Auxilliary Shaft Glitch??

[Cannybelle]

Just started playing this game, and I ran into an issue in the Auxilliary Shaft where the large digging machine is.
I've got the key in the control panel, got the machine filled with gas, and the power cable plugged into both the control panel and the power box.

It still says that I have no power??? The last time I tried to unplug and replug the power cable it went haywire and everytime I tried to pick it up it simply bounced around the whole damn room and wouldnt plug back in at all. I had to restart from a previous save point before I made that mistake.

Any ideas??? The last thing I want to do is start the game all over again.....

[oku]

just a quick thought, did you solve that giant generator puzzle right at the beginning of this whole mess? It involved oil drip and water cooling etc.

[Ni'ri]

You aren't able to proceed this far without sorting the generator puzzle out first.

I remember in my last playthrough I was having problems with that damn cable, even though it seemed plugged in at both ends it really wasn't, trying to fix it just sent the cable into spasm like you said. Never had this issue before and I have played the game countless times.

Can't quite remember how i fixed it but I was able to fix it somehow. I think it involved loading the latest save (right where you enter the room with the mining machine) and fiddling around with the cable.

Out of curiosity are you seeing a light pop up on the console when you plug it in?

If you want you can send me your save file and I can see if I can figure it out.

[Cannybelle]

No, I got the generator going. Thats done. I dont see a light turn on, no.
I did also did try loading from a previous save point that was before I even got the gas and keys.

I can't take the cable back out of the power box. Its stuck there; wont budge. But when I take it out of the control panel, thats the end that goes haywire. Rather not share files, tho thanks anyway.

[Vic]

Same here... :'( I'm sadly done with the game. Won't be able to finish it since all my save files have the same problem. Here's another related post:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/22180/discussions/0/224446614462433656/

[Vic]

Fixed it!!! A little hackish but this would do:

1) Look for your affected save file under Documents/Penumbra Overture/Episode1/save
2) Backup your save file (make a copy onto another location)
3) Edit your save file with notepad or any other text editor
4) Look for section <class_ptr type="cSavedWorld" name=""> with <var type="4" name="msName" val="level01_10_small_shaft" />
5) Within that section find this block:
<class type="cScriptVar" name="">
<var type="4" name="msName" val="control" />
<var type="2" name="mlVal" val="0" />
</class>
6) Replace val 0 with 1 so the block looks like this:
<class type="cScriptVar" name="">
<var type="4" name="msName" val="control" />
<var type="2" name="mlVal" val="1" />
</class>
7) Save the file
8) Run the game
9) Thank me later :P

[oku]

Terrific, thanking you for those of us who'll probably run into this problem in the future.

[SHaDeW]

Good Job. Respect+++

[Fredd66c]

Vic > thank you soooo muchhhh, fixed it ! damned yeah, was ready to restart the game from the very beginning, damn bug spasmic cable !!! never thought that editing a save was still workable today, your the best on that one !

[Vic]

Originally posted by Fredd66c:

Vic > thank you soooo muchhhh, fixed it ! damned yeah, was ready to restart the game from the very beginning, damn bug spasmic cable !!! never thought that editing a save was still workable today, your the best on that one !

[ANGGAR]

Originally posted by Vic:

Fixed it!!! A little hackish but this would do:

1) Look for your affected save file under Documents/Penumbra Overture/Episode1/save
2) Backup your save file (make a copy onto another location)
3) Edit your save file with notepad or any other text editor
4) Look for section <class_ptr type="cSavedWorld" name=""> with <var type="4" name="msName" val="level01_10_small_shaft" />
5) Within that section find this block:
<class type="cScriptVar" name="">
<var type="4" name="msName" val="control" />
<var type="2" name="mlVal" val="0" />
</class>
6) Replace val 0 with 1 so the block looks like this:
<class type="cScriptVar" name="">
<var type="4" name="msName" val="control" />
<var type="2" name="mlVal" val="1" />
</class>
7) Save the file
8) Run the game
9) Thank me later :P

Thank you so much for this. I was going to drop the game for this bug until I saw your comment.

Really, thanks a lot.

[Vic]

Originally posted by ANGGAR:

Thank you so much for this. I was going to drop the game for this bug until I saw your comment.

Really, thanks a lot.

Happy to hear! No problemo!

[Guy on TV]

Originally posted by Vic:

Fixed it!!! A little hackish but this would do:

1) Look for your affected save file under Documents/Penumbra Overture/Episode1/save
2) Backup your save file (make a copy onto another location)
3) Edit your save file with notepad or any other text editor
4) Look for section <class_ptr type="cSavedWorld" name=""> with <var type="4" name="msName" val="level01_10_small_shaft" />
5) Within that section find this block:
<class type="cScriptVar" name="">
<var type="4" name="msName" val="control" />
<var type="2" name="mlVal" val="0" />
</class>
6) Replace val 0 with 1 so the block looks like this:
<class type="cScriptVar" name="">
<var type="4" name="msName" val="control" />
<var type="2" name="mlVal" val="1" />
</class>
7) Save the file
8) Run the game
9) Thank me later :P

It already says ="1" for me.

[Vic]

Hey! Make sure you are looking at the exact section in point 4. There are others which content look very similar

[Vic]

Originally posted by zbik:

you're a beast vic, thank you so much

happy to help!

[rodrigo]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ vic you're a life saver