Hey Everyone,
Bioware has released the latest patch 3 for PC and Console. You can read more details in our post: Dragon Age™: The Veilguard Patch 3 (PC/Console)
Once you've had a moment to download it, can you confirm if this is still happening?
UPDATED UPDATE PLEASE READ THE THREAD FOR DETAILS
TLDR: its back. Not much progress into story for act 2, bunch of cleanup while everything works. But a major crossroads boss triggered this bug for me again. Reloading before the encounter and after the gates work though. So i am leaving the boss last since it’s not important until the very end. VERY end. As in after the entire game kind of end. I hate that i had to get spoiled bc of this bug and its repercussions…
UPDATE! My issue with this bug is resolved.
Similar to Kielg413 on this thread, progressing through a major world state update did return the functions of the altars in question, the chests I couldnt open, and the wall that was supposed to be accessible. So avoiding spoilers, try and progress to the next major world state change to see if it resolves the issues for now.
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STILL HERE?
YOUVE BEEN WARNED…
After punching the fi—ahem, after the siege of Weisshaupt and defeating the fancy snake and the squabbles at the dinner table, the world state seems to have reset to allow all unfinished business to be done. Not sure if the resolution to this bug, by means of resetting the world state at this point of the story was built in because of said bugs known to the devs, was intentional, but because of story reasons all unfinished business is set up for completion. (Sorry major run on sentence there).
Though another user, Omnicidiel reports that this specific progression did not resolve their issue. Milage may vary. As for the cause… The reasons will continue to remain…unsolved.
Unfortunately it's not a guaranteed fix, it didn't fix after chapter 8 for me or chapter 9. Crossing my fingers for chapter 10...
I see. Dang. Then hopefully the devs find a resolution to patch since the lingering fear of having to do everything now before the end is anxiety causing specially if the cause is something that can trigger again later. 😭 And i really wanna go on for now since its reaching its climax. 😬
Update: still not fixed after chapter 10... at this point I'm just going to finish this playthrough and hope my next playthrough doesn't get the bug because I really want to 100% this game
its me Kielg413, unfortunately its back. i literally have 2 chests remaining in the game and im right near the point of not return. everything is upgraded to Legendary so those two timelost chests are the LAST things in the entire game i need to grab. here is praying going to my final chapter fixes it
Same. I updated OP in a comment thread above with my experiments for my case. Mine triggered after the crossroads boss behind the three-revenant seal without major story progress (took the mandatory companion quests from Lucanis and Davrin and the rest of the optional companion quests) and i cleaned up all side quests and possible collectibles in case the bug came back. I reloaded a save right before the encounter but AFTER the gates opening and im keeping that boss for very last so as to not block off collectibles in case the last two acts dont update the world again.
though understanding the 3 main acts’ transition points from quest lists online seems to be that “world state update” i was theorizing. Since our “fix” happened after act 2 started (after weisshaupt). Im extra vigilant now. I leave a couple easily accessible altars to verify if i got bugged again. Thankfully i found out right away after the boss since the chest wouldnt open and thankfully the reloaded save after all the gates work unless id backtrack a few side quests before that from a manual save.
i speculated initially that it could be the gates or some ability interactions. Now im also adding the potential for certain enemies or enemy types which was still debunked in my experience since i also just beat a similar big hp boss in necropolis without issues. So if its specific bosses or certain conditions for them im uncertain at this point. Im also adding my thoughts that it could be an input issue when battles get tense and i mash buttons too much with panic mode on 🤣, but i tried to beat the boss a second time doing my best not to mash or spam abilities and still the interactables locked out in either case potentially debunking the input error stuff. 🤔 so as for the cause, i still have no definitive evidence, but all i know is i know what triggered it the second time for me. It was the boss in the Crossroads called….
MINI SPOILERS
The Revenant Dragon.
