Screen is Stuck!

[Zeioreth]

Well I'm at the Fireforge to make my ring and I pressed insert to walk back from Dr. Twiddle and I noticed hummm.... my screen is stuck in some odd area of the map and I cant move? Anyone have any suggestions?

[stevefreiman]

You have encountered the dreaded camera bug. I'm assuming you're not at the actual Fireforge yet to make your ring, but rather in the small area with Dr. Twiddle and the levers puzzle, yes? This is a well known bug which apparently is only triggered by the Gold Edition, which installs the base game and the expansion together (apparently there's a coding conflict in Dragon Storm which activates this bug). You can get through this by rapidly pressing the space bar to get through the dialogue, but there's another game breaking instance of this camera bug further along in the game in the Crystal Forest at the mosaic puzzle which cannot be gotten through using this trick. A patch is available here: http://spellforce.jowood.com/sf2/ and I believe it should be applied before you get to the mosaic puzzle or at least when you're not in that map.
[For whatever reason, the patch didn't work for me (I think I didn't apply it correctly) and I instead got the two games separately as standalones and replayed the entire Shadow Wars campaign from the beginning. bug free.]

[Zeioreth]

Thank you stevefreiman i will have to check that out and before i get to the mosaic puzzle and see how it goes. I was so happy to free Dr. Twiddle and get the first ring too. lol. yes i have Shadow Wars also on disk might be time to search for keycode. My camera is stuck in the bottom left of mini map acting as if camera is set on character close up. Iwill have to start all over since last save though then rapidly press spacebar to pass by the camera bug right? Thank you again.

[stevefreiman]

The space bar trick is an acknowledged way to get past the bug in that particular puzzle, yes. Unfortunately that solution will not work on the mosaic puzzle -- here's a year-old Steam thread discussing the bug, along with a different link to the patch:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/39550/discussions/0/882962139277972369/#p2

[Surok]

I love the 1st Spellforce, but this game ruined all my expectations. It's nothing like the first game(((

[stevefreiman]

I think I liked it better once I got used to it. The building aspect was awkward for me at first, but after a while I realized it was just a streamlined version. Everything else was more or less the same I thought, minus the runes of course, which I didn't really miss.

[Zeioreth]

It worked i Thank you for all of your help and il deffinetly get that patch b4 i get to the mosiac! they need to fix this bug im sure it wouldnt be to hard ;)

[meadyster]

This is old but might help someone.
Save before starting the puzzle.
After inserting each piece dont use space the second time.
Open the console and use UI:CameraTrackEnd() command.
Try to avoid placing the tiles in the wrong place.
If the tiles are placed in the right slot and UI:CameraTrackEnd() command is used instead of the second space you wont get stuck.

[Sam Hotte]

Originally posted by meadyster:

This is old but might help someone.
Save before starting the puzzle.
After inserting each piece dont use space the second time.
Open the console and use UI:CameraTrackEnd() command.
Try to avoid placing the tiles in the wrong place.
If the tiles are placed in the right slot and UI:CameraTrackEnd() command is used instead of the second space you wont get stuck.

Don't use the cameratrack thingie in current anniversary edition!
It's not necessary and may break remaining cutscenes.

[Zeioreth]

Originally posted by meadyster:

This is old but might help someone.
Save before starting the puzzle.
After inserting each piece dont use space the second time.
Open the console and use UI:CameraTrackEnd() command.
Try to avoid placing the tiles in the wrong place.
If the tiles are placed in the right slot and UI:CameraTrackEnd() command is used instead of the second space you wont get stuck.

Old or not I'm sure it will help people out and I'm sure the knowledge will spread to others!
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[ThunderKats]

Originally posted by stevefreiman:

You have encountered the dreaded camera bug. I'm assuming you're not at the actual Fireforge yet to make your ring, but rather in the small area with Dr. Twiddle and the levers puzzle, yes? This is a well known bug which apparently is only triggered by the Gold Edition, which installs the base game and the expansion together (apparently there's a coding conflict in Dragon Storm which activates this bug). You can get through this by rapidly pressing the space bar to get through the dialogue, but there's another game breaking instance of this camera bug further along in the game in the Crystal Forest at the mosaic puzzle which cannot be gotten through using this trick. A patch is available here: http://spellforce.jowood.com/sf2/ and I believe it should be applied before you get to the mosaic puzzle or at least when you're not in that map.
[For whatever reason, the patch didn't work for me (I think I didn't apply it correctly) and I instead got the two games separately as standalones and replayed the entire Shadow Wars campaign from the beginning. bug free.]

THK A LOT...I was almot ending the campaing I was worry because after all the progress :S Sadly link is dead, Im currently testing this other patch: https://www.moddb.com/games/spellforce-2-dragon-storm/downloads/spellforce-2-201-patch-camera-bug. If it work then I end the commend here, been editing all day after fail on sarching. Well that didn't work against the glich, but probably that fix the camera problem anyways so is good. Now I'm trying this other one from the oficial: http://www.spellforce2.com/sf2/?lang=en&rid=1419