AKheon | Deadly Premonition (PS3) - misty Chapter 10 @AKheon | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
A curious result I got when testing break-outs at the end of Chapter 9.
0:00 - First step is to break out of the final cutscene in Chapter 9. Sigourney break-out is a classic, but there are other options too.
0:56 - The final mission circle of Chapter 9 is one-time use only; you can't re-activate it after already activating it once. It's a very unique mission circle in the sense that it leads to a cutscene that takes place in the overworld and is tied to Chapter completion. I wonder what would happen if you could duplicate it like the mission circle in Chapter 12? Would the second Chapter completion skip Chapter 10 entirely? That might result in an actual skip, so this idea is worth looking into...
Unfortunately, at the moment there is not way to duplicate mission circles on foot, and it's not possible to reach this mission circle with a car while driving Sigourney around. Some new tech might be needed.
1:20 - York's monologue can be overlapped with mission dialogue as well.
1:40 - I went to one of these points leading out of Greenvale. Whenever you're near a point like this, a massive fog engulfs the view. Eventually, you hit a trigger that opens up a text box. The text box freezes time and can therefore stall the cutscene indefinitely. Some dialogue lines can force it to close automatically, though.
Closing the text box teleports York some tens of yards away. For some reason teleportation during this broken out cutscene causes the surrounding scenery to partially unload; I think level streaming generally becomes a bit sluggish or even broken during cutscenes.
2:43 - Being near the unloading limit as Chapter 9 ends takes the misty effect over to Chapter 10. This reduces the visibility to near zero.
4:08 - Reaching Becky's House when it's misty.
5:55 - Loading zone seems to fix things. I didn't try, but I'd guess the mist will no longer exist outside after you complete the dungeon and enter Chapter 11.
A curious result I got when testing break-outs at the end of Chapter 9.
0:00 - First step is to break out of the final cutscene in Chapter 9. Sigourney break-out is a classic, but there are other options too.
0:56 - The final mission circle of Chapter 9 is one-time use only; you can't re-activate it after already activating it once. It's a very unique mission circle in the sense that it leads to a cutscene that takes place in the overworld and is tied to Chapter completion. I wonder what would happen if you could duplicate it like the mission circle in Chapter 12? Would the second Chapter completion skip Chapter 10 entirely? That might result in an actual skip, so this idea is worth looking into...
Unfortunately, at the moment there is not way to duplicate mission circles on foot, and it's not possible to reach this mission circle with a car while driving Sigourney around. Some new tech might be needed.
1:20 - York's monologue can be overlapped with mission dialogue as well.
1:40 - I went to one of these points leading out of Greenvale. Whenever you're near a point like this, a massive fog engulfs the view. Eventually, you hit a trigger that opens up a text box. The text box freezes time and can therefore stall the cutscene indefinitely. Some dialogue lines can force it to close automatically, though.
Closing the text box teleports York some tens of yards away. For some reason teleportation during this broken out cutscene causes the surrounding scenery to partially unload; I think level streaming generally becomes a bit sluggish or even broken during cutscenes.
2:43 - Being near the unloading limit as Chapter 9 ends takes the misty effect over to Chapter 10. This reduces the visibility to near zero.
4:08 - Reaching Becky's House when it's misty.
5:55 - Loading zone seems to fix things. I didn't try, but I'd guess the mist will no longer exist outside after you complete the dungeon and enter Chapter 11.
