stutter bug-how do you get rid of it?

[Brenner]

so i finally encountered the infamous stutter bug. it is so annoying. i tried using the suggestion i found here.

http://www.baldursgatemods.com/forums/index.php?topic=5689.0

that didn't help. i didn't get "running block of such and such" but i know what is causing the problem. it is her checking for items constantly in my inventory. i don't have any evil items anywhere and i still get the stutter. but i have a bag of holding, 3 gem bags, 2 scroll cases, the ammo belt, and the potion case. whenever i remove those things from my inventory, the stuttering stops. whenever i remove saerileth from my party, the stuttering stops.

let me clarify the stutter bug: every 1/2 second to 1 or 2 seconds (depending, it varies), the screen stops and then skips forward. then it repeats over and over.

how do you get rid of this bug? i tried removing everything from the containers and then placing things back in to see if its any single item. but it seems like a gradual build-up as she checks more and more items. it gets worse and worse the more containers i put back in my inventory. but its not like I have a ton of items, except ammo--i do have a lot of koa-toa bolts and bullets +2. i like to hoard ammo, so right now i have about 1300-1400 ammo. but the ammo isn't by itself the problem, because when i remove just that it still stutters, and it's just as bad as before.

and just when i think i have figured out if a particular item(s) is causing the stutter, it starts up again after i save and reload.

all i really know for sure is when saerileth isn't in my party, there's no stutter. or, when i have no containers in my inventory, there's no stutter. everything else is fair game.

btw, i know that this is the third post i've done in 2-3weeks. sorry, but thanks.

[Brenner]

here is my weidu log

// Log of Currently Installed WeiDU Mods
// The top of the file is the 'oldest' mod
// ~TP2_File~ #language_number #component_number // [Subcomponent Name -> ] Component Name [ : Version]
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #0 // BG2 Fixpack - Core Fixes: v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #1001 // BG2 Fixpack - Game Text Update -> GTU Classic (from Baldurdash, by Kevin Dorner): v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #2 // Super Happy Fun Lucky Modder Pack: v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #100 // Party Gets XP for Sending Keldorn to Reconcile With Maria: v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #101 // Improved Spell Animations: v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #102 // Cromwell's Forging Actually Takes a Day: v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #104 // Ghreyfain's Holy Symbol Fixes: v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #106 // Giants Receive Penalties When Attacking Halflings,   Dwarves, and Gnomes: v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #107 // Remove Dual-Classing Restriction from Archers   and Stalkers: v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #108 // Remove Second Attribute Bonus for Evil Path in  Wrath Hell Trial: v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #109 // Corrected Summoned Demon Behavior: v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #110 // Additional Script Fixes: v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #111 // Bard Song Fixes: v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #112 // Wizard Slayers Cause Miscast Magic on Ranged Attacks: v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #113 // Additional Alignment Fixes: v9.01
~BG2FIXPACK/SETUP-BG2FIXPACK.TP2~ #0 #114 // Change Free Action to Protect Against Stun: v9.01
~SETUP-AMBER.TP2~ #0 #0 // Amber the NPC MOD for BGII:SoA: v2.5
~TASHIA/SETUP-TASHIA.TP2~ #0 #0 // Tashia NPC Mod -> Full version (ToB required): v1.3
~TASHIA/SETUP-TASHIA.TP2~ #0 #3 // Tashia Add-on Pack by Bri and Lord Ernie (English only, Tashia ToB Required) -> Baldurized Dialogues: v1.3
~YASRAENA/SETUP-YASRAENA.TP2~ #0 #0 // Yasraena (BG2:SoA & TOB NPC) created by nethrin & Sillara of the Tamari: v12
~SAERILETH/SETUP-SAERILETH.TP2~ #0 #0 // Saerileth Romance Mod (BG2:SoA & TOB NPC) created by nethrin and Sillara: v16
~TYRISFLARE/SETUP-TYRISFLARE.TP2~ #0 #0 // Tyris Flare NPC: v6
~TYRISFLARE/SETUP-TYRISFLARE.TP2~ #0 #101 // Alternate Tyris Portraits -> Alternate Portrait 1: v6
~YVETTE/SETUP-YVETTE.TP2~ #0 #0 // Yvette Romance - BG2 Romance Character
~DEARNISE/SETUP-DEARNISE.TP2~ #0 #0 // de'Arnise Romance for Baldur's Gate II, v2
~SETUP-BANTERPACK.TP2~ #0 #0 // Pocket Plane Banter Pack for BG2: Shadows of Amn
~SETUP-BANTERPACK.TP2~ #0 #2 // Pocket Plane Banter Pack for BG2: Throne of Bhaal
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #0 // The Kidnapping of Boo by Cliffette: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #1 // The Suna Seni/Valygar Relationship: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #2 // Kalah and What He Was Promised: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #3 // "Cat and Mouse" (Bodhi hunts you in Spellhold) by Ghreyfain: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #4 // Gorje Hilldark and the Extended Illithium Quest: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #5 // The Pai'Na/Spider's Bane Quest: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #6 // Restored Crooked Crane Inn: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #7 // Restored Encounters: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #8 // Artemis Entreri in Bodhi's Lair: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #9 // Corrected "Xzar's Creations": v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #10 // Restored Hell Minions, by SimDing0: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #12 // Item Restorations: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #13 // Yoshimo's Original Portrait: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #14 // Anomen's Original Portrait: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #15 // NPC Portrait Restorations: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #16 // Corrected BAMs and Scripts: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #17 // Corrected Character Names and Biographies: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #18 // Restored Minor Dialogs: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #19 // Restored Bhaalspawn Powers, by David Gaider: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #20 // Extended ToB Item Descriptions: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #21 // Throne of Bhaal Minor Restorations: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #22 // Justifier Kit: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #23 // Feralan Kit: v19
~SETUP-UB.TP2~ #0 #24 // Sarevok's Remorse: v19
~G3ANNIVERSARY/SETUP-G3ANNIVERSARY.TP2~ #0 #0 // The Gibberlings Three Anniversary Mod: v7
~CROSSMODBG2/SETUP-CROSSMODBG2.TP2~ #0 #0 // Crossmod Banter Pack for Shadows of Amn: v14
~CROSSMODBG2/SETUP-CROSSMODBG2.TP2~ #0 #1 // Crossmod Banter Pack for Throne of Bhaal: v14
~SETUP-MYMOD.TP2~ #0 #0 // Test stuttering

