[johncut]

I'm stuck after I killed the Koshchey and looted the corpse. I checked both doors and they are locked! Can someone help me please, is there something I'm missing??

[game widow]

both doors are locked ? that is very very strange.

Are you sure you've done all the quests the feed this particular quest ? got a lot of open entries in your journal ? that information would help determine what went wrong.

I don't know what to tell you other than reload to before the fight. Hopefully you didn't find that battle too difficult.

[johncut]

Well the fight wasn't hard thanks to Moonblade and potions but i did it 4 times but always the same :( !! 

As for the quests I have "Sweet Revenge" with the phase "Sacrifice". The other quests are "Witchers' Secrets" at "Get Azar Javed" phase, Identity at "Love" phase, "Her Highness the Striga" at "Crime
and punishment", "Berengar's Secret" at "The Parting". As for important items I have Ostrit's Journal, Experiment Notes which are the only important items till now I think. I use version 1.2 btw.

[game widow]

that all sounds as it should be, so it's looking like some sort of bug ...

let's make sure we are talking about the same two doors (just in case). the door into the koshchey crypt is directly opposite the door out. Is that the case for you ? sorry if it seems silly, but without seeing, i have to ask these questions.

also, have you looted the koshchey's corpse yet ?

[The Silver]

You're running the game on the 1.2 Patch, right? Ya' might want to try the 1.3 Patch. I've read about a few things, such as the problem to loot the Frighteners corpse as it was not there, and these were solved by installing the 1.3 Patch.
Of course I can't guarantee it, but it might be worth the try  ;)

[johncut]

Np it is posibble to miss those kinds of things sometimes. I checked both the door I came from and the one in front of it and they are both closed, I really hope there is a third door I'm missing.  As for the Koshchey corpse, yeah I already looted it. If there is only the special ingredient on Koshchey then it's done too, oh and also there is no update on my journal before and after the fight with Koshchey maybe that's where the problem is?

[M.R.]

When you click the door it says  "Locked"  ?

Either of the two metal gates in this room is what you mean yes?



If so sounds like a bug to me, they shouldn't ever be locked.

There is only one locked door I know of inside the Catacombs, at the first room with all the monsters.

[johncut]

Yep it's in that room with the Koshchey lying dead and looted (no vamp woman infront of me though, I think it's not the problem).

Oh and btw I also updated it to 1.3 and started from the autosave when you first enter the Catacombs but it still happens  :(

[game widow]

There isn't a third door. For a moment there I thought i had this brilliant flash of insight, but sorry, i didn't.

The only thought that did occur to me would only help if you could go back the way you came, but you said both doors are locked .... (and yes, M.R.'s shot with the bruxa is a very special case where he managed to charm her in another chamber and lure her into the koshchey's crypt to help him)

... so IF you could get out one door (even the one you came in), the catacombs form a big circular area, so you might be able to go around in the other direction. Which path (neutral / order / scoia'tael) are you following ? that does affect which doors are locked and which are not

[johncut]

Hmm cool maybe I'd go with magic next time I play that is if I can get out of here and finish the game!!

I'm neutral btw since I don't like the elven arrogance and thrist for revenge and the orders prejudice and aggresiveness.

[game widow]

Neutral is also my favourite path, but i think it is the one that makes you run around the catacombs the most ;) ...

i'll keep pondering your predicament, but for now, you have me stumped ... maybe ST_Ghost has some ideas ;)

[johncut]

Thanks, I guess I'll try my previous saves over and over again then.

[ST_Ghost]

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i'll keep pondering your predicament, but for now, you have me stumped ... maybe ST_Ghost has some ideas ;)

What have I done to deserve this?  ::) ;D

Well, uh, if you tried all the doors and they are locked, then you are stuck. You mentioned patching up to 1.3 recently, but this does not affect the current place you are in. You'd have to restart the act (i.e. load your last Act IV savegame) for it to take effect.

Actually, have you tried a save from before you entered the Old Manor area? That would likely fix it hopefully if there was just a bad trigger somewhere. Make sure you pick up everything from DeWett's corpse too.

[johncut]

Yep I'm sure I looted De Wett. Thanks for the advice I quess I'll try to restart the chapter then

[johncut]

I loaded from the Lakeside and replayed the entire chapter but still no effect. I'm stuck again!!!!!  :'( :'( :'(

[ST_Ghost]

That is indeed odd...
I have no idea what could be causing this except some script refusing to fire.

Hmmm how smooth is your gameplay before, during and after fighting the koshchey?

[johncut]

There were no problems actually no bugs game crashes or somewhere else I got stuck, atleast thats what I think. Ah there were 2 weird things, though I'm not sure if it can be a reason they were more like small bugs. The contracts papers at Act 5 were left in my inventory even after I completed them but the journal was updated everytime and even if I collect them again I can give them only the papers remained. The second one was when I get the Moonblade and drop the Aerondight, when I'm in the Striga's lair, I saw the name of the sword on top of a pillar but can't reach it. Those were the only strange things that happened in the entire game, although I'm not sure if they are connected but I wanted to write them just in case!

[game widow]

I also can't tell if those things are related to the problem with the koshchey crypt being locked ... they are both certainly weird and I can't say that I've ever encountered them.

The more you describe your problem and other strangeness, the more it seems to be related to your journal ... perhaps it has become corrupt ? sadly, I have no idea what you could do about that.

One other possibility (not for fixing the problem, but in order to finish the game) is to get someone else's saved game from that point in the game. I have lots of saved games (but you may be disappointed in my gaming ability!). I'm on XP (SP3 and have all the patches applied) -- but i may or may not have the correct path for you

let me know

[ST_Ghost]

I still have my savegame from pre-koshchey on the neutral+Triss path I am currently on. Its with my balanced talent point mod though :)

As for the contract things, those are not of consequence. What I usually do is pick contracts up, read them, then drop them, because you do not need to carry them around.
Same thing with moonblade aerondight, I had no problems with that...

[johncut]

I was thing about the same thing, it is most probably a bug in my journal.

For now I'd like to try a few more times but if it's still not possible I'd be glad to try out your saves then.

I have a few more ideas I wanna try. For example there was a conversation with Dandilion which updates Sweet Revenge quest, I first tried to talk to him about it right before the end of Act 4 during the village hostage part but I didn't get any answers from him.
Although I later talked to him before entering the boat which updated the quest, maybe if I talk to him after reaching the Dike (I saw it on a walkthrough while I was trying to find out if I did anything wrong which suggested I do it in Act 5) maybe it may change something.
Although the conversation option isn't blue like the ones you chose the first time which might mean it's corrupted the first time I tried it on the village, it's still worth a try I think.

If I still fail again I'd be happy to use your save games if it's ok with you. Even if there isn't a save which are %100 my own choices, it's better then staying like this after playing this much.

Also I'm sure you gaming ability is a lot better then a first timer like me  ;D.