Psionic Sudden Failure

[Nigen]

Hey everyone.

I used PRC back before NWN 2 and loved it. Couldn't play without it really (I especially enjoyed playing as a lich with all those new spells). Recently, I got the urge to go back and play NWN 1, and went to find this again. It was to my great delight that truenaming and psionics were fully implemented. Having wanted to play a Psion for quite some time, I immediately got my hands on the Character Creator, made up an Elan Psion, and went to work in the Shadows of Urdentide campaign.

At first, it worked like a dream. Getting used to augmentations took a minute, but mostly due to having to go back and forth repeatedly than because of any complexity. I played for a while, cackling madly as my psychic force demolished all in its path (except the rats....man, do I hate those things...). All worked perfectly, from what I could see. Saved and reloaded a few times and didn't have any problems with that either.

Anyway, shortly after getting my hands on...well, the hand artifact, I saved, quit, and shut down the system to do something else. Later, I came back and tried to load. To my great shock and horror, my psionic powers cease to work! The radial menu works just fine, and when I tried to attack myself or Dorna with them, they responded that you can't do that with friendly fire active, so the system hasn't lost it entirely, but when firing at enemies or trying to summon an astral construct or whatever else I tried to do, nothing happened. No errors, no change in PP (which, incidentally, restored properly on resting), just didn't work.

My only hint is at the beginning, where the server says in the text box:
Unable to load 2da cache object (CacheChest) from prc_data

I don't suppose anyone knows how to repair this? I was having so much fun with the psionics, and I really don't want it to fail now...

Anyway, thanks in advance for any assistance, and thank you those who worked on this incredible PRC.

[KenquinnTheInsaneOne]

I think that means your database is messed up. I had a similar thing happen to me with 3.3H RC2 and the Dread Necro it would not let me cast any spells said I had 0 spells left right after resting.

Try making a backup copy of your current database files(should be in the database folder) then replace them with the stock ones. I think that is how I fixed it.

[Nigen]

Well, I'll give that a try then. Hope it works (and that it isn't a recurring problem).

Any idea how it might have turned out that way though? I hadn't touched the data in the NWN folder, done an update or anything of the sort, so would that have just been something the game itself changed as a result of running? I doubt it's a virus or anything (although I wouldn't rule that out, I find it more likely that a glitch is responsible), but it would be nice to know if this is a common problem and a way to avoid causing it again.

Thanks for your quick response by the way.

[KenquinnTheInsaneOne]

I have no idea what caused it on my end I just remember it happening and fixing it.

[xwarren]

Yeah, what you described is a database issue - you won't be able to use powers/spells/invocations etc in a saved games without a database. You need to copy/overwrite  all prc_data.* files in your database directory.

As for what might caused that error, well..., usual stuff - HD errors, application failure, virus etc. B)

[Nigen]

Hmm...Well, I tried reinstalling it with the .exe, but that didn't work (first with overwriting the database folder, then cutting it out and installing that straight), but no such luck. In fact, I'm pretty sure it stole my wallet too!

Anyway, any other ideas on how this might be rectified? I'd rather avoid having to start it all over again (granted, I'm not THAT far into it, but still...), and it would be nice if I had some means of repairing the issue in case it happens again.

[xwarren]

Hmm...Well, I tried reinstalling it with the .exe, but that didn't work (first with overwriting the database folder, then cutting it out and installing that straight), but no such luck. In fact, I'm pretty sure it stole my wallet too!

Anyway, any other ideas on how this might be rectified? I'd rather avoid having to start it all over again (granted, I'm not THAT far into it, but still...), and it would be nice if I had some means of repairing the issue in case it happens again.

Try this: download PRC Pack in rar format, and extract all prc_data.* files to database directory. Hope it works.

[Nigen]

By the mechanized mega arsenal of Autochthon, it works! Outstanding!


Thanks very much guys. When I rule the world, know that there will be comfortable position in the Ministry of RPGs reserved for you.