Door glitch after 3rd Scarecrow Fight

[Cancerous]

So, after the third scarecrow fight I'm back in Cell Block Transfer. I get past the little cutscene where he stabs you with his syringes and asks what how you're still sane and then I'm stuck. Neither of the doors on either side will open (one says locked, the other just keeps pushing the handles in over and over saying that it's opening). I even saw a little crawlspace to the left of one of the doors, went through it, and saw a black space. Went into this black space and fell through the game. Please, please, please tell me I'm not bone'd 54% through the game on my first time playing it. Because that would cause me to uninstall it, delete all game files, and most likely never pick it up again out of sheer frustration with such a game breaker. I even tried restoring an older save save but it says there are no previous states. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling as well.

[Cancerous]

The door that says "Locked" is the one on the side that has a gargoyle over the door. The other side has the crawlspace and the eternal "Opening" sign.

[Nicholas Steel]

You tried Quitting to Main Menu and then load your save game? Verify integrity of game cache?

[Cancerous]

Originally posted by Nicholas Steel:

You tried Quitting to Main Menu and then load your save game? Verify integrity of game cache?

Yes and yes. I think I'm screwed because I can't find anything on this glitch anywhere. Just lucky, I guess.

[ONI YAUTJA]

Ouch. Glad this hasn't happened to me.
Hope you find a solution.

[Ophion]

This just happened to me in the right hallway when I went back from the elevator to get the riddle. I noticed that I can still open the door on the north side until I walk close to the southern locked door and its lights turn from green to red, that's when I get stuck. It happens in both hallways.

I'm guessing that the glitch happens when the elevator area is unloaded from memory and the entrance area is loaded in, at that point it fails to load the elevator again and just gets stuck on the "Door Opening..." message.

I'll skip the area and come back later when the door to the entrance gets unlocked, possible that will fix it.

[4K_240hz_MLED]

Did the OP manage to get past it? The only bug I encountered was the final battle with Joker not starting properly because a cutscene got skipped. So the Titan Joker just stood there in a t pose and I couldn't do much besides landing a few hits that didn't damage him. Restarting from the last checkpoint seemed to fix it for me though.

[JonoAMano]

First, patch and verify the game:
1. Select game in Library, right-click Properties > Updates, choose Automatic Updating.
2. Select game in Library, right-click Properties > Local Files, Verify Integrity of Game Cache.

This is an old topic, but for new players encountering those locked security doors try lowering your in-game screen screen resolution from maximum for improved object and proximity registration. Overly high in-game res can cause bad checkpoints by not properly recording interactions or traversal. Test with 1280x720.

To prevent the freefall into darkness, disable DX10:
1. Locate DefaultEngine.ini: Steam \ steamapps \ common \ Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY \ BmGame \ Config \ DefaultEngine.ini
2. Open DefaultEngine.ini with NotePad
3. Locate "AllowD3D10=True" and change True to False
4. Save file and restart computer

Not certain if PhysX could play a part with the locked doors, but try testing this area with PhysX disabled from inside the Launcher > Settings.

@Ophion, how much RAM and VRAM do you have? It might not be loading or saving completely.

[acewing]

Years later, these bugs are still present

EDIT: In my case, if I restart via checkpoint and don't move too far from the door, the door opens fine
It starts bugging if I move to the other end
But this does mean I can't go back to pick up a riddler challenge at the other end of the hallway

Also PC specs if that means anything
i5-12400F
RX 6600
32 GB DDR4
Not the greatest but enough to run circles around this old game

[SKHALBY]

i thought it was some kind of trap but i guess i was overthinking, rip this trophy.

[SKΣLΣTØR]

As of right now I to have had this exact same glitch happen to me your not alone i thoght i was the only one... Anyone find a fix for it?

[acewing]

Originally posted by SKΣLΣTØR:

As of right now I to have had this exact same glitch happen to me your not alone i thoght i was the only one... Anyone find a fix for it?

The solution I found is to restart from checkpoint and just directly dart to the door without turning anywhere else