Just a note to say I'm now out of the Hero of Skill beginning cut scene room, took a lot of frantic button pressing and alternating between first person view by the seal on the table your required to pick up to end the scene. The Bard strap at the top of the screen was still there once outside, and the common walk only & no weapons in Bloodstone glitch was in order, but slowly walked out of Bloodstone, and in the next location everything was back to normal. Haven't been back yet, but won't go anywhere near the Bard untill I've done what needs to be done in Bloodstone. Anyone have any ideas why this is, or experienced the same thing?

I have just become stuck in the game as well. I also completed 8/8 perfet rounds and went to open the chest and then was ported out front where I became completely stuck in front of the crucible entrance. I can travel and access my start menu but can't move, draw weapons, cast spells, emote expressions or anything else. I made the mistake of saving my progress thinking that I could then shut down the Xbox and restart it and that the problem would then be fixed ... no such luck. Anyway, it appears that my game is ruined and I must now start over (which I won't do) . Does anyone know anyway to fix this? I sincerely hope that Lionhead can fix this with a patch because if not I will certainly think twice about purchasing the next Fable that comes out.

I am like stuck in 3 quests in bloodstone, I have to kill a banshee in bloodstone but I can't draw weapons. Plz Lionhead tell us if you are going to do anything about this... 

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Never known, always there.

im having a very similar problem. i had arrived in bloodstone and walked into the bar (walked past salty jack). i had given him a beer then tried to ignore his rant by leaving the building and accepting his quest. randomly, i then went back to the hallifax gardens to the archaeologist to give her a scroll....atfer i had given her the scroll (it autosaved) and i am unable to take out any weapon or use the expression wheel. 

i thought id solve it by doing salty jacks quest...but when i walked around the corner in bloodstone to cut the bushes i culdnt withdraw my sword... 

confusingly i went back into the bar and jack is doing his rant again but wants another beer, i bought one but it will not let me give it to him, the A button circle does a full rotation but nothing initiates jack to tell the treasure story again.

i can walk/run around, enemies dont attack me but i can sleep? also when i press start it doesnt load up the menu but instead say 'game paused'. iv tried turning on and off the console, taking on new quests (to hopefully replace the jack target quest), walking in and out of demon doors, sleeping for 7 days and nothing seems to work?

completely dissapointed, my file was awesome. spent hours working in blacksmiths and the bar to build up a ton of money to buy heaps of buildings. great game, but quite buggy

I am stuck in Hero of Skill as well.  I left the house before he finished talking and tried to do Salty Dog and TOBY but can't do either because I can't pull out weapons.  I Left the town and then ported to Bowerstone market and got a beer to give to the Salty Dog guy but then I had to go cut those bushes and can't because weapons don't pull out.  If I find anything I will post it.  This seems to be very similar to the Abbot bug that also comes up on Google. 

Pretty disappointed in Lionhead's testers.  These kinds of issues shouldn't make it in to the end game.

the problem i had was just after the crucible. i competed it and got the axe, but as soon as i left i was stuck. i couldnt move, i couldnt fast travel, all i could do was pause the scene, and zoom around my character and see him from every angle while he stood there on the stairs. i let it sit for awhile (took a shower, ate some lunch) hoping the damn thing would load, but it never did, it just wasted precious electricity.

LIONHEAD!!! when will you address all these issues?????

I was offered a "civilian displacement" job in bowerstone cemetery, but i was trying to get the silver key behind the dude, and dig a spot my dog found also behind the dude, so I was already pissed at the job offer and trying to get out of the scene.  Then the guy just disappeared as the jobs cycled away or whatever the case in the middle of the night, and I was stuck in the scene (same symptoms you guys say can't run attack shoot etc.  Can still do most other things.)

I managed to get it unstuck by going to a bed and sleeping for 14 days or so until that SAME civilian displacement job came back.  I walked all the way back to the cemetery and he offered me the same job again, I walked away and I was unstuck from the scene.

So, if you're stuck in a scene, and can get back to the scene you are stuck in somehow, then do that and you should be able to get it unstuck.  Hope this helps a few.

