Game-breaking bug while fighting Flind (Gnoll Warlod)

[Kyrottimus]

I ran into a pretty massive bug. I just stuck up behind Flind the Gnoll Warlod with my Paladin (Oath of Vengeance) making the first surprise attack before she noticed me. I was able to rattle off 3 attacks:

Searing Smite + Abjure enemy + Pommel strike (greatsword)

...on Flind the Gnoll Warlord.

Upon doing this, I critted and was able to inflict significant damage (knocking her to about half HP) and both Frightened and Dazed her. Initiative gets rolled and all that and it moves on to her next. But when it's her turn, it just gets stuck on her turn. She doesn't act (because she's Frightened and Dazed) and it doesn't move on to the next character in the turn order. The game just gets stuck on her turn and stays there. Nothing else happens.

This seems to be a serious bug. Also, earlier before when I was fighting her (I was save scumming because this whole encounter is buggy as hell it seems), when it was literally my turn, and while I was figuring out what to do (it showed the white path indicator for movement on my character--MY turn), the 2 surviving Gnolls and 2 surviving Hyenas (the rest died to either me or the 2 Zhent mercenaries firebombing the cave entrance) literally just took their turns and moved/attacked while it was my actual turn.

I went back and reloaded and tried again and it happened again. 4 NPCs taking their turns literally while it was MY turn. I was gobsmacked, to say the least. I had to reload and go around and initiate the fight differently and attack/kill the weaker Gnoll and two hyenas for the fight to progress through without getting stuck or without the AI just breaking turn order whenever it felt like.

In any case, this whole encounter is wrong and busted and needs to be addressed. I'm thinking the whole "tadpole dialogue" between Flind and the PC character causes it to get stuck somehow because if she's dazed and frightened she can't trigger the "event" when she first sees you.

Luckily I actually saved the game where it's stuck so if anyone from Larian wants the save file where it's stuck as hell, (which loads into a game that cannot progress at all) they can reach out to me here on Steam and I can send it over to them.

Otherwise no big deal, I've moved past this encounter but it was a huge speedbump, to say the least.

[Kyrottimus]

Just found this from 2 years ago (from Early Access), seems it's been an issue for awhile:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/qceec9/does_anyone_know_a_fix_for_the_bug_where_enemies/

My problem is I kicked Aastorian out of my party (he tried to bite my neck in my sleep), and haven't met the wizard dude yet so I have no way to change up party composition at this point in time.

[Atlaskes]

The same happens for me. Flind is just stuck plotting her move.

[Arrakis]

Happened to me as well. Apparently all the bugs this game has I'm encountering it. F***

[DarthWookie]

Mine crashes to desktop during combat

[Nordil(Hun)]

"I fixed it by killing my char, revieving him and strating a fight, this did it for all savegames btw. " ->workaround fix.

Also the hyenas moving outside the battle, means they have not been drawn into it yet. It is not a bug. Later on when YOU walk into different factions fighting, you will be able to walk around and even see one faction emerge as victorious if you take your sweet time. (And not get any xp. )
One of these encounters is the mentioned gnoll fight. ->if you wait it out a bit you will need to fight 2-3 less hyena hunters.
Another is the very first minotaur you can kill.(If you are fast enough you can kill it before the autoshooting defense towers kill it. getting the XP for it.)
(In ACT2 there is an encounter like this as well, but it can missed if you find the place that you are required to find.)

If you do surprise and sneak attacks and separate your folks you can also do this if they are not pulled into the fight. You can have 1 char in the fight, while your three others move throughout the map, they can even fast travel to other locations, perform trade etc.

[againstevrythng]

I have this exact same problem, snuck up and hit now she's just standing there

[Awkwilla]

I was doing this yesterday. I have been through this encounter before on my first run and I guess I had gotten lucky because the parasite dialogue triggered mid combat. Possibly due to the Zhentarim already being dead. This time I was so excited about sneaking up on them but I ended up having to give up and just run in to initiate the dialogue before dealing damage.

[BeeTee Beats]

I get it as well. I had a bunch of issues as well where it would get locked in dialogue but not really when I entered though the cave last playthough as well. But yeah that whole encounter needs some love seemingly.

[molnus]

This bug/glitch is still not patched. I made the mistake of sneaking up behind Flind to trigger the tadpole response and avoid combat. Currently locked in combat unable to do anything but move the camera around.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by molnus:

This bug/glitch is still not patched. I made the mistake of sneaking up behind Flind to trigger the tadpole response and avoid combat. Currently locked in combat unable to do anything but move the camera around.

Would you like to share your savegame`for someone to check on it?

[estrellita5151]

I am now stuck here in Honour Mode, I can't reload or change the difficulty as far as I can tell. Any helpful thoughts ?

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by estrellita5151:

I am now stuck here in Honour Mode, I can't reload or change the difficulty as far as I can tell. Any helpful thoughts ?

Keep this ready for next time
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3103820559
and report it to Larian Studios.

If one gets permanently stuck in such a situation with no way out, I strongly encourage them to send in your issue with your savegame and screenshots here

via email [e-mail]

or

via online form https://larian.com/support/baldur-s-gate-3#modal

only then the issue gets tracked and investigated by Larian Studios properly and can be fixed for the future

Even if it might not fix your situation, you can contribute greatly to have the issue fixed for yourself and others in the future.

[Goymer]

Honour mode, flind checkmate us after we sneak attack by choosing to never end the turn. Absolute breaking the fourth wall to ensure our party cannot proceed lmao.

[Akira]

I just had this problem today. It's so frustating. Anyone found the solution ?

[Comedian.]

Just happened to me. So I guess I have to make a whole new run.