Lost my camera! Cannot pick it up or retrieve it in any way (soft-locked!)

[gorfreed]

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Halfway through the Vatican level I noticed that my trusty camera has somehow vanished. After I put it to a lot of use on the local cats, I noticed that my photo making device has somehow vanished from my inventory and the quick selection menu. The game kept taunting me to capture certain moments on film (expressed via the camera icon on the top right), but the spot in the satchel reserved for "key tool" remains empty.

After finishing the Vatican chapter and returning later, I managed to find the camera lying on the floor in front of Ernesto - the guy you original purchase the camera from. Unfortunately, it was just lying there, without me being able to pick it up. I was only nudge able to nudge it a bit with with the bull whip. Then i started pushing it under Ernesto's desk by throwing Italian bread and pastries at it. At some point it was so deep under the rug lying beneath the desk that I could bare see it anymore. I then restarted from a checkpoint and the camera was gone completely.

Since then I lost all trace of it. Given how essential the device seems to be for the game, I fear it is only a question of time until the game will soft-lock progression for me when its use will be mandatory. I feel I didn't really do anything out of the ordinary and I hope similarly challenged archaeologists will report their woes so MG looks into this peculiar bug :/

UI also behaves as if the key item slot for the camera should be occupied, as it shows the "E" shortcut for equip - which it only does when an item is actually present in that slot.

I had a look at the console, and while it seems normal for it to print a lot of red entries while playing, I was able to reproduce one console entry pretty regularly while trying to activate the camera, so it might be helpful.
I had a look at the console, and while it seems normal for it to print a lot of red entries while playing, I was able to reproduce one console entry pretty regularly while trying to activate the camera, so it might be helpful.

Sure enough the error message is there. Its not really possible to verify whether trying to activate the camera causes it. I dont think there is an error for the game, as the item is simply not "there" for it.

[Blaster Lizard Co.]

The same happened for me. I'm so mad with this because I've been softlocked because of that. Did you find any solution for it?

[Daddy]

After the last patch my whip has totally disappeared. Doesn't show up on Indy character's belt as normal, and can't be used at all. I checked game files (twice) and all reported ok. Even deleted and re-installed the game but whip still missing. Not a massive game breaker for me as I completed the game some time ago, but I'd have liked to continue to 100%. Starting a new game means the whip re-appears ok, but really can't be motivated to begin all over again. Seems to be a bug which somehow deletes core items for some reason? Great game overall which I've really enjoyed playing, but this is frustrating....

[Jasem]

Same issue here. I can see the camera on the floor but I cannot pick it up. What's worse is that I cannot continue the game now. I don't want to post spoilers, but I literally cannot continue part an event because the camera IS required to continue. I will NOT start a new game. I hope this is fixed soon.

[MOE]

same here i lost my camera at giza and cannot complete any quest

[SwaggDaddyGoku]

Same here my camera disappeared from my inventory and I'm unable to equip it. I'm in the last part of the game and I don't want to restart so I've stopped playing completely in the hopes that they fix it soon.

[equinox]

Also lost my camera in the last part of the game. I had to manually reload older save from the main menu. Fortunately, I noticed the missing camera soon enough since it seems that there are only last 3 autosaves available...