Hardlock bug in the Run this town quest after encounter with Benett in his car

[Hexares]

Can't interact with the quest marker near the arcade machine in the garage that's supposed to allow V to switch back to his/her appearance. Can't exit the area as Aguilar either.
Tried to restart the quest, to restart the game, nothing changes.
Game version up to date and so on. What to do?

[tse76]

same problem

[Phynrae]

Did this happen for you after the new patch? Or also before?

[Hexares]

Originally posted by Phynrae:

Did this happen for you after the new patch? Or also before?

Sorry I did not have the opportunity to test it before the patch, it's my first Phantom Liberty playthrough.

[雾枝韭菜花]

I have same problem here. Can't find any earlier mention of this issue so i guess it's caused by the new patch.

[Phynrae]

Originally posted by Hexares:

Sorry I did not have the opportunity to test it before the patch, it's my first Phantom Liberty playthrough.

No worries.

Just trying to determine if this could be an issue with the new patch, or one that's existed for a while.

[iisusu erl grey]

same problem in a same quest, tried this mission only after last patch. Doesn't find anything about it, so probably it's because of last update

[Hexares]

Originally posted by Phynrae:

Originally posted by Hexares:

Sorry I did not have the opportunity to test it before the patch, it's my first Phantom Liberty playthrough.

No worries.

Just trying to determine if this could be an issue with the new patch, or one that's existed for a while.

Well, chooms, looks like we just found a gamebreaking bug! I hope a CDPR runner can fix this soon enough.

[Boralf]

I have the same problem. There is no interaction prompt at the arcade machine to deactivate the imprint after dealing with Bennett in his car. Which kinda hardlocks you there, because there's also no other way of leaving the area.

[Hexares]

Originally posted by Boralf:

I have the same problem. There is no interaction prompt at the arcade machine to deactivate the imprint after dealing with Bennett in his car. Which kinda hardlocks you there, because there's also no other way of leaving the area.

You are correct especially with the "hardlock" term, since if, theoretically, somebody had just one save, and got stuck at this right moment of the game, that player could not keep going with that playthrough.

I modified the title of the thread accordingly.

Bumping this in hope more players can come by and tell us about their experience with this quest, or possibly a dev with a way to fix it.

[Raisinette]

Same issue.

[Solarieth]

The only "solution" I've found is instead of trying to solve things peacefully, choose the "you will forget about Arasaka" option and beat bennet in a fistfight. When I picked that option i could enter the garage and disable the disguise as intended. Its annoying, but not the end of the world, as far as i know, nothing really changes between the two choices.

[PhoenixRisen77]

Solarieth's solution works. I can confirm. Also it's given here:
https://support.cdprojektred.com/es/cyberpunk/pc/gameplay/issue/2764/im-unable-to-deactivate-the-aguilar-imprint-after-talking-to-bennett-in-run-this-town

[ErrantOverflow]

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

[Nero Trombadaria]

same here
very upsetting