Cannot pick up Joker body toward the end of the game - BUG ?

[Drakkor]

I have purchased and really enjoyed playing Batman™: Arkham Knight game for PC on Steam until today. When finally reaching the end of the game, after beating up the Joker (front of the hanging cell, right after the battle between Batman and the Joker), I have a prompt that say "LCTRL+A - pick up". When I stand over the Joker's body and press those key sequence, Batman crouch and then do some kind of quick up/down animation and then crouch back over the Joker without picking up the body at all.

I have tried moving Batman all over the body in different places, restarting the game, changing the key bonding as well, but nothing worked. I am now stuck at this annoying bug, without any chance to move forward toward the end of the game, because I have no way of picking up the Joker's body.

Is there any patch or walk around I could use to fix this annoying issue ? This will be appreciated, because it's really frustrating after spending so many hours (and money) in the game, to not be able to finish it.

[chipperMDW]

In order to advance at that point, you need to perform an environment takedown on Joker. By default, that's Space+Left Mouse Button whenever he's highlighted in blue. He'll be highlighted blue whenever he's standing up and near the cell.

LCtrl+A doesn't make sense for anything with the default control scheme, so it sounds like you may have extensively remapped your keys. Go into the WayneTech menu to figure out what you need to press for the environment takedown. Consider temporarily reverting the controls to default if you still have trouble.

[MASTAN]

I don't remember Joker ever lying on the floor there.
When he's standing in front of cage, use environment takedown combo(I use gamepad so dunno what kb keys are).

[Drakkor]

Originally posted by chipperMDW:

In order to advance at that point, you need to perform an environment takedown on Joker. By default, that's Space+Left Mouse Button whenever he's highlighted in blue. He'll be highlighted blue whenever he's standing up and near the cell.

LCtrl+A doesn't make sense for anything with the default control scheme, so it sounds like you may have extensively remapped your keys. Go into the WayneTech menu to figure out what you need to press for the environment takedown. Consider temporarily reverting the controls to default if you still have trouble.

Thank you for your answer. I have a French keyboard, thus the LCTRL+A for picking up or going under crate for instance.
And it's weird, because I know how to do an environment takedown on Joker, and when I beat him, he just lay down front of me, and I have the screen prompt that say "LCTRL+A - pick up". But nothing happens at this point. So that's why i think I have a bug in the game.

[Drakkor]

Originally posted by MASTAN:

I don't remember Joker ever lying on the floor there.
When he's standing in front of cage, use environment takedown combo(I use gamepad so dunno what kb keys are).

It's weird, because when I beat him he just lay unconscious on the floor. I cannot push him into the cell while fighting.

[chipperMDW]

I wondered if that's what it meant by "pick up." The key combination used to enter a grate is also used for the "pick-up" move that you use to start a critical beatdown. I'm not sure why the game is prompting you to do that move at that point, but it's not needed at all. So just ignore that prompt for now.

Let me make sure you're familiar with the move you need to do in order to progress here. The environment takedown is the move you use to smash a guy into a nearby electrical box or yank a light fixture down onto him. It's the same input sequence you'd use to pick up a baseball bat, or grab one away from a stunned thug. It's also the same input sequence you use to do a Batmobile-assisted takedown. Basically, it's what you use to interact with things that are highlighted in blue. Are you sure that's the move you're attempting?

I'm trying to make sure because you talk about him lying down after you "beat" him. That makes it sound like you're trying to do something different from an environment takedown, because that move doesn't involve "beating" him at all. It involves grabbing him and shoving him into the cell.

[Drakkor]

Originally posted by chipperMDW:

I wondered if that's what it meant by "pick up." The key combination used to enter a grate is also used for the "pick-up" move that you use to start a critical beatdown. I'm not sure why the game is prompting you to do that move at that point, but it's not needed at all. So just ignore that prompt for now.

Let me make sure you're familiar with the move you need to do in order to progress here. The environment takedown is the move you use to smash a guy into a nearby electrical box or yank a light fixture down onto him. It's the same input sequence you'd use to pick up a baseball bat, or grab one away from a stunned thug. It's also the same input sequence you use to do a Batmobile-assisted takedown. Basically, it's what you use to interact with things that are highlighted in blue. Are you sure that's the move you're attempting?

I'm trying to make sure because you talk about him lying down after you "beat" him. That makes it sound like you're trying to do something different from an environment takedown, because that move doesn't involve "beating" him at all. It involves grabbing him and shoving him into the cell.

Yup, I know very well about what environment takedown is. I wish I could add a screenshot here to show you the issue though. Basically I have the Joker on the floor in the middle, a bit further away from the cell. He looks unconscious or dead, I dunno. He just lay down there, while I have that prompt that say "LCTRL+A - pick up".

[Drakkor]

Alright guys, found out what the problem was !!!!
Look like my anti-virus (Bitedeffender) was messing up with the game, and somehow broke that part with the Joker. Computer tech friend trouble shoot the issue and found out about it. Disabled it, and now I was able to pass this level without any issue !!!

BIG thanks to all who replied trying to help though. It's VERY appreciated.

[aspin]

I’m still having trouble with this it worked fine on my first play through but on new game + it won’t work I’ve tried every key sequence mentioned, even temporarily disabled my antivirus and nothing is working

[Springtrap]

Originally posted by aspin:

I’m still having trouble with this it worked fine on my first play through but on new game + it won’t work I’ve tried every key sequence mentioned, even temporarily disabled my antivirus and nothing is working

Same here :(