TimeSplitters 2 crashes at the "Robot Factory" level

[Warmaster]

Hi everyone! The game crashes at the "Robot Factory" level. After destroying the second energy core, the game freezes. Has anyone had similar problems?

I'm playing with HFTSRedux/TS2Redux

[Combatking]

Me too! Except for me, it's the 1st energy core in the Robot Factory level. Like I destroy the first core, and a laser field stops working, which opens a pathway, but after that, the game image freezes and I can't move any further. I have to force close the program eventually.

And you're the only Steam forum topic I've searched for that discusses this issue. Was this in game freeze something that happened recently?

Same mod. I'm using it completely vanilla. No changes. All I did was install the mod on top of Homefront: The Revolution (finished Homefront before installing and playing Timesplitters 2).

Mod found at this website: https://github.com/HFTSRedux/TS2Redux

[Warmaster]

Originally posted by Combatking:

Me too! Except for me, it's the 1st energy core in the Robot Factory level. Like I destroy the first core, and a laser field stops working, which opens a pathway, but after that, the game image freezes and I can't move any further. I have to force close the program eventually.

And you're the only Steam forum topic I've searched for that discusses this issue. Was this in game freeze something that happened recently?

Same mod. I'm using it completely vanilla. No changes. All I did was install the mod on top of Homefront: The Revolution (finished Homefront before installing and playing Timesplitters 2).

Mod found at this website: https://github.com/HFTSRedux/TS2Redux

Yes, I used this mod, without any changes.

I contacted the mod developer and this is what he's replied
"yeah this is a known issue with robot factory, it seems to be related slightly to the laser fence, if you play through the level fast and destroy the core before seeing or going anywhere near the laser fence it usually works, we where never able to figure out why this happens, it was one of those very strange bugs that only happens sometimes and under specific circumstances".

And that
"strange, we was never able to figure out exactly what causes it (mostly because it was a softlock and not a hardlock, the game doesn't think its crashed so there is no break anywhere"

I tried to act faster and stay away from the laser fence. On normal difficulty I managed to avoid this bug! But at maximum it still appears...

[Combatking]

Originally posted by Warmaster:

Originally posted by Combatking:

Me too! Except for me, it's the 1st energy core in the Robot Factory level. Like I destroy the first core, and a laser field stops working, which opens a pathway, but after that, the game image freezes and I can't move any further. I have to force close the program eventually.

And you're the only Steam forum topic I've searched for that discusses this issue. Was this in game freeze something that happened recently?

Same mod. I'm using it completely vanilla. No changes. All I did was install the mod on top of Homefront: The Revolution (finished Homefront before installing and playing Timesplitters 2).

Mod found at this website: https://github.com/HFTSRedux/TS2Redux

Yes, I used this mod, without any changes.

I contacted the mod developer and this is what he's replied
"yeah this is a known issue with robot factory, it seems to be related slightly to the laser fence, if you play through the level fast and destroy the core before seeing or going anywhere near the laser fence it usually works, we where never able to figure out why this happens, it was one of those very strange bugs that only happens sometimes and under specific circumstances".

And that
"strange, we was never able to figure out exactly what causes it (mostly because it was a softlock and not a hardlock, the game doesn't think its crashed so there is no break anywhere"

I tried to act faster and stay away from the laser fence. On normal difficulty I managed to avoid this bug! But at maximum it still appears...

Thank you for contacting the devs! They are correct! Staying far away from the laser fence worked and did not soft lock the game for me. In my case, I stayed outside the room complex where the laser fence is situated during the unlock period (neutralize the first node and four bots that spawn. I led the bots outside). Was able to complete the rest of the level and campaign on easy!

Oh no, for hard difficulty, I would guess a combination of staying farther away for each node (to the edge of map if need be) and speeding up a little faster might be worth a try. Easier said than done though. I'd be interested in knowing the results if you do attempt it again.

[Warmaster]

Originally posted by Combatking:

Originally posted by Warmaster:

Thank you for contacting the devs! They are correct! Staying far away from the laser fence worked and did not soft lock the game for me. In my case, I stayed outside the room complex where the laser fence is situated during the unlock period (neutralize the first node and four bots that spawn. I led the bots outside). Was able to complete the rest of the level and campaign on easy!

Oh no, for hard difficulty, I would guess a combination of staying farther away for each node (to the edge of map if need be) and speeding up a little faster might be worth a try. Easier said than done though. I'd be interested in knowing the results if you do attempt it again.

Glad I could help. Since I completed all levels of the game on maximum difficulty except this one, I will definitely try to complete this one.
If it works, I'll write in this thread.