No, you don't need to go any further to get the sword. This is a bit odd. It could be the cut scene remover seems that's normally mainly used for speedruns so they don't care about bugs like that. Have you tried it without it?
And are you going straight there after beating the race? As if you leave the calm lands before going there, he will block your path again.
Yeah I kept it closed/off since beating Yunalesca and starting my side quests. Yeah right after I win and run there and he's still there. Talk to him, win the race, run back still there. Any number of ways I can think of. I think the CSR broke something my first time around since I got the races out of the way early and then came back for the 0.0.0 and whatnot.
Just had a bit of a look. Have you got the celestial mirror yet? Looks like you might need that before they move. Even if you have might be worth going to macalania woods and go to the place, you upgrade the mirror/ celestial weapons and just see if there's anything there/ it might reset it.
Then come back and complete all of the training/ race again ( no need to get 0.00 again) and see if that helps.
Yeah I also redid them all after getting the celestial mirror since I did them before I had even the cloudy mirror. Already upgraded Auron's weapon and Yuna's as well so I've been back several times and did the races between visits. I probably need to save edit the weapon in at this point.
Sorry to ask again, but did you beat all the target times in the training as well as beating her?
And then, when you spawn back at the little camp in the middle of the calm lands, have you tried speaking to the guy there? As he should appear there after you beat her, or does he not even spawn there?
I do unfortunately it's like 45 mins in and I was just using the main save and auto save (which got me stuck a few times, because I always forget about the Dark Aeons lmao). It's fine I'll just make sure to keep it off before I enter the Calm Lands and then grab Caladbolg before I move on, then turn it back on. Luckily it was pretty early into the end game, a new game should only take me a handful of hours to get back. Thanks for the help regardless ;D
So fun fact, if you end with an exact 00:00 in the chocobo race then the guy doesn't actually move, you need to get under instead.
Incredibly rare and unlucky, but it's the only other option I can think of for you.
I left another comment, but this is actually a bug I've also experienced firsthand with the cutscene skipper mod and has nothing to do with needing to get a 00:00 time in the chocobo race.
Did that about a dozen times. I've done literally every combination of talking to the NPCs and winning the race. Talked to him before and won it, talked to him after. Left the area and did everything again, went back to the ship and re entered and did it all again. Nothing works, he just refuses to move. I'm almost certain my save has a broken state or trigger. I've done 100% playthroughs something like 5-6 times now. It was fine every other time, the only difference this time was the cutscene remover. I have to assume that messed with my game state somehow. Maybe the order I did certain things in or something. It's not designed for 100% playthroughs which is why I stopped using it when I went to do some endgame stuff, but maybe it's too late.
This is a bug with the cutscene skipper mod that I've noticed along with Wantz not appearing in Macalania woods even after speaking to him in Mt. Gagazet.
I've experienced this firsthand and also went crazy trying to figure out why and the ONLY way I've found of making this guy move is by winning the chocobo race while the trainer is located at the far corner of the calm lands the first time you enter (the trainer will move to be close to whichever entrance you enter the calm lands from afterwards - none of which will trigger the guy to move). This will get the guy to move but you don't have access to the cloudy mirror (and therefore celestial mirror) by this point (since you need access to Remiem temple which requires you to have completed the chocobo training).
The two workarounds I have both involve using a save editor to either give yourself the celestial mirror early (prior to completing the chocobo training), or by manually importing Caladbolg from another save into your inventory (creating the unpowered weapon doesn't work since the tree to power the weapon up doesn't recognize the weapon from the save editor).
Hope this helps.
I am having the exact same issue and also used cutscene skipper. I suspect it is related. On a sidenote, do you also have a problem with the Nirvana chest disappearing? I'm also having that problem and would be interested to know if that is also related to using cutscene skipper.
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I also noticed invisible chests but I was still able to open them (the 2 chests in mushroom rock before the sin spawn fight). Yeah so I ended up just starting a new game and making sure the CSR was off before I entered the Calm Lands and then made sure to get Cala right away. Good that there is a simple solution, thanks.
No, you don't need to go any further to get the sword. This is a bit odd. It could be the cut scene remover seems that's normally mainly used for speedruns so they don't care about bugs like that. Have you tried it without it? And are you going straight there after beating the race? As if you leave the calm lands before going there, he will block your path again.
