Riddler Bleake Island Bomb Rioter glitched

[Predated]

I have been having a new playthrough and I have been trying to get all riddler trophies and challenges before the new ones spawn in. The issue here is that on Bleake Island, the new bomb rioters panels have spawned in, but they are not working. At first I thought I needed to gather a certain amount of trophies first, but I checked an old playthrough where I refused to do the trophies and found out that wasnt the issue.

After ignoring it untill it was the last thing I needed to do to activate the Knightfall Protocol, I started searching more and found out that it glitched out due to something the game didnt expect you to do, I dont know what I exactly did to glitch that out, but I cannot finish a game I spend hours on collecting trophies just to get the full ending, which I now cannot get. Is there anyone here who has an idea on how to fix this?

[JonoAMano]

Batman Arkham Knight Backwinding Previous Saves
01. Backwind to a previous save point. From the save slot menu:
Keyboard and Mouse: Hold down minus key (-) to display backups, tap minus once or twice to choose between two recent backups, then press Enter to select.
XBox Controller: Hold down Left Bumper (above Left Trigger), tap Left Bumper once or twice to choose between two recent backups, then press green A button to select.

If that doesn't place you back far enough in time, follow these instructions to access backups from the Documents folder:
02. Reload a previous save.
Locate your backup folder, typically found here:
Documents \ WB Games \ Batman Arkham Knight \ Steam Account Number \ SaveData \ backup

You can drop Backup saves onto a slot in the Remote folder with existing progress to overwrite them. On Windows 8.1 you can't drop Backup saves into an empty save slot in the Remote folder listed below because swapped saves need an existing save to overwrite; however, you can or should be able to if you use newer versions of Windows 10. Your main game saves will be here:
Steam / userdata / Steam User Number / 208650 / remote

Arkham Knight's save system has up to 3 .sgd files per save slot which read as follows:
First save slot: BAK1Save0x0.sgd, BAK1Save0x1.sgd, BAK1Save0x2.sgd
Second save slot: BAK1Save1x0.sgd, BAK1Save1x1.sgd, BAK1Save1x2.sgd
Third save slot: BAK1Save2x0.sgd, BAK1Save2x1.sgd, BAK1Save2x2.sgd
Fourth save slot: BAK1Save3x0.sgd, BAK1Save3x1.sgd, BAK1Save3x2.sgd

If you use the Backup saves make certain to edit the datestamps from the .sgd file names before dropping them into the Remote folder. For example, edit from this:
BAK1Save0x0.sgd_2017-08-10_13-03-11
To this:
BAK1Save0x0.sgd

Make copies of both your current Remote saves and of any Backup saves you want to swap them with, that way you won't lose any major progress.

[Predated]

I guess I am not able to fix it since my back up data doesnt allow me to go back, even with the back up saves. The closest point makes me go to when the panels were just turned off.

I already found out that new game+ wont fix this either, since it uses the same data as the regular game and keep them off. It really sucks because I know this glitch has been in existance since 2015 and there has been nothing done to fix it. Perhaps you know of a debug/console mode or a mod that can fix this? I have been looking around for that too and couldnt find any. I completed everything else, so I dont even care if it messes up the gameplay at this point. I just want to finish the game with everything at 100%.

[JonoAMano]

Are you playing with your screen resolution cranked to maximum? If so, reduce it from inside the Graphic Options menu to improve object and proximity registration and then try replaying the backups. Needlessly high screen res has been attributed with a variety of bugs related to collision objects and interactions, and also contributes to a few flagset bugs in all Arkham games.

[Predated]

I cant replay the back ups since its already a few hours after I first found out the glitch. In terms of RAM and VRAM it doesnt actually have much difference since I have 8gb of VRAM(the highest settings go up to 4gb of VRAM) and 64gb of RAM(which is needlessly much, I know, but it prevents a lot of in-game issues in my favorite games) and extremely powerful processing power. I still tested it, but it didnt unlock them.

The thing is, as far as I could deduct, the reason they wont work is because at some point in the game, I accidentally must have hit one of the pressure plates while being mid-chase, which activated the bomb rioter while being inside another quest, tagging the quest as finished even though I didnt finish the objective. One of the bomb rioters is actually marked as finished, which should unlock a voice recording because the entire grid is checked off, but even the voice recording stays locked. My guess is that the issue lies there. Since I am able to take down the bomb rioters of Founders and Miagani Island, and the first bomb rioter being completed but somehow doesnt count to unlock the voice recording, I think the best way is to somehow be able to reset that objective, through hacking, mods or any other way of gameplay manipulation. Especially seeing as I did the first bomb rioter within the first 3 hours of gameplay and I am right now at about 30-40 hours in.

[[LUE] Vegetaman]

Dang, wish I saw this thread before I posted mine in January! I know on mine I apparently screwed up by throwing a remote control baterang in an alleyway (nowhere near the pressure pad) and it scanned the people. So good to know that what, 5 years later, this bug still kicks. I tried the usual fixes of running over everybody with the batmobile or standing on the pressure pad anyway, but no such luck. I have a slightly different failure mode. My bomb rioter shows on the mini-map after interrogating an informant, and is not checked off, but the riddler thinks I've completed all but one bomb rioters in the overworld (but I should have TWO left) and it is not checked off in my riddles sheet. After about 3 hours I just gave up collecting the last 100 riddler trophies. 30+ hours into my game as well, no way I'm going back thru that again.

[Predated]

Yeah, I especially went to do a playthrough to do 100% on hard mode. Never heard of that glitch. I'm still going to do that, but first I want to know more info on the new Arkham game. I also kinda want to pick up streaming again, so if I know the release date of the new Arkham game, I can set up a schedule and finally finish all Arkham games 100% on hard mode.

I am pretty sure that if they would allow a console in the Arkham games, problems like this would be solvable within seconds.

[JonoAMano]

Vegetaman, did you try backwinding your progress as outlined in comment #1? Depending on how far back your backups go, you would only have to retrace a few hours instead of 30 hrs.

This bug was purportedly patched a long time ago. Have you guys checked to make certain the game auto-updates?
1. Select game in Steam Library, right-click Properties, then Updates to choose Automatic Updating and to Allow Background Downloads.
2. Select game in Steam Library, right-click Properties, then Local Files and Verify Integrity of Game Cache.

[Predated]

Well, I installed the game with all the dlc and updates possible, so this bug still exists. I am fairly certain they patched most of it, but seeing as most bugs keep on existing due to spaghetti coding, just near impossible to pull off. I am guessing its just a rare case. Because back in the day about 15%, and nowadays the newest posts about bugs are so rare that you're often referred to older versions of the bug that are already pathed.

[[LUE] Vegetaman]

Yeah, I only had backup saves for like that day, and I know I tripped the bug about 30 hours earlier in the game like 2 weeks prior to that. I threw a remote baterang while on a perch up on the North West corner of Bleake Island I am pretty sure, and it scanned some dudes on the curve. Didn't occur to me what had happened until I went through all these threads when this bug became apparent to me at the end of the game. Can't remember but I was trying to find a riddler trophy or something at the time.

I keep reading it was patched, but it seems still still be a triggerable event. What's weird is that the scan bug happened and I wasn't even near where the pressure pad would be, since it is on the complete other side of that whole road, so I am doubly confused how it happened. But yeah, I downloaded the game with full blown DLC and everything in late 2018, so it should have been fully patched from when I started it.

[JonoAMano]

You have to allow Background Downloads for the patch to take effect. Did you check Steam preferences as outlined in comment #7? You have to set this yourselves, it won't do it on its own.

[Breaddddd]

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