[BUG REPORT]What One Man Can Do - Updated

[Definitely NOT a robot]

Attention everyone: There exists a possible bug in Wintermute Episode 2 during the chapter "What One Man Can Do." The nature of the bug is such that the story cannot progress after you recover the spear.

I say "possible" because there are at least 5 users, myself included, who have mentioned it either here, or on the Hinterland website. People fortunate enough not to experience the bug will obviously not report it.

A bug report has been submitted to Hinterland. ticket number is TLDP-6550

[MaiZure]

Yup..been stuck by this one after a relatively bug free run through Ep 1 and 2. Got the spear, won the joust with the bear ~7 times. No exit. Primary quest is still "Retrieve the Spear".

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I did encounter problems earlier with defeating the bear but have since found a solution. I'm not sure if it will work for everyone, but here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/305620/discussions/13/1741103267260184428/

[Definitely NOT a robot]

Update: As was pointed out in the thread that tick mentioned above, this appears to be a scripting problem moreso than a PC problem.

I'm trying a second time now, having reloaded to a previous checkpoint.

Something I've done this time around is different. This time around I found a human corpse while traversing the bear's lair. The first time I tried this, I didn't find it. The corpse has a note, presumably from the dead man's daughter. Not sure if the corpse itself is significant, but it does mean that I took a different path than the one I took on my first run.

This time, when I reached the alcove where the spear is located, the bear entered the area at the same time, whereas it did not before. I suspect that this is how it is to be intended.

[MaiZure]

FWIW, I took the path you mentioned on my attempt, found the corpse and the bear arrived at the final chamber at the same time as I did. However, the infinite battle without an exit was still an issue on my end.

[Definitely NOT a robot]

I did not have an infinite battle... though it took a long time to reach the spear with that bear patrolling the area.

I've heard a rumour that making use of an emergency stim might be required in order to defeat the bear. In my case, I used an e-stim after fighting the bear off once, and was under its effects when the bear charged me for a second time. It was during that attempt that I made the killing blow.

[MaiZure]

All good after the update and I managed to finish off Ep 2. I was happy to see that the Aurora occurred that night for the dam segment. No more waiting around for days on end!

[HINA <3]

Originally posted by Goth Skunk:

I did not have an infinite battle... though it took a long time to reach the spear with that bear patrolling the area.

I've heard a rumour that making use of an emergency stim might be required in order to defeat the bear. In my case, I used an e-stim after fighting the bear off once, and was under its effects when the bear charged me for a second time. It was during that attempt that I made the killing blow.

yup, tried to fight it with e.stick, juz 3 blow to kill it. Before, it was infinite battle against the unkillable bear. But not sure whether really is the e.stick or juz because i reload it

[CheeseQuesito]

I am very far from home and to save the game I have to sleep. I have a bed next to me but I can't sleep to recover because I have a lit match in my hand and it won't go out. The bug makes it so that I can't click on anything and if I leave the game and enter I will lose everything I have done since it would start where I had left it before sleeping.