Oblivion talk:Sparky

Frostcrag Spire

(With Frostcrag Spire installed,) slaying Sparky transports me to Frostcrag Spire. Can anybody else verify this as normal behavior? I can't find mention of it anywhere else on the web. 98.223.168.249 12:29, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

Oooh yes! I just tried it and get the same thing. I'd expect to be transported outside the Anvil Guild Hall for killing a member... but not to Frostcrag spire. That's on the PC version with SI installed too. Which version are you on? I'm going to try a few other tests to see if other members are affected too. –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 12:37, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

More. Killing any member of the Anvil Mages Guild causes me to appear outside Frostcrag spire. I tried it in Skingrad and appeared outside the hall as expected. This still needs more checking but I assume it's something like a cell name clash. –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 12:53, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

I remember this happening to me as well. It was quite a while ago, and I ignorantly attributed it to a bad installation or a minor glitch, but it appears to be something more. We should check the CS. --HMSVictory^Talk 13:00, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

(←) Extensive testing by Nephele and me has failed to pin down the reason. It happens only in Anvil, and it happens no matter what floor you're on or which NPC (or imp!) you kill. There's nothing obvious in the CS that would indicate why. Making a small mod to move around the telepad doesn't make a difference unless it moves miles away from the door, so I'm stumped. Perhaps Kivan would like to take a stab at fixing it for the next UOMP? :) –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•} 14:25, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

Fixed it. As soon as I read your blurb on my talk page, I knew where I'd end up: the Frostcrag teleport pads to the guilds, in front of the Anvil one. The plugin adds hidden teleport pads under the floors of the guildhalls. They are all flagged as disabled so can't be used as two-way doors... except the Anvil one (you can still teleport to a disabled door just not from it.) When you're expelled from a guild the engine finds the nearest load door's target and plops the player at it, which was the teleport to Frostcrag. Disabling it fixed the bug, so this will be in the next UOMP. Kivan 02:00, 8 May 2008 (EDT)

Well good grief. I looked at those and didn't see that flag. Thanks for that! –Rpeh^{•T•C•E•}

Not mentioned?

Sparky, despite the fact that he is a member of the mages guild,is not mentioned once on either the Mages guild page (as a member) or on the Anvil Mages Guild page. I hope this shows up on the discussion page- it is the first time I have added something.216.195.19.113 14:58, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

In all fairness, he is mentioned (and also described) on Thaurron's page, but one could argue that he belongs on the Anvil Mages Guild page as well. Krusty 15:10, 18 October 2009 (UTC)