Thanks, it's an essential mod now even tho it's buggy just as many other commenters described.
Indeed, sometimes your dog dies and refuses to be summoned again. Sometimes that problem fixes itself when changing the location, other times even that doesn't help, and in such case you have to go to character selection screen, include the dog in your party, accept, exit party selection screen, dog will be there (probably with 1 hp, let it heal), back to party screen again, exclude, choose any other 3 companions, exit party selection screen, dog will be there as the 5th.
Another point, if you're a ranger you can summon bear/spider when the dog dies and keep exploring with those summons till you're able to change the party. Wolf might be kinda buggy and refuse to be summoned, no idea if it's connected to this particular mod, I never had a ranger or mods in DAO before.
And yet another point: this was the first mod I downloaded and tried to install, seemed as if DAUpdater didn't work or the mod was broken. Well, turns out you need the game to create some folders n files first for DAUpdater to work, so if you just downloaded it you need to launch it, start a new game, then you can exit and begin installing mods.
Good morning, sorry, how could I make sure that the dog whistle does not appear in the inventory every time I load the game... I wanted to do it as a prize item or be able to buy it, thank you.
EDS is a DAzip mod. Use the daupdater.exe installer located in the game's bin_ship folder to install the mod, as described in the above linked tutorials.
TMS, I found your post from earlier in these comments about how to truly uninstall the mod (copied below), and I have a quick question: Do I need to really remove it per these uninstall instructions (e.g., before "Captured!"), or, since I installed it through ModManager, can I just savemy game / exit / uncheck (disable?) the EDS dazip in ModManager, and then launch / force load (past the warning that EDS is not there) my save? (And then re-enable it after the quest is done by re-checking the box in MM?)
Thanks for all the help you provide in this forum!
<With the mod INSTALLED,> summon Dog as extra party member. Dismiss the summoned Dog. Swap out all your party members, and assemble a complete party that does NOT include Dog. Save the game in a new slot. Call it something like 'No Dog'. Uninstall the mod. (Note: Depending on how you install and uninstall DAzip mods, you may need to remove some files manually. The files/folders that need removal for the mod to be completely uninstalled are Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\AddIns\Extra_Dog_Slot and Documents\BioWare\DragonAge\packages\core\data\Extra_Dog_Slot_package.erf) Now load that last 'No Dog' save. You should be given a warning that EDS is missing. Ignore the warning and continue to load. Go to party camp. Is Dog there, alive? If so, your save should be okay. If Dog is not in camp, is dead, or you still have the summons avatar frame appearing next to the Warden portrait, you may need to roll back to a save from prior to Broken Circle to successfully remove the mod.
I'm a very cautious mod user and have never risked just disabling the mod in DAO ModManager, so I don't have a definitive answer. I will say that even with the mod disabled, there would be a risk of the game still reading the Extra_Dog_Slot_package.erf (which contains EventManager scripts) in packages/core/data and the potential for issues to arise.
If you do decide to merely disable the mod, be sure to first dismiss the summoned Dog as with a full uninstall and create a full 'no dog' party.
Bug problem? Like gamecrash? Welp i found a solution when always crashing in circle of magi or back in ostagar DLC :D Just unsummon the dog if the bug persist :D
I think my dog has a bug, he had the frame along with the other characters but it disappeared and he doesn't go away and he doesn't come back, he just follows, and without the frame.
I'm having a very similar issue. This was working at first, but at some point his summon-frame vanished, and he does not despawn when I use the whistle. If I save the game, deactivate the Dog Slot mod, and force-load the file, he will still be active, but properly despawn when I go into the party select menu and simply click on him to remove him from the active party as normal. But then when I go to re-activate the mod, and summon him with the whistle, he still has no unit frame, summon or otherwise, and still doesn't despawn with the whistle. For now, I've simply disabled the mod.
I noticed the exact same thing happen to me and I found out what caused it in my case.
I also have the potion of respecialization mod installed. I loaded a previous save and realized that when I use that potion while having dog as a 5th companion, he would immediately die, his portrait would vanish, and then he would reappear once more but without the portrait, just like you both have described.
So the solution for me was to remove dog from the party before using the potion of respecialization. After using it, I am able to summon dog as a 5th companion and his portrait and him will work without issue.
