Sukothai Cogwheel Bug Prevents 100%

[I-Cyb3r-I]

SO I am very close to 100% on this game. Just need 3 more cogwheels to complete the last 2 Khmer Cogwheel Puzzles and then off to Iraq to unlock the secret vault. I however believe this is now impossible due to a game breaking bug.

You require 10/10 cogwheels to complete the Khmer Cogwheel Puzzle Discovery in order to obtain all the relics. I however only have 7/10, the last 3 are obtained during the Blessed Pearl when you are at the large gate before entering the hidden pyramid.

Unfortunately, you needed to pick up and pocket these 3 cogwheels, which the game did not tell me I had to do. Thus I left them there and now upon returning, I can only find 2 and they are unable to be collected.

Essentially this has no locked me out of 100% and I worked so hard to get to this point :(

[KaNdy.MaN]

strange. you go the one higher up on the ledge at the gate? (I found that after coming back after opening the game, it reset to its original position where i found it). Also have you tried throwing a large cogwheel in your boat and taking it to use on the final challenges?

[I-Cyb3r-I]

Hi, I have tried looking at the original spawn location. This isn't an isolated bug I did some searching and it has affected a good number of people.

[Syclopse]

I have this bug as well, missing 3 small cogwheels and on a couple puzzles I can't pickup or move the big cogwheels.

[antonioalcoleavillar]

Hello, it isn't bugged, remember the door you opened to enter de lake with the nephilim building? There are the 3 cogwheels you need.

[I-Cyb3r-I]

Originally posted by antonioalcoleavillar:

Hello, it isn't bugged, remember the door you opened to enter de lake with the nephilim building? There are the 3 cogwheels you need.

I see them but cannot pick them up. They’re not highlighted but I can see 3 of them there, it is a common bug. See below:

https://www.reddit.com/r/indianajones/comments/1hliopd/so_sad_with_this_bug_710_cogwheels_and_i_cant/?rdt=52379

https://www.trueachievements.com/forum/viewthread.aspx?tid=1593217

https://www.trueachievements.com/forum/viewthread.aspx?tid=1594067

[I-Cyb3r-I]

Originally posted by Syclopse:

I have this bug as well, missing 3 small cogwheels and on a couple puzzles I can't pickup or move the big cogwheels.

Apparently it’s a common bug.

[I-Cyb3r-I]

Seriously?. No one else has had this?

[HeideKnight]

I am not sure if this is related, but since exactly 3 wheels are missing due to the bug it reminds me of something I encountered in my own playthrough:

As far as I remember one of the markers for this mission was missing on the map, namely on the big island in the center. There is a cogwheel puzzle room which has 3 little wheels, I think. I vaguely remember that I got there from an anchor point in the east of the island. It was the first of those rooms that I found without any map marker, that is why I remembered it. I had to return there later to pick up the wheels so they are in Indy's inventory (I think in one of the puzzles all 10 are needed to solve it).

[Jigokura]

Normally im not a fan of it. But if u cant get the 3 Wheels, u can get them with Cheat Engine...

1.) Select the Process
2.) Enter the Value of ur Cogwheels and search them
3.) Go to the 10 Cogwheel Puzzle Spot and Place one, research after that with the new amount of wheels (1 less then before)
4.) Continue until only 2 more "Results" are shown and Copy them to the list.
5.) Now mark both, press right click and "Change Record - Value" to something like 5 or 6.
6.) Pick up the remaining placed Cogwheels and u should have 10+ in your inventory.

[I-Cyb3r-I]

Originally posted by Jigokura:

Normally im not a fan of it. But if u cant get the 3 Wheels, u can get them with Cheat Engine...

1.) Select the Process
2.) Enter the Value of ur Cogwheels and search them
3.) Go to the 10 Cogwheel Puzzle Spot and Place one, research after that with the new amount of wheels (1 less then before)
4.) Continue until only 2 more "Results" are shown and Copy them to the list.
5.) Now mark both, press right click and "Change Record - Value" to something like 5 or 6.
6.) Pick up the remaining placed Cogwheels and u should have 10+ in your inventory.

I’ve heard this is an option, but I’m a bit skeptical in case it blocks out achievements or gets me banned or something. But right now I literally have no other option but a patch.

[Jigokura]

It does not. Because ur NOT unlocking the achievment itself. U just spawn the 3 missing cogwheels in ur inventory. It should be possible with the command - function (^ button) aswell but the command is not out yet.

[Jigokura]

And no, its not blocking any achievements. ive used it and unlocked couple other achievments afterwarts :)

[I-Cyb3r-I]

Originally posted by Jigokura:

And no, its not blocking any achievements. ive used it and unlocked couple other achievments afterwarts :)

Thanks so much, I’ll give that a try. How do I get CheatEngine? The instructions you gave me seem a bit confusing.

[Jigokura]

Hey sorry. i just wake up. ^^ If u want i can guide u trough it via discord messages? If u wanna do it, just add me (same Name)

[nathandiffee]

I may have stumbled into a solution to this. Hoping somebody else can try it and see if it works for them.

TL/DR version: If you're experiencing the cogwheel bug, go back to the puzzle at the entrance to the hidden pyramid, remove some of the big cogwheels, and see if the little ones show up. This was my experience...

I had 8/10 cogwheels and couldn't find the last two. They didn't show up on my map and I revisited all of the puzzles locations to make sure I hadn't left any behind. They weren't there.

The most obvious place they could have been was in the very first cogwheel puzzle (at the entrance to the hidden pyramid). When I did that one, I didn't know about the other ones yet, so I had no reason to think I needed to keep them. I checked there at least three times, maybe more, and I SWEAR they were not there. I was 100% sure the game was bugged and I was never going to find them.

I went back one last time, still didn't see them, and decided throw one of the large cogwheels into the boat to try and use it on another puzzle.

I grabbed a big wheel, tossed it in my boat, then I turned back around and THERE WERE TWO SMALL COG WHEELS IN THE PUZZLE RIGHT NEAR WHERE I REMOVED THE LARGE WHEEL!!!

I can think of 3 possible explanations...
1. They were there the whole time and I just didn't see them the first 3 or 4 or 5 times I checked.
2. They had spawned back in their original positions but I had left a large wheel in that same position when I completed the puzzle the first time, so it was covering them up.
3. Moving the large cogwheel somehow triggered the small ones to spawn

All I know is, I have 10/10 now and I can sleep tonight.

So, if you're experiencing the cogwheel bug, go back to the puzzle at the entrance to the hidden pyramid, remove some of the big cogwheels, and see if the little ones show up.

Hope this helps!