[Raven]

Process of elimination, did you try removing one bag at a time to see which one could be at fault?

[Brenner2]

Yes, I tried the process of elimination. It wasn't any specific bag, it just got worse progressively, no matter what order I put them in.

Edit: It also gets better progressively no matter which order I take the bags out, or the contents of the bags out.

(I'm still Brenner, but for some reason this website wouldn't let me login my original username, so I logged in as a new user named Brenner2)

[Raven]

I'll take a look at her script to see why its doing this. There must be some kind of check that isn't going off.

[Solaufein]

Yes, I tried the process of elimination. It wasn't any specific bag, it just got worse progressively, no matter what order I put them in.

Edit: It also gets better progressively no matter which order I take the bags out, or the contents of the bags out.

(I'm still Brenner, but for some reason this website wouldn't let me login my original username, so I logged in as a new user named Brenner2)

Off topic, you probably have to reset your password.

[Brenner2]

I tried to reset my password. It said that my log-in name, Brenner, didn't exist, and that "the email was already in use." then i tried logging on with a different email and it said "the username Brenner was already in use". ?? oh well.  I just changed my name and email, no biggy.

[Brenner2]

Thanks for checking that out, Raven. I look forward to being able to play the mod again. (the stutter is so bad that it's unplayable right now)

[Adanedhel]

A remedy to that bag-search stutter could be TobEx. I'll take a look into that "looking for evil items" script also, see if it can be optimized maybe. Not scripted as I thought it was, nevermind.

[Brenner2]

if anyone wants me to email them the saved game, i could do that to help. other than that, though, i'm pretty sure i'm useless when it comes to modding of any sort.

[Brenner2]

Should I just dump stutter-leth at the copper coronet? "Th-th-th-th-thou leavest me!!"

[Solaufein]

According to her script she doesn't like these items and will comment on them:
Necklace of Talos misc4y
Statuette of Lathander misc4x - She doesn't like it being stolen.
Soul Reaver sw2h08 - She'll take it from you and destroy it.

She likes Carsomyr, she'll comment on it.

[arcanist37]

I am having a similar problem, but where Saerileth and Jaheira both stop walking after an inch or so.  This started after the lovetalk that starts with: "Your eyes find Saerileth, and her sweet, secretive smile seems to reveal a private discourse she holds with herself."  I have reloaded several times, having the lovetalk in different places, with the same outcome.