Pop'n Pills Factory clear/infestation quest bugged

[Old Crow]

I've gotten this building twice as a clear/infestation quest and have been unable to complete it both times. There's a room in the basement with a non-working switch, so the only way to open the door is with a pickaxe or an auger. Upon opening, there's a red dot on the compass signifying that a zombie is supposed to be inside but.. no zombie. Dug up the floor, dug into the wall - nothing.

[meganoth]

Not a bug that has been reported or fixed, as far as I can see. I would say report it as a bug

 

[mcprouty]

Just ran into this today. Was very disheartening, but found out that if you destroy the button that you cannot press, the zombies spawn and you can complete the mission

[Hawk]

destroy the switch, and the zombies will spawn

 

[suneyedset]

On 8/5/2023 at 12:28 PM, Hawk said:

destroy the switch, and the zombies will spawn

 

Came here for the same problem. Thank you Mr. Hawk, very much. Great advice, it worked.

[Jugginator]

We SHOULD have a comprehensive fix to solve all of these switch/generator issues coming out to you all soon.

[suneyedset]

The obvious fix, in my opinion, would be to make the switches used by devs in poi designs unbreakable, and to allow console commands that trigger quest events, like most games with quests have available. Those are standard solutions for every other game like this.

[Jugginator]

On 9/24/2023 at 12:20 AM, suneyedset said:

The obvious fix, in my opinion, would be to make the switches used by devs in poi designs unbreakable, and to allow console commands that trigger quest events, like most games with quests have available. Those are standard solutions for every other game like this.

 

It's very much more complicated than that due to how this game is. The unbreakable part doesn't matter, if the switch is destroyed it triggers what it is supposed to trigger, but we got an overhaul pretty much how they work with the game save and whatnot, speaking in a very general manner (which is also why it's taking some time, small bandaids weren't cutting it). It should cover all of these cases.