Help Please

[StealthyDead]

I am at the point where I need to get past the sentry guns/get to the control room to deactivate them. I have been running around for hours and cannot figure it. I looked up things on google that said to build a 3 bridges across the gap to holmholtz area, but the bridges will not place on that spot, as if patched out. It felt super obtuse and cheesy to think they wanted you to build those bridges anyways. So what's the next ACTUAL step you're supposed to take? I have the level 3 hacker. I know I need ichor to activate a portal at the top of the containment block. I have been over every inch of that containment block and have no idea what I'm missing

[Flak Monkey]

This clearly not an intended way of doing this. Guys I think you all should go to the comment of the latest hotfix and let developers know you are having serious problems with story progression after they blocked the laser room. Maybe they'll give a more clear answers to you.

[Nyamses]

Ok, I just found out what the intended progression is:

After entering the Dirac containment area (by falling through the small hole in the Yellow Paint containment cell above it), there is a button on the Observation area that will unlock the door to the Inner Wing.

Missed that one button completely, which really got me stumped. Golf Cart YOLO was a bit of a skip. They really should move that button to a more obvious location.

[Mitsu/Inervo]

Originally posted by Nyamses:

Ok, I just found out what the intended progression is:

After entering the Dirac containment area (by falling through the small hole in the Yellow Paint containment cell above it), there is a button on the Observation area that will unlock the door to the Inner Wing.

Missed that one button completely, which really got me stumped. Golf Cart YOLO was a bit of a skip. They really should move that button to a more obvious location.

yeah kept missing it cause it is literally same color as rest around it xD

[superman]

you're meant to bridge across the gap. it's not cheesing it's intended, in the your gatepal notes of cascade laboratories it literally says BRIDGE THE CHASM... as someone who has completed the current state of the game it's the only way to progress.

[Flak Monkey]

Originally posted by Nyamses:

there is a button on the Observation area that will unlock the door to the Inner Wing

Wait, which door does it open? I finished the EA story so everything is open. I found the button, completely missed it during my playthrough.

[Nyamses]

Originally posted by Flak Monkey:

Originally posted by Nyamses:

there is a button on the Observation area that will unlock the door to the Inner Wing

Wait, which door does it open? I finished the EA story so everything is open. I found the button, completely missed it during my playthrough.

It opens the door/gate that's ahead of the stairs you need to take to reach the Observation area above the containment cells. It has "Inner Wing" written above it.

[Anker]

Originally posted by StealthyDead:

I mean the fact that I'm here asking how to progress is a sad review for the game anyways. I guess I'm just about done playing it in that case, really. No game should have you wondering around for literal hours without any idea how to progress besides cryptic info about CONTAINMENT BLOCK CONTAINMENT BLOCK

I do agree that better signposting for how to progress is a must. When the game is pitting you against time, infinite enemies verses limited renewable resources, you want to spend as little time as possible lost in circles looking for how to progress instead of actually trying to progress.

[Flak Monkey]

Originally posted by Nyamses:

It opens the door/gate that's ahead of the stairs you need to take to reach the Observation area above the containment cells. It has "Inner Wing" written above it.

It turns out I forgot about that button because I never had any trouble opening that door. You see this door leads to Tarasque and control center but as you know it guarded by sentry guns. So what I did during my playthrough was going to the laser lab, unlocking blueprint for refractor, rediracting green laser with said refractor at a tiny singularity. After doing this a portal appeared at dark lens location. It lead to some kind of office building and at the helipad there was another portal that lead me to control center. Here I used leyak essence to disable a force field, eventually reached to the main security controls and reset it. After this I was able to safely get to Tarasque, kill it and get the ichor, open portal in mushroom room, get the gel, craft the antethermite, blow up the growth on vacuum chamber and open the door.
But after the recent hotfix the laser lab is now blocked by a growth and StealthyDead says it's the same type of growth as on vacuum chamber. Does this mean you also need antethemite to clear it? But you need Tarasque ichor to get the gel for it. And how are you supposed to get past the sentry guns? The whole point of laser room was to get to the control center. They broke the chain of progression with this change and I am very confused about their intentions here. And I am desperately trying to figure this out without starting a new playthrough.

[Гречка007]

Там всё легко и просто. Строишь три моста, дальше идёшь в портал с зомби , и оттуда попадаешь в место где надо отключить турели.

[Гречка007]

Я сейчас открыл 4 этап , вот там дальше непонятно куда идти.

[Robert]

Originally posted by Flak Monkey:

Yes, you need to do that. This is the intended way to progress the story. The bridge metod was a crutch and is patched out already.

wtf?

How is the singularity an intended game mechanic to progress if you need to progress to get the gel in the antiverse and you can't do that without killing the big purple guy and you can't kill the big purple guy without deactivating the guns.

If that is the intended way to do it they REALLY need to make it more obvious there isn't enough guidance or clues at all on what to do (I opened the vacuum chamber already but I thought you had to build a bridge)

I thought the laser lab was just unfinished content I went there and built the laser thing and redirected the laser a bit and said "okay cool" and moved on

[Gucky]

So I went do the Dilac and there was again autoturrets blocking the way, but to the left of it was a small chasm with the guardrail broken.
You are not supposed to make a bridge there? It is just 2-3 boards, no clipping or cheating.
I am on the newest version.
Edit: You aren't, all doors are locked anyways. :D

Laserlab is blocked with fungus and I have no blueprint for anyhitng laser related.
So I am stuck as well :P

[Throngler]

Originally posted by chromer:

If you have the bouncy cube, you can just jump on top of arch with stop signs and get to the other side

My man, that is the first thing I did. They even give you the cube right before that area. It seemed like the obvious solution.

[StealthyDead]

After reading through the most recent patch notes, it seems that they do want you to bridge across that gap. They admitted that they did not design the area well and that the clues given were not sufficient to make you think that was the answer to be had. So you are indeed supposed to build a very finnicky bridge by finding just the right spot in just the right way to get across there. 3 bridges and a ramp. 2 bridges from the nearest side, hop on the, look at the other side at eye level to get a bridge to clip in there, then put the ramp on the nearest side to get you up to your eye level bridge. Head into helmholtz and then continue on with the game.

If they really wanted to make it more obvious that was the choice, all they would have had to do is make a hole in one of the main fences across the gap. The guard rail leading to the vent being broken is at another level you can't even bridge directly to. So it seems like that's just an environmental thing to get you into the vent once you get over there some way or another.

[Gucky]

Ok I found the way. After you make the level 3 hacker, you go to Dilac.
There you press the button at the observation deck, then you stand infront of autoturrets with a gap on the left beyond the door you opened.

You make a bridge over that gap. On that side there is a vent at the left side in front of the big chainlink door. You go through that vent and then you are inside and can hack that chainlink fence to go inside Helmholtz.

This is where I am now. :D