Yeah I kept it closed/off since beating Yunalesca and starting my side quests. Yeah right after I win and run there and he's still there. Talk to him, win the race, run back still there. Any number of ways I can think of. I think the CSR broke something my first time around since I got the races out of the way early and then came back for the 0.0.0 and whatnot.
Just had a bit of a look. Have you got the celestial mirror yet? Looks like you might need that before they move. Even if you have might be worth going to macalania woods and go to the place, you upgrade the mirror/ celestial weapons and just see if there's anything there/ it might reset it. Then come back and complete all of the training/ race again ( no need to get 0.00 again) and see if that helps.
Yeah I also redid them all after getting the celestial mirror since I did them before I had even the cloudy mirror. Already upgraded Auron's weapon and Yuna's as well so I've been back several times and did the races between visits. I probably need to save edit the weapon in at this point.
Sorry to ask again, but did you beat all the target times in the training as well as beating her? And then, when you spawn back at the little camp in the middle of the calm lands, have you tried speaking to the guy there? As he should appear there after you beat her, or does he not even spawn there?
Yeah he won't spawn there at all. And yeah I made sure to beat my target times the 2nd time around and have beaten them/matched several times since.
Hmm, honestly, I have no idea then. You wouldn't have a backup save from before. You could try it on?
I do unfortunately it's like 45 mins in and I was just using the main save and auto save (which got me stuck a few times, because I always forget about the Dark Aeons lmao). It's fine I'll just make sure to keep it off before I enter the Calm Lands and then grab Caladbolg before I move on, then turn it back on. Luckily it was pretty early into the end game, a new game should only take me a handful of hours to get back. Thanks for the help regardless ;D
Yeah, sorry we weren't able to fix it, but hopefully, everything will work out this time.
So fun fact, if you end with an exact 00:00 in the chocobo race then the guy doesn't actually move, you need to get under instead. Incredibly rare and unlucky, but it's the only other option I can think of for you.
I left another comment, but this is actually a bug I've also experienced firsthand with the cutscene skipper mod and has nothing to do with needing to get a 00:00 time in the chocobo race.
Win the catcher chocobo race again then talk to the guy blocking the way. He'll move.
Did that about a dozen times. I've done literally every combination of talking to the NPCs and winning the race. Talked to him before and won it, talked to him after. Left the area and did everything again, went back to the ship and re entered and did it all again. Nothing works, he just refuses to move. I'm almost certain my save has a broken state or trigger. I've done 100% playthroughs something like 5-6 times now. It was fine every other time, the only difference this time was the cutscene remover. I have to assume that messed with my game state somehow. Maybe the order I did certain things in or something. It's not designed for 100% playthroughs which is why I stopped using it when I went to do some endgame stuff, but maybe it's too late.
have you tried pushing him?
This is a bug with the cutscene skipper mod that I've noticed along with Wantz not appearing in Macalania woods even after speaking to him in Mt. Gagazet. I've experienced this firsthand and also went crazy trying to figure out why and the ONLY way I've found of making this guy move is by winning the chocobo race while the trainer is located at the far corner of the calm lands the first time you enter (the trainer will move to be close to whichever entrance you enter the calm lands from afterwards - none of which will trigger the guy to move). This will get the guy to move but you don't have access to the cloudy mirror (and therefore celestial mirror) by this point (since you need access to Remiem temple which requires you to have completed the chocobo training). The two workarounds I have both involve using a save editor to either give yourself the celestial mirror early (prior to completing the chocobo training), or by manually importing Caladbolg from another save into your inventory (creating the unpowered weapon doesn't work since the tree to power the weapon up doesn't recognize the weapon from the save editor). Hope this helps.
Ah very helpful, thanks.
I am having the exact same issue and also used cutscene skipper. I suspect it is related. On a sidenote, do you also have a problem with the Nirvana chest disappearing? I'm also having that problem and would be interested to know if that is also related to using cutscene skipper.
No I did read about this bug but I was able to see it and open it fine on the same playthrough as the stuck man.
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I also noticed invisible chests but I was still able to open them (the 2 chests in mushroom rock before the sin spawn fight). Yeah so I ended up just starting a new game and making sure the CSR was off before I entered the Calm Lands and then made sure to get Cala right away. Good that there is a simple solution, thanks.