Jailbreak - Can't free Brian bug

[lilla.csanyi89]

Hi everyone! I installed the unoffical patch, and started a new game, but even with this, the game don't let me free Brian from the jail. I try to give him the postcard what Ruth gave me, but I can't. Aaand I find a solution nowhere. Anyone have an idea, how to free that douchebag? :) Thank you!

[Kooris]

The best fix here is to reload an earlier save. There isn't a fix that I know of to bypass frozen spinning Brian Burnham. The same bug affected me and my only other save had been at the very start of the prologue chapter so I know your pain!

I'd recommend rotating your saves with this game, some areas can become practically impossible if you haven't got a certain number of healing items (unless you gid gud). You can have 6 different saves at one time so that's usually plenty to keep making solid progress.

These areas are specifically (as of my most recent playthrough) :

The car escape from Innsmouth and the Shoggoth puzzle in the Marsh Refinery Basement.

Hope this helps.

[i_hate_drm]

Hello Kooris,

The car escape from Innsmouth, the Shoggoth puzzle in the Marsh Refinery Basement, and the final chase sequences are all timed sequences. The reason we have so little time to beat them on modern systems is because the game has an uncapped framerate, and hence we run it much faster than what is stable. Nevertheless, all of these issues (and perhaps even the Brian bug) can be resolved by enabling VSYNC in your GPU's control panel, or using an external program to limit your fps to 60.

I have made a guide to run this game on modern systems: http://imgur.com/a/vaAvo

Totally agree with your recommendation to rotate saves - just in case.

[bumbry88]

I know that this is an old post but I am currently playing this excellent game and had the same problem. I have the patch so my game is limited to 60FPS. I was stuck like you and about to start the game over when as a last ditch attempt I showed the postcard to Mr. Burnham outside the prison cell. He says that it is too dark and to show it to him inside the prison. Once I went back into the prison this worked and the cell opend up and he followed me. I hope this will help someone else and Happy New year!!

[Masaki Takoyama]

I know this is old but I discovered today that if you proceed through the sewer without him you miss about 2 maybe 4 voice lines that are mostly him complaining about the smell or the patrols but as soon as you emerge from the sewer he will jump to where you are. It is a bug but you can continue past it