Freeze when asking Merchant in Zendar (.703)

[bloodien0se]

Playing as a court lady in the newest version, the game stays at showing my character asking when I ask the merchant in Zendar what caravans buy and sell. Anyone care to see if it's just my system or not?

 

[Handel]

This happens in all the towns when you save amd load the game and then talk to anyone. After loading the game just leave the town and then enter it again.

 

[Mr_PeaCH]

Happens to me too. Have started a new character (v0.703) and twice when I went to talk with the Zendar merchant the game froze. First time I thought it might just have been me but twice in a row in the same place I thought I'd report it. Then I see someone else has.

Specifically, I pressed F to initiate a conversation and then clicked to ask about what they buy and sell (dunno why I can't remember) and after that it all goes blank except for the query about caravans. If i click anywhere it does nothing, I can't ESC out, but my character goes through his 'idle' animations.

Handel, I can't decide what you're saying? I have to leave town and re-enter it to talk with a merchant? Neither time that I talked with the Zendar merchant did it have anything to do with re-loading or saving my game. /shrug

 

[Mr_PeaCH]

Follow up since this post. It hasn't happened again; in Zendar or in any other town's merchant.

I'm wondering if it happened only at the very beginning of the game (Day 1, 6:01) because that's the one constant the two times it happened. I tend not to leave town until I've bested the trainers champion fighters and won some money at tournament and leveled to 4 or so.

 

[Handel]

Follow up since this post. It hasn't happened again; in Zendar or in any other town's merchant.

I'm wondering if it happened only at the very beginning of the game (Day 1, 6:01) because that's the one constant the two times it happened. I tend not to leave town until I've bested the trainers champion fighters and won some money at tournament and leveled to 4 or so.

And you did it without any save?

 

[Mr_PeaCH]

Follow up since this post. It hasn't happened again; in Zendar or in any other town's merchant.

I'm wondering if it happened only at the very beginning of the game (Day 1, 6:01) because that's the one constant the two times it happened. I tend not to leave town until I've bested the trainers champion fighters and won some money at tournament and leveled to 4 or so.

And you did it without any save?

Ah, good point. No, I had saved multiple times after that (Day 1, 6:01) and in between checking the merchants for what the caravans buy and sell there.

So to reiterate; you think that if, say next character I start, the first thing I do is a quick save and reload and I should be good to go as far as Merchant freezing? It's only volitale if you haven't performed a save yet (which I hadn't the times it froze for me)?

 

[Handel]

I didn't understand your last sentence, but every merchant/lords/smiths etc freezes if you did save and reload and then ask him anyhting. So the best thing is after the reload just to leave the city and return back at once. Thus the merchants will not freeze the game.

 

[saadow]

You can quickly leave your current location by pressing Tab when you see your character.

 

[Mr_PeaCH]

OK, I think I understand fully now. Let me see if I can make sense of it here.

It did happen again. It was when I reloaded a saved game, entered a town, went to the merchant and asked about what caravans buy and sell. I had to CtrlAltDel to close the app; restarted, reloaded again... this time I Tabbed out and exited the town (prompting an IN GAME SAVE), re-entered the town, and spoke again with the merchant with no problems.

What I was mis-understanding was that when you exit a town (or battle) the game does a quick save; I thought you had to do a save-and-exit and re-enter the game but that would only cause the problem to happen again, no fix it.

 

[Handel]

You don't even have to go to the "save" screen. Just hit "Tab" and choose "Leave town" and then click on the town to enter again.