Bug in the 7thg chapter (cleaning the rats in the castle)

[Lemdoran]

Hi,
I issue some strange behaviour on the cour puzzle (chapter 7) when you have to "push" the rats in the pits.

After being stuck for around 1hr i decided to check for a walktrough, this one specificaly;
https://youtu.be/8gQBQK2Nuqs?t=574

at around 9m30 of the upper video, when you finish pushing the last torch and the girls laugh about being amazon, the game seem to start a cinematic.

On my game, it don't, i can go met the fury girl next to the lever and.... nothing, she start to follow me endlessly and i lose the possibility to interact with anything except ladders.

Tried to relaunch from checkpoint ( 3 times !) without succes.

Note that regardless i did the puzzle correctly, thei're like a dozen rogue rats that still persist every time i try to push them away, it may be the cause, but i can't really unlock the thing as i can't move anything anymore.

Should i start again the whole level?

PS; i'm 99% sure it won't matter but i play in french.

[76561198284250601]

Hello Lemdoran.
I have questions for you, can you tell me (or show me with screen) :
- where do you reappear after reload checkpoint and
- send me a screen or video (if possible) of the rats that are present on the court puzzle ?

Thanks

Focus QA team

[Lemdoran]

Originally posted by focus_45:

Hello Lemdoran.
I have questions for you, can you tell me (or show me with screen) :
- where do you reappear after reload checkpoint and
- send me a screen or video (if possible) of the rats that are present on the court puzzle ?

Thanks

Focus QA team

Hello Focus,

Sure, thanks for your quick answere.

I just uploaded it to youtube (hope you'll forgive the quick xsplit cap with desk and everything, i had only xsplit on hand and it's lunchtime :p)

Here is the adress, hope the direct up for xsplit do the trick, as i don't have edit software around me before tonight :)

https://youtu.be/VifjHnIXLLA

So for illustration / additional infos;
-On the begining of vid i click on "reprendre" but it's actualy just the point where i came when using checkpoint, i just started recording after the loading ^^)
-At around 1m45 - 1m50 of the video, came the rat issue. Where i basicaly "pull them" on the wrong side of the puzzle. I know i can light the brazer earlier and from afar and i'm pretty sure it may fix the issue. But i'm almost certain a lot of people will do the same mistake, and it seem to broke everything by then so i prefer reporting it :)

PS: quick self edit - i confirm that lighting the brazero that that i light at 1m45 oof vids, but earlier (before even going down from the middle platform) fix the issue, but as not doing so trigger severall issues (broke the npc behavior, put boys on wait stance, up on their feet in the chairs thei're supposed to be sit, and remove the ability to interact with things, i guess it count as a little bug? haha

Regardless, i'm really enjoying the game so far, good game guys :)

[76561198284250601]

Thanks for information !

yes, if you light the brazier (brazier who can see at 1m50) before continue, this should solve your problem.
- Did you try to finish the chapter with this solution ?
- How did you do to empty the rats of the second part (part before your video) with brazier off ? (brazier who can see at 1m50)

[Lemdoran]

-yep it did solved the issues and allow me to continue.
-I.... don't know how i did, actualy i haven't even noticed this brazero before it was initialy needed for this part. I mostly walked near enough the breakpoint with a torch in hand so i somehow simulated the light barrier with a torch xD

[76561198284250601]

ok, nice ! we know the reason of this problem.

Normally, you have to light this brazier before climb with Melie to the lever, clean the second area and continue to the third area (third area = part of your video) after returning the brazier to its original place.

We hope you will enjoy the rest of the game ;)

[Lemdoran]

Originally posted by focus_45:

ok, nice ! we know the reason of this problem.

Normally, you have to light this brazier before climb with Melie to the lever, clean the second area and continue to the third area (third area = part of your video) after returning the brazier to its original place.

We hope you will enjoy the rest of the game ;)

Thanks ! :p

And yep, it's outstanding, the characters are all really nicely voiced, and they seem all uniques.
Regardless i somehow suspected hugo's powers from the relative start, the way it's used is really nicely implemented ^^

[76561198284250601]

thanks for your feedback, we appreciate !

[SpacePirateKing]

I found the solution so I'm sharing it on every post in case anyone else comes across this bug on Chapter 7 for the final Rats section. There is a torch on the wall opposite of the pile of sticks.

If you light the torch on the wall next to the ladder with the flaming stick, the level will bug out. You have to light the torch with the "Ignifer" shot (Flame starter sling ammo) to trigger the next event.

It's a small dumb event trigger order mistake. I'm kind of amazed they missed in QA.