Fixed [Indev 0.52.1] Phasing into Stairs

[Fanta]

This occurred towards the end of the Cerulean Cave, right before the final fight against the Admin and Mewtwo. As my character started automatically walking forward to the admin, it kind of led me along at an odd angle and then I went right through the staircase. Everything else seemed to progress pretty normally from there as the battle and dialogue continued along completely fine. It never crashed or anything, but after the battle I was stuck in place and couldn't seem to get out, and the music completely stops. I have video of what exactly happened if that helps. I cut out the battle itself as I felt like it wasn't really necessary and just included me actually getting stuck and then after the battle where I couldn't get out, but let me know if you need other footage as well.

Are you currently stuck? if not, did you finish this part yet? (as in battled mewtwo and now you are out of the cave)?

 

[rb3128]

Yeah I'm still stuck. I didn't actually save the game though, so if I continue from the last autosave then I'm still in the wall, but if I just load from where I last saved I will be back a ways before the fight, so it's not really a huge problem for me at the moment, and I just thought I would wait to do that in case anyone had any more questions or anything else for me to try. The last thing I did was fight the admin the second time with Mewtwo and his full team. Then Mewtwo ran off and then Looker left. I can move in all four directions, open the menu, and Pokegear and everything (I can even still Ride a Pokemon), but I just can't physically step forward in any direction.

 

[Tornado9797]

Yeah I'm still stuck. I didn't actually save the game though, so if I continue from the last autosave then I'm still in the wall, but if I just load from where I last saved I will be back a ways before the fight, so it's not really a huge problem for me at the moment, and I just thought I would wait to do that in case anyone had any more questions or anything else for me to try. The last thing I did was fight the admin the second time with Mewtwo and his full team. Then Mewtwo ran off and then Looker left. I can move in all four directions, open the menu, and Pokegear and everything (I can even still Ride a Pokemon), but I just can't physically step forward in any direction.

Do you have any Escape Ropes or a Pokémon that knows Dig? If so, then I recommend using one or the other to escape from Cerulean Cave should you find yourself in that situation again.

If you have neither of the two items and you somehow find yourself permanently stuck inside of there, then feel free to contact a member of the staff (Moderator, Global Moderator, Kolben Developer, Kolben Staff, Administrator) with your GameJolt credentials so that we can drop you off in a safe location.

Does this occur everytime you prepare to face Proton?

 

[rb3128]

I actually thought about the escape rope/dig idea, but unfortunately I didn't have either
I went ahead and reloaded from my previous save and battled Proton again, and this time I had no problem. I saved right before him and reloaded it a couple times and tried to get it to happen again, but it never did. So far it was just that one time.
Thanks for your help though!

 

[Tornado9797]

I actually thought about the escape rope/dig idea, but unfortunately I didn't have either
I went ahead and reloaded from my previous save and battled Proton again, and this time I had no problem. I saved right before him and reloaded it a couple times and tried to get it to happen again, but it never did. So far it was just that one time.
Thanks for your help though!

Well, my last guess is that the infamous Stair Glitch has returned. The Stair Glitch is a glitch that occurs at complete random while climbing stairs; your character will suddenly walk through them. We have had the bug for a long time and we can never seem to find the cause of it. Under normal circumstances, the game allows you to walk back out the way you came, preventing being stuck. However, at the end of the stairs you climbed, there is a script being triggered, bringing you away from the stairs through which you came.

Although we cannot do much about this, we appreciate the report and excellent evidence that follows.

 

[jianmingyong]

And yes! Another person who got this glitch before me

Yap apparently this stair bug is still randomly occuring.

 

[jeffery1195]

well if it is in the older post you ca walk out of stairs but i cant move at all

 

[Darkfire]

well if it is in the older post you ca walk out of stairs but i cant move at all

there is no "floor" for you to walk on so it doesnt exactly work out well....
can you get yourself out?
if you cant send me a PM with your login details and I will move you

 

[Chaos7777]

Describe the bug you experienced here.

What I expected to happen:
...To go up the stairs.

What actually happened:
...Warped into the ground

Steps to reproduce:
1. ... not sure why, but it doesn't do it again

 

[Fanta]

Describe the bug you experienced here.

What I expected to happen:
...To go up the stairs.

What actually happened:
...Warped into the ground

Steps to reproduce:
1. ... not sure why, but it doesn't do it again

I take it you are not stuck?

 

[Chaos7777]

Nah, it let me walk right out. Lol, I sure wouldn't have saved if I got stuck

 

[Fanta]

Nah, it let me walk right out. Lol, I sure wouldn't have saved if I got stuck

Well, the stair bug, we can't find what causes it, and the ability to walk back out is the intentional work-around for it.

 

[Chaos7777]

Oh, and here I thought I found an original problem lol. Typed "walk through stairs" and didn't find anything. May I see the code for everything involving the stairs? I'm not very good at programming yet, but maybe I can find something

 

[Chaos7777]

Seems to me like its just missing the tick or sequence, or whatever you guys use, and that you could probably easily make it "force" the character up (edit* or back) if it happens to land on the space behind the stairs. Might end up being more trouble than its worth seeing as how you guys already made it possible to simply walk back out, and there are a lot of stairs in the game. But it could be some kinda timing issue too. Lol no clue really without seeing it

 

[Chaos7777]

Or maybe a barrier on those spots so players are incapable of landing there, that could potentially make someone get stuck, and it doesnt seem like people can just keep doing it over and over to test it. Or maybe a split second delay upon entering the stairs to get everything caught back up if it is a timing issue. Not sure if these ideas are repeats or not, just ramblings from a complete amateur.