This fix will give Geralt a scroll -- to be found in his quest inventory, so it doesn't take up a slot in his bag -- that will unlock the doors to the kidnappers' hideout.

ONLY use this fix if you have a bug; it's not a shortcut mod. ONLY use this fix if Dandelion has told you that Alvin has been kidnapped and has led you to the building in the Temple Quarter where he's being held, but when you get there, you find that the doors are still locked.

There are 8 files that make this work:

it_quest_243.uti
iit_quest_243.dds
dp_scroll_015.dds
custom_script.ncs
custom_script.nss
def_arealoaded.ncs
ck_unlock_kidnap.ncs
ck_unlock_kidnap.nss

INSTALLATION: This bugfix will conflict with a lot of other mods, but if you're having a problem with your game, you should remove all your mods, anyway, to make sure that none of them are causing the problem. Once you've unlocked the door to the kidnappers' hideout, you can save the game, then delete the files for this mod and replace any mods you were using. Deleting this mod will leave you with a black square in your quest inventory where the red scroll for this mod used to be, but that won't harm your game any.

Download the mod. Unzip it, which will give you this README and a folder, KidnappersDoorUnlocker. Put the KidnappersDoorUnlocker folder into your The Witcher Enhanced Edition\Data folder.

Notice that the folder for the mod does NOT go into the Witcher folder where your saved games are; it goes in the Witcher folder where the game data is. This is The Witcher Enhanced Edition\Data.

(If you bought your game from GOG, then your folder will be called "The Witcher Enhanced Edition Directors Cut," but you still want the Data folder that's a subfolder of that. If you're playing under Steam on Windows, you'll find the necessary folder at Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\the witcher enhanced edition\data. If you're playing under Steam on the Mac, then look for /Users//Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/the witcher enhanced edition/The Witcher.app/Contents/Resources/drive_c/Program Files/The Witcher/Data/.)

INSTALLATION HELP FOR THOSE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING THEIR DATA FOLDER: If you have trouble finding your Data folder (Yes, I swear, you DO have one!), then go to the shortcut that you use to start the game, right-click on it, and scroll down to Properties, then click on that. The Properties box that pops up will have a path to your launcher.exe or witcher.exe file in a box labelled Target. Make note of that path! The path to launcher.exe will lead you to your The Witcher Enhanced Edition folder, which will have four subfolders: Data, Launcher, Register, and System. The path to witcher.exe will lead you to your The Witcher Enhanced Edition\System folder. Just go up one level, and you'll be in your The Witcher Enhanced Edition folder, where you'll see those four subfolders: Data, Launcher, Register, and System.

The def_arealoaded and custom_script scripts can conflict with mods, so remember to temporarily remove your other mods before using this bugfix.

Oh, and do remember to unzip the fix before you put it in your Override folder. :-)


USAGE: Start your game once you've installed the mod. After five seconds or so, you should be given the bugfix scroll. The scroll is bright red, to make it easier to find and to differentiate it from the regular scrolls you find in the game. It's in your QUEST inventory, to make sure that you'll still get the scroll even if your regular inventory is full. Remember that your quest inventory scrolls from side to side.

Read the scroll and wait a second or two. The doors to the kidnappers' hideout should now be unlocked, and your game can proceed normally.


CREDITS: The def_arealoaded.ncs script is from J_Slash (who made the oh-so-useful Stuff That Makes Geralt's Life Easier mod). The custom_script files are my adaptations of his custom script, so full credit to J_Slash for both of those. Everything else was made by Corylea, at the request of TheSilentShadow.