How do I progress beyond levels that crash? "endLevel" command doesn't work.

[hundenmarvin]

I am doing the "Lost Levels" and on level "Central Coolant Transfer" there is a place with two small ascending stairs. Here the image becomes grainy and red and when I go a few steps further the game crashes. The Fully Possessed read me page says that I can use the command "endLevel" to progress to the end of the level but when I try that the console only returns "unknown command". Other commands work with the console though like for instance "listDevices". Is there something I need to do in order for the command to work or is there something else I can do to progress in the game?

2017-06-28 update: This game seems to have a will of it's own and doesn't seem to want me to play it lol. :-) As soon as I solve one issue, another comes up and as soon as I solve that one, another comes up and so forth. This is strange because I have been playing this mod for several months without problems prior to all these issues suddenly now occurring. I have been doing a lot of clean reinstallations which hasn't been a solution for any of these issues. I am not using texture packs and I continually delete the generated folder. I am really just thankfull that I have been able to play this great mod at all. :-)

Issue 1: Unable to skip levels that hangs or crash Problem: I couldn't use the console command "endLevel" to skip a level. Solution: I uninstalled the HD-texture-pack (which I only temporarilly had installed) and used the commands listed on the following page to progress: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=185905667

Issue 2: I couldn't save my progress Problem: I couldn't create a new save. I could only edit existing ones. But I had just done a clean reinstallation of the game so I had no existing saves and therefore couldn's save. I also couldn't load auto saves. They were greyed out. Solution: I had previously copied the save folder for back up purpose. I copied these save files back in to the current saves folder so I could save over them with my new progress in the game.

Issue 3: Everytime I pressed § to bring up the console the game crashed Solution: I edited the document vr_openvr.cfg to bind different keys to execute all the different console commands I wanted to use in game.

Issue 4: buttons did other things than they where assigned to which led to the game crashing Problem: For instance left grip button was assigned for flashlight but often it brought up the game menu instead and when backing out of the game menu the game crashed everytime so I couldn't play for very long. Issue unsolved: I have erased my entire game-profile-folder with all the settings and such. I have copied my old saves back in to it but I only use them for slots I can write over, because I have started a completely new game from scratch. I have deleted the generated folder. This issue still persists.

[hundenmarvin]

Also I'm on version 021, not using the HD texture pack and by the way this mod is awesome! :-D

[LucaRoss]

I have the exact same problem. Also on 021 with no texture packs or any mods besides Fully Possessed. The room where your vision becomes all bloody and grainy crashes every single time. Nothing relevant appears in the log. As you enter the room, after your vision becomes distorted, a few orange glyphs appear on the left wall and some tiles fly around. Then you are supposed to climb the stairs to your right, as it's the only way to progress through the game. When you do it, a few more glyphs appear on the wall in front of you and then the game crashes. Just to check I played the entire Lost Levels outside VR, i.e. without the mod, and I was able to get past the room with no problems: what should happen next is that as soon as the glyphs have finished appearing, the light returns to normal and the door to the next room opens. It is a pity that we cannot get past this room, because the final Hell levels in this DLC are really grand and would be beautiful to play in VR. BTW, I checked the console commands too: endLevel is not recognized, while restartMap appears to have no effect. Thank you for your wonderful work, guys!!!

[AerowynX]

try this.. in this thread scroll down to the level select section then just add the command for the next level

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=185905667

[hundenmarvin]

try this.. in this thread scroll down to the level select section then just add the command for the next level

I have tried "map game/mapname" but it only took me out to the Doom 3 main menu. I think that command is incompatible with this VR-mod. I previously tried that command with that other VR-mod (can't remember the name) and it took me to the right level but my hands and VR-avatar was aligned all wrong so I couldn't walk or do anything.

[AerowynX]

when trying the endLevel command you are making sure to put a capital L for Level right?

[hundenmarvin]

Yup :-)

[AerowynX]

you cleared out everything in the generated folder and see if it lets you progress?

[AerowynX]

so i just had someone else try the map level select command and it worked for them no problem.. you using texture packs or something?

[hundenmarvin]

It works now! Awesome. Thank you! I temporarily installed the texture pack just a couple of days ago and forgot to try "map game/levelname" before that. I have now reinstalled the game without the texture pack and "map game/levelname" is working. "endLevel" doesn't work in any configutation though.

I now picked up another problem. I can't load saved games, not even saves i did a couple a minutes ago and not even if I exit the current game and try to load from the main menu. Nothing happens. Also when I save I can only choose new save. It doesn't show any old saves that I can save over. Edit: I will investigate this issue further when I have time.

[AerowynX]

try deleted the stuff in the generated folder then try loading the saved game

[hundenmarvin]

I just tried deleting everything inside the generated folder and then started up the game. I managed to load one save. Then I managed to save once and than auto saving when jumping to a new level. But after that I was anable to load up any new saves. So now I am back at the same problem as before and contents seem to generate in the folder meanwhile I am playing. Deleting it again while I was playing didn't solve it either.

[AerowynX]

strange.. well next version is supposed to change how saves work so hopefully will fix your issue.. just no ETA on next version yet

[hundenmarvin]

I have done a clean install of the whole game and the mod and deleted the old directory with the save-files and everything and the problem still persists. What's strange is that I have had this mod for several months during wich saving and loading has worked flawlessly. I must have changed something just a couple of days ago that caused this problem. I wonder what that could be. Maybe I should try reinstalling it on another drive next.

[hundenmarvin]

I have copied the following text as an update to my original post at the top of this thread:

This game seems to have a will of it's own and doesn't seem to want me to play it lol. :-) As soon as I solve one issue, another comes up and as soon as I solve that one, another comes up and so forth. This is strange because I have been playing this mod for several months without problems prior to all these issues suddenly now occurring. I have been doing a lot of clean reinstallations which hasn't been a solution for any of these issues. I am not using texture packs and I continually delete the generated folder. I am really just thankfull that I have been able to play this great mod at all. :-)

Issue 1: Unable to skip levels that hangs or crash Problem: I couldn't use the console command "endLevel" to skip a level. Solution: I uninstalled the HD-texture-pack (which I only temporarilly had installed) and used the commands listed on the following page to progress: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=185905667

Issue 2: I couldn't save my progress Problem: I couldn't create a new save. I could only edit existing ones. But I had just done a clean reinstallation of the game so I had no existing saves and therefore couldn's save. I also couldn't load auto saves. They were greyed out. Solution: I had previously copied the save folder for back up purpose. I copied these save files back in to the current saves folder so I could save over them with my new progress in the game.

Issue 3: Everytime I pressed § to bring up the console the game crashed Solution: I edited the document vr_openvr.cfg to bind different keys to execute all the different console commands I wanted to use in game.

Issue 4: buttons did other things than they where assigned to which led to the game crashing Problem: For instance left grip button was assigned for flashlight but often it brought up the game menu instead and when backing out of the game menu the game crashed everytime so I couldn't play for very long. Issue unsolved: I have erased my entire game-profile-folder with all the settings and such. I have copied my old saves back in to it but I only use them for slots I can write over, because I have started a completely new game from scratch. I have deleted the generated folder. This issue still persists.