A Problem with the Crater

[harman1567]

Hi everyone,

I seem to have a problem with the meteor in the first DeLear scenario. The game freezes every time I try to mine or leave it. Restarting the scenario doesn't help, nor does reinstalling the game. Did it happen to anyone else? I wonder if this upcoming patch might help...

[76561198172714862]

Originally posted by harman1567:

Hi everyone,

I seem to have a problem with the meteor in the first DeLear scenario. The game freezes every time I try to mine or leave it. Restarting the scenario doesn't help, nor does reinstalling the game. Did it happen to anyone else? I wonder if this upcoming patch might help...

Really sorry about this bug harman1567, a few people have experienced it but it's very specific and not easy to pinpoint for us here at CFG. We're aware of it and are actively trying to fix it but could you please help us by sending an e-mail to [e-mail] with the output_log file from your [hard drive]\Steam\steamapps\common\HardWest\HardWest_Data folder along with a description and maybe even the save file from [hard drive]\Users\[username]\Documents\HardWest\[lots of numbers] ?

[gel]

This literally just happened to me a couple of hours ago. The UI would respond to my clicks, but would not allow me to enter or leave the creater.

However, I was able to move on after I noticed a blueprint in my inventory and went and researched one of my disciplines (gunsmithing I think). After that, I was able to enter the creater. Hope that helps!

[harman1567]

Thank you guys! I'll try researching something, although I'm fairly sure I approached the crater after having done quite a bit of preparing. So I'm sending the files, too.

[gel]

I ran into this on another playthrough, but the blueprint research didn't work this time.

Mild spoilers ahead:

I tried lots of stuff, but this seemed to work:

I went to the Circus and had all 3 Persons fight until they all lost and were replaced. I saved my game, then, with my new set of Persons, the Crater allowed me to enter.

I hit "Leave", exited the game completely, reloaded my savegame (with my new Persons), and Crater was "bugged" again.

I repeated the Circus until I replace all 3 Persons again (replacing just 1 didn't work), and Crater "worked" again. This time I entered the Crater and saved my game again after entering the tactical map.

I'm sending both the savegames to CFG along with the output log for the instance where Crater was "bugged". Hope that helps with your bugfixing, CFG!

[harman1567]

Hey, it works! I replaced the Pinkertons, reentered the game, tried to do something with the Meteor, found it bugged, quit the game (Alt+Tab etc.), then visited the Crater again -- and was able to proceed! Thank you, gel!

[gel]

Glad it helped!

Just a note, I don't think you have to leave, exit, and come back after replacing the Pinkertons. I just did that to see if the Pinkerton "fix" would persist across saves, which it doesn't ;). You should be able to just replace the Pinkertons and go straight to Crater without exiting, I hope.

[( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡ °)]

Got the bug, but unfortunately the suggestion with Pinkertons didn't help. Guess i'll have to try other scenarios until this one is fixed for sure.

Sent output log and save file.

[( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡ °)]

It seems like whatever causes the crater bug happens after the railway station fight? I tried to replay the scenario w my save backed up; after the fight headed straight to the lab/workshop, then the hut, and surprisingly the meteor was active this time. But after i fooled around just a bit trying to prepare for the fight, the game froze at the meteor again.
The backed up save i made at the lab still works tho.

[harman1567]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought the meteor only appeared after that fight, so I didn't actually have a choice...

[Alex_Alive]

Also the blueprint research didn't work.
When i in Laboratory interface doesn't appear and i can not go anywhere. After save and load, moving appears, but research doesn't work anyway.

[Juravis]

I was able to skip the crater mission entirely by going to the Card Equip menu, exiting to menu before the battle, then reloading checkpoint. It saved after so i loaded a future save where i had already battled and won. Its very frustrating. I have to play it again to see the Meteor now.