Fleshless quest - black guardian bug

[quentin]

Hi, I have a problem for killing the black guardian. Actually it's impossible, the 2 shields of the generators are like resetting after every enemies waves.

-I play Enderal "Vanilla", without additional mods
-I tried with a previous save (a save before I arriving in the room of the black gardian), and it changed nothing..
-I'm playing as stealth archer 🤷‍♂️ But I tried without stealth, with a sword, and it's the same.

I noticed 2 things :
-I don't have percent of damage every time I hit one generator.
-After like 4-5 hits, i have an indication "%0f% percent shield capacity left"

Thanks for help :)

[Jouchebag]

https://en.wiki.sureai.net/Enderal:Fleshless_(Main_Quest)

To destroy The Black Guardian, you will need to destroy the two generators that power him. However, you can only attack the generators once all his "Fleshless Creations" are dead, otherwise your attacks will have no effect and simply bounce back to damage you. Sometimes, a glowing fleshless creation will appear: kill it from a distance, since it will explode it if gets near you or when it dies. You will need to fight at least four waves of enemies to have enough time to destroy both generators.

It's a long fight and the generators take a serious beating. I also don't remember having the "shield capacity" messages in that fight but that fight got some patching IIRC. It won't tell you how much damage you did, anyway. Only how much capacity is left, which is by design.

I do remember it took so long that I thought like you, that something was broken, when it wasn't. I think the key detail is that part that says "you can only attack when all fleshless are dead." In between waves, basically.

[quentin]

Thanks for the answer, but no, I hit the generator only when Jespar say "hit the generator now" and the protection is going out, it's pretty clear 🤷‍♂️

And no, I mean, I don't have the percent of shield left, after every knock I put on it.
Every time I hit the generator, nothing happen. Just after 4-5 hits I have the message "%0f% percent shield capacity left".
And after each wave, the generators reset..

[Jouchebag]

Originally posted by quentin:

Thanks for the answer, but no, I hit the generator only when Jespar say "hit the generator now" and the protection is going out, it's pretty clear 🤷‍♂️

And no, I mean, I don't have the percent of shield left, after every knock I put on it.
Every time I hit the generator, nothing happen. Just after 4-5 hits I have the message "%0f% percent shield capacity left".
And after each wave, the generators reset..

Nothing is supposed to happen when you hit the generator. It only gives you updates when it reaches "% left" which could take several hits.

The generator shield should not be resetting after waves, that might be a legitimate bug. But there are TWO generators with two SEPARATE shields, IIRC? Maybe you're switching between them. Honestly, I can't remember the fight 100% clearly it's been a while.

You could try reloading a save from before you entered the boss room to see if it's purely random.

[quentin]

Hmm I saw some gameplays on internet and every time they hit the generators, on the top left there is a message that say the percent of the shield left.
Maybe until there gameplays to now, some things could have been changed, ok 🤷‍♂️

But still, the fact that I have exactly this message "%0f% percent shield capacity left" make me think there is a bug".
At least it should be "0% percent shield left", but why "%0f%"..

And I tried a save before loading the black guardian's room 🤷‍♂️
At least it's a save before entering in the portal that lead to the guardian's room.

Now I will see if I have an older save, but I don't think so.

[quentin]

Okay I restart from a very old save, like 2 hours before, when I was faaar from the black guardian's room, and it changed nothing.

I don't know if I make something wrong but if yes, I absolutely don't know what it could be.

So I'm blocked actually...

I can share my saves if needed 🤷‍♂️

[quentin]

Okay, I managed to destroy the two generators in one wave, to avoid the reset at every waves, and it's okay, I finally pass that *** point.

But it must be a bug.

[Jouchebag]

Do you use any mods? They might have unseen consequences.

There is a known bug with displaying the % left in that fight, but you will win if you keep hammering the generators. For like 10-15 minutes. It's a long fight.

[quentin]

Like I said in the first message, no mods, I play Enderal "vanilla" 🙃

For me the problems (probably linked) are :
-the shields of the generators are resetting after each waves (And even the animation. When I hit the generator, I can see it burning, and after each waves, it reset, and stop the fire. Being as it was before hitting)
-and the fact that the information about percent shield capacity left, that (I think) should appear on the top left, don't appear when I hit it, and only appear at the end, after I destroy one generator, and write this strange value %0f%

I have 2 saves I can share if needed

[Jouchebag]

A link to the bug tracker is in the Pinned topic, as well as good information about making a report.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/933480/discussions/2/1777136225031168583/

There is a known bug with displaying the % left:

https://sureai.net/tracker/view.php?id=1780

You could probably add on to that report, but they're aware of it and doing 'something' about it. However, it says right in the report, it doesn't stop you from destroying the generators and is considered a minor bug.