Black Mesa

Black Mesa

Black Mesa: Blue Shift
sfried Nov 20, 2024 @ 8:15pm
Stuck towards the end of Captive Freight (reuniting Rosenburg w/ others)
While reuniting with the other guards with Doctor Rosenburg, right before entering the room with the staged fire fight (I had already loaded in the next room), I double back before the game could properly "block" or gate my progress to prevent from returning to the stairwell (thus loading in the previous room). I did so because I was low on health after the previous hallway encounters with the guards/turrets. I picked up the additional health at the bottom floor of the stairwell and once again head back to the upper floor, but upon meeting up with the group, Rosenburg approaches right next to the cowering scientist, who is still cowering, and simply stands there. The scientist does not leave her pose and no lines are delivered, which lends me to believe I broke a scripted sequence involving them.

The guards all proceed down the stairwell (dialogue is once again present in these scenes). Rosenburg follows, but immediately stops and heads back to the other scientist. I go all the way downstairs, break the boarded up wall with a crowbar, and come upon a door with a keypad that me nor the guards open. I wasn't sure if Doctor Rosenburg was suppose to open this door for you, but I couldn't get him to go down the stairs no matter what I did.
Last edited by sfried; Nov 20, 2024 @ 8:31pm
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Germanium✔ Nov 21, 2024 @ 1:31am 
Does anyone know any fix for this? Don't tell me I have to play this long ass chapter again...
Ph@raoN_Man Nov 21, 2024 @ 10:49am 
Open console (`) and type

"map bs_c3m2b"

This command helps to restart this level.
Last edited by Ph@raoN_Man; Nov 21, 2024 @ 10:55am
VommyMommyLover Nov 21, 2024 @ 3:03pm 
Originally posted by Ph@raoN_Man:
Open console (`) and type

"map bs_c3m2b"

This command helps to restart this level.
I have the exact same issue and doing this won't allow me to carry over the frog I've been holding onto the whole game so far. Is there a way to respawn the chumtoad with a console command?
Cyvo  [developer] Nov 22, 2024 @ 10:13am 
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Ok, so we've verified that this only happens when you head back to the previous map before the reunion scene gets resumed. We're gonna fix that with the next patch.
In case you are affected by this you can type

ent_fire lcs_escort_enroute01 start

into the console. That way you can trigger what the game logic was supposed to trigger BUT ensure that rosenberg is close to the group in order to avoid any additional problems caused by NPC actions.
sfried Nov 22, 2024 @ 6:27pm 
Originally posted by Cyvo:
Ok, so we've verified that this only happens when you head back to the previous map before the reunion scene gets resumed. We're gonna fix that with the next patch.
In case you are affected by this you can type

ent_fire lcs_escort_enroute01 start

into the console. That way you can trigger what the game logic was supposed to trigger BUT ensure that rosenberg is close to the group in order to avoid any additional problems caused by NPC actions.
I'm reporting back on this solution. Apparently this is only a partial fix...

The conversation between Rosenberg and the guards gets delivered, and the woman scientist comes out of her hiding pose and joins the group in going down the stairs once Doctor Rosenberg leads the way. However, there's something really buggy about Doctor Rosenberg's path finding, and partway going downstairs, he immediately tries to get back up the flight of stairs back to the initial spot where the conversation after the firefight happens.

I tried reloading and applying the "fix" once again via console command, and this time let the group "push" Doctor Rosenberg all the way down the flight of stairs into the bottom floor with the body of a dead scientist...but the good Doc once again insists on going up the stairs back into the floor where the staged firefight happened. I take it he was suppose to continue the conversation at the bottom floor, but it never happens, suggesting another flag might be broken or triggered incorrectly.

In any case, this entire scripted sequence the most unstable out of everything I've encountered so far.

Edit 2: Tried making a Steam Recording but the movie clip keeps getting corrupted.
Last edited by sfried; Nov 22, 2024 @ 7:22pm
sfried Nov 23, 2024 @ 10:26am 
I also forgot to mention that I never got to break the "hidden" wall on my first pass (before meeting Doctor Rosenberg).
Fabiulu Nov 28, 2024 @ 5:19pm 
Originally posted by Cyvo:
Ok, so we've verified that this only happens when you head back to the previous map before the reunion scene gets resumed. We're gonna fix that with the next patch.
In case you are affected by this you can type

ent_fire lcs_escort_enroute01 start

into the console. That way you can trigger what the game logic was supposed to trigger BUT ensure that rosenberg is close to the group in order to avoid any additional problems caused by NPC actions.
Came here to report this bug as I've just experienced it a few minutes ago. Glad to see it'll get address down the line :steamthumbsup:
J. Rush Nov 29, 2024 @ 2:50pm 
I've also noticed that sometimes actors wont go to their mark. For example, when we save Dr. Ellie (forgot her last name), she refused to leave the container but her dialogue with Otis kept going despite the fact that he was across the yard.
Hastur Mar 25 @ 7:08pm 
I stumbled upon this bug today, and was able to correct it with Cyvo solution. FYI it was on a fresh Blue Shift installation from yesterday, I don't know if this bug is supposed to be already fixed.
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