Can't speak to the bartender in The Asylum - Quest locked?

[lokigraz]

In order to go down the elevator and speak with Therese to continue the "Explosive Beginning" beginning quest, I have to speak to the bartender in the club. But I can't.

I met Jeanette earlier when I wandered into the club without knowing what it was (first playthrough!) and spoke to the bartender already. But that was before being sent here for the quest.

Not sure if there's something else I need to do to open up talking to the bartender or if I need to dig through my saves (please god no)

[Hux]

You running the Unofficial patch?

[lokigraz]

Originally posted by Hux:

You running the Unofficial patch?

Yep. 11.5. And 1 pc character mod

[† ßâd•£üç]< Îñç™]

Originally posted by lokigraz:

Originally posted by Hux:

You running the Unofficial patch?

Yep. 11.5. And 1 pc character mod

Was the character that you're playing created after you installed the UP 11.5? If not, it's possible your character could be corrupted.

[lokigraz]

Originally posted by † ßâd•£üç< Îñç™:

Originally posted by lokigraz:

Yep. 11.5. And 1 pc character mod

Was the character that you're playing created after you installed the UP 11.5? If not, it's possible your character could be corrupted.

No. Started playing the patch, made my character, slapped on a custom model during character creation, and have played the whole game without issue.

Actually, another issue that didn't make sense. Mercurio's body was in the street...but after I had already spoken to him. When I went near my apartment, I triggered the cutscene where he crawls up the steps. Didn't load anything new in.

[† ßâd•£üç]< Îñç™]

Originally posted by lokigraz:

Originally posted by † ßâd•£üç< Îñç™:

Was the character that you're playing created after you installed the UP 11.5? If not, it's possible your character could be corrupted.

No. Started playing the patch, made my character, slapped on a custom model during character creation, and have played the whole game without issue.

Okay, that should not be the issue then.

Currently I don't have the game installed, but it makes me wonder... Did you install UP+ or Basic?

Originally posted by lokigraz:

Actually, another issue that didn't make sense. Mercurio's body was in the street...but after I had already spoken to him. When I went near my apartment, I triggered the cutscene where he crawls up the steps. Didn't load anything new in.

Very odd. I don't think I've seen a bug like that before.

A couple things to try: Remove the PC character mod, just in case it isn't up to date for 11.5, then try running the game again. If that doesn't work, Uninstall the game and download a fresh copy just to make sure something didn't get corrupted, and then install 11.4 final (should have all the fixes in it from that version).

Good luck!

[Hux]

Originally posted by lokigraz:

Originally posted by Hux:

You running the Unofficial patch?

Yep. 11.5. And 1 pc character mod

What's the character mod?

I don't think the 11.5 is stable yet. I think 11.4 is the last stable version. I've been using 11.5 and have never gotten those bugs so...

[lokigraz]

Originally posted by Hux:

Originally posted by lokigraz:

Yep. 11.5. And 1 pc character mod

What's the character mod?

I don't think the 11.5 is stable yet. I think 11.4 is the last stable version. I've been using 11.5 and have never gotten those bugs so...

I will start a new game on 11.4 and see if that works.
The mod is a male model replacement - https://www.moddb.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/addons/vampires-male-pack-pc-by-marius217
But I tested with the original model files and that didn't work.

[† ßâd•£üç]< Îñç™]

Originally posted by lokigraz:

Originally posted by Hux:

What's the character mod?

I don't think the 11.5 is stable yet. I think 11.4 is the last stable version. I've been using 11.5 and have never gotten those bugs so...

I will start a new game on 11.4 and see if that works.
The mod is a male model replacement - https://www.moddb.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines/addons/vampires-male-pack-pc-by-marius217
But I tested with the original model files and that didn't work.

It's definitely a patch issue then.

Hate to say it, but until there's a stable version of 11.5, you may want to do what I previously suggested and go back to 11.4. (Don't forget to start a new character when you do!)

[Wesp5]

Sorry, but 11.5 has been downloaded over 40000 times already and nobody ever reported either of these issues. Just try starting a new game on 11.5 with the model installed!

[Gravitea]

Originally posted by Wesp5:

Sorry, but 11.5 has been downloaded over 40000 times already and nobody ever reported either of these issues. Just try starting a new game on 11.5 with the model installed!

Would like to mention that this happened to me today running 11.5. figured it might be worth reporting. Thanks for all your work on the patch btw!

[Wesp5]

I really don't know how you guys manage to do this, but if the Jeanette cutscene fails, this can theoretically happens. So I will fix this in the next patch update...

[Gravitea]

Originally posted by Wesp5:

I really don't know how you guys manage to do this, but if the Jeanette cutscene fails, this can theoretically happens. So I will fix this in the next patch update...

Yeah sorry, wish I had more info for you. Jeanette's cut-scene seemed to play out properly for me. The only thing I did different from normal was heading to Asylum early. I wanted to show off the music to a friend so i went in there first thing, before grabbing the Astrolite. Jeanette went up the Elevator like normal and I talked to the bartender and exhausted his dialogue. It was only after I came back to talk to Therese that he wouldn't talk to me.

I was able to load a save from before that point and it solved to issue so its nothing major, and could have been a very isolated incident. I made sure to keep a save at that point so let me know if there's anything you want to me to check out and ill try it in the morning.

[Wesp5]

In the map file Cal is silent until the Jeanette cutscene is over and I just disabled that because you just can't reach him before Jeanette talks to you anyway.