weird bug cannot talk to Bodhi

[MikeMikell]

Hi, i have encountered weird bug in act 3 while completed all quest for Bodhi.

After killing mr Aran Linvail I came back to Bodhi's tomb as i shold, but clicking on her does nothing. Can't claim the quest, cant move to act 4.

Does anyone have idea how to solve the issue?

[luftatmer]

I suggest you look here for the quest details:

https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/Perform_Bodhi%27s_Tasks_to_Receive_Her_Aid

Please read and check if you reached every journal update, especially the part about Linvail‘s death.

Are you using any mods ?

Do you get „Bodhi is busy“ or does simply nothing happen when you click on her ?

Many times the best solution for any problems of this kind would be loading up an earlier safe. Sometimes it happens that a certain script did not fire or does not stop to do. Call it a „hiccup“, for example when to many scripts activate at the same time. Does that work for you, too ?

Let’s leave it at that for the moment.

[MikeMikell]

1) Yes, I've got the update about his death in the journal. Now the game advices me to come back to Bodhi.
2) Once I come to talk to her and click on her model - nothing happens.
3) Not using any mods, just BG2 EE on steam (game is up to date).
4) Tried previous saves, but unfortunately I can't interact with her on any previous save.

One thing that bothers me, is "talk to Velen's mistress" quest from act 2 is not completed im my journal (even though I'm in act 3 and completed all Bodhi's quest, so talked to her many times) and I have no idea how to close it. Maybe that's some kind of a clue?

[luftatmer]

Originally posted by MikeMikell:

One thing that bothers me, is "talk to Velen's mistress" quest from act 2 is not completed im my journal (even though I'm in act 3 and completed all Bodhi's quest, so talked to her many times) and I have no idea how to close it. Maybe that's some kind of a clue?

Hm, I say that doesn’t bode good, clearly something went wrong. Yes, you hope that the next act kind of „healed“ the previous, but who knows…

Do you have EEKeeper ? Download it here:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/eekeeper/

It is no mod, but an instrument to investigate and change save files for Baldur‘s Gate. Everybody uses it.

Once you have it, load one of your save files and look under the section „Globals“ (certain variables set by the game). Can you find „BodhiJob“ ? What number does it have ?

[MikeMikell]

It looks like that https://prnt.sc/xi_5HRYxs_0C

Maybe there is a chance you can look yourself on my saves?
https://we.tl/t-UgWC2itmhE

[luftatmer]

Sorry, I can’t download private files from the internet. Hope you understand.

There might be a way to break the problem with some force. You could increase the Global BodhiJob to 4. Hm, I never interested myself in this kind of quest, so I am not familiar with it. I can’t guarantee, but it could be worth a try, like skipping the missing script and setting the next Global yourself.

Usually one does not use EEKeeper for that kind of work. Instead you could activate the cheat mode (so called debug mode). To do that find:

C:\Users\xxx\MyDocuments\Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition\Baldur.lua

You need to add this line to the lua-file:

SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Debug Mode','1')

Then launch the game and hit Ctrl+Space. That opens the console.

Now you need to write:
C:SetGlobal("BodhiJob", "GLOBAL", 4)


Caveat: Better not do it, only if you feel reckless. Messing with Globals in Baldur‘s Gate could potentially create all sorts of additional problems later on. Some I don’t foresee now. The clean way would be what everybody else does all the time: Go back several saves, maybe before part 2 of the Bodhi quest series.

[MikeMikell]

Using EEkeeper I've changed the global value of BodhiJob from 3 to 4 and finally could interact with her, now can move to the Island.
I'm a bit affraid if the change would impact the game for further bugs, but hopefully not.

Still wondering if i should close/delete in EEKeeper the unfinished quest from act 2 (meet with Velen's mistress). Any opinion?

Thanks for your help my friend! :)

[luftatmer]

👍🏻 Cheers, man