Lightsaber Not Appearing During Cutscenes?

[Sanity Potion]

Hi all,
It has been a regular occurrence where my Jedi's lightsaber will just be straight up invisible during cutscenes...Not the worst thing but does anyone know any fixes?

[Xihe]

This happens when you're playing a subclass that has a light saber type that wasn't originally in the base game for that class. For example if you're playing a Jedi Knight but using a subclass that has a double bladed saber staff. Not much you can do about this.

[Berserkr]

Helmets don't show up at times also, got a Mandalorian helm on my Imp Op and it never shows in cutscenes

[shadowpcgamer]

support bugs on website no one cares on steam

[Mista Ree]

Originally posted by Berserkr:

Helmets don't show up at times also, got a Mandalorian helm on my Imp Op and it never shows in cutscenes

Helmets are only disabled in cutscenes where the devs felt it was important to have them off. Many conversations with your companions disable helmets for example but they're never disabled 100% of the time.

[Dr. Atrocious]

Originally posted by Mista Ree:

Helmets are only disabled in cutscenes where the devs felt it was important to have them off. Many conversations with your companions disable helmets for example but they're never disabled 100% of the time.

I'm positive he's knowledgeable of the game enough to have already known that.

I've also experienced this bug where the helmet is just off during many cutscenes despite not being companion or kiss compatible conversations.

[Mista Ree]

Originally posted by Dr. Atrocious:

Originally posted by Mista Ree:

Helmets are only disabled in cutscenes where the devs felt it was important to have them off. Many conversations with your companions disable helmets for example but they're never disabled 100% of the time.

I'm positive he's knowledgeable of the game enough to have already known that.

I've also experienced this bug where the helmet is just off during many cutscenes despite not being companion or kiss compatible conversations.

I don't think it's a bug. I think you're just experiencing cutscenes that are set to have your helmet unequipped.

If you want to know if it's bugged or not create a new character. Esc out of the opening cutscene. Go into your collections and grab a set of gear that has a helmet. Equip the helmet , restart the cutscene and see if stays equipped or not.

The opening cutscenes don't disable your helmet from what I remember so it's an easy way to test if you or its bugged or not.

[Dr. Atrocious]

Originally posted by Mista Ree:

I don't think it's a bug.

It's been a known bug for years now. You can google it if you don't believe me.

[Mista Ree]

Originally posted by Dr. Atrocious:

Originally posted by Mista Ree:

I don't think it's a bug.

It's been a known bug for years now. You can google it if you don't believe me. :seriousboss:

Google results show that there's a problem with the outfit tabs, the hide helm option, unifying colors, etc, but nothing I saw shows it to be a permanent thing that there isn't any work around for. Swap outfits, uncheck and recheck the hide helm option, unify colors un-unify colors.

[Dr. Atrocious]

Originally posted by Mista Ree:

Google results show that there's a problem with the outfit tabs, the hide helm option, unifying colors, etc, but nothing I saw shows it to be a permanent thing that there isn't any work around for. Swap outfits, uncheck and recheck the hide helm option, unify colors un-unify colors.

That's an awfully pedantic way of looking at it and a convenient excuse. Whether it can be resolved by restarting the cutscene until it works doesn't change the fact it's a bug.

[Mista Ree]

Originally posted by Dr. Atrocious:

Originally posted by Mista Ree:

Google results show that there's a problem with the outfit tabs, the hide helm option, unifying colors, etc, but nothing I saw shows it to be a permanent thing that there isn't any work around for. Swap outfits, uncheck and recheck the hide helm option, unify colors un-unify colors.

That's an awfully pedantic way of looking at it and a convenient excuse. Whether it can be resolved by restarting the cutscene until it works doesn't change the fact it's a bug.

"If you Google it you can see it's a bug"

By the same logic one can Google it and find a solution for it.

SWTOR is filled with bugs, what's worse are ones that have no solution, this specific one does have a solution.

There are also some situations where it's not a bug and some people just have the hide helmet option selected without knowing it.

[Dr. Atrocious]

Originally posted by Mista Ree:

"If you Google it you can see it's a bug"

By the same logic one can Google it and find a solution for it.

SWTOR is filled with bugs, what's worse are ones that have no solution, this specific one does have a solution.

There are also some situations where it's not a bug and some people just have the hide helmet option selected without knowing it.

This isn't the same logic at all. I was informing you that it is a bug that exists. You've only shifted goalposts from claiming "I don't think it's a bug. I think you're just experiencing cutscenes that are set to have your helmet unequipped." to "this specific one does have a solution".

I personally don't care if you think the bug is less significant than others. That's not my problem.

[Kirilla]

why are we arguing about visual bugs when we all know swtor engine and its animation, graphic effects etc are 2010 era. you still get broken animations lmao

[Xautos]

here is an old but related to this, cloaks clipping through the middle of a character.
another: years ago twi'elk lekku were so light that once a fast enough elevator is going down the lekku would go up and end up rag dolling from the twi'lek's head.

[Korana Noth]

I think lekku still do that lol

The capes clipping through the PC's torso is still around. So is flailing hair, and you can see that one right from the start in the warrior intro cutscene.