Gold Bug

[KalleFlaxx]

So I've been playing Daggerfall quite a lot lately, and I've noticed a rather annoying bug. The game is having difficulties keeping track of how much gold I have.

Right now it says on my stat window that I have 7222 gold, yet if I try to buy anything or put any gold into the bank, it tells me I don't have enough gold. This seem to randomly happen, an sometimes it tells me I have a few hundred gold more than I actually do, and sometimes it's thousands. It very seldom tells me my actual amount of gold.
It's not actually a huge problem since the extra numbers doesn't weigh anything, it's just annoying to have to figure out how much gold I actually have any time I want to put it in the bank or anything.
I tried opening my save with DFHack, and it tells me I have 0 gold right now (which I do).

So, anyone else have this problem, or a fix for it?

[Disagreer]

The stat window displays total gold, and you might have some of it in the form of letters of credit. There should not be any problems buying stuff, though.

[KalleFlaxx]

Oh hey, thanks. I checked my wagon and it turned out one of my many parchments in there was actually a letter of credit, worth 7222 gold. I have no idea how that ended up there.

Suppose it wasn't a bug then, and it was I who couldn't keep track of my own finances, not the game.

Thanks for the help!

[Ripcage]

How do you get letters of credit? I didnt know they exisited.

[KalleFlaxx]

From the wiki:

Letter of Credit: If you want to transfer gold from one region to another or if you need more gold that you can carry (for example, for a Daedra Summoning), you need to obtain a letter of credit. The letter's value is defined when it is certified at a Bank. The administrative charge for certification is equal to 1% of the letter's value. Therefore, if you request a 100,000 gold letter, 101,000 gold will be deducted from your bank account (100,000 for the face value, and 1,000 administrative fee). A Letter of Credit is accepted as means of payment in nearly all situations and it weights only 0.25 kg. Some exceptions exist, however; for example, Taverns will only accept cash, not letters of credit.

[Ripcage]

From the wiki:

Letter of Credit: If you want to transfer gold from one region to another or if you need more gold that you can carry (for example, for a Daedra Summoning), you need to obtain a letter of credit. The letter's value is defined when it is certified at a Bank. The administrative charge for certification is equal to 1% of the letter's value. Therefore, if you request a 100,000 gold letter, 101,000 gold will be deducted from your bank account (100,000 for the face value, and 1,000 administrative fee). A Letter of Credit is accepted as means of payment in nearly all situations and it weights only 0.25 kg. Some exceptions exist, however; for example, Taverns will only accept cash, not letters of credit.

I see, thank you. Im going to have to try to get one of those.