Darktrooper1138: I'm playing the GOG version of Might and Magic 8. I'm using the Greyface patch and his mod that allows you to make your full party at the start. When I cast town portal most of the time it will not let me select where to go and I will go to Ravenshore. The map opens up for a split second and then I'm in Ravenshore. The spell will work properly sometimes, usually after the spell fails once. But every time I cast town portal I have to keep reloading the game so I don't keep wasting all my spell points. Anyone have any idea why its doing this and a possible fix?
Based on your description, I can think of several different possible issues if it were the base game. Caveat: I don't know how using Greyface affects any of the following.
"Town Portal will not allow me to select where to go" -> You can only Town Portal to certain towns, and only if you've been there before. You'll never be able to TP to Murmur Woods, and you can't TP to Shadowspire if you've never been to Shadowspire. You might have to drink from the town fountain as well; I'm not sure, and I've never checked.
"Map flashes up for a split second then I go to Ravenshore" -> Your mouse might be registering extra clicks, such that you cast the spell and then immediately click to go to Ravenshore without realizing it. I don't recall off-hand how the spell lines up in the spell book, but this is my first thought as something to check. To compensate, try setting the spell as a quick spell so you can use the keyboard to cast (hand off the mouse and touch pad), and see if you are able to select a town after that.
"I cast the spell, but it fails sometimes" -> Iirc, Town Portal has a 10% percent chance per point of skill in Water Magic to work successfully. So 7 points in Water Magic means each cast has a 70% chance to work. Also, unless you are a Grandmaster in Water Magic, the spell will always fail if the monster indicator is Yellow or Red (if you aren't a GM, you can only cast it when monsters are not nearby, denoted by the monster indicator around your characters being green). Obviously, the fix is to get Water Magic to 10 skill points, preferably on a character that will eventually GM the skill.
Again, I don't know how much of this the Greyface patch changes.
