Popular Post Snake_1302 Posted November 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2021 (edited) Just wanted to put this up as a PSA for anyone playing or planning to play this game. I got the platinum for this game recently, but ran into a horrible glitch that almost prevented me from beating the final mission in the game. The final mission is broken up into three segments, each one making you play as a different character. During the second segment with Wrench, you are required to deactivate some backup servers and blow up a server room in a small outpost area. Simple enough, but for whatever reason there is a random chance that once you beat that segment the next one will refuse to start, showing Marcus getting arrested before the game even finishes fully loading into the last segment. You'll then be looped back to the segment with Wrench again and be forced to complete it again and again. To make matters worse there is no way to leave the final mission mid progress and go back to free roam, so you're potentially stuck there forever if you can't figure out how to fix the glitch. I tried researching what to do when I encountered it, but there is surprisingly little information on the subject. All I could find were a few reddit posts with barely any replies, one small thread on this board, and a 5 page thread on the ubisoft forums https://forums.ubisoft.com/showthread.php/1521529-X1-Motherload-mission-glitched-Endlessly-replaying-Wrench-s-section-Forums. The ubisoft thread is particularly interesting, mainly due to sheer incompetence from the ubisoft representatives. Looking at the date from the start of the thread, this glitch was brought to their attention almost five years ago and not only have they done nothing about it in terms of patching it, they seem completely clueless on how its triggered, or how to even fix it. It seems to affect all versions of the game even on the latest patch. IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU, there seem to be a few, seemingly random ways that people have fixed the problem, including: -using shotguns to destroy the servers instead of the grenade launcher -running outside of the restricted area immediately after destroying the servers before the mission ends and tries loading the next segment (this one fixed the problem for me) -repeatedly restarting from checkpoint in the game options menu before attempting the segment again -letting the game idle when the segment loads and then attempting the segment again -reinstalling the game and then loading your save to attempt the segment again Finally, I suggest backing up your save BEFORE starting the final mission, that way you can revert back to it just in case none of these options worked for you. I am only going off of speculation, but having a backup from before the final mission and being able to attempt it again from the start could be a possible workaround to avoiding the glitch that is worth exploring. At the very least you'll still have a functional save that will let you do any side content you still want/need to do and you'll be able to try the final mission again at any time. There is a possibility that none of these solutions will work for you. Some players have reported trying everything to no avail. If none of the above has helped, then your only solution, to quote the official ubisoft support staff, is " it is likely that you will need to start a new save game and play through again. I do apologise for the inconvenience of this." Edited November 8, 2021 by Snake_1302 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drfk168 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Thanks for the detailed info about this potential glitch. I saw your post and made a backup save to be safe before playing the mission and luckily ended up having no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodygrotesque Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 This is really good to know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopShotta-III Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 thank you so much. Will keep an eye out when going for this platinum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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