3rd Black book bugged

[Antisalsa]

I have found all three black books and have gotten the first 2 spells. everytime i give the guy the third book and wait. he will not give me the spell, he just asks for another book and i can give him a book i don't even have.

[Asael]

It's an on going bug. If you can't quit out to reload the save to keep attempting, you'll need to use the save editor. Either edit the final spell in ( Moon Beam ) or give yourself an extra black book.

You can find the save editor here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1InR1Oy2BtmzUTLzqY9317my5xBHC2mAP/view

Just be sure to back up your save file before using the editor.

[Nicholas]

I was able to get around this bug.

After you've given him the third book, if he asks for the book, do not give it to him again. Just X out of the conversation.

If he keeps asking for the book, I'd go back to the save crystal. Warp to the archives a few times. Then he will go back to "I'm still reading the book, it takes a long time to decipher."

I went back later and he asked for the book, i just exit out of the menu, I killed all the slugs in the area and talked to him again and he gave me the final spell. (Maybe it was just waiting in the area and had nothing to do with the slugs?) Not sure.

You may have to mess around with reloading the area many times, killing the enemies, and simply waiting. It's a pain but, I did not want to use the save editor.

[Gangleri]

His dialogue is bugged. Don't give him the book again and say no. Leave the area via crystal and warp back in. Repeat this and talk to him again and again until he will give you the final spell. He might change his dialogue and says he's still reading the book, keep trying and warp back in. I just got it this way.

[Asael]

Originally posted by Gangleri:

His dialogue is bugged.

IIRC it's not the dialog. It has something to do with the game clock adding time rather than deducting time. The dialog is more of a symptom of the problem. Or something like that. Rather than just going in and out of the area, or running around killing snails for some indeterminate amount of time, you could try setting the computer system clock forward a day or so in order to force the timer to bottom out.

Don't know how well this method works, as I've never been able to replicate the issue with the black book on my end.

[Gangleri]

Originally posted by Asael:

Originally posted by Gangleri:

His dialogue is bugged.

IIRC it's not the dialog. It has something to do with the game clock adding time rather than deducting time. The dialog is more of a symptom of the problem. Or something like that. Rather than just going in and out of the area, or running around killing snails for some indeterminate amount of time, you could try setting the computer system clock forward a day or so in order to force the timer to bottom out.

Don't know how well this method works, as I've never been able to replicate the issue with the black book on my end.

Ah okay, that's good to know. I'm glad I haven't used the save editor again (needed it for the white vhs because the quest doesn't count in 1.0 when you did it in EA). Hopefully your tip saves some time for a few players and Kira fixes the issue somehow.

[knas]

Standing around in the area for some 30 minutes worked. Trying to minimize the game while doing it does not however as this pauses the counter. Talking to him in between the wait time seems to reset the counter. It's odd that this script does not seem to use the system time even though system time is implemented into the game.

[Antisalsa]

What ended up fixing for me was after he asked me the question I quit the game and restarted it and talked to him again and he just gave me the spell straight up.

[Thotty Biscotti]

Had this happen to me too, the quit + reload helped I think, but I had to exit out of dialogue without answering Y/N. Talked again immediately after and it progressed his dialogue finally.

[Annatar]

Originally posted by Thotty Biscotti:

Had this happen to me too, the quit + reload helped I think, but I had to exit out of dialogue without answering Y/N. Talked again immediately after and it progressed his dialogue finally.

This worked immediately! Thank you so much!