This is an older glitch that I've had happen before, completely restricting my ability to finish the game. Toward the end, when going to the Last Round for "The Enemy of My Enemy," Becket yells, "Wait!" ...but there's no Becket. He simply doesn't appear, despite the fact that he is supposed to initiate a conversation with you. And further hindering the game play, it locks you in place, so you literally cannot move anywhere. I think that this is what kept me from completing the game my very first play through a few years back.

If anyone can help me with this issue, it would be much appreciated.

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you on this, I've been busy. Anyways, the save file was actually in the third email you sent me, go figure lol.

Well I played it twice and it worked perfectly both times, Beckett said wait! and we spoke and he appeared. I then got out of dialogue and was able to resume the game. I tried running to different areas for the trigger and it worked both times. I'm not sure what to tell you, have you tried saving the file and starting a new fresh install of Bloodlines then putting CE back on? Since it's not broken on my end I don't know what to do.

I know this bug has been around for a while and it was always hit or miss for me sometimes. I know that CE v1.2 is built around Wesp's 6.5 UP (and a few parts of 6.6 as well). In the patch notes for his 6.7 UP, he addressed this glitch and claimed to have fixed this bug.

Might this be incorporated into the CE v1.3 that's forthcoming, or in some fashion?

I can let Childe of Malkav know so maybe he can look into it before he releases 1.3.

If it's so hit and miss, I will just try that fresh reinstall and see if it does or doesn't happen again. And perhaps the possibility of this being a still-present, even if occasional, glitch, then this may be good that it's noticed.

EDIT: I'll make sure to say what happens after the fresh install while using the same save.

I just sent Childe a PM explaining whats going on, maybe he can hit up Wesp on Planet Vampire to see if he was able to fix it, and hopefully give Childe the files so he can merge it in with CE 1.3.

I definately know this issue has been around for awhile and it's not a CE issue, but if we can do something to help it then thats awesome for everyone!

Well, I don't know what to say. I reinstalled the game - completely fresh new copy - loaded up my old save, and the same glitch came around. I'm going to see about using the save game just before the one I am having problems with, play up through to the point where my faulty save is, and see if it does it then.

Chaz,

When you uninstalled the game did you do it through control panel add/remove programs, then reinstalled it? If you did it that way then the old files will still be there. Here's how you want to uninstall it...

- Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs
- Go into Windows Explorer and find the \Program Files\Activistion\Vampire - Bloodlines\Vampire\ folder and manually delete it (For retail, if your using D2D or Steam version the path will be slightly different
- Install and run a good registry cleaner, http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner has the best FREE cleaner I've ever used, I use it ALL the time
- Run a good ol' fashion Disk Defrag and reboot your machine
- Reinstall Bloodlines
- Run Bloodlines Vanilla and make sure everything looks right, you should NOT see a Histories section in the character sheet, thats how you know your clean
- Install CE 1.2 and nothing else (that will put Official Patch 1.2, Unofficial Patch 6.5, and CE 1.2 on your machine)

Now try running your saved game, I put $5 on it working right...

I've never encountered this problem, and i have really no idea where to look for it. That's the reason i didn't answer on this topic yet. I'll try to contact Wesp or find out for myself. But i can't promise to find the solution in time for the final packing and uploading.

-

Okay, this is one thing I haven't looked into - Vanilla. Does that mean the completely original, plain version? I never picked up on the definition of that term. And yes, I did simply do Control Panel -> Modify/Remove, so I'll go about your method.

Ya, Vanille = Virgin, Untouched, Unmodified, Original Game

Give that a shot, I really think that should do the trick.

Okay, thanks. =] I just need to reinstall, and then I'll update. However, I'm loaded on homework until midnight on Sunday, so it might be a little delayed (U.S. time, too.)

If I start midway through, it won't affect my gameplay much, will it?