Elevator kills me!

[beegoody]

Hello,

There is no way I can get past This vortal coil.

For some reason, after the vort took the extract, when I get into the elevator, once the elevator doors are closed, I am somehow crushed by an invisible wall when the elevator sets into motion.

I checked my cache, tried replaying the map from the beginning and deleted everything in steam/steamapps/<myaccount>/half life-2 episode2. No change.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[spyrochaete]

Shot in the dark here but maybe worth a try.

I had a similar issue in the original HL2 where I would get on an elevator near the beginning of the game and it would never leave. I figured out that if I saved on the elevator and then loaded the game the elevator would then descend.

Maybe you need to do something like this? Try saving when you get on the elevator and then load your game?

[AoA]

noclip?

[beegoody]

I tried the saving loading thing. It used to solve half of the hl2 series bug lol. Didn't work. And noclip isnt really a solution for me because I'm trying to get achievements and sv_cheats 1 disables them. And i don't wanna have to noclip for an elevator... I want a proper solution =(

[gorpie]

Um, I think you can get the achievements as long as sv_cheats is not on when you're supposed to get it. So noclip *may* be an option.

I'd like you to get a real solution, too, though.

[beegoody]

Problems not with the save (they work with my brother's game). I'll just reinstall the game...

[beegoody]

Ok... It's not from the saves since my brother managed to play them with a totally different computer. Reinstalled the game from scratch, delete all game files before that.
Bug is still happening. wth....

[jcool190]

I had this problem last year.

I do not remember exactly what I did to pass this problem. I have no solution, and have no idea what triggers this kill-streak. It just stops killing you at some point, somehow.

#1 Keep trying a few times after death.
#2 load the map it is on with "map mapname" command.
#3 Fresh start from the games beginning.

I'm sure I did one of those and passed it.

[RussianWolf]

If you took any entities in there, it'll break the elevator. So any ammopacks, health packs,e.t.c, will break the elevator become it has an entity clip.

[gorpie]

If you took any entities in there, it'll break the elevator. So any ammopacks, health packs,e.t.c, will break the elevator become it has an entity clip.

I loaded an old save and and I saw a saw blade I must have taken with me. (My prior save was the beginning of the game and I didn't reload that.)

[RussianWolf]

I loaded an old save and and I saw a saw blade I must have taken with me. (My prior save was the beginning of the game and I didn't reload that.)

If you close the elevator and there are any entities on the outside of the door. There are other possibilities for the glitch, But I think it's one reason.

[beegoody]

I found why.

Copied all my css launch options and it seems the elevator works differently (much faster) in tickrate 100. So i just removed the command. Reverted back to the original which i guess is 33 and the elevator works.

[Flamov]

I found why.

Copied all my css launch options and it seems the elevator works differently (much faster) in tickrate 100. So i just removed the command. Reverted back to the original which i guess is 33 and the elevator works.

Thanks for posting the reason why.

[nofattiesplease]

Just got this same exact problem. Freaking annoying. Could someone explain how I could change the tickrate? Is there a console command or something?

[slipperywhenwet]

Woah, WTF?

Where did this thread come from?

Nofattiesplease, look at the thread and look for the post in which the OP says how he fixed it. That should help.

[dlind70]

change your game launch options back to default.
Place -autoconfig in the field.

[gorpie]

Woah, WTF?

Where did this thread come from?

Nofattiesplease, look at the thread and look for the post in which the OP says how he fixed it. That should help.

Um, the OP changed the tickrate... :p


change your game launch options back to default.
Place -autoconfig in the field.

If you use the -autoconfig launch option, use it only once.

[Gordon He-Man]

Jump...A LOT!!

This also works IRL.
As of yet I have not been crushed by an invisible wall!


...though I DID get some odd looks when visiting the Empire State Building.

[nofattiesplease]

Woah, WTF?

Where did this thread come from?

Nofattiesplease, look at the thread and look for the post in which the OP says how he fixed it. That should help.

yeah I read it but had no idea how to change the tickrate.

I did "-autoconfig" but it didn't solve anything. It changed my resolution and other options but that's it. Still stuck in this damn elevator.


btw this happens after the Vortigon's monologue, after it loads the next area. Everything is fine until it loads the area, and then everything is just stopped.

[nofattiesplease]

OH MY GODDDDDD. There's a freaking, medpack that is spawning directly on the top edge of the elevator. And then it gets wedged in between the elevator and a small ledge in the elevator shaft, jamming the elevator. What the hell? I've got to try and blast it out of the way with the gravity gun before I get to it I guess.


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Kendallae/medpackwedge.jpg


edit: no dice, it's not reacting to the gravity gun or anything else. Not sure what to do here. I've re-entered the area multiple times and it always appears. Anyone know of a console command to remove items?

[nofattiesplease]

did some research on my own and ugh. first off, took me a while to realize that the console had to be enabled through advanced settings.

Then, "impulse 203" to remove items was too inaccurate and kept removing the elevator. Eventually turned on God mode and just jumped around a few times and it dislodged the medpack, and the elevator continued on. What a weird weird bug.


I can't believe it but this advice really did help out, once I had godmode on.
Jump...A LOT!!

This also works IRL.
As of yet I have not been crushed by an invisible wall!


...though I DID get some odd looks when visiting the Empire State Building.

[Gordon He-Man]

I can't believe it but this advice really did help out, once I had godmode on.


But, of COURSE it did!!
...I don't make this stuff up, ya know!!!;)

[Shifty_Pete]

Anyone know of a console command to remove items?

ent_remove

[Gordon He-Man]

ent_remove

Hey, this AIN'T NO Middle-Earth, son!

[beegoody]

-tickrate 33 solves the problem, no need to remove the poor elevator..