Repentance challenges not unlocking

[[Cobra]]

First of all i need to clarify that i most likely cheated (save file editor i think) or something on my main save file since it's as old as the game itself (pre-ordered the game back in the day) so that probably has something to do with it.

Both challenges 38# and 41# won't unlock even though i've met the criteria to unlock them (I've beaten Satan as bethany and i've beaten Mom's Heart/It Lives waaay more than 11 times) Any ideas on why the challenges won't unlock??

Update: I found out i didn't have marbles unlocked which explains challenge 41# not unlocking but i do have Maggy's Faith so i should have 38#

[Cyan Crayon]

any luck with unlocking challenge 38? I havent been able to do so either, despite having killed mega satan, killed mom's heart 11 times, and unlocking maggie's faith

[[Cobra]]

Originally posted by Cyan Crayon:

any luck with unlocking challenge 38? I havent been able to do so either, despite having killed mega satan, killed mom's heart 11 times, and unlocking maggie's faith

Sadly no luck from me.

[Nazemec]

Originally posted by Nitaire:

Did you unlock maggy's faith?

Did you read the thread?

[steven]

Are you REALLY SURE you meet all the requirements ? Double checked? Triple checked ?

You killed The Lamb with Magda (post it mark ?) + you defeated Mega Satan with Bethany (post it mark ?) + you killed Mom hearts 11+ times ? (this one is for sure done if you have #41)

Because this is the 4532636 times ppl are complaining in this forum (and reddit) about these challenges coz they can't read the wiki (i.e the requirements), they can't check their marks or they can't read pasts forums instead of posting here.

Isaac is not buggy as ♥♥♥♥, so when you didn't unlock something, it's 99% your fault (you didn't see it or you forgot about it,and not a bug or a problem). The 1% is when you did something like having some mods that ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up the game (mods problem) or having the debug console installed/opened (preventing the achievements, game problem so)

[Match]

Originally posted by steven:

Isaac is not buggy as ♥♥♥♥

Yeah tell that to the Black Market ERROR room, the Dead Cat immortality with Esau, the Marathon achievement, the Reverse Moon Card softlocks, Esau Jr. corrupting your savefile...

[steven]

Originally posted by Matute:

Originally posted by steven:

Isaac is not buggy as ♥♥♥♥

Yeah tell that to the Black Market ERROR room, the Dead Cat immortality with Esau, the Marathon achievement, the Reverse Moon Card softlocks, Esau Jr. corrupting your savefile...

This is minor errors compared to a lot of games. Just some line of code that was forgot or not finished or problems with characters interaction not planned. And there is not so many bug in general (it's not a fiesta of bugs).

- Black market errors are just a modification of a number assigned to the chances of a black market to appear set to 0% instead of something like 10% (coding error from a human). So the game didn't send you to a Black market but send you to a default number which is the I AM ERROR room (same as going outside the border of the map with the red key, you cant' go further than 13x13 tiles so the game is sending a default number)
- Dead cat is a problem in the interactions with 2 characters in the same game (the game is not progammed to play with 2 characters, so random ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ can happen)
- The moon ? is set to take the shortest road to go from the Ultra secret room to the main path, he didn't care if it crossed a secret room. Their is "NO" (in coding language, its doing what its supposed to do) problem with it. Yes their is a small problem, devs didn't take in consideration you could be out of bombs (devs error)
- The Marathon achivement is like the black market, a number (here number of daily run done) was set to a high number instead of 5 win streak (again coding error from a human)
- Esau Jr is an item swapping your character (here Jacob and Esau, source of the erasing file) with Esau Jr (again the game is not progammed to play with 2 characters, so random ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ can happen like setting your game file hexa-numbers to the default number i.e erasing it. It could have also give you all the achievements or giving you 10 items in your run or killing you instantly, who knows )
So no the game is not buggy as ♥♥♥♥ coz it's human errors for the majorities of them and not spaghetti codes interacting between them and messing the game.

The Challenges have some requirements, it's just a list you need to complete before the game give it to you. You meet the requirement ? You unlock the challenge. 100% unlockable, 0 bugs

[Cyan Crayon]

Originally posted by steven:

Are you REALLY SURE you meet all the requirements ? Double checked? Triple checked ?

You killed The Lamb with Magda (post it mark ?) + you defeated Mega Satan with Bethany (post it mark ?) + you killed Mom hearts 11+ times ? (this one is for sure done if you have #41)

Because this is the 4532636 times ppl are complaining in this forum (and reddit) about these challenges coz they can't read the wiki (i.e the requirements), they can't check their marks or they can't read pasts forums instead of posting here.

Isaac is not buggy as ♥♥♥♥, so when you didn't unlock something, it's 99% your fault (you didn't see it or you forgot about it,and not a bug or a problem). The 1% is when you did something like having some mods that ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up the game (mods problem) or having the debug console installed/opened (preventing the achievements, game problem so)

oh ive triple checked that I have the requirements. I have checked the sticky note as well as checking the beastiary for the kills on mom's heart. What ive ended up doing was just going into the console and forcibly loading challenge 38 since I have even done challenge 41 already

[Cyan Crayon]

What i have noticed is that my friend, who started from a fresh file, had no issues with getting challenge 38 to unlock but i, who has imported rebirth data, am having issues with unlocking it. So could that be part of the issue?

[Match]

Originally posted by steven:

Wall of text trying to defend every single bug in the game

TL;DR: No, the game is not buggy as fuçk because thing! It's just buggy as fuçk because this other thing!

I don't give a damn about the particular reason behind the game being full of bugs. Saying "the devs made mistakes when coding the game" doesn't make the game less bugged. It's buggy as fuçk, period.

[suiKn]

I have unlocked bethany but not challenge 37.. anyone help?

[Cyan Crayon]

Originally posted by suiKn:

I have unlocked bethany but not challenge 37.. anyone help?

you need to have blood bag unlocked as well as the 11 moms heart kills bs

[arson]

I had the same problem, i had all marks for Maggy and Bethany done so i should have it unlocked but didnt. I just had to do the unlock req again even though i already had it done/unlocked so if anyone still has the problem try this

[G_T_I]

Same here. I've complete every question mark on normal and tainted characters in hard mode, plus ultra greed mode. And challange #37 and #41 still locked. Anyone?

[Nazemec]

Originally posted by G_T_I:

Same here. I've complete every question mark on normal and tainted characters in hard mode, plus ultra greed mode. And challange #37 and #41 still locked. Anyone?

"Completion marks", not "question marks".
Not all unlocked are behind marks. There are a lot of misc objectives.

For 37, you also have to unlock the Blood Bag (use blood machines 30 times).
For 41, you also have to unlock Marbles (use 5 Gulp pill effects in a single run).

[4deaths]

To unlock marbles you need to use gulp! Pill 4 Times in a run