Reignite the Flare: Story blocker bug

[StefanH]

I reached the "Reignite the Flare" part of the game after ca. 4 hours of playing. There is a door blocking the path to the flare which has an alarm attached to it. When I try to open the door, the "Open door" hint disappears, but nothing happens at all. After some time I checked YouTube and saw that this door should trigger an alarm and open. But for me neither of this happens. I restarted, died and retried, loaded last checkpoint and even connected an XBox Controller instead of a mouse/keyboard. Nothing helped and now the game is blocked for me.
I do not even need a workaround anymore as I uninstalled and spoiled myself with the ending on YouTube. My disappointment stays though and I will not play it ever again.

[SecretModeLiam]

Heya - thanks for doing this post after my response to your review, it's really appreciated (and again, really sorry you encountered this.)

This is a known bug and is being investigated by QA.

I understand you have uninstalled and watched the rest of the game online, but just in case you (or anyone else seeing this post) wants to try this workaround another player has found (this workaround is unverified our side)

"I was stuck in the same bug, I just got past it somehow. When I loaded my save I was standing facing the alarmed door to relight the flare, this is what i did step by step about 3 times (bc i died twice) and it worked all times: I turned around, walked to the door that I came through to access this area (with a lock that I broke), closed it and opened it, walked into the room and went to the back where the door is blocked by things, I clicked the door to prompt the voice line. Walked out to the alarmed gate, pressed the middle of it and it worked. Idk how but it did. Without doing this I had the same problem of the alarmed door not opening/working :o)"

Thank you again for your patience.

[Rockingstamp]

Is there any other work around as I have tried over and over to replicate those steps and nothing happens

[CiphriusKane]

For me, closing and reopening the gate with the lock was all I needed to do. Load checkpoint, head to door with lock, close it, open it, head to alarm door, press prompt. Maybe all the extra steps (like triggering the voice line) is messing things up?