Can't holster guns, other guns stuck in holsters, not visible or grabbable

[AmusableBman]

I encountered this bug when joining a multiplayer game. I had a gun in either hand while I was waiting to connect, and when I loaded into the session, both of my guns were gone. They weren't in my hands or my holsters. I shrugged and picked up another gun that was lying around. After going through the level a bit, I found a different gun I wanted instead. When I attempted to holster my first gun, I was unable to do so. I happened to die shortly afterwards, and when I did, I saw my two original guns floating in front of me. After respawning, I tried to interact with my holsters in any way I could think of, but I was unable to grab my first two guns. Now I'm stuck with two guns in my holsters that I can't see or interact with. Is there a fix for this?

[AmusableBman]

Still haven't managed to fix this. Any help is appreciated.

[XREAL Games VR]

I sent you a friend request, it's easier to help you that way. :)

-dan-

[Veteranus Maximus]

Have the same issue. Happened when I joined a Multiplayer match. Issue still not gone, after restarting entire pc

[CyclopticBovine]

sam eissue here, first appeared on the level "dust" and now both my weapon holsters are gone. restart/reload has not fixed the issue nor has the height adjustment, restarting the pc, or anyhting else ive tried. if i uninstall and reinstall will i lose my unlocked weapons?

[AmusableBman]

A workaround for this problem has been found thanks to Dan's help. In order to get your weapon slots back, you need to delete the file SaveGameSlotPlayerEquipment_EA.sav. This file can be found in C:\Users\(insert user name here)\AppData\Local\ZeroCaliber\Saved\SaveGames. If it's not there, try looking in \steamapps\common\Zero Caliber VR\ZeroCaliber\Saved\SaveGames instead. Once you find it, delete the specified file, and your equipment slots should be reset. This will get rid of any grenades you have, but those are extremely easy to get, so it's not a big issue. As long as you delete only SaveGameSlotPlayerEquipment_EA.sav, you will not lose any progress (rank, xp, unlocked guns, etc.)

Thanks for the help, Dan.

[DrMagicWolf]

I keep having the same issue over and over, after having done some testing it seems to come down to the loading, whenever I get shot down and respawn at the previous checkpoint, I seem to lose one of the gun holsters/slots.
I even lost both slots once when I joined a game that was already completed, they were gone the moment I loaded in and my guns were just floating in mid air where I spawned. I was able to take them but I couldn't holster them nor take them with me when I exited the lobby.

[Reimajo]

Same here, I get this issue over and over again , most times I can't see my guns and slots but my teammate can see the guns inside me and get them out, but today I saw my slots and couldn't holster a gun in it. I lost my fav guns with custom skins and hardly to find attachements. It's a shame that there is no way to save a gun that you found in the game somehow because this bug is coming over and over again.

[DrMagicWolf]

@Keks: This is a workaround I use to save my favorite guns, as I kept losing mine over and over:

1. make sure your holsters are working, this may require deleting your SaveGameSlotPlayerEquipment_EA_1.sav located in

   %LocalAppData%\ZeroCaliber\Saved\SaveGames

   (you can simply copy and paste the link above into the address bar of any explorer window and press enter)
   or if it's not there, check in
   

   (Steam installation path)\steamapps\common\Zero Caliber

2. set up your favorite guns and holster them (if it works, otherwise go back to step 1.)
   
3. exit the game and make a copy of the SaveGameSlotPlayerEquipment_EA_1.sav to a location of your choosing.
   
4. replace the corrupted SaveGameSlotPlayerEquipment_EA_1.sav with your backup whenever you lose your guns.

If you want to change or shuffle your guns to make a new setup:

1. ask a friend to start a multiplayer match
   
2. join his match
   
3. let him hold your guns
   
4. exit your game
   
5. swap backup files
   
6. join his match again
   
7. change guns to your liking
   
8. holster your guns (hopefully it doesn't fail at this point)
   
9. exit your game
   
10. make a new backup of the SaveGameSlotPlayerEquipment_EA_1.sav
    
11. marvel at how much effort we are willing to put into customizing a virtual experience

... it's that easy ...........
Lets hope this gets fixed soon and an inventory system gets added to save multiple layouts.
Tell me if you need any more help.

[Reimajo]

Thank you for your well-written tutorial @DrMagicWolf. It works fine for me if you somehow manage to exit the game while your setup is not bugged (!), but sadly doesn't solve the instability the game has with weapon slots itself.

I can't even play solo because I need my teammate to get my weapons out of me each x minutes when they are bugged again. I can't get them out myself, they are invisible to me but not for him.
He has the same issues.

Another anoying thing is that the attachements of my weapons just randomly change on respawn or when I start the game or when I go back to menu. This happens a lot while playing and destroys my setup as well.

I already play pistol only because of several other bugs that I encountered when using rifles and despite the bad graphics compared to other games, the customisation of guns is the only outstanding feature that makes me want to play this game here at all. So I hope they get it fixed.

[XREAL Games VR]

Quite a detailed workaround @DrMagicWolf. :)
The weapon slot issue is known, sorry guys for it still being an issue. We're trying to find what causes it.

Originally posted by Keks (Felix):

Another anoying thing is that the attachements of my weapons just randomly change on respawn or when I start the game or when I go back to menu. This happens a lot while playing and destroys my setup as well.

I already play pistol only because of several other bugs that I encountered when using rifles and despite the bad graphics compared to other games, the customisation of guns is the only outstanding feature that makes me want to play this game here at all. So I hope they get it fixed.

Hey Felix!
Could you please record a short video about the attachment swipswap on respawns? We haven't encountered anything like that, shouldn't happen so we'll definitely check it.

What bugs make using rifles painful for you?

-dan-

[DrMagicWolf]

@Dan: As I wrote in a previous post I did some testing:

Originally posted by DrMagicWolf:

... after having done some testing it seems to come down to the loading, whenever I get shot down and respawn at the previous checkpoint, I seem to lose one of the gun holsters/slots.
I even lost both slots once when I joined a game that was already completed, they were gone the moment I loaded in and my guns were just floating in mid air where I spawned. I was able to take them but I couldn't holster them nor take them with me when I exited the lobby.

Maybe this gives you a hint or helps you reproduce the issues.
My guess is that there is no integrity verification of the SaveGameSlotPlayerEquipment_EA_1.sav after an update during the loading process, or alternatively, the opening and loading of the SaveGameSlotPlayerEquipment_EA_1.sav file causes a collision with another process that is currently accessing the file, causing the corruption of the file upon finishing the loading process.
If you need any more feedback or someone to help you find/test a fix, let me know.

Edit: just a random idea that popped into my head just now, could this be caused by "computers being too fast"?
Let me explain my theory; could it be that the game is still saving to the SaveGameSlotPlayerEquipment_EA_1.sav whilst the game is already reading it again, because my load times are pretty much instant in this game...
(I run my games from a 970 EVO m.2 nvme drive on a Z390 mainboard with an i7-9700K)