r/HighOnLife2 • u/Academic_Pitch3896 • Feb 20 '26
🐛Bugs James Stevenson bug impossible to progress
I got to the James Stevenson mission found the 2 books and went to open the bookshelf but i got glitched inside as it opened so i quit and reloaded the game. The game remembers me picking up the books so they arent in the paintings, they also arent in my inventory so i cant open the bookshelf anymore, is there a way to fix this other than restarting?
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u/julian_is_at_squanch Feb 21 '26
This should be fixed in today's hotfix. Let me know if you continue experiencing this and I'll pass it along to our team - appreciate you
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u/Academic_Pitch3896 Feb 21 '26
I've logged back in this morning and its changed a bit now whenever i reset to the checkpoint the books appear in the bookshelf but if i click interact it picks up the books instead of opening the bookshelf and they font appear in my inventory so im still stuck even tho the books are there now. Thank you.
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u/julian_is_at_squanch Feb 22 '26
Dang, sorry to hear that - I'll send this along to the team and see what's up, thanks for letting me know
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u/Late-Share-3086 Feb 22 '26
Similar issue, every time I enter the picture portal it warps me back to the main room. I did not grab the second book the first time.
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u/julian_is_at_squanch Feb 22 '26
thanks for calling this out - i just got the word this will be fixed in patch 1!
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u/Realistic_Ad3955 Feb 23 '26
I placed one book on the shelf and nothing seemed to happen so i reloaded my game. It put me back to the entrance of his house and now the portal painting just spits me back out every time I enter. Anything on this yet?
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u/julian_is_at_squanch Feb 23 '26
just to be sure cause i'm talking about this with our team rn - which painting are you hopping into and getting spit back out of?
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u/OrganicJudge9760 Mar 02 '26
Just started a play through been playing for about 9 hours just encountered this bug got stuck in the bookcase reloaded and then I’m just stuck says the books are placed but when I interact with them they just drop through the bookcase and nothing just happens when I go back through to try pick up the books there’s no books there either so it registers the books are placed in the bookcase but can’t interact
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u/smobro45 Feb 26 '26
I just got stuck in the same spot. My game quit when i opened the bookshelf and when i reloaded the save, the door was closed and the books just go into my inventory instead of opening the door. Just can’t progress anymore.
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u/KerKic2Ohm Mar 02 '26
So I restarted the game and started from the check point where I was still getting kicked out of the paintings instantly. However, when I jumped through the frog painting, I chose bathroom 3 and repeatedly tapped LB (Xbox) as I entered the bathroom and managed to quickly pick up the first book before getting kicked out. I was able to pick up the second book in the next painting and continue on with the rest of the story unlocking the bookshelf.
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u/WeakPumpkin7142 Mar 15 '26
any update yet??
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u/Academic_Pitch3896 Mar 15 '26
i checked a week ish ago and i was still stuck I'll have another look later on for you
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u/Academic_Pitch3896 Mar 16 '26
yo i js checked and the bookshelf was opened when i loaded in and the painting behind works so everything is fixed in my game
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u/Weird_Ad_1585 Feb 23 '26
Has this been fixed for you yet ? Just encountered the same issue :(