Re: Borderlands: A glitch to fix a glitch
skidz
> The 'Mad Mel' quest has two objectives.
>
> 1. Kill Mad Mel. Done.
>
> 2. Speak to Claptrap at the gate. Not Done Yet.
>
> I didn't do the second objective as I had loose ends to tie up in my current
> area. And some in Fyrestone. I fast travelled to Fyrestone, mopped up and
> came back.
>
> When I returned to the Mad Mel arena, the gates locked and the fire lit, like
> the first time. But no enemies. Nothing to kill, and no way to open the gate.
> I fast travelled back to Fyrestone and back once more, but the exit gate was
> still locked.
>
> Fearing a game breaking glitch, I googled and yes. It's game breaking :-(
>
> In a desperate attempt not to lose my game, I parked my car a short way back
> from the gate, drove at the exit gate and hit the turbo. The fast car
> juddered and then glitched its way past the locked gate. Result! That meant I
> could go to the New Haven * point, and speak to claptrap and be on my way.
> I don't know if I've broken my game completely by exiting into a locked area
> but I've done some New Haven quests and nothing's broken.
>
> That method of passing locked gates may come in handy in the future!
>
> --
> PSN: HarpingOn
I had no problem speaking to claptrap and entering New Haven, all I
did was the 1st power to the people quest there......I havent switched
on my PS3 tonight out of fear due to this hiccup..I expect it would be
ok but I did some Bioshock 2 on my 360 instead. The Dahl Badlands
quests are easily dony solo arent they?
Seeya tomorrow night I expect....Bioshock umm, I forgot how
frustrating the 1st game was, the 2nd is better but still hell, those
splicers been to boot camp LOL:)
skidz
HarpingOn
> I had no problem speaking to claptrap and entering New Haven, all I
> did was the 1st power to the people quest there......I havent switched
> on my PS3 tonight out of fear due to this hiccup..I expect it would be
> ok but I did some Bioshock 2 on my 360 instead. The Dahl Badlands
> quests are easily dony solo arent they?
>
Ah but you probably didn't stupidly fast travel in between the 'Kill Mad
Mel' and 'Speak To Claptrap' objectives.
It seems, from further research, that is a known glitch. Good job I
found my workaround :)
I didn't have any troubles with the quests in Dahl. Apart from the
scavenger quest. I spent nearly an hour finding the last bit of that
crappy gun.
As I said though, the quests are easier solo - the game ramps things up
for co-op play.
deKay
> Ah but you probably didn't stupidly fast travel in between the 'Kill Mad Mel'
> and 'Speak To Claptrap' objectives.
>
> It seems, from further research, that is a known glitch. Good job I found my
> workaround :)
I'm pretty sure someone else here had the same problem on the 360 version,
but that it's now been patched. Not the case on the PS3?
deKay
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HarpingOn
> I'm pretty sure someone else here had the same problem on the 360
> version, but that it's now been patched. Not the case on the PS3?
>
I have no idea. I remember people talking about a claptrap at the start
that wouldn't open the entrance gate. This is quite some hours into the
game though. I can't remember if borderlands patched with I started
playing it. Even if it did, I don't know what's in the patch.
I'm still really proud of my workaround though :-)
skidz
I found those gun piece easily, was it in the car? the last piece?
skidz
HarpingOn
>
> I found those gun piece easily, was it in the car? the last piece?
>
Aye. In the car. For the entire search, I didn't even know there _was_ a
car. Too dark. Even in the daytime, I just couldn't see it.
Chewburyjr
> The 'Mad Mel' quest has two objectives.
>
> 1. Kill Mad Mel. Done.
>
> 2. Speak to Claptrap at the gate. Not Done Yet.
>
> I didn't do the second objective as I had loose ends to tie up in my current
> area. And some in Fyrestone. I fast travelled to Fyrestone, mopped up and
> came back.
>
> When I returned to the Mad Mel arena, the gates locked and the fire lit, like
> the first time. But no enemies. Nothing to kill, and no way to open the gate.
> I fast travelled back to Fyrestone and back once more, but the exit gate was
> still locked.
>
> Fearing a game breaking glitch, I googled and yes. It's game breaking :-(
>
> In a desperate attempt not to lose my game, I parked my car a short way back
> from the gate, drove at the exit gate and hit the turbo. The fast car
> juddered and then glitched its way past the locked gate. Result! That meant I
> could go to the New Haven * point, and speak to claptrap and be on my way.
> I don't know if I've broken my game completely by exiting into a locked area
> but I've done some New Haven quests and nothing's broken.
>
> That method of passing locked gates may come in handy in the future!
Yeah, I got this too, (in playthrough 2) but I didn't mind because
killing Mel again dinged me 41!
Jaimie Vandenbergh
wrote:
That car part took me a look at gamefaqs to find....
I do wish the game had a slightly different marker for "look here" and
"look somewhere around here, roughly"! My first scavenge took me an
extra half hour because I was hunting for a way to go up or down a
level at the marker.
Spent Saturday night playing around level 15 splitscreen on my
brother-in-law's Xbox, and it was great fun. Could have been better
though - (a) I didn't have my character with me and there isn't a
"create a character the right level to play together" button, and (c)
that once you've got your level 1 character all the way up to level 13
playing co-op, they're just lost when you exit. Should be saved into
the logged-in player's account.
Does the PS3 version handle the latter any better, or has no one
played split-screen except me?
Cheers - Jaimie
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HarpingOn
>
> Yeah, I got this too, (in playthrough 2) but I didn't mind because
> killing Mel again dinged me 41!
How did you get to kill Mel again though? He never appeared for me, so
the arena exit didn't unlock.
Did you co-op it to get the quest again?
skidz
wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:37:11 +0000, HarpingOn <Harpin...@127.0.0.1>
yes it does, i have played splitscreen with my son in the past, his
char is lv 7 but mine I have to load is lv 23 now after playing co-op
with harpingOn...
skidz
Jaimie Vandenbergh
wrote:
>On 2 Mar, 12:46, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...@sometimes.sessile.org>
>wrote:
>> Spent Saturday night playing around level 15 splitscreen on my
>> brother-in-law's Xbox, and it was great fun. Could have been better
>> though - (a) I didn't have my character with me and there isn't a
>> "create a character the right level to play together" button, and (b)
>> once you've got your level 1 character all the way up to level 13
>> playing co-op, they're just lost when you exit. Should be saved into
>> the logged-in player's account.
>>
>> Does the PS3 version handle the latter any better, or has no one
>> played split-screen except me?
>
>yes it does, i have played splitscreen with my son in the past, his
>char is lv 7 but mine I have to load is lv 23 now after playing co-op
>with harpingOn...
Sounds the same then - shame, it would have made quick co-op play much
easier if there was an instant right-level character button. Though
that wouldn't be any help with a 7 + 23 pair!
Cheers - Jaimie
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