Goblin Village strange bug + easy fix

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This only happens in the goblin village, where you recruit Nok Nok.
Several NPCs fail to become hostile. Freeing the monsters from the cages, or entering the hydra cage to feed it for the goblin does nothing, they just stand there and stare at you.
Also, the guards that guard the door to Nok Nok will warn you but not do anything. And you can enter and hang out around Nok Nok without triggering the event cutscene(You can't talk to him, but you can talk to the surrounding goblins for some reason).
The fix to this is something i found accidentally, and its simple as pressing ESC to pause, then just unpausing while close to the bugged enemy. I dunno if that refreshes events or rechecks for them or whatever but it works. This also works to trigger the cutscene if it isn't triggering.
It didn't work for the hydra that needs to be fed however, but I managed to aggro it by constantly having my party enter and exit it's cage until it finally did its thing.

[jeriklas]

the game hangs sometimes in fights too

ESC + space (pause key) helps there too