Command Center Lift...?

cuttooth on 6/10/2010 at 21:44

Hi, this is my first time playing this game and I'm not sure if I've run into some strange glitch or if I've missed something in the game that would activate this lift.

In the command control room in the cargo bay area, I am told to go up a lift with this walkthrough:
(http://www.visualwalkthroughs.com/systemshock2/cargo1/cargo1.htm)

Inline Image:

http://www.visualwalkthroughs.com/systemshock2/cargo1/11.jpg

I watched a few video walkthroughs on youtube which show the same thing. However, in my game, the lift is missing. There is a door, and a button but no lift.

This is all I see (and no, the lift is not at the top nor does pressing the button do anything):

Inline Image:

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/5295/lift1.jpg

Can anyone help??

ZylonBane on 6/10/2010 at 22:02

You're using a walkthrough on your first play? :nono:

That being said, are you sure there's no lift present? That particular shaft is quite long... it takes the lift a few seconds to arrive after being summoned.

cuttooth on 6/10/2010 at 22:32

Quote Posted by ZylonBane

I'm only using a walkthrough because I can't progress in the game right now... I thought I was stuck but it seems my game is broken.

I am sure that the lift isn't there. If I look up I can see the ceiling. I even tried sitting for a few minutes and the lift never arrives.

Would reinstalling the game fix the problem or is something wrong with my save?

This is the lift at the beginning of the video:
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0iw9YTB9ZE&feature=related)

ZylonBane on 7/10/2010 at 14:52

Well that's weird. I've never heard of that particular glitch.

Harvester on 7/10/2010 at 15:31

Yeah, this sort of game breaking bugs tend to happen with SS1 from time to time, but SS2 is not usually known for bugs like these.

Sorry cuttooth, I don't know what causes the bug and what you should do about it. You might try reinstalling.

ZylonBane on 7/10/2010 at 16:12

Summoning ladders might work... not sure if there's enough room in that shaft though. And summoning things can cause its own problems.

Restarting might be the best option. You haven't even cleared the coolant tubes yet, so you're still pretty early in the game.

Enchantermon on 8/10/2010 at 18:40

Quote Posted by ZylonBane

Restarting might be the best option.

Agreed. Do you have any mods installed?

voodoo47 on 8/10/2010 at 20:34

I think I had this glitch a very,very long time ago (running an unpatched version of the game)..try loading a save from the first part of engineering,go through the level transition again,and see if it helps.

if not,I would recommend uninstalling the game completely,deleting all leftover files,making a clean install from the cd,and patching up with the latest (http://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=392.0) ss2tool.