Since patch 7 (it would be good if I could see the version number in-game) was installed, though I cant recall if this started happening before installing The Black Emporium, one or more of my party memebers will stop moving and attacking while in combat. If I select them the left analog will do nothing, they just cant move or attack. This might be also happening to the AI enemies as I have noticed some will not attack even when I have everyone attacking him/her.I am playing in Nightmare difficulty and most of the time use the tactical pause. The only way to work around this is, if and when I catch a party member having the problem, I select him and jump. If I dont jump I wont be able to move. To be clear, this happens to party members even if I never ordered them to hold, and select clear orders wont fix this, only selecting to control them and pressing the jump button will I recover movement and attacks for that character.Dont tell me to hard reset my Xbox One because I have already tried that even though it is not set to go into stand by or sleep or whatever, I dont remember what it is called.Thanks for your time and patience.

This is an extremely annoying bug. Characters in combat are freezing regularly, on all systems, so there is no way EA could have not noticed this. They need to fix it ASAP.

I'm having this issue too on the Xbox 1. I just started this game a couple of weeks ago, got about 30 hours in and now it's a paperweight since I downloaded the patch. I'm playing on Hard so tactical camera is a must. Please fix this. Patches should eliminate glitches, not ruin a game.

I just decided to play for the first time since early this year, PC version, and I'm having the same issue. It's infuriating. WHY has this not been fixed in 7 months?? I have a friend who bought it recently and is very frustrated that such an obvious bug with significant negative effects is in a game she paid $30 for. What is the problem here?

Same exact problem, on PC, since patch 7 . Moving very slowly, AI on companions and enemies paused or something. Also results in combat not concluding properly; I will have defeated all enemys/rift and will still be in "in combat" for a while - unable to use map, still moving very slow. Once combat finally ends, can move normally again.

I'm having this problem on PC as well. Though I haven't been able to jump to break out of it. The only thing I've noticed that works consistently is using a ranged ability like a Warrior's Challenge. All move commands and melee abilities are ignored in tactical view, and when I switch out of tactical view, movement buttons don't respond. I also only noticed this happening since the latest patch, and it is happening in nearly every battle, though I haven't been able to figure out a pattern for what triggers it.

[Xbox One] Characters stop moving and attacking (patch 7) (Almost game breaking)

30 Replies

dcodea
11 years ago
Same exact problem, on PC, since patch 7 . Moving very slowly, AI on companions and enemies paused or something. Also results in combat not concluding properly; I will have defeated all enemys/rift and will still be in "in combat" for a while - unable to use map, still moving very slow. Once combat finally ends, can move normally again.
mayhew3
11 years ago
I'm having this problem on PC as well. Though I haven't been able to jump to break out of it. The only thing I've noticed that works consistently is using a ranged ability like a Warrior's Challenge. All move commands and melee abilities are ignored in tactical view, and when I switch out of tactical view, movement buttons don't respond. I also only noticed this happening since the latest patch, and it is happening in nearly every battle, though I haven't been able to figure out a pattern for what triggers it.
Anonymous
11 years ago
Unsurprisingly this is also a problem on my 360 but the jumping trick only works one time out of ten for solving it.
lharris1057
11 years ago
{PS4}This is exactly what started happening with my characters during a fight after update(patch 7), the character that freezes is random. The first thing I found to unfreeze character is disengage command during the battle. After using the disengage command then would have to re-enter an attack command to get that character to engage back into fight. Here I was enjoying my game, now this started after patch. *
Crystallyne
11 years ago
Just reporting in to say that I've had the same issue. I've been playing on Casual mode lately, so it hasn't been a major issue for me. I haven't tried jumping or using other abilities to clear it, but I'll try that next time I see it happen.
I'm on PC, using the latest patch. When combat is over, the stuck character(s) move normally, as though nothing happened.
I imagine this is something that will need to be fixed with the next patch...
emmyjean27
11 years ago
On PC this is also a problem for me. Even when I command everyone to attack they stand around. I also changed the settings to follow/defend but it didn't help. Jumping didn't help either. Not too happy about this so I hope it gets fixed soon.
Anonymous
11 years ago
PC. Same issue.
Anonymous
11 years ago
I'm having this issue too on the Xbox 1. I just started this game a couple of weeks ago, got about 30 hours in and now it's a paperweight since I downloaded the patch. I'm playing on Hard so tactical camera is a must. Please fix this. Patches should eliminate glitches, not ruin a game.
swordkat
Seasoned Novice
11 years ago
Yep, I'm having this problem too. On PC. One thing I have noticed is that it seems to be restricted to the melee characters, so Cassandra, Blackwall and Iron Bull. Doesn't seem to matter what behaviours I have them set for. I can mostly break them out of it by taking control of them and manually attacking, even if it's just attacking empty air. It's not a foolproof solution but it does work. I'll try the jumping as well and see how that goes.
Hrungr
Seasoned Rookie
11 years ago
I'm on the PC and have seen this as a number of times as well.
I've also been using the "select-and-jump" to un-freeze them.