Prawn Suit getting "stuck" in alien bases.

[Will_Destroy]

I believe the game's collision is glitching with the prawn, because for some reason, my prawn always get stuck in doorways in the alien bases, all of them, and I have to use my grapple hook to pull myself. The same thing happens when the floor slightly changes elevation, like on stairs and the big room in the primary containment facility. I also have to use my grapple to move myself. When I get out while stuck, the prawn stays standing and doesn't crouch, as if it's still in water.

[Shelt]

Dang is this still happening? This is an old problem.

[Dirak2012]

It was never fixed.

[Will_Destroy]

Originally posted by Dirak2012:

It was never fixed.

I swear this never happened to me before, unless I just don't remember it. It feels like they just abandoned the game. Below Zero is has been out for awhile, and neither game gets updated.

[Brady]

unfortunately the only solution is to exit and come back :( that's why i always save as often as possible in alien bases (it gets really bad with the containment building)

[Brady]

Originally posted by Will_Destroy:

Originally posted by Dirak2012:

It was never fixed.

I swear this never happened to me before, unless I just don't remember it. It feels like they just abandoned the game. Below Zero is has been out for awhile, and neither game gets updated.

yeah they kind of abandoned this game sadly

[admiral1018]

This bug has been fixed in the experimental branch. Right now that build is performing excellently with no issues and much better performance, so I'd recommend it if you want to get rid of issues like this. Any current save files will work just fine in that build.

[Will_Destroy]

Originally posted by admiral1018:

This bug has been fixed in the experimental branch. Right now that build is performing excellently with no issues and much better performance, so I'd recommend it if you want to get rid of issues like this. Any current save files will work just fine in that build.

Thanks 4 the info.

[Thorack]

Do not leave the prawn inside alien base and save and reload the game, my suit fell thrue the ground and I could not get it back (I wasnt close so manage to save the game when it had allready fallen down...)

[nimue]

Originally posted by Brady:

unfortunately the only solution is to exit and come back :( that's why i always save as often as possible in alien bases (it gets really bad with the containment building)

you can also pull out PRAWN if you dive into the water and return to PRAWN. then it will be possible to walk on land again. but keep in mind that never save your game, sitting in PRAWN, being in a building, you can fall under the textures.

[Will_Destroy]

Originally posted by Thorack:

Do not leave the prawn inside alien base and save and reload the game, my suit fell thrue the ground and I could not get it back (I wasnt close so manage to save the game when it had allready fallen down...)

I've never done that but thanks for the info.

[Brady]

oddly that's never happened to me. i'll keep it in mind however

[Dirak2012]

Just right now, I was in the lava castle in my prawn suit and suddenly all the water was gone... I couldn't jump since the suit thought it was on land.
All I could do was to spawn another prawn suit with

[dreamrider]

There are some things you can do, that often work to release the suit. The most often recommended is to always have a grapple arm mounted while exploring alien bases. It can usually be used to pull the suit out of a stick. Also, take your Repulsion Cannon with you. Sometimes you can jump out and knock it loose.

Make sure you have saves whenever you can in alien base exploration, when you are NOT standing on standard alien floor tiles. When you are just outside a major alien late game base, it may even be prudent to make an alternate name/file location copy of your game save before you go inside.

[Batou]

Originally posted by Will_Destroy:

I believe the game's collision is glitching with the prawn, because for some reason, my prawn always get stuck in doorways in the alien bases, all of them, and I have to use my grapple hook to pull myself. The same thing happens when the floor slightly changes elevation, like on stairs and the big room in the primary containment facility. I also have to use my grapple to move myself. When I get out while stuck, the prawn stays standing and doesn't crouch, as if it's still in water.

Get grapple arm, problem solved.

[Will_Destroy]

Originally posted by zuffy:

Originally posted by Will_Destroy:

I believe the game's collision is glitching with the prawn, because for some reason, my prawn always get stuck in doorways in the alien bases, all of them, and I have to use my grapple hook to pull myself. The same thing happens when the floor slightly changes elevation, like on stairs and the big room in the primary containment facility. I also have to use my grapple to move myself. When I get out while stuck, the prawn stays standing and doesn't crouch, as if it's still in water.

Get grapple arm, problem solved.

I did use the grapple am, but admiral1018 on this thread said the experimental version of the game fixes the bug entirely.