Khione - Inner Flare Zone Location Challenge is impossible due to a glitch

[main pulsar]

I'm currently encountering an unsolvable glitch that makes the "Rescue the Shadow Creatures" Location Challenge impossible. The idea is to stay behind ice rocks so that the shadow creature you can grab doesn't burn up in the flare as you bring it to the shadow creature you can't move.

The issue is that it's literally impossible to get anywhere near the second one. The giant ice rock housing the unmovable shadow creature only protects you from the flare if you're within 10 meters of it. Go any further away and you'll be affected by the flare, even if you're practically right in front of the giant ice rock.

There's no ice rocks anywhere in-between the closest ice rock and the target ice rock, therefore it's completely impossible to get anywhere even remotely close to it without the shadow creature burning up. It looks like the flare blocker is unloading itself waaaaaaaay sooner than it should.

If I back up even slightly from this point, I'll get blasted by the flare.

Same exact position, but facing the opposite direction.

It's not possible to complete this objective, you only have 3 seconds before the shadow creature burns up, and you'd need 15 - 20 seconds of travel to get to the point where the target ice rock starts protecting you. It looks like the target ice rock should be projecting an entire column that stretches to the border of the map that you're safe as long as you're in, but for whatever reason it doesn't do that.

[zenith hamlet]

The idea for this one is to start with the smaller shadow creature further away from the star, and slowly make your way using the ice plates as a path.
https://youtu.be/aZkauqb5V30?t=398

[main pulsar]

Yeah, you can't move the other one.

It won't let you, it tells you to find the other one.

But there's no way to get the other one to the target one for the above reason.

[zenith hamlet]

From your first picture, if you follow the ice plates to the right, you should see a 'path' that snakes its way to join the ice plates on the outside.
The suns effect won't ever kill you, it will just eat your shield & apply the radiation debuff.

[main pulsar]

I found the path, but yet an actual true glitch is standing in my way

Every time I move with the shadow creature in tow, my ship gets flung around like a ball and chain and I have absolutely zero control

[zenith hamlet]

Are you starting from the outside, with the smaller shadow creature?

[main pulsar]

outside

imagine every single button on the Xbox controller having a randomized function every second but only when you're holding the shadow creature and only when moving

infuriating

It just works for the person in that video, because of course it does

I don't lack skill in handling this challenge, this challenge very obviously lacks skill in handling me.

grabs the shadow creature
attempts to boost to the next rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5c_MEs9mo

[zenith hamlet]

If something strange is happening with the physics, reloading the autosave from entering the location might resolve the issue.
Have you ran into similar issues with other shadow creature puzzles?

[main pulsar]

He's using a gunship, I'm using a vanguard. This might help me confirm a theory I've had - all ships' tractor beams aren't the same strength, are they?

[zenith hamlet]

the tractor beams strength is the same, but the ships mass relative to the shadow creature is very different. Best tip I can give for doing that in a light ship is to only fly in straight lines. Treat it like you're pushing a boulder heavier than yourself across a sheet of ice, that you happen to be tethered to.

[main pulsar]

Hm I tried with my bomber, 1% easier

Two issues that don't seem to apply to the person in the video:

1. Stopping quickly is literally impossible. Try as I might, brake does actually 100% confirmed literally nothing half the time, I end up in the flare too much, failed.

2. At a certain point in that video, your ship gets completely locked in place. I don't mean boost stops working, I don't mean the thing this place does where your ship gets pushed back, I actually completely mean that your ship gets completely immobilized, like the entire physics engine has stopped working, but when the shadow creature dies it magically starts working again.

The entire area in this screenshot and a very very veeeeeeeeeeeeery large distance around it causes the entire game's player physics engine to completely stop working, but only if I have the shadow creature in tow. Everywhere else it's just ludicrously difficult. There's no other route to the correct path of rocks.

So much so that even energized boost does literally nothing.

Every other mission, location challenge, puzzle, side mission, race, and hidden stash is literally the easiest thing I've ever done since I picked up a PS2 controller at age 5. This location challenge is the hardest thing I've ever had to do since I picked up a PS2 controller at age 5.

Difficulty balancing? I hardly even knew 'er!

[clever swan]

I had the same problem, only the first try i could move normally with the creature. Had to leave the area and come back between each try to reset the physics.

[tawny rock]

uh i did it first time i tried but could never find the second creature so i gave up

[main pulsar]

This is the only part of Khione I haven't done. I've 100%'d Ceto and I'm almost done with Union.

[glacial lynx]

We have an existing bug tracked for this zone. It's on the list for developing a fix as soon as we're able too.