State of main quests, beyond Garbage

[Sir Lunchalot]

Yo fellow stalkers,

I paused my playthrough during christmas time due to a bug that prevented me to continue the main quest in Garbage. I was wondering, how are the follow up quests? are there more bugs / glitches that prevent progress?

I really enjoyed the game but I didnt want to explore further and rob myself of a world without main quest progression, so I paused it.. :(

I know that there are potential work arounds for certain quests, but to be honest, I couldnt be arsed I want to immerse myself and not play trouble shooting

[VeraNoa]

As of today, I’m stuck in the main mission at DUGA. A door that should be open to allow access to the battle with the first boss is locked. It’s impossible to progress.

Before that, I encountered far too many issues to keep tolerating this game.

I’m moving on and having fun with other games that can actually be considered finished.

[Othobrithol]

Third run here, the occasional hiccup but nothing reverting to an older save didn't fix.

[n0mad23]

I'm in the final missions before heading up to Pripyat and haven't had any soft or hardlocking story bugs. About 120 hours into this first run, too.

Tons of issues need to be fixed, and I've run into tons of bugs. Luckily none have been connected to the story.

[Sir Lunchalot]

Originally posted by Virake:

Originally posted by Othobrithol:

reverting to an older save

actually what OP should do, even if he chooses to pause the playthrough after that. patches are not guaranteed to retroactively fix incorrect variables recorded in a save file.

ugh, I should have saved more regularly then. Im not sure but I believe my last save file before that was quite a while back :/. Its strange that it behaves differently for other players. Right now Im already in a good Mass Effect playthrough. I might come back to it once Im finished with it - or at least give it another shot with an old save file.

Thanks for your insights guys!

[Coldhands]

I'm well past that point and haven't run into any main quest related bugs yet. Possibly one where a character showed up out of nowhere with no introduction and acted like they're important to the plot and I should already know why. So maybe some previous cutscene didn't trigger where they were actually introduced? But given the rest of the storytelling in this game, I suspect that's an oversight, not a bug.

[bLackH0le]

I stopped the game when I got stuck in the go to sawmill main mission.
I don't want to play with UE Tools mods and reset mission commands.

I hope they will fix the main mission script.

[Nite69]

If you sided with stalker no issues I did a playthrough with them twice, but if you sided with ward it has problem with locked doors about 2/3 of the way into the story, my current playthrough is stuck on it

[{1stCAV}HoXtyYy]

true the game after you leave SIRCA goes to ♥♥♥♥ the my quests are all bugged i have to use console commands to activate the next quests

[98734ALPHA]

I got stuck in SIRCAA when Korshunov wouldn't spawn with Dalin. Was no way to progress so deleted my saves post walking to SIRCAA and am waiting for the patch

[Coldhands]

Originally posted by Nite69:

If you sided with stalker no issues I did a playthrough with them twice, but if you sided with ward it has problem with locked doors about 2/3 of the way into the story, my current playthrough is stuck on it

Which door? I sided with the Ward and I think I'm around 2/3 of the way through.

[lockwoodx]

Originally posted by VeraNoa:

As of today, I’m stuck in the main mission at DUGA. A door that should be open to allow access to the battle with the first boss is locked. It’s impossible to progress.

You can legit break your game during the first battle of Duga if your gear is too good.

Don't be rambo and kill everyone too fast. It's a timed encounter.

You have to wait for them to destroy the helicopter first or the game glitches.

Only a previous save will fix it once the boss fight refuses to start.

[Nite69]

Originally posted by Coldhands:

Originally posted by Nite69:

If you sided with stalker no issues I did a playthrough with them twice, but if you sided with ward it has problem with locked doors about 2/3 of the way into the story, my current playthrough is stuck on it

Which door? I sided with the Ward and I think I'm around 2/3 of the way through.

Second mission of duga radar, the tech tunnels, ward used a different one then stalker side does for that mission

[bLackH0le]

This is unacceptable for the main quest.
It's not up to the player to debug and test and try find the root cause of why the main scenario is not working.

the conclusion is that the game was released without proper path scenario testing.
we payed money to have amusement, not the be a free testers.

I like the game and I like the subject but the GSC need to assume their responsability!

[Alun1]

I had issues with “back to the slag heap” but reloading an old save fixed it, no issues until “wishful thinking” at SIRCAA. Now I’m locked in a room of locked doors and can’t do anything. No reloading an old save doesn’t fix this one, I made several attempts with different (further back) saves.

Main quest is broken.

[Delta P]

Originally posted by Virake:

I have experienced no major issues so far, but the game seems to behave differently for everyone.

You and Sturm Kat just go to threads to say "no issues here. works fine for me" just to attempt to shut down criticism and irritate people. From what I've seen, you two post nothing of real value and only shill for the game. Get out of here.