Frictional Games Forum (read-only)

I'm in the mines. My issue is specifically in the Storage section, with the hatch on the floor that leads to the smallish cellar area. (The one where spiders hatch out of eggs if you venture too close to them, and there's also a note from a drunkard miner). I basically grabbed a ladder from a closeby room, carried it down into the cellar and the game placed them onto the rim of the hatch. Unfortunately I exited the entire storage section, did some exploration, etc. until I realized there was another hatch in the cellar (the one that leads to the blue artifact). Upon returning the hatch with the ladder had closed; and is stuck. Basically the ladder that is attached to the rim of the hatch prevents it from being opened again. I've tried to reload earlier autosaves, but even in the most earliest one the game already saved itself after the ladder has been placed. :/ I can't seem to be able to yank it open no matter what, and the artifact room's door can't, of course, be broken from the outside.

This is a huge bummer because I'm close to the end of the game and seriously do not wish to restart >_< so wondering if there's a debug mode, a no clip, something I can do to salvage my progress. Heck, I'll even gladly accept a save file if anyone has one lying around.