Character doesn't attack when enemies attack the caravan i protect

[Nommalorel]

title says it all

[yogurt]

Which game version? On worldmap? Mods? Local files veryfied?

[Nommalorel]

litreally the vanillaest latest version of the game i just bought the game a few days ago

it was all fine, i even made some money around 15K denars

[GreatPalm]

npc parties cannot attack quest rogue parties

[yogurt]

Explain more in detail, if you want help!

Is that a quest? Are you on the worldmap or "ingame map"? COME ON MAN!

[Nommalorel]

in the worldmap i take the protecting caravan mission, i follow the caravan, then enemies come to attack to the caravan i protect, i click on the enemy, my character starts walking slowly or takes very stupid route. even if i manage to get my character close to the enemy the moment i click on the enemy it does the same thing and i cant attack to the enemy that attacks to the caravan i am supposed to protecting.

so i lose money and i also fail the mission because of a bug

[Triple G]

Pathing issues because Your party is so slow compared to the caravan that You can´t close the gap in time? Usually You get a message that the caravan gets attacked - but i guess You have to manually pause the game. This is not the best solution. You could also advance and initiate the battle before the raiders reach the caravan. You could also manually move Your group that it´s always in reinforcement reach to the caravan - so You both together are stronger - so the raiders wouldn´t initiate the battle at all. You can also click on the caravan - then a window pops up and You can choose to help them - or to move on - if the battle is initiated. You have the biggest gap at some bridges when Your party hangs a bit - but You´re much faster than the caravan to close the gap really fast. Haven´t experienced this issue so far and i guess i visited every corner of the map - could perhaps be a bug nonetheless, but in this case the caravan would have the same issue than You to reach that position - and usually those battles take a while, because both are equally strong - with like 30 guys i guess. Do fighting parties block the way? I don´t know, because there are little choke points like that except for bridges. Perhaps try clicking on the caravan if clicking on the raiders doesn´t work.

Imho if You´re on follow - instead of getting that message without pausing the game (i guess) You should get the option to move in to help by default, while the game pauses. You could also be one army - but in this case You couldn´t stop at some village nearby to buy some stuff - or recruit new people - and You probably never get attacked, because You both are too strong. If You go in to help the first time - You´re the attacker even if the raiders attack by default too - the caravans cavalry moves to charge - and gets destroyed if You have just infantry and can´t move fast enough to help them or form a defensive circle, because You know that the raiders are cavalry exclusively. So it doesn´t work the second or third attack - because then the caravan is usually down to like 10 people if not less - depends how many new mercenaries they are able to recruit. But that´s a problem with the battle AI.

[LostScout]

Make double sure that you aren't holding down the alt key when you click on the party. That would issue a follow command and you wouldn't attack. You could also try clicking on the caravan instead of the attacker. I've done this quest many times in 1.7.1 and never had a problem with being unable to fight the caravan's attacker. I don't think it's bugged, I think you are inadvertently following instead of attacking.

[flyingscot1066]

This is a glitch which occurs occasionally. If it happens, Alt/LMB will fix it. Basically what happens is LMB becomes the "Follow" option, which is typically Alt/LMB. Error usually resets on entering a settlement or reloading.

[Nommalorel]

Originally posted by flyingscot1066:

This is a glitch which occurs occasionally. If it happens, Alt/LMB will fix it. Basically what happens is LMB becomes the "Follow" option, which is typically Alt/LMB. Error usually resets on entering a settlement or reloading.

thanks, i will try this one