[HL2:EP2] NPC acction is not triggered

[plafue]

In Half Life 2: Episode Two, during the Riding Shotgun Chapter, when entering the barn (where the Advisor is supposed to be), the action that should be taken by Alyx is not triggered.

Processor Information:
    Vendor:  GenuineIntel
    Speed: 2403 Mhz
    4 logical processors
    4 physical processors
    HyperThreading:  Unsupported
    FCMOV:  Supported
    SSE2:  Supported
    SSE3:  Supported
    SSSE3:  Supported
    SSE4a:  Unsupported
    SSE41:  Unsupported
    SSE42:  Unsupported

Network Information:
    Network Speed:  

Operating System Version:
    Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (64 bit)
    Kernel Name:  Linux
    Kernel Version:  3.5.0-18-generic
    X Server Vendor:  The X.Org Foundation
    X Server Release:  11203000
    X Window Manager:  Compiz
    Steam Runtime Version:  steam-runtime-release-i386_2013-05-08

Video Card:
    Driver:  NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 560 Ti/PCIe/SSE2

    Driver Version:  4.3.0 NVIDIA 319.17
    Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
    Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
    VendorID:  0x10de
    DeviceID:  0x1200
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    Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1200
    Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1200
    Primary Display Size: 20.39" x 12.76"  (24.02" diag)
                                            51.8cm x 32.4cm  (61.0cm diag)
    Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
    Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
    Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x 

Sound card:
    Audio device: VIA VT1708S

Memory:
    RAM:  5969 Mb

Miscellaneous:
    UI Language:  English
    LANG:  en_US.UTF-8
    Microphone:  Not set
    Total Hard Disk Space Available:  177648 Mb
    Largest Free Hard Disk Block:  41929 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:
    Fri May 10 16:07:58 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20130510180739_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-902c7ac4-c8d0-4279-bf16-ff2ba2130510
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    Fri May 10 16:13:51 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20130510181329_2.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-b66e5b3d-bedf-4363-b13a-a6c162130510
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    Fri May 10 16:53:04 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20130510185242_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-51331ed2-5723-4af8-ac43-c66922130510''
    Fri May 10 16:56:47 2013 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20130510185624_2.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-9d34e0f1-daac-4c76-aba9-32d1e2130510''

[alfred-valve]

Can you post a save from around the problem, and also the output of the "status" command when it happened.

[plafue]

I loaded this savegame, and run the satus comand twice: right after loading and in the room i would expect the action to be triggered.

Unable to remove /mnt/a/games/SteamLinux/SteamApps/common/Half-Life 2/ep2/gamestats.log!
maxplayers set to 1
Error: Material "debug/debugluxels" uses unknown shader "DebugLuxels"
Error: Material "___fillrate_0" uses unknown shader "FillRate"
Error: Material "___debugnormalmap_1" uses unknown shader "DebugNormalMap"
Error: Material "___debugdrawenvmapmask_2" uses unknown shader "DebugDrawEnvmapMask"
Error: Material "___debugdepth_3" uses unknown shader "DebugDepth"
Error: Material "___debugdepth_4" uses unknown shader "DebugDepth"
Steam config directory: /mnt/a/games/SteamLinux/SteamApps/common/Half-Life 2/platform/config
CClientSteamContext logged on = 1
Hud element 'CMapOverview' doesn't have an entry 'overview' in scripts/HudLayout.res
Can't use cheat cvar cam_snapto in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
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Unknown command "cl_thirdperson"
Unknown command "sv_backspeed"
Joystick 0 removed.
Initializing joystick #0 and making it active.
Not playing a local game.

Console initialized.
--- Missing Vgui material vgui/servers/icon_replay
--- Missing Vgui material vgui/servers/icon_replay_column
Can't use cheat cvar fog_start in multiplayer, unless the server has sv_cheats set to 1.
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Error: Material "___fillrate_0" uses unknown shader "FillRate"
Error: Material "___debugnormalmap_1" uses unknown shader "DebugNormalMap"
Error: Material "___debugdrawenvmapmask_2" uses unknown shader "DebugDrawEnvmapMask"
Error: Material "___debugdepth_3" uses unknown shader "DebugDepth"
Error: Material "___debugdepth_4" uses unknown shader "DebugDepth"
Error: Material "debug/debugluxels" uses unknown shader "DebugLuxels"
Error: Material "models/humans/female/pupil_r" uses unknown shader "Eyeball"
Error: Material "models/humans/female/pupil_l" uses unknown shader "Eyeball"
Error: Material "models/humans/male/pupil_r" uses unknown shader "Eyeball"
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'cfg/motd.txt' not found; not loaded
'cfg/motd_text.txt' not found; not loaded
Requesting texture value from var "$basetexture" which is not a texture value (material: dev/bloomadd)
Requesting texture value from var "$basetexture" which is not a texture value (material: dev/no_pixel_write)
Requesting texture value from var "$basetexture" which is not a texture value (material: dev/lumcompare)
Redownloading all lightmaps
m_face->glyph->bitmap.width is 0 for ch:32 DejaVu Sans
m_face->glyph->bitmap.width is 0 for ch:32 HL2EP2
m_face->glyph->bitmap.width is 0 for ch:32 Verdana
m_face->glyph->bitmap.width is 0 for ch:32 Verdana
m_face->glyph->bitmap.width is 0 for ch:32 Verdana
Dropped plafuro from server (Server shutting down)
Loading game from save/half-life-007.sav...
Loading game from //MOD/save/ep2_outland_07.HL1...
Precache called on a point_template that has no templates: template_barn_vclip
'cfg/motd.txt' not found; not loaded
'cfg/motd_text.txt' not found; not loaded
Attemped to precache unknown particle system "grenade_explode_core"!
Redownloading all lightmaps
ConVarRef hap_HasDevice doesn't point to an existing ConVar
m_face->glyph->bitmap.width is 0 for ch:32 Verdana
'userconfig.cfg' not present; not executing.
Host_WriteConfiguration: Wrote cfg/config.cfg
] status
hostname: Half-Life 2
version : 1745010/24 5289 insecure
map     : ep2_outland_07 at: -9845 x, -10114 y, 192 z
players : 1 (1 max)

# userid name                uniqueid            connected ping loss state  adr
#      3 "plafuro"           STEAM_ID_PENDING    00:23       15    0 active loopback
No caption found for 'wood_box.scraperough'
No caption found for 'metal_box.scraperough'
] status
hostname: Half-Life 2
version : 1745010/24 5289 insecure
map     : ep2_outland_07 at: -9705 x, -9561 y, 128 z
players : 1 (1 max)

# userid name                uniqueid            connected ping loss state  adr
#      3 "plafuro"           STEAM_ID_PENDING    03:40       15    0 active loopback

[alfred-valve]

Did you start the game from scratch or did you begin with a savegame from before the betas?

[plafue]

I used a savegame from before the betas.

[alfred-valve]

Okay, the update from today fixes this, thanks for the details here.

[plafue]

I can confirm it is fixed. I had to restart from the beginning of the map, but it wasn't a big deal.

Thank you for the quick resolution.