Spirit Fetish bug?

[Dragon Blooded]

I just bought the Spirit Fetish at Crafty's for my shaman character, the one that costs 1250 and gives +1 to Charisma and Spirit Control. Thing is, while the Charisma bonus is kicking in, the Spirit Control one isn't. Does anyone have the same problem?

[SpiceMustFlow]

I have noticed this problem too, and I have the latest patched version.

[HoroSaga]

Several of the attribute bonuses on new pieces of equipment seem to be rather buggy. Hopefully they'll address it soon.

[Dragon Blooded]

I've also just noticed that Is0bel's second level up is bugged, it's supposed to pump a Mark Target ability... that she doesn't have :(

[HoroSaga]

Originally posted by LF Dragon_Blooded:

I've also just noticed that Is0bel's second level up is bugged, it's supposed to pump a Mark Target ability... that she doesn't have :(

That's a seperate bug. For some reason, selecting the Mark Target upgrade causes her Mark Target ability to disappear. It comes back later after you upgrade her again, though I'm not sure exactly what triggers it.

[Dragon Blooded]

Originally posted by HoroSaga:

Originally posted by LF Dragon_Blooded:

I've also just noticed that Is0bel's second level up is bugged, it's supposed to pump a Mark Target ability... that she doesn't have :(

That's a seperate bug. For some reason, selecting the Mark Target upgrade causes her Mark Target ability to disappear. It comes back later after you upgrade her again, though I'm not sure exactly what triggers it.

It hasn't come back to me yet, mand I've upgraded her twice already.

Also, Haste IV requires Quickness 6, WTF? Is it supposed to be that way, or it's (another) bug?

[HoroSaga]

Originally posted by LF Dragon_Blooded:

It hasn't come back to me yet, mand I've upgraded her twice already.

It might have come back for me after I did Is0bel's personal mission. Much like the other characters, she gains a small bonus once her personal run is concluded. I think I noticed her Mark ability coming back some time after that. I definitely had it during the last few missions of the game, because that's when I finally managed to unlock the achievement attached to it.

[WWDubs12TTV]

Originally posted by LF Dragon_Blooded:

I just bought the Spirit Fetish at Crafty's for my shaman character, the one that costs 1250 and gives +1 to Charisma and Spirit Control. Thing is, while the Charisma bonus is kicking in, the Spirit Control one isn't. Does anyone have the same problem?

I think I solved the "bug". If you go to the sell page, and try to sell the fetish, it says "requires spirit summoning 3". I'm assuming the charisma bonus is set up the same way, min 3. Probably done to prevent people front spending no karma and use the summoning ♥♥♥♥ with just the items.

[hazzamanazz]

Originally posted by wayne.brodeur:

Originally posted by LF Dragon_Blooded:

I just bought the Spirit Fetish at Crafty's for my shaman character, the one that costs 1250 and gives +1 to Charisma and Spirit Control. Thing is, while the Charisma bonus is kicking in, the Spirit Control one isn't. Does anyone have the same problem?

I think I solved the "bug". If you go to the sell page, and try to sell the fetish, it says "requires spirit summoning 3". I'm assuming the charisma bonus is set up the same way, min 3. Probably done to prevent people front spending no karma and use the summoning ♥♥♥♥ with just the items.

My shaman have 6 CH and 4 conjuring + spirit control + spirit summoning.
Yet I have the bug! :(
Also there's a lot of solved bugs that are happening again, like Maximum Law not dying and Callum not leaving but his family saying he has.

Common HBS, time to work on the 3.0.7 patch. :-|

[Ratón Pérez]

Still not fixed in 3.0.8.
There are already 2 bug reports in Steam, the first one dating on August....

[Banjo Oz]

Since it still hasn't been patched, I fixed this in my "Slap Patch" unofficial bugfix mod. Obviously not an ideal solution, as we really want HBS to fix this officially, but in the meantime, it's the best we can do aside from sending more bug reports. :)

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=567429614
If you don't want to start a new game, you could unpack the .cpz archive (rename to .zip first) and copy my "fixed" version of the Spirit Fetish item (the .bytes file) over the original game one (make a backup first!).

[Ratón Pérez]

Thanks a lot Banjo, HBS should pick your fixes and just integrate them.
I did as you said (I don't want to start a new campaign, 24h playing already) but it didn't work. I can see the fixed file in place (in /SRHK_Data/StreamingAssets/ContentPacks/HongKong/data/items/), but the Spirit Control is unchanged. I even tried dropping the item and picking it again.

[Banjo Oz]

Sorry, Ratón. I got it to work with other fixes but I guess it doesn't work with items already owned. That's the correct location for the file, so I'm not sure why.

I don't suppose you have a save before you acquired the Spirit Fetish you could test with and see if it is "fixed" when you get it for the first time? I'd like to try and find a way to make this work without a new game if possible.

In the meantime, without wanting to seem big-headed, I suggest folks subscribe to my tweaked 'Hong Kong Slap Patch' campaign (there's a link on the page for the Slap Patch mod) or 'Hong Kong Expanded' campaign (depending if you want the extra stuff or just the vanilla game) and hopefully that will mean not just these fixes but future ones added will work without making a whole new game. The way I made the mod, it should hopefully not invalidate any future HBS patches and I will be monitoring every update they release to adjust my unofficial patch if needed.

I just wish I could fix what for me are the "worst" problems with the game re: bugs, which are the broken prefab models from prior games (old trolls, Dragonfall dog, nature spirit) but those are things only HBS can fix while at least I can fix things like broken items (as in this case) or campaign dialog bugs (which I've yet to touch until folks start letting me know about them).

[Ratón Pérez]

Nothing to sorry about Banjo, you have no obligation and are offering fix for bugs that shouldn't exist in the first place.
I don't have a previous save to try; I bought that item many playins hours ago. If I can earn enough nuyens, I'll try selling and rebuying the item, maybe that should work.
I think that the effects of owned items, spells, etc are determined in the "save" file (.srt). Unfortunately, the coding of that file doesn't seem to be plain text and thus I can't modify it, but searching through the readable text it seems to be that way. I found this line: "Fetish Charisma Spirit Controlunique_equipmentP
*(". It has a lot of invalid characters that cannot be pasted here and I suspect that there may be hidden the specific effect.

[Banjo Oz]

Originally posted by Ratón Pérez:

I think that the effects of owned items, spells, etc are determined in the "save" file (.srt).

That's what I'm thinking too. SRR used to have a "save editor" available that someone made (http://www.shadowrun.com/forums/discussion/31275/editor-for-bytes-files-in-content-packs-and-saved-games/p1). I just fired it up and it seems to work for Hong Kong saves, at least reading them, though it's not the most user friendly program.

When I get chance, I could make a test save with the unfixed Fetish, then use the editor to remove it, then re-buy it again. Alternately, if you could send me your save (backup first!), I could edit it for you and send it back with the Fetish removed and nuyen added to buy it again.

[Ratón Pérez]

Really? Sure, I may send it to you, at which address?