be useful)

wise grimwald · Post by **wise grimwald** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:28 am

Whilst this will not solve your problem, it might make a workable workround for you. I have discovered that when I have this problem, if I leave the area and return, it is usually fixed.

CFM · Post by **CFM** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:47 am

I've read about the ToB "busy" bug many times on these forums.

Try uninstalling everything, and use this installation order:

1) SoA

2) ToB (this patches SoA)

3) ToB patch 26498, available here:
BioWare: BG II: Throne of Bhaal Patches

Report back on how it goes. Good Luck.

TheAmazingOopah · Post by **TheAmazingOopah** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:11 am

CFM wrote:I've read about the ToB "busy" bug many times on these forums.

Try uninstalling everything, and use this installation order:

1) SoA

2) ToB (this patches SoA)

3) ToB patch 26498, available here:
BioWare: BG II: Throne of Bhaal Patches

Report back on how it goes. Good Luck.

I did as you said, and it worked! Now everyone wants to talk to me. Gosh, I'm so popular.

This definitely makes the game go a lot smoother. Thanks for the tip, CFM

CFM · Post by **CFM** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:13 am

There are also other Baldurdash Fix downloads available too, although I have no experience with them. Do a forum search, or check out the stickied thread, for more info. Have fun, Oopah!