Blackwater / Mockingbird challenge

[wolrajh]

It may or may not have been asked before, tried to search but didn't find anything.

the "Mockingbird" challenge requires we ... "Push" Layla from the balcony with a sniper bullet to the head.
Finding the sniper rifle is easy enough, but she doesn't seem to ever go on the balcony. I kept the game running for 20 minutes, nothing.

Is there something to trigger in order to have her walk outside? Scripts are nice, but sometimes it's a bit annoying having to rely on them...

[hardcoreterd]

poison the sushi if its the mission i think your on.

[DYИATROИ]

Really? that`s odd. I tried this two times and on both of them she came out. I did nothing to provoke her or anything particular to make her come out. Although one time I did kill someone and she still came out(while the guards were aware of a killer, not but not where I was) The other time I just waited and sure enough she came out. So...maybe restart from checkpoint or level? Dunno, weird.

[ThatCat]

Can you lure her to right place with bottle or something?

[Nerevar]

Are you playing on hard difficulty? I am asking because I beat the game on hard and, on this mission, I killed her in the Panic Room. After beating the game, restarted this level and tried to do it with the sushi/mocking bird but she wouldn't come out. Then, don't know why, I thought that could be related to the extra guards and patrols for higher difficulties. Switched the game on normal and she showed up at the balcony. Weird isn't it? I think it's a bug.

[Scalvando]

I played on medium and I think she stands at the edge of the top right corner of the balcony(when you come out of the elevator room beside the stairs,) near where the two guards talk about you not having a chance. I could be wrong though.

[wolrajh]

Yes, I'm on Hard, and I spent a few hours trying to activate every scripts, waiting 30minutes+ with the game running, etc, to get her to come outside.
It never, absolutely never happened. I watched a video and I perfectly see where he is supposed to go during her patrol, and I never saw her there. Someone suggested that Mockingbird just didn't work on PC... Honestly, I don't know.

I will try on normal difficulty, though, yes. Anyway, for most of the challenges, it's probably better to go to Normal...

About poisoning the sushi, it will work, but you have to have her in your sights when she eats, or else it seems she will just keep going on her patrol. She does indeed come out, so maybe relocating with the sniper rifle will do the trick if switching to normal doesn't enable the Balcony waypoint...

[Nerevar]

Oh, I see. I usually take cover when she is around, that may explain why I couldn't trigger the sushi script. Btw if you want to do it on hard, I suggest you to kill her with the whale bones/shoot in her face while she is in her underwear, they both worked for me. Or let's hope they are going to release a patch soon...