Unable to Climb Ladders, Vines, and Cragged Rocks

[RomulanKitty]

After the Patch 9 update, I'm unable to do simple climbs with any of my party members, they just fall and take damage. This is especially an issue when it comes to accessing the "hidden cache" as you first have to climb cragged rock and then a ladder to access the area. That's the only way I can see to get up there

[RomulanKitty]

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[.Master Jiren, The Strongest]

i have not encountered this. do you have any mods installed? ensure any mods are fully up to date and disable any mods not updated for patch 9, i had a mod that prevented sneaking until it was updated.

besides that, idk. you can try to do a long rest, that'll force the game to reload things which usually fixes minor bugs like that, because it sounds like your characters are stuck in a 'state', which can be fixed by resting.

the other thing is to just close the game out, start it back up again. that clears most bugs.

you could also try to use the jump command and sneak commands to see if it can transition your characters out of a glitchy state. try turn based mode too.


although, i have noticed characters climbing up ladders and then climb back down or fall off because too many try to sit in the same square spot. so instead of clicking the ladder, click an area further up on the platform (wherever you're trying to get to, idk where you're talking about) this will force the AI to move characters a little further in so they wont fall off, but of course, that only matters if you can get them to climb in the first place

[RomulanKitty]

Thank you for responding :) I don't have any mods, so I'll try the long rest and see if that resets things. If that doesn't work, I'll try your other suggestion as well

[RomulanKitty]

My climbing capabilities are still broken, so I think I may try to submit a ticket. So far I haven't seen anyone else with the same issue

[nohat86]

I have the same issue. Side question: What hidden cache?

[RomulanKitty]

There's a cliff side area near where you'll come across Astarian for the first time, you jump down to find the Harper's map buried and it leads you to a "hidden cache" that has a few neat things. Trying to keep this as spoiler-free as possible :)

[xposethedarkside]

Originally posted by BookSniffertron:

There's a cliff side area near where you'll come across Astarian for the first time, you jump down to find the Harper's map buried and it leads you to a "hidden cache" that has a few neat things. Trying to keep this as spoiler-free as possible :)

Climbing is definitely buggy as far as party members climbing up, only to climb back down again, just to finally climb up a 2nd time. I've learned to avoid this by not clicking what I'm climbing, and just click the destination I'm trying to get to. Seems to help at least my main character not do the double climbing.

But just straight up climbing and then falling? No I've never had that happen.

[SteelerMark]

I started having the same climbing/failing issues as well. Long rest and game restarts did not resolve. It isn't 100% of all ladders/rocks, but > 50%.

[.Master Jiren, The Strongest]

If what you guys are saying is true then this means theres a specific action being taken thats breaking it for you, and would be a genuine game breaking bug that needs to be reported to larian.

I would say load back to an earlier save when you could still climb, and try to pin point exactly what you did that broke it. sometimes its something you never would've guessed, like clicking trade during a dialogue option, or throwing a party member. just any little thing could've caused this to break. you can either hope it resolves itself, start a new game, or try to pin point exactly when it broke.

if more people have this problem, information of when they noticed the problem start could be helpful.

another thought. left click vs right click. sometimes, bugs can make one work and the other not work.

[dkellyvol]

I have the same problem. it all started when my characters were encumbered and sold goods in the trade window.

[.Master Jiren, The Strongest]

Originally posted by dkellyvol:

I have the same problem. it all started when my characters were encumbered and sold goods in the trade window.

That seems like it could be the likely source.
Being over encumbered prevents you from using ladders or climbing.
It could be that you sold materials on one character, switched, sold materials, exited out, so the game didnt update the encumberance properly. It might be an issue that only happens at a certain trader or with a certain number of party members. idk.

have you tried knocking yourself prone? thats a special state which might force the game to re-evaluate states depending on how the devs coded this. you could also try to kill the character and resurrect them with withers, but back up your save first because in my experience that is...risky.

i wonder if it could be fixed with something as simple as taking the dash action out of combat or casting enhance ability bull (since that affects carry weight which affects encumbrance)

my guess is your encumberance state didnt get properly written. so trying to force the game to re-check the state is the only way to troubleshoot this. im trying to reproduce this bug on my end but no luck

[nohat86]

Originally posted by Jiren, The Strongest:

If what you guys are saying is true then this means theres a specific action being taken thats breaking it for you, and would be a genuine game breaking bug that needs to be reported to larian.

I would say load back to an earlier save when you could still climb, and try to pin point exactly what you did that broke it. sometimes its something you never would've guessed, like clicking trade during a dialogue option, or throwing a party member. just any little thing could've caused this to break. you can either hope it resolves itself, start a new game, or try to pin point exactly when it broke.

if more people have this problem, information of when they noticed the problem start could be helpful.

another thought. left click vs right click. sometimes, bugs can make one work and the other not work.

Never installed any mods. Just click the ladder, rope, rocks etc. and I climb and then fall down. Sometimes the ladder breaks. I just reload and try again and again until it works.

[Lax]

There appears to be bugs occurring for me as well where characters cannot interact with certain objects. They are either too far away, or do not see them even when they're standing directly in front of them. Such as doors, climbing ladders, rocks, entering new areas, and so on.

Doors appear to be acting especially wonky for me now and I'm not sure why.

For example, The massive stone doors in the Druids inner sanctum sometimes just refuse to open no matter what I do. I believe the game thinks my characters are just too far away or something. And other times I will get a sound cue that the doors are opening, but they remain closed.

The only thing that resets them if I leave the zone and re enter the area. Is anyone else having any similar issues like these? Doors have always been a little janky, but I think Patch 9 did something to either the doors, or the distance its required to interact with objects.

[Jakeman6]

Originally posted by .Master Jiren, The Strongest:

Originally posted by dkellyvol:

I have the same problem. it all started when my characters were encumbered and sold goods in the trade window.

That seems like it could be the likely source.
Being over encumbered prevents you from using ladders or climbing.
It could be that you sold materials on one character, switched, sold materials, exited out, so the game didnt update the encumberance properly. It might be an issue that only happens at a certain trader or with a certain number of party members. idk.

have you tried knocking yourself prone? thats a special state which might force the game to re-evaluate states depending on how the devs coded this. you could also try to kill the character and resurrect them with withers, but back up your save first because in my experience that is...risky.

i wonder if it could be fixed with something as simple as taking the dash action out of combat or casting enhance ability bull (since that affects carry weight which affects encumbrance)

my guess is your encumberance state didnt get properly written. so trying to force the game to re-check the state is the only way to troubleshoot this. im trying to reproduce this bug on my end but no luck

Sorry for the necro, but for others trying to find a fix: knocking myself prone fixed it for me, thank you for suggesting. Finally had a use for those grease bottles.

[Nordil(Hun)]

This seems to be a thread from EA though:D