I'm Stuck at Start of Chapter 2

[Half-Blood]

So i just beat chapter 1 and I'm at the very beginning of chapter 2. I walk down the tunnel you start in and i get the end when Jessie is setting the bomb to open the door but nothing happens. I can't move my character, I can move the camera and pause the game, but nothing is happening. I sat there for 30 minuets with the game unpaused but nothing changed. I'm not tech savvy so I don't know if there is something I do in the files to fix it. Any advice would be welcomed.

[Xelane]

Try verifying the game files.

In your steam menu, hover over the game and right-click, then choose "properties".

Go to "Local Files" and choose the "Verify integrity of game files" option.

See if that helps.

[Half-Blood]

Originally posted by Xelane:

Try verifying the game files.

In your steam menu, hover over the game and right-click, then choose "properties".

Go to "Local Files" and choose the "Verify integrity of game files" option.

See if that helps.

I verified the game files, but I'm still getting stuck. Thank you for the suggestion though.

[Xelane]

Have you tried starting over on a new save?

If that doesn't work, maybe try completely deleting the game and reinstalling it.

[Evilnapkin]

Keep several saves, so if something like this happens you can load an earlier one and try that. My saves are probably about 15 minutes apart so nothing major is ever lost, though I haven't had a bug like this yet.

[Half-Blood]

I tried a new game didn't work so i'm going to try the reinstalling it.

[Xengre]

Did you also try rebooting? Simple but sometimes solves oddball issues such as corrupt RAM causing software, OS, and game issues.

[Half-Blood]

SO... turns out cutscene triggers sometimes cause my controller's movement stick to just stop registering. Sometimes RIGHT before the trigger. I don't know why it's JUST the movement stick... but it is. I turned my controller off and back on again and it started working. I figured it out while i was in chapter 1 and it happened at a cutscene trigger it hadn't happened at before. I am no longer stuck at chapter 2's start. Thank you to everyone that tried to help me with my... weird problem. I may get annoyed at every cutscene, but at least it is playable.

[Xelane]

Originally posted by Half-Blood:

SO... turns out cutscene triggers sometimes cause my controller's movement stick to just stop registering. Sometimes RIGHT before the trigger. I don't know why it's JUST the movement stick... but it is. I turned my controller off and back on again and it started working. I figured it out while i was in chapter 1 and it happened at a cutscene trigger it hadn't happened at before. I am no longer stuck at chapter 2's start. Thank you to everyone that tried to help me with my... weird problem. I may get annoyed at every cutscene, but at least it is playable.

That's very interesting.

You may want to try other controllers to see if it's a weird glitch with the controller's hardware. You might also be interested in deleting the driver for the controller and then reinstalling it by plugging it back in after deleting it. It might take a restart for it to work.

[Xengre]

Originally posted by Half-Blood:

SO... turns out cutscene triggers sometimes cause my controller's movement stick to just stop registering. Sometimes RIGHT before the trigger. I don't know why it's JUST the movement stick... but it is. I turned my controller off and back on again and it started working. I figured it out while i was in chapter 1 and it happened at a cutscene trigger it hadn't happened at before. I am no longer stuck at chapter 2's start. Thank you to everyone that tried to help me with my... weird problem. I may get annoyed at every cutscene, but at least it is playable.

Are you by any chance using software (especially DS4Windows, but others possibly as well) which has a short shut off default timer to save controller battery? Perhaps this is what is occurring during extended length cutscenes unlike normal play where you don't push buttons for such long periods. You can extend the length in at least DS4Windows and possibly others which may solve the issue.

[Half-Blood]

Originally posted by Xelane:

Originally posted by Half-Blood:

SO... turns out cutscene triggers sometimes cause my controller's movement stick to just stop registering. Sometimes RIGHT before the trigger. I don't know why it's JUST the movement stick... but it is. I turned my controller off and back on again and it started working. I figured it out while i was in chapter 1 and it happened at a cutscene trigger it hadn't happened at before. I am no longer stuck at chapter 2's start. Thank you to everyone that tried to help me with my... weird problem. I may get annoyed at every cutscene, but at least it is playable.

That's very interesting.

You may want to try other controllers to see if it's a weird glitch with the controller's hardware. You might also be interested in deleting the driver for the controller and then reinstalling it by plugging it back in after deleting it. It might take a restart for it to work.

i only have the one controller at the moment so it will be awhile before i can test that. But i found if i use wasd on my keyboard for a few seconds the stick starts working again without me having to turn it off and on again. So it's honestly not as annoying as i thought it was going to be.

[wigman16]

Hi!

Were you able to solve it? The problem that I am having is that after Jessie set the bomb to open the door, I can get out. I see the cutscene with Barret talking, then all of them go up the stairs, I saved the game yesterday and continued playing today. I try to go up and I see them saying "we will see each other with the last train, we will use the cargo train" or something like that, but then nothing happens, no one moves and I can´t do anything...I am stuck

I have seen videos of gameplay and Wedge is supposed to answer barret and then everyone move, but they are stopped and blocking the way. I can do nothing...

Any idea?

[HDRcade[Tyler]]

Turn off steam input. (goto game in library right click the game and select properties. Go to controller section and under override select 'disable steam input'.)