Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems Pet the Owlbear Cub Cutscene (black screen)

Greetings,
I tried to search if this has been reported already, but couldn't find anything; ignore me if you've heard this one.

During a Long Rest, I believe this was the second time the owlbear cub came to visit me, with an injured paw. After fixing it up, I saw the cub standing in my camp, so I went over to harass it... I mean, pet it.

When I chose the "Pet him." option, the screen went black, though I could hear audio which I could imagine might be what petting an owlbear might sound like. When the encounter was over, I was standing in place before the cub again. Seems the cutscene is just missing, nothing else seems affected.

btw, if this is not how to report bugs, let me know. As I always say, "the only good bug is a dead bug" (I'm a QA guy IRL)
John

I just had this exact problem. But I also have no sound.

I ran into it too in the underdark camp. I can still hear audio etc too and ostensibly interact with the menus/environment but it's a black screen.

With respect to reporting bugs, this is a good place to see if anyone has the same problems or a workaround, but the way to let Larian know is via their support website. The Report a Bug link up along the top of the game launcher will take you to the right place.

The cub also caught up with me in the Underdark ...

[spoiler]but in the Grymforge camp in case that makes a difference. The first time, after interacting with the cub, my party continued their long rest afterwards. The second time, the paw-healing one, my party were just left standing after the scene, so I clicked on the bedroll and the long rest was completed (without having to reselect food). I wondered if completing the long rest should have been auto-triggered, and the bug people are seeing might be because the game has got itself into an invalid state of some kind?
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So it seems like the screen will go back to normal after a while if you wait long enough. Kind of annoying but not game breaking. It seems to happen every time I finish interacting with the owlbear cub though.

Just noticed the same issue, but luckily one just has to wait for a bit.



Will report it to Support officially.

Thank you! I love reporting bugs. Hold my beer...