Following the Thread contract bugged?

[yea grev]

So I've unlocked Skellige and everything, and I was running around completing all of the witcher contracts in Novigrad for a bit of $$. However, on this quest, after visiting the warehouse south of the south gate and talked to the guard. I ended up by the waterfront, where it tells me to find the monster prowling the area using my witcher senses. I found the blood/footprints but I can't inspect them or even get them to highlight using my witcher senses.
Am I doing something wrong or is my game just glitched, and if it is glitched, is there any way to fix it?

[♠.brT]

have you followed the blood? You gotta follow the blood all the way to a (house?) close to the river.

[yea grev]

Originally posted by ♠.brT:

have you followed the blood? You gotta follow the blood all the way to a (house?) close to the river.

Yep I have. Its near the house where the witcher senses dont work. I tried following the monsters footsteps across the water, but the yellow search marker was still back by the house, telling me to use my witcher senses (which wouldn't work??)

[yea grev]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Would suggest reloading an earlier autosave and carefully searching the entire area. Sometimes there's some bit of monologue that Geralt needs to say in order to trigger the next flag in the quest's progression and if you miss it or you just don't get it to trigger, it won't move along. So try to reload and carefully, slowly using your witcher senses all the way, follow the blood and footprints along the shore and to the dock. There should be a bit of monologue there indicating that he believes the monster crossed the water. Then swim across to the warehouse. There are some dead rats you need to find and comment on to trigger the next bit.

Good luck.

Thanks. Guess I'll have to forget about this quest, I'm a lot on from there and can't be bothered undoing all the hours I've put in.
Cheers for the help guys

[Draughir]

I had this happen in one quest, I can't remember the name of it, but it was the woodcutter's outside novigrad.
I found all the clues, followed all the tracks and came to a screeching halt. I could find no more tracks or clues. Then I backtracked to where I started that portion of the quest and found one spot; it was either a bloodstain or claw marks, I don't remember. I had seen it before, but I didn't angle myself properly, so I never got the 'examine' cue, so I originally bypassed it. Once I had found it again and postioned myself properly, I was able to examine it and trigger the next stage of the quest. Is it possible that something similar is happening to you?
One of the few complaints I have with this game. Sometimes if you don't position yourself just right you can't interact with things. There does seem to be a few things that are just impossible to get to. Mostly containers under boats or piers.

[slanxey]

Hi. You missed a small interaction with the tracks just before the 1st steps by the water - 1/2 way between hut and dock. (Had same problem...)

[jimbobbybbgun]

I had a problem where I couldn't get in the house next to the dock to examine the crime scene after you talk to the guard. The door to the house doesn't open but I was able to swim under the house and glitch through the floor to examine the body. This allowed me to progress in the quest.