Idea for fixing the bug.  If a player is near a job offer, don't remove the job while he is there.  Its pretty abrupt to have a guy disappear in front of you anyway.

if you play guitar hero or rock band make sure your guitar is not plugged in. if i have my guitar plugged in i automatically freeze and cant move. when i remove the guitar it works as as new.

youll have to wait for the patch which is avalible on th 22nd of december i have the same thing you will jut have to wait

EPIC WILKO

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So you're sure there will be somekind of fix in the upcoming patch? Because I'm stuck infront of the Crucible aswell. At first I thought the game replayed the scene where you complete The Crucible for the first time, when people are cheering and "Mad-Dog" gives somekind of speech(Can't remember exactly). So at first I decided to wait for the cutscene to end, even though there was no cutscene. But after some time I managed to enter the menu but regardless of what I did(Teleport, start quest, take a job etc) I still couldn't move. Pretty ridiculous that we buy the game and encounter such bugs that practially leaves the game unplayable. And I for one ain't going to start over at least. So for God's sake Lionhead, please fix these bugs or at least respond to the posts. Thanks in advance!

This happened to me as well, except under different circumstances.

I was in bloodstone talking to the NPC about the Assassination quest and right when I was clicking to agree.. he disappears. A message told me that I was "too late" to do the quest and the NPC disappears right when I was pressing the A button to accept.

Now, I can't do anything along the lines of what everyone else here has described (fast travel, cast, attack, etc.) The demon door didn't help, taking the boat didn't help nor did sleeping, changing areas.. heck even the dead guys in the zone over won't attack me. They walk right by me as if I'm not even there.

This is extremely disappointing. This generation of gaming has spawned so many unwilling beta testers well after the fact that a game has gone "gold" just so those in charge at the top can meet a deadline.

I think I may have a possible solution for the Westcliff shooting range, it worked for me at least. First, you need 2 controllers. You gotta go into co-op, like people have previously stated, and move back to the guy who is talking. If you can't move at all, I found holding the left trigger while trying to move works. Upong arriving he should give you a final score sheet, since you couldn't move cause technically you were still playing. Then you speak to him and play the shooting range again, except this time hear him all the way through. Move away from him until you can move. Exit co-op...problem solved.

I'm having the same glitch - when I got to Bloodstone I couldn't run or attack. Now my game is ruined. I can't fast travel to any other area because it says, "You can't leave until this scene has ended."

What scene?? I've tried everything to fix the problem but to no avail. I've put in 20+ hours into my game, I'm not starting a new character all over again.

Lionhead please get a patch out soon to fix this. If it's not fixed by next week I'm snapping the disc and buying Fallout 3. And I certainly won't be purchasing another Lionhead title in the future.

I've waited a month to get my 360 repaired after it got the red lights of death, after playing Fable 2, and now the game bugs out on me and ruins my save on the day I get it back. Shocking service.

You may have found the answer to this already but you have to go back to reaver and then you'll be able to draw your weapon and such again... worked for me hope this helps

grahamar:

You may have found the answer to this already but you have to go back to reaver and then you'll be able to draw your weapon and such again... worked for me hope this helps

 

I'm having the same problem, except my door to reaver is closed. I can't go back to him. =/

My door to Reaver is also closed.  It is the first time you talk to him where he blows you off till you get more renown.  It should have been done.  I have since started a new game and gotten past this part so I know that it was nothing that I did.  The one where you grab the seal is later.  I played on Christmas and it didn't download any patch.  Is there a patch coming out soon??

I was in bowerstone and was about to pay the bard to boost my reknown and it wouldnt let me then it kept saying i was stuck in a cut scene i have this problem in bowerstone and Oakfield this is srsly annoying LIONHEAD FIX THIS ALREAYD WILL YA?

