Fallout 2 Locking door before combat

[remyabel]

I do not have killap's patches installed. Running on official patch 1.02 with sfall 3.0 and high resolution patch 4.0.2.

So in The Den in the Slaver's guide, I decided to do something that never occured to me..initiate combat. Apparently you get a lot of karma and xp for this.

I decided to lock Metzger's door and the front door to keep them out while I deal with the guys in the lobby. However after they're dead, I cannot end combat. I've tried sneak and staying out of their LOS, and even pushing Sulik out of the LOS but it doesn't let me end combat. And because you can't end combat, I can't unlock the doors to deal with the others.

Sulik didn't attack the others through the window until I got hit, but I had him on burst setting, and you can't change combat settings in combat. Also, I had gone 150% melee so I wasn't any good with a gun either.

Now I don't want to start all over, so I'm asking for advice on how best to deal with this situation. If I use the dynamite on the door to Metzger, would it be possible to end combat because it's far away from the enemies outside?

 

[Per]

You could perhaps use an inventory editor to get some lockpicks, which can be used during combat. You could always try the Dynamite solution first if you don't want to cheat unless you have to.