Bug in the mail level

[Wiener Process]

In Cruller's Correspondence, I've got to the point where you have to flip a switch to stop the letters going to the incinerator and ride them to the next part of the level. I flipped the switch, then I quit the game. When I returned, the switch is not flipped, but I cannot flip it, the prompt to interact with the switch doesn't appear. Restarting the game or reentering the mind doesn't help. I think I'm locked from progressing.

[schmitendorf]

I also have this bug.

[ImDaMario]

Same here, game is soft locked.

[Kioni]

Unfortunately, I also ran into the same soft lock. However, I managed to find a work around and progress through the level normally.

https://youtu.be/A_6hbMVlP74

You will need some key abilities
1. Levitation Upgrade - Pouncy Ball
2. Time Warp Pin
3. (Optional) Time Bubble Upgrade - Quick Time

Jump on the letter with levitation and ready up your pounce ability. Then use Time Bubble, with the Time Warp pin equipped, on the letter you are riding. Jump towards the stray thought before the letter descends into the incinerator and use your Mental Connection power to latch on. From there, continue the level as you normally would.

I imagine we are a small number of people with this issue, so I don't know how big of a priority it will be for Double Fine to fix it. Hope this helps

[HrBoes]

I fix for this is in the works.
Thanks for the workaround Keoni! A creative solution. I like it! :)
Folks running into this and experiencing trouble with the workaround can send their save files to [e-mail] and we should be able to fix them.

[FRQDO]

Thanks for the workaround, Keoni! Reading that someone else got through here anyway gave me the motivation I needed to keep trying.

Turns out you can even do it without any of those upgrades if you're very patient and very lucky on your 300th jump.

[Astral]

Originally posted by FRQDO:

Thanks for the workaround, Keoni! Reading that someone else got through here anyway gave me the motivation I needed to keep trying.

Turns out you can even do it without any of those upgrades if you're very patient and very lucky on your 300th jump.

Good lord shout outs to you for being so persistent!

[FRQDO]

Originally posted by VividValkyrie:

Good lord shout outs to you for being so persistent!

What can I say, it's a good game ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(In all honesty: I didn't count the attempts. But I did eventually reach a point where I kept jumping into the maelstrom below repeatedly on purpose, hoping to die and respawn at the last checkpoint—didn't work.)

[Sheytan]

I downloaded a trainer from cheathappens and activated unlimited jumps

https://www.cheathappens.com/54878-PC-Psychonauts-2-trainer

• Unlimited Jumps
• Unlimited Health
• Invincible
• Unlimited Skills Energy Bars
• Super Damage
• Game Speed
• Edit: Level
• Edit: Psi Core
• Edit: Cards
• Edit: PSI Pop
• Edit: Dream Fluff
• Edit: Psitanium Credits

[AllSeeingAI]

Originally posted by Keoni:

Unfortunately, I also ran into the same soft lock. However, I managed to find a work around and progress through the level normally.

https://youtu.be/A_6hbMVlP74

You will need some key abilities
1. Levitation Upgrade - Pouncy Ball
2. Time Warp Pin
3. (Optional) Time Bubble Upgrade - Quick Time

Jump on the letter with levitation and ready up your pounce ability. Then use Time Bubble, with the Time Warp pin equipped, on the letter you are riding. Jump towards the stray thought before the letter descends into the incinerator and use your Mental Connection power to latch on. From there, continue the level as you normally would.

I imagine we are a small number of people with this issue, so I don't know how big of a priority it will be for Double Fine to fix it. Hope this helps

There;s an entirely different workaround that worked just fine for me. If you enter the level again via the tumbler, it resets you at the start. From there you can jump and glide down to the ropes and stamps way down below you -- use levitation for speed and only activate the glide at the last second. From there you can get to the fan and continue on to the typewriter as normal