Step 1: Ignore the Timer & The Door
Do not interact with the guard or the sleeping mat. This resets the broken trigger. Instead, turn 180 degrees from the door.
Step 2: Examine the Air Filtration System
Look at the wall behind the metal bunk. You will see a grate with a faint red light. Interact with it. In the broken version of the game, this grate is always interactable, even when the quest says "Wait."
Step 3: Short-Circuit the Lock
Use your EMP Glove (obtained in Act 1) or a Hacking Chip on the panel. This triggers a hidden fail-state in the quest called "Circumvent_Judgment".
Step 4: Navigate the Service Tunnels
You will drop into a short, linear tunnel. Follow it until you reach a maintenance ladder. Upon climbing up, you will emerge in the Colony’s Logistics Bay. qprey 2 house arrest fixed
Crucial Note: When you emerge, the quest log will still say "Escape House Arrest." Do not panic. Simply walk to the terminal in the center of the Logistics Bay. A new dialogue option, "Report early completion," will appear. Selecting this forces the game to close the House Arrest flag and gives you a unique "Jailbreaker" achievement.
To understand the phrase, we must dissect it into its probable components:
If the manual fix fails (e.g., the red light does not appear due to a hard lock), you can edit the save file. Always back up your saves first. Step 1: Ignore the Timer & The Door
Save location:
%LocalAppData%\Qprey2\Saved\SaveGames\
Steps:
Important: The official patch prevents the bug from happening on new playthroughs. However, if you already have a save file inside the broken House Arrest sequence, the patch alone may not fix it. You either need to reload a save from before entering the arrest, or use the manual fix below. Step 2: Examine the Air Filtration System Look
The QPrey engine is designed to simulate predator-prey interactions within variable topographies. In Version 1.x, a significant logic error emerged when the environment parameter confinement_type was set to HOUSE_ARREST. This setting was intended to restrict agents to a specific safe zone while allowing complex internal movement. However, due to a floating-point precision error in the collision detection loop, agents would "stick" to the perimeter walls, rendering the simulation stagnant.
This paper outlines the transition from the broken "sticky" state to the corrected "elastic" state.