Hi, since there seem to gather quite some FFXV enthusiasts in this thread, i have a help request. If i should open a new thread for this, please let me know which subforum would be best, thanks.
To cut to the chase: i'm currently stuck in FFXV - chapter 10, which seems to be bugged. I watched several videos of the quest "hand of the king" and compared it to my experience, and i noticed the following differences:
1. First the obvious issue: My Quest doesn't advance after discovering the "roadblock" which prevents me from entering the lower dungeon. The next thing to do would be checking the console and then fetching the keycard for the machines backup generator. When i leave and reenter the area, rest at the camp or reload the game i can "look" at the roadblock AGAIN which starts the cutscene AGAIN, but the quest mark stays there so when i go to the console the only thing i can do is read the sign, but neither does prompto make a comment, nor can i inspect the generator. Obviously the keycard at the shack doesn't exists as well
2. MY gladiolus doesn't complain when i leave ignis and prompto behind, he made a comment at the very beginning of the area ONCE and went completely silent after that. Sometimes ignis and prompto are engaged in a short conversation after resting at the camp, nothing more.
3. Normally there should spawn a gigantoad at one of the consoles. Not for me.
4. Of this i am not entirely sure, but i think my movement is bugged also. I noticed in several youtube videos that noctis sometimes slows down and starts to sneak while my noctis doesn't. I can also generally move like i could in the open world, i.e. run/sprint as well as being able to warp to my hearts content, which seems odd to me because i never could do that in ANY dungeon before (NO point warp though).
So, my problem now is the fact i almost always just used ONE manual save slot because FFXV did give me some confusing warnings that my timed quest points would only be available in this ONE slot (as well as a similar warning when playing the assassins festival), which wasn't true apparently - so my last manual save was way back in chapter 2, roughly 100 hours playtime ago :/
My auto saves are not helping either, because i left the dungeon after a quick look and first traveled back to lucis via umbra to complete some sidequests before even figuring out i was stuck (afterwards i thought that this COULD have triggered the bug in the first place but i can't verify this).
I spent HOURS yesterday combing through google results but only found TWO other people who seemed to have the same problem, while the first one "solved" this by deleting everything and starting at the beginning, the other didn't even get a single response.
I definitely won't start over, i would rather delete it for good i think, since i am already at level 99 with all important AP skills and having completed almost every sidequest, having invested 136 hours.
My questions to you:
1. Does anyone know this glitch and how to resolve it?
2. Is there a way to force the game to continue or skip the quest via console, modding or save editing?
3. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Thank you!