Camera stuck and mission not starting on Avenger Defense

[Dongmyeong]

Topic.
Today on my 2nd WOTC playthough I got attacked yet after the loading screen it's like the camera is stuck in the ground with some wood and stuff visible but nothing happening. Mission doesn't start, nothing but ESC key works, which offer quit to main menu, etc.
I've tried googling the problem, but "camera stuck avenger" only leads to results of people reporting a bug causing the camera to be stuck when back on the Avenger after a mission. So to reiterate: Thats not my issue. Mine is the camera stuck in the ground and the game not continuing when starting the Avenger defense mission.
I even played the same mission before and reloaded after failing. Only this time the same bug happens every time at least half a dozen times by now. I've even exited the game and started it afresh. No change, also no new mods installed or anything.

[Agrias Sev - Queen's Fist]

I'm also having this EXACT same problem. I don't know what the hell is causing it for certain, but I have the feeling it has something to do with camera mods. All I know is, it makes the UFO missions unplayable. And once you reach that point in your game, you can't avoid it. So, this basically makes the game completely unplayable once you reach that mission. And there aren't any mods that remove the random UFO encounters that I've found or seen. So until this gets fixed or someone makes a mod like that, this game is gonna sit in my library.

[Rivethead]

I had a similar problem- an Advent Priest did his bubble thing when almost dead and the camera just stuck on him in all his bubbled glory ☹️

[Dragon32]

@Dongmyeong; PlatinumLioness -
Using mods which add new plots? Can you open the console when the map's loaded?

Console command X2DebugMap, then click "show map" and it should give the name (which starts with Plot_).

[Dongmyeong]

I eventually got around it by loading an earlier save from several days before the attack and making sure I'd be scanning a location on a different continent. So I can't load that spot and use the console anymore, will keep it in mind though for the future.
As for mods and stuff: Well the really weird thing is, that as I wrote I actually got that bug on a mission I'd already started twice successfully and then it never went away even when exiting and restarting the game even though I loaded from the save quicksave made just before being shot down every time. I'm using the bronzeman mod BTW, that's why I didn't load an earlier save during the mission when things went south.

[miguelmonte2005]

got the same problem here. avenger mission wont start, just stays there... tried the possible solution of scanning on another continent but lockup persists... any suggestions? thkz in advance.

[Dongmyeong]

Sorry, no. Only thing that worked for me was reloading an earlier save. Then when the intercept happened it loaded correctly.

[miguelmonte2005]

just redid the last mission, hoping the new save would solve it... no deal... so, unplayable? is that it? no devs, no modders, unsolvable... ok dokey... glad i spent my money on wotc...

[Dragon32]

Originally posted by miguelmonte2005:

just redid the last mission, hoping the new save would solve it... no deal... so, unplayable? is that it? no devs, no modders, unsolvable... ok dokey... glad i spent my money on wotc...

Are you using mods? Try these:
Troubleshooting: Mods not working properly / at all
Mod not working? Mods still have their effects after you disable them?
And if you use WotC and the Firaxis launcher: https://www.reddit.com/r/xcom2mods/wiki/wotc_modding/guides/fix_duplicateactivemod

If you're not try Verify Files in Steam, and/or try cleaning up your My Games config folder as described in those guies.

[trapbuilder2]

Has this been figured out yet? Every time I get an Avenger defence mission the camera gets stuck in the ground and I can't do anything. Most of my saves are Ironman as well, so I cant just try to avoid it without restarting the entire game

[red255]

yeah, Sorry, Can't recommend ironman. for this reason, doesn't seem to happen to me in War of the chosen.

could try verifying your cache, but once it happens that save is probably dead.

You could also check your graphics card drivers, sometimes you need to update them, sometimes you need to roll back an update back to an update that worked.

[trapbuilder2]

Yyeah, Im on the latest drivers and all the files are successfully verified. I guess this save is done...

Shame, I still had some people I wanted to save to the pool...

[Deesthetics]

I just ran into this problem today. I'm sad that I'm stuck in the avenger defense mission that I can't even start. :(

[Deesthetics]

I'm not even on an ironman playthrough at all. Here's my mod list https://pastebin.com/MxQnWhUR

[che_lovek]

You can just use "EndBattle 1" to instantly win the bugged assault mission, and continue your playthrought.
Also, I've noticed that when this bug occurs the game actually loads the previous map you played, meaning that if you played abandoned city map before the assault, you'll have your camera stuck in the middle of abandoned city map. So my guess its because of "more maps" mods.

[Dragon32]

If you're using "XCOM Psi Overhaul" and "Quick Soldier Info" then try disabling QSI and loading the mission. AFAIK you can re-enable it whe you're in the mission and it's all gravy.

If you know what you're doing please use Remove Missing Mods to trim down a pre-mission save file to only those mods which repeatedly cause this bug and submit a link on the Discussion pages of "XCOM Psi Overhaul" and "Quick Soldier Info". Use File Dropper for hosting, no registration required.