Pseudoregalia

Pseudoregalia

Mechelement Jan 23, 2024 @ 9:27pm
[Bug] Softlock in Underbelly
There is a particular room where it is possible to softlock yourself. It is adjacent to a room with a save crystal, and has a switch on a second level which creates a 'bridge' across a pool of...whatever the purple stuff is. Upon entering the room, the two doors in the room lock, and you need to kill all the enemies, which include:
a maid
a sword
an egg
a tuba goat
and a lightning-hand tower.

You are likely intended to start at the crystal, turn back to enter the room, kill all the enemies, and then climb on the platforms to get to the higher level. Then you go through the door, find the switch, hit it, and see the bridge open up.

However, if you are like me, and got several upgrades like the solar wind, the greaves, etc, it is possible to use the nearby terrain to bounce up to the second level in the starting room, which takes you to the switch. Then, if you enter the room with enemies, the doors don't immediately lock. If you then kill all the enemies, and approach the door on the lower level, both doors lock, and it is impossible to reopen them.

My guess (as I don't have the code), is that the locking mechanism is triggered by entering a certain area in front of the lower door, and a signal is given to the doors to unlock when the enemies die. Presumably, that signal either counts up the number of dead enemies, and if the number equals 5, switches the doors to the 'unlocked' state. Conversely, it might be that every time an enemy is killed, the check is made, and if all enemies are dead, then the doors open. Either way, this problem seems to be an issue with the locking logic not checking if the 'enemies are dead' condition is true before switching to locked position, which means if the signal already went off, you are out of luck.

Not a terribly disruptive bug, the crystal is right outside it, but it can be real annoying if you forget to hit the crystal beforehand.
Last edited by Mechelement; Jan 24, 2024 @ 3:08am
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mj_gent Jun 25, 2024 @ 8:00pm 
Literally came to the discussions to see if this was posted. It's in the top right corner of the map in the Underbelly, and I'm looking at the two locked doors right now. I only have Slide and Sun Greaves, and came in the room through the upper door of the two. I didn't even remember that this game did locked-door combat rooms and immediately killed the Hand. GG, back to my last checkpoint I go.
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