Game breaking co-op bug

[Chaz Berkman]

My gf and I have been trying to get through this game's co-op bugs for ages, and now found one that is just infuriating. Any time Jodie Bell runs out of ammo in a given larger fight, or even sometimes when she misses a shot, the game breaks. We cannot continue, her turn basically locks us out of being able to do anything. We have had to reload the game and restart the entire fight, it's quite frustrating. It has happened to us 4 times at this point, so it's no longer a fluke, and it's ALWAYS Jodie Bell. At this point, my gf has basically said I can play it by myself because it's so frustrating. I'll probably convince her to try one more time and sub Jodie out for someone who isn't broken. All the times we've experienced this have been inside the Bizarre in the Warrens fights and then outside.

Please devs, look into this. We can't be the only ones having this type of issue in co-op. We were having so much fun in this game before these bugs started killing us. We quit the game for almost a year because of the initial save bugs, amongst other crashes and issues more people were dealing with at the time. We were hoping after all the patches that have been made, that we could give this game another chance.

[jajaja__777]

I'm facing the exact same issue. In my case, it's always me who has the turn lock bug. I'm running the game on MacOS while my gf is running (and hosting) it on Windows 10

[ゆかり先生]

Same issue, playing with my buddy.

I'm the host, and during his turn, the game can just lock. He can't do anything besides swapping weapons. He can't shoot, reload, move or even finish the turn. All he can do is Alt+F4, resulting in us having to do the fight over. And usually then it happens again. So I have to do the fight myself, otherwise we can't progress.

This one needs an urgent fix.

Edit: One more point that might, the devs (if they ever read this): On his screen he still has a full magazine of ammo, while on mine he has already used ammo. That's a general issue, also happens with grenades. But it always occurs when the lock happens.

[Chaz Berkman]

I ended up just playing this on my computer and taking turns passing the controller, because we had too many issues like this. Even worse so on the DLCs for some reason.

[Pinkspring]

Trying to co-op this with a friend ,we have the exact same issue. The game soft locks whenever he seems to get an extra attack on his sniper rifle, which forces us to reload many fights. Had it happen thrice in one evening now.

[ゆかり先生]

little update that might help some of you guys: We found out that when my buddy presses "R" (for reload) the game unlocks itself. But no guarantee given.

[Chaz Berkman]

It's truly frustrating so many have these sync issues. Really sucks the fun out of what is a great game otherwise. That's why my gf and I decided to just take turns. Not everyone has the option of just using the same screen though. :-/

[Hexatron]

Very true. My friend and me finally got back into trying wasteland 3 in coop again, as our first try back when it came out had sooooo many coop problems.

So all the things we noticed back then were fixed, so we were super happy. Till we got those crossbow type weapons that need to be reloaded after every shot. Right there the problems started showing up like crazy.

If i shoot the gun empty and click the button for reloading -> game stuck. If i switch weapons first, and then hit the hotkey for reloading, it works. So a little work around for when it is your turn and you still have AP left over.

Problem is when the gun is shot in ambush as soon as it is this characters turn after, the game does not react to anything anymore.
Same goes if you have not enough AP to reload the gun in the round before, if you start the round with the empty gun, again getting stuck.

So some bigger problem with gun reloading for the coop client there. As this basically happens with any character and any gun, as soon as they are empty during ambush round or at the start of the turn. Or if you try to reload it during your turn clicking the reload button right after the shot. (As the client, seems to work fine for the host. Also we hear the weapon reload sound when you click.. but nothing happens on the client side, just "soft lock").

Besides that, all the problems we had noticed in our first play seem to be gone. So hope this reloading issue will be fixed soon as well.

[Doomy]

up because this is still a thing

[Lo-fi Capitain]

+1, I have the exact same problem, game is broken on coop. Not fixed yet (March 2022)

Seems to happen reliably (so far) when I run out of ammo, the END TURN button appears and I can't click or do anything. Not all weapons either.

[PizzaKrydder]

Still not fixed. A disgrace, considering it's been talked about for near a year at this point.

[Crysis195]

This is not fixed. Me and a friend took advantage of the sales, resulting in us constantly reloading games cause his character (non-host) freeze after a rocket launcher's shot or (more rarly, but not so much...) with a flamethrower. He just shoots, the animation and damage works, no AP lost at all, can't move, reload or switch weapons and can't even end his turn. He's able to use his other characters, yet can't end properly his turn for the one frozen. Just unplayable (April 2022)

[Lynx073]

Originally posted by ゆかり先生:

little update that might help some of you guys: We found out that when my buddy presses "R" (for reload) the game unlocks itself. But no guarantee given.

This work around worked at least once for us, thank!

[curtio rico]

You are not the only one. It happens to me and my buddy too.

[Wikingking]

Originally posted by ゆかり先生:

little update that might help some of you guys: We found out that when my buddy presses "R" (for reload) the game unlocks itself. But no guarantee given.

You be the MVP!

[[<3 Linux] Stitch]

hold "end turn" button fixed it for us in 2 / 2 cases