:lol
Yeees. I never noticed this before.
I, also, thank you for the spoiler free version. I clicked the old topic and immediately shielded my eyes.
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Game Breaking Bug in Skyward Sword (spoiler-free version)
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:lol
Yeees. I never noticed this before.
I, also, thank you for the spoiler free version. I clicked the old topic and immediately shielded my eyes.
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wandering goat
Member
Good to know, thanks! I'll make a copy of my save next time I start up, haven't gotten to this part yet.
friskykillface
Banned
I saw the "spoiler thread" title and didn't click cause i jut began the game so thanks so much OP for the spoiler free thread.
guess i'll make two back up files when i get to that point, you can still copy a save to different ones right, i assume yes.
guess i'll make two back up files when i get to that point, you can still copy a save to different ones right, i assume yes.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Okay, well, "at least" that's a freezing glitch, no "your savegame is fucked, start anew" kind of glitch like the one described in this thread.
Yeah, you have 3 save slots and can copy between them.
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Though as noted, Wii games can be patched...just that this game doesn't have the "hooks" for it. It's a "wonky" patch process since the game needs to be online-enabled; but still...something.
Though yeah, was really weird playing a Wii game and get this message:
It's after all dungeons. You'll be asked to look for "a few things". And there's where the problems seems to be "triggered". Since it is not known what triggers it. You can look for those things in any specific order; but seems that some of the orders are more prompt to trigger the bug than others.
milkyjay20
Member
thanks. i'm getting close to that area and i was getting paranoid
secretanchitman
Member
i did faron, eldin, and then lanaryu. no problems at all. i didnt realize that lanaryu was supposed to be second?
also, faron was by FAR the worst of the three imo. im sure multiple people will agree with me here.
also, faron was by FAR the worst of the three imo. im sure multiple people will agree with me here.
Yeah. For Lanayru you have to..well, keep in mind what another character said earlier.
ah ok. i read this before i started the Eldin but after i started the Faore so when things didnt go like they did the first two times it had me scared.
Rebel Leader
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Yeah, you have 3 save slots and can copy between them.
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Though as noted, Wii games can be patched...just that this game doesn't have the "hooks" for it. It's a "wonky" patch process since the game needs to be online-enabled; but still...something.
Though yeah, was really weird playing a Wii game and get this message:
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It's after all dungeons. You'll be asked to look for "a few things". And there's where the problems seems to be "triggered". Since it is not known what triggers it. You can look for those things in any specific order; but seems that some of the orders are more prompt to trigger the bug than others.[/QUOTE]
Nintendo has "patched" games before through firmware updates
masterkajo
Member
When saving in SS (haven't played it yet due to exams coming up) can you choose one of the 3 slots? If so would e.g.: saving on the first then after the bug on the second let me go back to the first save and try a different order so to not trigger the bug? Or would it break the whole save games and I have to back up using a SD card?
Quoting myself from earlier:
EDIT:
You save automatically on the same slot you were using. You can copy your save to a different slot from the main menu, though.
It struck me that it also might simply be that people who do Lanayru last are people who are most comfortable with doing things "in the proper order" and as such there's a much lower incidence of that sort of player running into a bug triggered by some other "improper" way of doing things—in other words, something else entirely.
Sleep tight.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
You should do Lanayru last.
What do you mean "supposed to be second"? There is no "supposed" order to do this in at all. Fi will suggest which one to do next if you ask her (and I'm pretty sure she suggests Lanayru as #2 - which led to the last one breaking my game), but if you ask the fortune teller what to do next you're explicitly told that you are free to visit the areas in any order you like.
Yeah, the Lanayru part doesn't have a cutscene/event where stuff happens and you're forced to land in a specific spot. The others do, and it's when one of those events fail to trigger that you can't progress through the game.
The Hermit
Member
weird bug, I did Eldin, Lanayru and Faron. I even though that was the true sequence since
you fight against The Imprisoned a last time before doing the final quest
RoadHazard
Gold Member
I'm playing (well, was playing) the European PAL version, in English.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
If anyone wants to test my save and confirm the problem, you can get it here: http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=61042221737007190667p (PAL save)
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Thanks for the heads up. I'm planning on playing this over x-mas break, and woulda been pissed if this happened to me.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
I've finally managed to get a save from another person at the exact same point in the story. He had left the same area for last as I had in my save, but while mine wouldn't let the necessary event trigger, his works perfectly. I get the event I'm supposed to get, and can finally progress through the game. So I guess that confirms (if it wasn't already confirmed) that the glitch is caused by something else entirely, and that until someone finds out what that something is you're just gonna have to hope you get lucky (or just do Lanayru last, which doesn't seem to suffer from the issue).
Amazing post.
Thanks.
I'm going to keep making a backup of the current savegame before starting a new play session then, just to be on the safe side...
Night_Trekker
Member
Man... I hate that I live in a world where people have to use this sentence. I know its necessary, but it just feels... wrong.
The sarcasm?
Can i have a copy of this save?
UncleSporky
Member
Without fighting The Imprisoned you aren't introduced to the Groosinator, which is what you use to get into Faron.
Hell I thought my game was glitched for a while by landing behind the temple and the door being shut, going into the temple and having nothing happen, etc. Finally I stepped out into the Sealed Grounds a bit which triggered what I needed.
Hell I thought my game was glitched for a while by landing behind the temple and the door being shut, going into the temple and having nothing happen, etc. Finally I stepped out into the Sealed Grounds a bit which triggered what I needed.
EDIT: I misunderstood. Thought you wrote that you don't have to
fight him to get into FARON.
There is no patching facility on the Wii?!
What about the 3DS?
edit: Ah it appears there is a way.
IrishNinja
Member
wait, you can do them out of order? i'm at Lanayru now, i dont think the game would've let me come here if i hadn't done those other 2 areas first.
Is this your first visit to Lanayru? If so, you aren't at the right point in the game yet.
Edit: Guevara: You're not at the right point yet either. You guys need to play a bit longer still.
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Franklinator
Member
Wow, glad I saw this. I was gonna borrow it from a friend and start playing it soon. Thanks for the heads-up!
One of the cutscenes doesn't trigger and you can't proceed further in the game.
IrishNinja
Member
okay, so now i'm
- still not a concern for the bug, right? OP says do that area last, perhaps im still not at the point he's referring to?
collecting flames, and just finished the forest/underwater one, and im being told lanayru desert is next in order
Not up to it yet. You'll know when- you'll have the choice to go to the areas in any order.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=454533
Better info about what causes it is known now, right? Still spoiler-free, that thread. It's not going to Lanayru specifically, it's talking to Golo (twice?).
Better info about what causes it is known now, right? Still spoiler-free, that thread. It's not going to Lanayru specifically, it's talking to Golo (twice?).
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