Stuck on the tormentor sequence - can't fire

[Sweets]

I can't even shoot at the first part of the scene. When the aiming cursor appears ("click now, to move on to the next script") Isaac's trigger finger is either broken, or he's suddenly having a change of heart and feels sorry for the poor tormentor (who then immediately eats Isaac's head).

Repeatedly.

I have restarted the game, and tried secondary binding the fire button - I can't shoot. Dead Space 2 is, for this part at least, an FP (not FPS, as I can't S). This is pretty much a gamebreaking bug here. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

[Silmarr]

Having the same problem here and it's really a showstopper for an otherwise great game...

[MrMcSwifty]

Try turning VSync on in your video card control panel (not in game).

It seems like whenever someone is having issues such as this, it's almost invariably because they have VSync off, which messes with the game engine.

[LS95]

Did you run out of ammo, by any chance?

[3deryk]

hi, did you manage to find a solution? i just reached this place, cannot fire as well and i'm getting pretty pissed off 'cause there is no sign of solution on the internet. thx in advance

[SupidSeep]

Just in case someone else ran into this bug:

I had no idea what triggered this and I ran into it myself after buying and playing in Steam.

After many checkpoint reloads and a few game restarts, I started flailling at the keyboard and found that I could fire in the Tormentor sequence by hitting my Melee key (which I had rebinded to "Q"). After completing the Tormentor sequence I found my mouse button fire controls restored.

I hope this helps for other gamers running into this issue.

[3deryk]

i managed to solve this as well. it's pretty stupid but it works. you have to press "aim", release and then "fire". just one click for both actions, do not keep them pressed. and you need to repeat this action to keep firing. it's annoying but worked in my case. after i killed this dumbass such problem never accured again and i was able to finish the game with no further problems.

[Leonhard Euler]

I was doing a ripper-only run and I could activate the blade with primary fire, but it wouldn't reach the tormentor's arm, and my secondary fire to shoot the blade wasn't activating.

After sitting through that head-eating cinematic 50 times, I managed to fix it by quickly pressing the caps lock key twice (which is the default key for changing aiming mode in a toggle fashion instead of a continuous keypress), then I could alt-fire to rip and tear just fine.

[Orion]

The 'melee button' worked for me. Good gravy that was frustrating; how is this bug still in the game? Thank you to the posters who answered the question.

[Futil1ty]

For some reason, it automatically aims at the start, but it isn't supposed to be this way. You have to tap your aim key (which naturally should be right-click a.k.a. "Mouse 2"), and then HOLD your aim key and shoot with your fire key. So double-click-and-hold AIM, then FIRE.

[Travelller]

T4S everyone - was driving me nuts

[ragnarok]

I found both methods work. You can use melee, or you can double click and hold aim, then fire.

Still, this seems tedious. Unlike in the 1st game where the only problem is turning vsync on via the GPU to go through the door, this one seems much more annoying.

[6gun]

i press capslock and did it work. Its funny cause that able and disable, but bruh...why caps?

[ragnarok]

Originally posted by Atem:

i press capslock and did it work. Its funny cause that able and disable, but bruh...why caps?

Never tried that before, I'll test it sometime to see if that'll also work for me.