Great mod! I cant play without it, thanks for that! This mod will bug the quest " Captured!" only one companion will go to the rescue, we have to deactivate the mod to let us choose 2 of them, any fix for that?
Sadly, there's no other solution rn and not like the mod will be updated, as it wasn't for over a decade. For now, let's just bump such comments from time to time, so other players would see a note on this issue and how to bypass it.
Hallo Leute. Ich habe diese MODinstalliert und zum Anfang funktionierte ereinwandfrei. Bis vorkurzem, seit kurzem beginnen die Fehler. 1. Wenn ich den Hund in meiner Partie hab, verschwindete einer meiner Partiemi8tglieder. Wenn ich dann den Hund zurückpfeife, dann bleibt der entsprechender Slot leer. 2. Wenn ich den Hund dabei habe. kann ich komischer weise nicht mehr und kämpfen, alle stehen nur so rum und fragen sich, warum der andere nicht endlich angreift. Ausserdem wird mein Spiel dann sehr langsam. läuft dann alleswie in Zeitlupe. (Bsp. der Finale Schlag). Was kann man dagegen tun?
I was playing with this mod and it was working just fine. But recently he despawned and won't come back. I activate the whistle and the dog appears for about two seconds before despawning again
Am I correct that this works best after you have a full party to choose from?
Obviously having a 5th member changes the game a lot. Is it for good fun despite being somewhat OP? Thanks for following this mod and helping people like me!
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Indeed, sometimes your dog dies and refuses to be summoned again. Sometimes that problem fixes itself when changing the location, other times even that doesn't help, and in such case you have to go to character selection screen, include the dog in your party, accept, exit party selection screen, dog will be there (probably with 1 hp, let it heal), back to party screen again, exclude, choose any other 3 companions, exit party selection screen, dog will be there as the 5th.
Another point, if you're a ranger you can summon bear/spider when the dog dies and keep exploring with those summons till you're able to change the party. Wolf might be kinda buggy and refuse to be summoned, no idea if it's connected to this particular mod, I never had a ranger or mods in DAO before.
And yet another point: this was the first mod I downloaded and tried to install, seemed as if DAUpdater didn't work or the mod was broken. Well, turns out you need the game to create some folders n files first for DAUpdater to work, so if you just downloaded it you need to launch it, start a new game, then you can exit and begin installing mods.
EDS is a DAzip mod. Use the daupdater.exe installer located in the game's bin_ship folder to install the mod, as described in the above linked tutorials.
Thanks for all the help you provide in this forum!
<With the mod INSTALLED,> summon Dog as extra party member. Dismiss the summoned Dog. Swap out all your party members, and assemble a complete party that does NOT include Dog. Save the game in a new slot. Call it something like 'No Dog'. Uninstall the mod. (Note: Depending on how you install and uninstall DAzip mods, you may need to remove some files manually. The files/folders that need removal for the mod to be completely uninstalled are Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\AddIns\Extra_Dog_Slot and Documents\BioWare\DragonAge\packages\core\data\Extra_Dog_Slot_package.erf) Now load that last 'No Dog' save. You should be given a warning that EDS is missing. Ignore the warning and continue to load. Go to party camp. Is Dog there, alive? If so, your save should be okay. If Dog is not in camp, is dead, or you still have the summons avatar frame appearing next to the Warden portrait, you may need to roll back to a save from prior to Broken Circle to successfully remove the mod.
If you do decide to merely disable the mod, be sure to first dismiss the summoned Dog as with a full uninstall and create a full 'no dog' party.
I also have the potion of respecialization mod installed. I loaded a previous save and realized that when I use that potion while having dog as a 5th companion, he would immediately die, his portrait would vanish, and then he would reappear once more but without the portrait, just like you both have described.
So the solution for me was to remove dog from the party before using the potion of respecialization. After using it, I am able to summon dog as a 5th companion and his portrait and him will work without issue.
This mod will bug the quest " Captured!" only one companion will go to the rescue, we have to deactivate the mod to let us choose 2 of them, any fix for that?
Am I correct that this works best after you have a full party to choose from?
Obviously having a 5th member changes the game a lot. Is it for good fun despite being somewhat OP?
Thanks for following this mod and helping people like me!