Creature Companion Questions.

[Orvalio]

I have made two companions, a Mud Crab and Baliwog, and need some help.

 

1. My Mud Crab is almost perfect, he has good speed, follows orders and even summons his own creature. The problem is that everytime i kill an enemy he goes up to it and starts eating it. This is an annoying problem because he won't stop unless i activate him or summon him with my spell, is there a way to stop him from doing that? :wallbash:

 

2. My Baliwog is pretty cool, quite strong and quick. (20 speed for him is like 60 speed for my Mud Crab for some reason) But the problem is that he won't cast any spells, no matter what. If he is about to die he doesn't heal, at the begginning of the battle he doesn't use the shield spell that i gave him unlike my Mud Crab. He makes the casting type animation but nothing happens, is this because he is a Shivering Isle creature or is it something else? (Also his water regenerating ability isn't working either, but his water breathing ability does i think)

[David Brasher]

Does your mudcrab corpse-check? If he does, you might need to uncheck that box. Followers cannot be expected to cast their spells in a sensible fashion. I am not surprised that your baliwog won't use the shield spell. The Shivering Isles has some strange characteristics programmed in. I would not be surprised if the water regeneration only works when you are there.

 

It sounds like you are making great progress with your mudcrab though.

[Orvalio]

Thanks for the reply, yeah it took a while but i finally unchecked Corpse Check after trying dozens of other things and he stopped it for good. Also so some creatures are not designed to use magic? It seems Deers and rats don't use magic either, they have the equip animation (The same type that my Crab does when he casts shield) and they use that animation but there is no affect afterwards.

 

Right now it seems like the Mud Crab is a natural magician, he can Summon, shoot lightning, heal, and shield himself, aswell as absorb stats when he gets close enough, and can even cast Light when it is paired with his Shield spell. :biggrin: I hope i can master the Crab and upload it after i am done, will probably take a while because i want to give him lot's of Destruction magic without making him totally overpowered, but that is kind of hard since i can't get the leveled spells to work.

 

By the way does anyone know if the creatures base skills will increase as it levels? If it does then i might be able to get the leveled spells to work.