squint no artifact

[Hailstone]

i got past the bloodsucker i think its called but there is no artifact that i can see in this place

[Cryptic]

use a detector

also, nice spoiler

[vvilku]

Originally posted by Cryptic:

use a detector

also, nice spoiler

useless info

The artifact doesn't spawn, no matter what I do. I have the detector, I throw the bolts, don't throw the bolts. whatever. the artifact doesn't spawn. can't progress in the game.

had no enemies in the cave at all either.

[Mechanique]

Originally posted by vvilku:

Originally posted by Cryptic:

use a detector

also, nice spoiler

useless info

The artifact doesn't spawn, no matter what I do. I have the detector, I throw the bolts, don't throw the bolts. whatever. the artifact doesn't spawn. can't progress in the game.

had no enemies in the cave at all either.

How exactly did you come to a conclusion that it doesn't spawn? You do understand that you need to find it before you can see it, right?

[ImHelping]

Considering all the bug reports of artifacts spawning inside terrain unable to be taken, I would not discount the possibility that little cave is being buggy instead of just fussy "have to be on the exact half inch of space with the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ default detector out."

Also considering the first bloodsucker is heavily scripted and it is a tight tunnel then cave? Yeah it isn't exactly going to be accidentally snuck past unless it just doesn't spawn. (When I revisited it later after killing and looting for the quest the first time through. Because it is the closest acid anomaly and got lucky for an anti rad (Weak) on second visit? TWO new bloodsuckers were down there at once that next time for me).

On top of ALL THAT? I have heard they screw with the anomaly to not spawn an artifact until you get the quest from squint. Not that I tested it. So layers upon layers of bugs and jank are possible.

[vvilku]

Originally posted by Mechanique:

How exactly did you come to a conclusion that it doesn't spawn? You do understand that you need to find it before you can see it, right?

Uhm... I think you have issues with understanding the causality. I can't FIND it, unless it exists. I know it doesn't lie around, like in previous games, if that's what you mean. So how do I know it doesn't spawn? Because it's not there.

My artifact detector is beeping like crazy (anomaly detector beeps as well, so yes, I know the difference), so I am where the artifact SHOULD be. I know how to "hunt" them: got both the main-quest one in the prologue and the one from the fire field in the first side-quest in the game.

The one for for Squint simply doesn't spawn, regardless of what I do while being spot-on where the detector indicates. I can throw bolts around, I can jump, stand still, shoot, run in all directions, crouch, lean, what-ever-else. The artifact doesn't pop-up like the others do.

Originally posted by ImHelping:

On top of ALL THAT? I have heard they screw with the anomaly to not spawn an artifact until you get the quest from squint. Not that I tested it. So layers upon layers of bugs and jank are possible.

This is somewhat understood as it would brake the quest (lol). My issue seems to be that it is not triggering even with Squint's quest. I blame it on the cave totally not working, since I didn't run into any enemies that are supposed to be there - just found a pair of feet of a dead monster sticking out of the ground, as if it was spawned upside down :)

[ToxicDutch]

Originally posted by vvilku:

Bla

Did you look up in the cave? There is a Shed buit on top of it with a cracked flooring. I got the quest artifact the first time in the cave, but the 2nd time it actually spawned in the shed above me. Took me 30 minutes before I realised.

[vvilku]

Originally posted by ToxicDutch:

Originally posted by vvilku:

Bla

Did you look up in the cave? There is a Shed buit on top of it with a cracked flooring. I got the quest artifact the first time in the cave, but the 2nd time it actually spawned in the shed above me. Took me 30 minutes before I realised.

whoa... that's a great "design" :D

Actually I finally got it, after I don't know how many tries and reloads - the key was running around the cave until I found a dead mutant. Once it appeared, I got the artifact with no issues (except mild acid burn), but for real - soooo annoying...

[Araulius]

i have had 2 locations bug out in this manner for me. my scanner tells me i'm directly on top of it, and it won't materialize. spent 30 minutes in each case searching for possible underground access, or lower level, and obviously the area where the detector is telling me the artifact is. It simply won't materialize.

[vvilku]

Originally posted by Araulius:

i have had 2 locations bug out in this manner for me. my scanner tells me i'm directly on top of it, and it won't materialize. spent 30 minutes in each case searching for possible underground access, or lower level, and obviously the area where the detector is telling me the artifact is. It simply won't materialize.

Yeah, this is annoying. I now do a quick-save, get as close as I can and run around like an idiot. If I die, I die. F8, and repeat. But this is not the kind of fun I was expecting.