Same issue as the original post here.
I also tried the timing reset by breaking into the bank, then immediately heading back to the treants. I used the map to get to the cemetery, then headed for the treants. First I tried just walking past the so-called burned out tree on the left (the other was still intact, but "asleep", and the game froze with the head and red blinking eyes. Had to restart and try again. Next, I tried giving the tree on the right the pine cone, and the game crashed to the desktop, with this error message:
An error has occurred. Please contact the game author for support, as this...blah blah blah....
(ACS version 3.3.0.1160)
in “GlobalScript.acs”, line 9359
Error: FaceCharacter: characters are in different rooms
Any other suggestions, short of going back and doing the treant quest before I nab the bird?
Awesome game to this point, by the way! Cheers!