Yet another crossbow bug

[i-Jinx]

If sirens sink my boat before I can disengage from it, my crossbow will not work. I can get it back by saving and reloading but... Of course I cannot save in combat. Have to actually swim to the nearest landmass with a flock(?) of sirens all over me, then kill them all with sword, then save-reload.

Bloody infuriating to get stuck like that, making me scared to investigate points of interest. I have read about lots of crossbow bugs but nothing about this one. Don't suppose anyone knows a fix?

[tonypa]

I never use boats. It is faster and easier to swim.

[cosminchifan]

Well, I find more easy to kill them under water with crossbow: get with boat near the place where sirens are, get out and swim until under them, then swim deep, under water(a little), all sirens who fly will get under water and try to kill you, usually with 1-2 shots I kill each one, also this don't allow them to break/damage my boat(most of times)...

[i-Jinx]

Yes, when I see them coming I am fine. Sometimes though, they just emerge from the water like sub-launched missiles. And if the boat is already beat up, they can sink it faster than Geralt can "dismount" from the rudder. That is when I get the crossbow jam. Oh well, I'll just have to put up with high paranoia on the high seas I guess.

Can Geralt really swim faster than a boat travels? Doesn't look that way to me.

[tonypa]

Originally posted by i-Jinx:

Can Geralt really swim faster than a boat travels? Doesn't look that way to me.

No, but he does have fast swim feature.

Yet, if you consider all the time you spend finding the boat, getting on the boat, sitting down, turning, standing up, jumping off etcetc, compared to just swimming which it is simply holding down direction key. Same thing with horse too, while I understand horse will run faster, I just can't be bothered with it.

[miklkit]

I take the boat as swimming in that ice cold water is no fun.

Does the boat actually sink? One time it turned on its side so the mast was on the water's surface but it never sank. I got tired of trying to right it and took off swimming.

[Wafflesaurus Supreme]

I use a sword and kill all of the things that are dive bombing me. Sure, I fall overboard once in a while but it beats using the crossbow.

[i-Jinx]

In case anyone else gets this problem, I have found an imperfect solution.

If your boat is in bad shape when the sirens attack it... Be a good captain and go down with your ship. The bug only takes effect if the boat sinks while Geralt is in the middle of the "dismount" animation. Just wait until the boat sinks, then the crossbow will work as usual.