Main Campaign Rune Bug

[FroggerMeister]

Playing through the Main Campaign and have been trying to 100% every upgrade possible. I was for some reason able to select and unlock the same rune twice... and now I'm left with one ruin missing.

Is this a bug with a solution or am I locked out of 100% completion?

Edit: I 100% completed every other level in this game, the runes are still broken and I am still missing one. I will be happy to update this note if this ever gets fixed, have a good one!

[Thumper]

Forgive me for asking, but why would you select the same rune twice? Maybe it's a dumb question IDK. I'm pushing 700hrs playing and I have yet to make that mistake.

But to answer question, yes you are locked out. There are no extra Runes, Weapon Mods, or Crystals. You only have a overstock of Batterys, Weapon points, and Praetor Chips.

You want your 100%? Go back to square and start again. It may not be what you wanted to hear. But there it is.

[FroggerMeister]

Originally posted by Thumper:

Forgive me for asking, but why would you select the same rune twice? Maybe it's a dumb question IDK. I'm pushing 700hrs playing and I have yet to make that mistake.

But to answer question, yes you are locked out. There are no extra Runes, Weapon Mods, or Crystals. You only have a overstock of Batterys, Weapon points, and Praetor Chips.

You want your 100%? Go back to square and start again. It may not be what you wanted to hear. But there it is.

I had already picked out a combination of runes that I enjoyed using. Runes you don't have equipped or runes you have not unlocked are both shaded grey. I hadn't exactly marked down what runes I had unlocked (and never used) so I assumed the game would not of let me unlock something twice...

Apparently the bug appeared when the new DLC launched, probably explains why you never saw the bug when you first played the game.

[Thumper]

Only Runes you have not unlocked are grayed out, once you unlock a Rune it becomes active and can be used. You have 3 Rune slots if you unlock 5 Runes, 3 are used and the remaining 2 sit active (not grayed out). The only time you can select a grayed out rune is at the Rune station. Thats how you know what you can and can't select. It would be stupid on the dev's part if this was not so.

I have the year 1 pass and the DLC unlocked and installed, I've been playing all morning, this "bug" has not been seen by me.

No disrespect intended.

[CzechKronner]

I have never run into this bug either. Once a rune has been selected, it's greyed out from that point on and impossible to pick. Have you been playing with cheats enabled by any chance?

[FroggerMeister]

Originally posted by CzechKronner:

I have never run into this bug either. Once a rune has been selected, it's greyed out from that point on and impossible to pick. Have you been playing with cheats enabled by any chance?

I'm yet to actually use a cheat code yet. Weird that it's not an issue for you, I've read a few forms talking about the issue. Don't know how it could be different for different players, hope there's some fix at one point.

[XDarkSephirothX]

Happened to me as well. Never used cheats, h4x or anything else. All rune spots cleared yet 1 is still greyed out because I selected it twice by mistake.

[Thumper]

@XDarkSephirothX, I don't understand how your able to do that. When you unlock a rune from the rune station, that station is closed and does not reactivate. So why would you want to select a rune you already have when you reach the next rune station. When you can clearly see what runes you have and the ones you don't. I've never hit on a rune already in my inventory at any station. As far as I know you can't do what you suggest. But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, when I reach my next rune station, I will try and do the same. That sound fair to you?

[Thumper]

Originally posted by XDarkSephirothX:

Happened to me as well. Never used cheats, h4x or anything else. All rune spots cleared yet 1 is still greyed out because I selected it twice by mistake.

I didn't want to edit my last reply. I just started the Mars Core map. Lucky for me there is a Rune station early in the map, huh. At this point only 2 runes remain. I was unable to select any of the runes I already had. the unused runes in my inventory were grayed out just like the unlocked ones at the station, but when I moved my mouse over the 1 I had, it highlighted red and the unlocked rune remained grayed out. The last rune station is at the end of this map. So unless you passed this point and your still missing a rune, best guess sez, you forgot one and it's not a bug at all.

[FroggerMeister]

Originally posted by Thumper:

Originally posted by XDarkSephirothX:

Happened to me as well. Never used cheats, h4x or anything else. All rune spots cleared yet 1 is still greyed out because I selected it twice by mistake.

I didn't want to edit my last reply. I just started the Mars Core map. Lucky for me there is a Rune station early in the map, huh. At this point only 2 runes remain. I was unable to select any of the runes I already had. the unused runes in my inventory were grayed out just like the unlocked ones at the station, but when I moved my mouse over the 1 I had, it highlighted red and the unlocked rune remained grayed out. The last rune station is at the end of this map. So unless you passed this point and your still missing a rune, best guess sez, you forgot one and it's not a bug at all.

It doesn't effect certain games, I guess? It is a bug that has effect on gameplay and should be brought to attention. I have literally unlocked every item in every level and the rune is still permanently lost.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/782330/discussions/0/2997669078629008331/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/782330/discussions/0/4901564650261515717/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/782330/discussions/0/3007801544740668996/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/782330/discussions/0/3007801544748456341/

All these discussions share a similar issue, some with the newly introduced DLC runes and others on the original. I'm just wondering if there exists a solution or at the very least a way to report this issue.

[FroggerMeister]

Originally posted by XDarkSephirothX:

Happened to me as well. Never used cheats, h4x or anything else. All rune spots cleared yet 1 is still greyed out because I selected it twice by mistake.

You'd think out of all things they would fix it would be the bug that takes place on a "select screen."

I've 100% completed the game at this point with the only thing missing being a single rune, hope they can fix it at one point.

[Thumper]

Wait, are you telling me this happen with every run you make playing Eternal.

I just went to the 4 links you posted, they refer the the support runes in the DLC and not the runes in the base Eternal game. Those topic's don't apply here.

[HeyThere]

I actually had this bug in the DLC as well once. Not sure why I picked the same rune twice, just kinda did.

[Thumper]

@ Hey There, I don't think you picked the same rune twice. In the 1st map of the DLC the support rune comes in 2 parts. If you only find 1 of 2 and then move to the next map and find the next one. it does not make 2 of 2. you end up with 1 of 2 and 1 of 2. each of the 3 maps are that way.

[FroggerMeister]

Originally posted by Thumper:

Wait, are you telling me this happen with every run you make playing Eternal.

I just went to the 4 links you posted, they refer the the support runes in the DLC and not the runes in the base Eternal game. Those topic's don't apply here.

The first link is to a discussion on the bug, their very first sentence is "Soo I'm on my first playthrough of the game," this bug is effecting the base game.

This could be a bug that only effects a first time playthrough. I am yet to start a second playthrough so that may be what fixes it. Either way it is a bug that needs to be fixed, playing the game a second time should never be a solution...

[cerebus23]

i now unlocked the "stagger longer" rune 2 or 3 times now.


crashed one time, redid it just tonite, now the map after i made me unlock it again.

yea runes seem buggy.