Dead Space 2 (PC) Chapter 5- Unable to shoot during interactive cut scene

[JOHNxxxRAMBO]

While playing Dead Space 2 (PC), I cannot get past the part in chapter 5 right after Tidemann kills Daina and her goons.

Issac falls down the shaft and has to go through the interactive cut-scene to kill the giant necromorph and launch him into space.

It won't let me shoot when the crosshairs first show, when Issac is pinned down by the debris.

I verified my game files and there is nothing wrong with the game itself, I can play up until that part and can't get past it.

Ok so when you reach the top of the church and the gunship comes and kills the girl and her heavies, then you fall through the shaft and get attacked. At that point I try to shoot off the arm of the beastie before he pulls me out and bites my head off, but my guns will not fire at all. Restored save and I KNOW I have ammo and am reloaded, but it still won't shoot. Is this a glitch? What's going on here?

[JOHNxxxRAMBO · Accepted solution]

I FIXED ERASING ALL INSIDE THIS FILE:

C:\Users\Walter\AppData\Local\EA Games\Dead Space 2

C:\Users\Walter\AppData\Local\Origin

Note: WALTER is the name of my computer, and I use window 7. (Remember close origin account and Dead space 2 before erase the files =)

[JOHNxxxRAMBO · Accepted solution]

I FIXED ERASING ALL INSIDE THIS FILE:

C:\Users\Walter\AppData\Local\EA Games\Dead Space 2

C:\Users\Walter\AppData\Local\Origin

Note: WALTER is the name of my computer, and I use window 7. (Remember close origin account and Dead space 2 before erase the files =)

[jesusmauri]

it's that true or is a joke?

[Magnific44]

That's the most idiotic thing I've ever seen posted as an "accepted" solution to this problem.

If you erase your settings and controls inside /DS2, what good does that do?

Seems to me you wouldn't be able to play the game and have to re-download it to get the missing parts. (All it Will Do is change your hotkey settings to default-duh)

If you erase files inside /Origin you lose stuff that may or may not pertain to this game. (And in the process, wipe out all of your Origin information)

Gotta be a better way to fix this.

My god, where are the mods on this forum that allow * like this to ruin someones game?

[Magnific44]

This is getting tedious. I have restarted checkpoint, lowered difficulty level, made sure the plasma cutter is loaded up and STILL cannot fire!

Crosshairs appear and aim is there, but cannot fire!

I thought my M/K were the problem at first and they both check out fine.

Is there a DEV mode through Origin, or for DS2 that anyone knows of?

[Magnific44]

Well, hell. I tried installing a saved game to play on Zealot, went all the way to this spot and the same damn thing happens.

I'm getting so I will question buying EA games in the future and I own a lot of games.

Only a third of the way through and I got to stop playing because of this.

Thanks EA. Not!

[hrtza]

I had same problem and I just set control keys to default and then I was able shoot again.
And when I got trough changed keys back to my settings. 

[EA_Darko]

@hrtza thanks for posting the fix that worked for you. 

[alphascizor]

I wish there was some way to determine if everything is fixed before the cutscene. This only happens to me in hard core mode, which is why it sucks so much, because I have to start all over because of something stupid.

[Dude_Newton]

Yes! Thank you! That worked, you are a savior my good man!