Omnitool stuck on screen after leaving the climber (minor spoilers)

[HappyFreek]

Hello,

So I just reached the abyss via the climber and the Omnitool is stuck on the screen (Simon just won't put it away) since I opened the door of the climber. I checked some videos to make sure this is not intended. At first it didn't really bother me, but I can't read some of the data on certain monitors, and it's a bit annoying. I saved and reloaded the game, but that didn't help. Any ideas?

[HappyFreek]

Never mind, got hit by a monster and it solved the problem :)

[epmode]

Same problem here. Guess I'll go look for a monster.

edit: Getting hit and killed by a monster didn't help. Fixed itself when I used one of those gel health things.

edit edit: This bug might be triggered by using the omnitool on the climber door before the animation for the first activation finishes. I've actually run into this bug earlier in the game with non-omitool objects but it was always corrected by approaching a new interactive object.

[DinofartThenPoop]

I also ran into this bug, but I fixed it by using a health pod/thing.

[Subtlefish]

I've run into this bug as well. It's extremely irritating trying to read the text on the computers with a big-ass object obstructing your view for 15 minutes. Saving and exiting the game did not fix the problem for me, nor did getting hit by the small school of angler fish. Funny part is that they can't even kill you. They'll only injure you and slow you down even more. Then they'll keep continuing to pound away at you every 5 feet as you try to stumble away.. I ran around for 15 minutes trying to find a way to kill myself, limping away from these smaller angler fish that keep catching up to you since you're moving slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through butter. And then the game keeps resetting you further back from the point that you were knocked out, and bam, you're stuck in an infinite loop.

So yeah, I'm literally unable to progress. Terrible design flaw in an otherwise great game so far. They need to fix this ASAP.

Edit: For those of you who have this bug at this particular area of the game, I eventually fixed it by hooking up to the WAU/restoring my health like another commentor mentioned. The closest one AFAIK is located on the other side of the long trench that has the building with the computer notes about corrupted sea creatures and their populations. Just keep limping away from those little angler fish, and eventually you'll get to the other side. There is a building that has a health pod in it that you literally cannot miss.

[Wintermute]

I also got this bug, "fixed it" with the WAU hookup and then can't use it to enter the building. When I approach the swipe omnitool terminal nothing happens. Game breaking bug. It autosaved just as I got to the door, so I can't go back and skip the WAU fix. I don't know what to do. I really hope I dont have to start over.

EDIT: ok found a work around. From the main menu there is the load game option. From there I reloaded the autosave from the descent, and replayed the section, preventing the bug from happening at all, which allowed me to get into Tau.