Lift the Shadow Curse portal bugged

[NR6Reaper]

I've done all the legwork for the quest, Halsin has opened the portal and said to guard it, but unlike my last 3 playthroughs, there was no timer showing how many turns until he returns and defeating the first group of enemies ends the battle. The portal is just stuck open with Halsin inside. From what I remember, more enemies are supposed to spawn every turn until Halsin comes out with Thaniel. I'm wondering if the last patch changed the sequence of events for this quest.

[NR6Reaper]

So, I noticed I only had issues when placing my party members in better positions before initiating the conversation to start this portion of the quest. When I re-loaded the game from just before heading to the beach, I instead kept my party grouped and spoke to Halsin. For whatever reason it's working fine now.

[hermit0wl]

Originally posted by NR6Reaper:

So, I noticed I only had issues when placing my party members in better positions before initiating the conversation to start this portion of the quest. When I re-loaded the game from just before heading to the beach, I instead kept my party grouped and spoke to Halsin. For whatever reason it's working fine now.

So, did some of your party members stay out of initiative at first? And that bugged the timer?

[NR6Reaper]

No. It Started Like usual, but the timer just never appeared and no new enemies spawned. But, when I left the party grouped when initiating the conversation with Halsin it worked fine.

[Orion Invictus]

What mods are you using?

[NR6Reaper]

None

[NR6Reaper]

I'm playing on my PS5