Soft Lock after Zenith asks you to focus on your pain

[Barilleon]

I filled out the bug sheet, but I also wanted to post this here in case anyone experienced the same and got out of it. I'd really like to keep playing on this save file, instead of redoing the last seven hours!

I was speaking to Zenith after being in the forest with them twice. They asked me to focus on my pain and said that they would show me. They asked me to close my eyes, and then the screen faded to black. The music kept playing, but nothing popped up. I thought this was the point - like Zenith was asking me to slow down and focus, so I just left it there for a while. I saw the pluffin icon that said the game was autosaving, and that's when I figured this was more than a bug. I restarted the game, and when I got back to the clearing, Zenith wouldn't speak to me again. Now I think I'm softlocked. I've tried everything to get someone to talk to me - running through the forest, making tea, doing chores, etc. But I think because I missed the latter half of that Zenith conversation it won't trigger the next event.

Has this happened to anyone, and is there a way through it? Thank you!

[mummelputz]

same here ... just look in the thread Graphics not loading and your fine if you play on windows

[bokbokchk]

Is this still happening to you? I am finding myself in the same place after the latest patch today

[Hinclimincli]

Same here, How do we continue the game?

[mummelputz]

Now the cutscenes are loading but i am still trapped in the game... is there any way to reload the checkpoint before this happened

[Barilleon]

Yeah, that's the soft lock part. The game won't trigger the previous cut scene because I already viewed it, but it won't trigger the next one either.

[mummelputz]

Barilleon eredeti hozzászólása:

Yeah, that's the soft lock part. The game won't trigger the previous cut scene because I already viewed it, but it won't trigger the next one either.

ohh nooohhhh... thats really unlucky... yeah we are stuck

[MetricMike]

You might be able disable Steam Cloud saves (so it saves locally), and then use a Unreal Engine Save editor (like https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/742) to roll back your progress.

I see a bunch of conditions conditions that look like they might work, but haven't tried toggling them myself.

[ivyroadzack]

Hello, everyone! Zack from the Ivy Road QA team here. Just jumping in to mention that the latest hotfix today, version 15493, should fix this softlock. Zenith should have their conversation available again and the video should now work. Thank you for all the bug reports on this, it really helped us track down a fix!

[Barilleon]

Yes! The new hotfix solved the issue for me, and I was able to complete the game. Thanks so much!!