* Cant Move Glitch Fixed*

I recently finished the cruicible on fable 2 and then when i paused the game it acted as though i was still in a scene and when i finally loaded up the menu i couldnt move, draw any weapons, or interact with anything, but i could fast travel, and theres a way to fix it!!!! =]

You can either:

- use the sex change potion off someone who has got it and that will let you move

-  or for a much easier way which worked for me, fast travel to somewhere with ground where you can dig, then go to your items and click on your spade to use it, your character should then dig and be able to move! =] i hope this helped everyone and if not then unlucky. =]

peace.

Im having trouble just before bording the boat to the Spire. I cant get out of the scene and if i get on the boat when it comes to the fighting part later on i cant fight due to no weapon, magic, or gun use. Also it is really anyoin that i can only walk aswell. Any1 having the same problem and is there a fix?

I also have the arceolagist quest so i can leave the spire at any point is there a way to find a way round it this way? And also Lionhead need a patch to solve this problem!!!

I've had a similar problem. I tried to go and finish the westcliff shooting range before iwent to the spire.

Then I went to the guy and he needed the 50 gold to participate and it wouldn't let me accept. I held down the A button and the little circle completed but wouldn't let me shoot the people. So i was stuck in the walk mode and i can't draw my weapons or use magic.

I am not able to travel so I walked to the Howling halls and treavelled from there, then did all the other quests before the spire. It still wouldnt let me accept so i decided that i might as well just go to the spire to see if it fixed it. Now I'm fucked.

I go into the spire and I can't run, magic, use any weapon. all i can do is walk and emote. The worst thing that happened is when the Commandant said that i needed to go find the missing guy and Garth zapped me I couldn't protect him. So my friend came in to defend us both and we got to the commandant boss, and he and his minions couldn't move or attack, and nor could I. My friend killed the minions but the Commandant couldn't die. we tied EVERYTHING!!!!!!! So basically I think im screwed. 

Any ideas on how to either revert me back somewhere else or at least make the commandant attack back.

PLEASE!!!!! i dont want to start a new character and also, Lionhead. WTF there are so many glitches, fix them or you'll lose fans. Jesus.

Thanks for the help if possible.

I had the same problem, and i did this:

- If you can walk, go back down to town and look for a cave who lead you to the howling halls . The game will let you go down this cave because its in westcliff so you are not "traveling" between citys. When you are into the halls travel back to the westcliff town and go again with the man who offers the shooting range mission, but this time when you press A the mission will start. After finish the mission suscescfully or not you can run and use the sword again.

You can try travel using the map to this location (howling halls) located into westcliff, i found it walking around, but maybe you can auto travel to this location.

same bloodstone glitch i cant finish the hero of skill quest it wont ket m einteract with anything in th etown or draw my weapon or use my will, and no matter how much renown i get it still says i need over 3,000, i have done three quests that all give over this but it seem sto not be regestering,
i dont want to start again as i have been playing my char for ages now and he is kick ass, but i cant finish the game , i hope we get th epatch before the addon

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allways play on insane

I, too, am at a standstill in gameplay.  I was on a quest, passed by a quest-giver (guy with an "!" above his head).  Listened to him speak for me for a bit then tarried on (basically ignoring him) and grabbed a nearby silver key (I was at the cemetery).  Well, the next thing you know, the guy is gone and I can't run or pull me weapons!

Lionhead had better get this fixed quicklike or I'll just put it in the dustbin with "Sneak King", a crappy $3 dollar Burger King game.

I will pop the game back in on Friday, Jan. 9, 2009 and hope I see an update.

I am also exspiriencing this, except my dog is injured, so unfortunately i cannot even dig myself out of trouble. I tried downloading an update to no avail. I can only assume Lionhead have still not fixed this problem, which is extremely frustrating as i have put 40 hours + in. They evidently pay no attention to their customers and have no interest in attracting us back! Somebody suggested Lionhead could create a patch to give the game a scene skip option. Has anyone here heard anything along these lines?

I've been looking for the possible patch or fix for so long time and nothing seems to come up. It's sad that many people have this same scene-problem and it haven't noticed along the testing. I mean, this happened to me with the second character... God help those who had it in the first time and lost all the interest for the game.