A.I. Disable(?)

[ExtImp]

I have been playing the game for a few days and finally reach chapter Surface Tension. I encountered Gargantua and escaped to the area where the player can use tactical map to send airstrike on it. At this point, the game encounter error while I was trying to use the map and I was forced to exit the game so I decided to stop playing here.

When I opened the game again in a few hours later, I saw the incomplete words "A.I. Dis" a bit lower and to the right from the center of screen. I also found that Gargantua stopped moving. When I loaded earlier autosave game, this problem still didn't go away. The soldiers in the tunnel that should be fighting the Gargantua also have stopped so I guess that this may be A.I. Disable.

I want to know if there is any solution to solve this problem or else I couldn't continue the game.

[Artistwannabe]

Here are some things you can try.
Go to Library, rightclick on Black Mesa and go to properties, local files and click on "Verify game cache". After it's done, start a NEW GAME and select the Surface Tension chapter. Tell me if it doesn't work.

[thray]

You have the AI Disabled glitch caused by an old save being incompatible with a game update. Restart the chapter from the "new game" option.

[ExtImp]

Originally posted by zembie:

Here are some things you can try.
Go to Library, rightclick on Black Mesa and go to properties, local files and click on "Verify game cache". After it's done, start a NEW GAME and select the Surface Tension chapter. Tell me if it doesn't work.

It works!! But sadly that the old saved files won't work anymore so I have to restart the chapter again T-T

Originally posted by RedEye:

You have the AI Disabled glitch caused by an old save being incompatible with a game update. Restart the chapter from the "new game" option.

Just realize there is new update. Look like replaying the chapter is my only option now T-T

[ExtImp]

Update*

Strangely, it seems that I get this glitch only in my desktop PC. The old saved files work fine when I play the game in my Notebook.

Anyway, thank you two for the solution :D

[DIGITAL SPORTS]

Old save files and Source do not play together well.

We're solving this in the next update by giving you a menu notice if your save game file is out of date and the chapter needs to be restarted. It's a tad draconian, but it should solve this issue and alleviate any further confusion.

[sinsorrow1]

Old save files, that's interesting... I started a new game yesterday or the day before after validating my game files and still get some stuck vortiguants. They attack once or twice but after that they won't even face me. I am somewhere around On a rail or Apprehension by the way. I will restart the chapter from the New Game menu and see what happens. Too bad the game is still full with bugs headcrabs and the Xen levels aren't completed either.


UPDATE: I deleted my saves, validated the files again and it said 4 were missing. After that I validated again just to be sure, no problems this time. I started a new game from Apprehension and the 3 vortiguants before the freezer room were okay. However after going through the freezer and some vents the next 3-5 vortiguants were, again, just standing where they were, attacked a few times and that's it. They won't come after me, they won't even face me, I can just walk past them.

The game is unenjoyable at this state. My I ask what are You, the Developers work on at the moment? Is the game supported or you just dropped it completely?

[thray]

Originally posted by sinsorrow1:

Is the game supported or you just dropped it completely?

Black Mesa is an Early Access Game, you should expect to have a few bugs and glitches.

The developers are actively working on the game and support the community.

[DIGITAL SPORTS]

Originally posted by sinsorrow1:

Old save files, that's interesting... I started a new game yesterday or the day before after validating my game files and still get some stuck vortiguants. They attack once or twice but after that they won't even face me. I am somewhere around On a rail or Apprehension by the way. I will restart the chapter from the New Game menu and see what happens. Too bad the game is still full with bugs headcrabs and the Xen levels aren't completed either. :headcrab::sfsad:


UPDATE: I deleted my saves, validated the files again and it said 4 were missing. After that I validated again just to be sure, no problems this time. I started a new game from Apprehension and the 3 vortiguants before the freezer room were okay. However after going through the freezer and some vents the next 3-5 vortiguants were, again, just standing where they were, attacked a few times and that's it. They won't come after me, they won't even face me, I can just walk past them.

The game is unenjoyable at this state. My I ask what are You, the Developers work on at the moment? Is the game supported or you just dropped it completely?

We're working on a large scale AI update to alleviate some of these issues, a beautiful new graphical feature which will significantly improve the quality of outdoor sections, and a major SP update with some awesome new content (3 new SP maps packed full of content!), all of which is due to be released fairly soon. Oh and we're also working on Xen. No need to be so adversarial!

The AI bugging out has several sources which are difficult to replicate and understand. We've already squashed a large bug which was causing this odd Vort behaviour, but there are multiple causes. Over time we hope to iron it all out. Such is the nature of early access.