Design bug with the big skeleton in " Forsaken Dungeons"?

[Kargor]

Once again, I haven't encountered this myself, but saw it in a Let's Play. It's a Wii version of the game or something like that, not quite sure what the consoles are called.

The guys arrived at the big skeleton, and died. Unfortunately, they didn't activate the checkpoint near the Skeleton (it's been too long ago for me, but I'm assuming that checkpoint on the left can be reached), so they respawned at the checkpoint before that -- and when they went back to the Skeleton, they found the entrance door closed.

I would have tried dropping boxes on the skeleton, but they didn't, and might not even be possible if the arena is large enough for the skeleton to be out of reach.

Regardless, that didn't seem like something that should be happening, I can kind of see why the door is there, so you can't just shoot the skeleton from a safe spot -- but since the game doesn't force you to pass the checkpoint, it seems you can end up being outside with the door closed, unable to progress at all.

[MarjutFB]

Thank you for your report.

At least when I tried this with the Steam version of Trine Enchanted Edition just now, the gate opens when you get close to it. So, even though the checkpoint besides the Skeleton King can be activated, it should be possible to get back from the earlier checkpoint as well.

There has been similar issues with this kind of gates before, so it's possible there is a bug with this. However, we haven't gotten any additional reports about this and we are really busy with Trine 3, so unfortunately it might be a while before we have time to look into this.

If you experience this yourself (or if anyone else reading this does), please let us know – any information could help us to look into the issue. Here is a list of what kind of information could help, but all feedback on the subject is appreciated. :)

1. Your operating system
   
2. Were you playing Single Player or Multiplayer?
   
3. Game version and build number. You can find this information from the bottom-right corner of the game's Main Menu.
   
4. Any videos or pictures of the bug

Also if you encounter this problem, I recommend trying to see if the gate does open or trying to restart the level, which most likely will help. While playing, it's also good to go right next to checkpoints to make sure they activate properly.

If you still have the link, could you also link the video you were watching? Seeing it might help us to determine what happened or otherwise help with the possible investigation.

Cheers! :)

[Kargor]

Well, just for the record :-) This is the "Let's Play" I was referring to; it's in german which is why I didn't add it originally. Not the bestest quality ever seen on Youtube either. The time in the link is a short time before they die, kind of as a proof that they were actually in the room.

EDIT: it appears Steam screws up the link when it embeds the player by removing the "t=1240" component, so just edit it to form a proper link:

http�//www�youtube�com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=EtZAF6dW08U#t=1240

[MarjutFB]

The language doesn't really matter when just checking what happened. :)

Seems like there really is a bug in the video, which could have something to do with the Multiplayer Mode. Unfortunately I can't promise a fix, but we'll try to look into this when we have time.

Thanks again for the report! :)

[sir_real]

Not to necro an old topic but this just happened with us as well. Didn't go left to get the new checkpoint, died at skelie king guy and can't go through to him now (he's still at 1/2 health and is trying to get to us too). I restarted at checkpoint but haven't restarted at level yet.

[sir_real]

actually, we found another bug to correct it. 2nd player hit start then start again and she magically appeared on the other side of the wall.

[MarjutFB]

Originally posted by sir_real:

Not to necro an old topic but this just happened with us as well. Didn't go left to get the new checkpoint, died at skelie king guy and can't go through to him now (he's still at 1/2 health and is trying to get to us too). I restarted at checkpoint but haven't restarted at level yet.

Originally posted by sir_real:

actually, we found another bug to correct it. 2nd player hit start then start again and she magically appeared on the other side of the wall.

Thank you for reporting this and for sharing the solution!

We still haven't looked into this but will try to do so, especially if we get more reports.

Could you confirm that this happened to you on the Steam version of the game? Also were you playing the co-op online or locally? This information will help us to look into this.

Thanks in advance! :)

[sir_real]

local coop with 2 xbox 360 wireless controllers. Let me know if you need further details. I'll try to recreate the situation again in a few days if you like as well.

[MarjutFB]

Originally posted by sir_real:

local coop with 2 xbox 360 wireless controllers. Let me know if you need further details. I'll try to recreate the situation again in a few days if you like as well.

Thank you for the report!

Checking if you can reproduce the problem could help, but you can also just leave this to us.

As I said before, unfortunately I can't promise a fix but we'll definitely look into it. Thanks again! :)

[Potato Man]

Happened to me as well, but restarting level fixed it.

1. Win8.1
2. SP

[Zlur]

1. Windows 8.1
2. Multiplayer, 1 xbox 360 controller one mouse and keyboard
3. v2.12 and build 510

Same thing happened to me, died on the boss and the gate was closed and would not open for us. Skeleton was not visible to try to kill via boxes or planks.

[Kargor]

Yeah, Trine 3 apparently broke the company.

Recently saw another Trine Enchanted Edition LP where a boss (near the end of Fangle Forest) that was already missing a "long" time back was still missing... so the Skeleton thing will probably stay too.

[furious_frida]

Got that problem, too. Died and could not get back to the guy. Restarting checkpoint did not work.

Win 8.1, Singleplayer in the Enchanted Edition.
v2.12 build: 510

[MarjutFB]

Originally posted by Furious_Frida:

Got that problem, too. Died and could not get back to the guy. Restarting checkpoint did not work.

Win 8.1, Singleplayer in the Enchanted Edition.
v2.12 build: 510

Unfortunately seems like you need to restart the whole level to get around this (choose the level again from the game's menu). Sorry for the inconvience!

This issue is not frequent and we haven't had much luck with it, so unfortunately there is no fix coming. Still I hope this workaround helped.

Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers!

[nicovanbelle]

I have the same issue. Steam version, Mac OS, skeleton = half dead. sucks.

Had to restart the whole level.