Spider Bug

[Wildhound]

Hi all. I ran into a bug yesterday where after walking into a web a spider got stuck on my arm and never went away. Nothing seems to get rid of it; quitting and reloading, sleeping, cut scenes etc. It was driving me crazy because it was making constant noise in my ear and I thought I'd have to stop playing the game.

The only fix I found online was to roll back to the start of the chapter, but that was a couple of hours earlier and I wasn't prepared to do that.

Anyway, I managed to make a small patch to solve the issue for anyone else that runs into it in future.

There are two files here:
https://www.file.io/download/g5aEANBK3gNy
https://www.file.io/download/yGNtvV0JmSGb

Download them and copy them to \steamapps\common\Metro Exodus\, back up your content.vfx file first.

You will still have a spider on your arm but it won't make noise anymore so you can forget all about it.

This will only work on the current version, but I doubt if this game is getting any more updates.

[cuss]

This is clever, if it works. Does it work on both editions?

[Wildhound]

I only tested it on the regular edition. At a guess I'd say it probably won't work on Enhanced Edition because I would imagine the content.vfx file (which has to be replaced) is probably different. Worth a try though for anyone with this issue, just backup the file first.

[cuss]

.vfx = Animation Master volumetric effect plug-in file
Might work on both, I don't imagine they changed these for the EE. Anyway, good work.

[Peter B]

Haha, I ran into this bug 2 minutes into the game. So very annoying and such a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ bug to leave in the game. Anyhow, good work and thanks for sharing.

[Wildhound]

I am glad I could help!

Yeah I noticed that this bug was reported online not long after release. Really seems like it should have been fixed.

[Jeremy]

Originally posted by Wildhound:

Hi all. I ran into a bug yesterday where after walking into a web a spider got stuck on my arm and never went away. Nothing seems to get rid of it; quitting and reloading, sleeping, cut scenes etc. It was driving me crazy because it was making constant noise in my ear and I thought I'd have to stop playing the game.

The only fix I found online was to roll back to the start of the chapter, but that was a couple of hours earlier and I wasn't prepared to do that.

Anyway, I managed to make a small patch to solve the issue for anyone else that runs into it in future.

There are two files here:
https://www.file.io/download/g5aEANBK3gNy
https://www.file.io/download/yGNtvV0JmSGb

Download them and copy them to \steamapps\common\Metro Exodus\, back up your content.vfx file first.

You will still have a spider on your arm but it won't make noise anymore so you can forget all about it.

This will only work on the current version, but I doubt if this game is getting any more updates.

@wildhound Any chance you can reupload the files? I am just starting this game and experiencing this same issue while wearing headphones.

[Wildhound]

Hey man, I'm sorry but I don't have the files anymore. It's such an annoying bug, I can't believe it was never fixed.

You can use this tool to open the assets files for the game. What you want to do is track down the sound file for the spider and delete it, then replace the content file for your game. It's a bit involved, but doable if you want to have a crack.