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    Missing Bowman Briefing - any way to trigger it again? Game/Achievement breaking bug!

    I completed Libertad and finished everything there. I noticed that the kingslayer tracker is showing 11/12 and somehow I haven't got the Bowman Briefing when I got to the area the first time. Furthermore the bosses face, Marcus Jensen, is shown in the Libertad map, but his name is still shown as "unknown".

    Note: I got every single kingslayer file in the area, I compared the names with a guide. I am missing the first video with the briefing.

    I've read some people encountered this glitch too (with other areas for example), is there anything you can do about it to trigger those briefings again? I'm worried that I won't get the achievement for collecting all kingslayer documents.

    What should I do with that info USASgtNickFury? I have a completely different problem wich isn't covered in this fix/guide.

    I tried this again with a friend:

    - In areas with a known boss, you get a call AND a video (= kingslayer file) when you cross the boarder the first time
    - In areas wit an unknown boss you only get a call. You have to do a mission where the boss is identified, THEN you get the video / kingslayer file

    In my case with Libertad it's the first mission where you have to seach the house and interrogate a guy in the university. When he makes an apointment with the boss at the "witchmarket" his name Marcus Jensen is revealed and you get the video.

    I replayed the mission with a friend and the video unlocked for him. But not for me and it looks like I can't it anymore. Still 11/12 kingslayer files.

    Ubisoft, this is really a bad bug, fix this!
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    FIX For Awards and Achievements Not Unlocking Works 100% Pin This Fix UbiSoft

    Mission Master ...

    This achievement is obviously for completing all story missions.

    This achievement for most people will pop when obtaining 100% plus completion in Smuggling, Security, Influence and Production and completing the 2 missions for the final boss and the 2 DEA missions.

    Note: This achievement is currently known to be buggy/glitchy for no apparent reason.

    I had completed all story missions and had 100% plus in all operations, but my achievement tracker was on 99%. At this point in time, no one really can pin point what makes this occur, but there is a solution that worked for me.

    What worked for me to pop this achievement was to go into each providence and hit to bring up the option to replay the missions. Now what I did was selected to replay a mission and waited for the mission checkpoint message to pop up on my screen. Once that happened I simply went back into the replay mission option and selected the next one on the list and continued to do so for the rest of the providence before moving onto the next one and repeated the process moving around the map.

    For me, my achievement popped using this method in about the 4th providence I tried this method on. Hopefully this method will work people that are stuck on 99% progress on the achievement tracker.

    The Peruvian DLC missions do not count toward overall progress on the tracker.
    Credit to Karlos Fantano on the ubisoft forums for the solution which helped me unlock my achievement. worked for me


    Just worked for me too. A hint is when you get a call from Karen Bowman and you tell her you are heading to the next AO. That means the providence is complete, and you can go to the next one. the ones that didn't give me a "Mission Checkpoint" noticed I did again

    Now on to fixing the The Whole Story, Legendary Hunter, Sniper Rifle, and Sub-Machine-gun Fanatic as they are not unlocking either.
    Glad to see people helping others here, as it's the only help we are gong to get it seems.

    A update to the post, as I have also had this work for unlocking the "Legendary Hunter Badge and Achievement" here is a screen shot. Just did it a few minutes ago. Going to try this also for the others that are not unlocking too. Hope this helps out with your badges not unlocking. Yeah I'm on a PC too.

    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile.../?id=905995292

    Ok just fixed another one "Whole Story: wasn't unlocking either. So when to the last Providence I did in my completed game. Start getting the Kingslayer file and Legends documents after the 4th one I found, the achievement unlocked.

    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile.../?id=906288188


    Last two are Sub Machine Gun and Sniper Rifle Fanatic. Going to continue with this new save and unlock them too. At least Ubisoft knows what is going on now. When you play multiplayer it's not recording all players as picking up the item, file, document, or finishing the mission. So the only way to correct it. Is to start a new save and do the missions, find the items, or documents, or legends yourself.

    Like the other posts I've done. here is another achievement unlocked by following the simple fix. Sniper Rifle Fanatic Achievement

    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile.../?id=906828437

    Last one to work on is the Sub Machine Gun Fanatic Achievement.

    Well that's it guys. I just unlocked the last one that I couldn't under my first save. Even after getting all the weapons. And NOT BUYING anything in the store. This will work for everyone who also has the issues with any Badges or Achievements not unlocking.

    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile.../?id=906964428

    UbiSoft PLEASE PIN THIS POST! Or add it to your know fixes, so everyone can stop racking their brains trying to get this Badges and Achievements, You can even remove my name ( I don't care ) Just want to help those with this issue. As it's very frustrating to do everythinng and still not get the reward for it. Thanks


    Last edited by USASgtNickFury; 04-16-2017 at 06:48 PM.
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    UbiPhobos's Avatar Community Manager
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    Hey FranconianX,

    We have addressed the issue with the missing Kingslayer file in Media Luna in patch 3.0. Is it still causing problems for you?

    Thank you for the details around the LIbertad mission. I will pass along and look into it.
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    I don't know about Media Luna yet because I haven't completed the area. But of course I'm on the latest patch (Xbox).

    The problem with the missing Bowman Briefings happened to other people to, since I did a lot of research in the last days (here in this board, Gamefaqs, Trueachievements, Reddit, Xboxachievements...). The bug happens in different areas and not only in Libertad, but I saw a few people with the exact same situation like mine: Libertad 11/12 because of the missing briefing.

    I played this game for 40 hours now and I am worried very much now to be cheated out of my achievement for getting all kingslayer files (called The Whole Story).

    Please find a way in the next patch that you automatically unlock the Bowman Briefings when you completed an area or make them appear again when you replay the mission where you get them originally.

    Ubisoft, why isn't this issue mentioned in the known bugs thread? Are you not looking into it, despite several people having this problem?

    Please, fix this problem with the missing briefing and the 'Unknown' bosses.
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    Originally Posted by FranconianX Go to original post
    I don't know about Media Luna yet because I haven't completed the area. But of course I'm on the latest patch (Xbox).

    The problem with the missing Bowman Briefings happened to other people to, since I did a lot of research in the last days (here in this board, Gamefaqs, Trueachievements, Reddit, Xboxachievements...). The bug happens in different areas and not only in Libertad, but I saw a few people with the exact same situation like mine: Libertad 11/12 because of the missing briefing.

    I played this game for 40 hours now and I am worried very much now to be cheated out of my achievement for getting all kingslayer files (called The Whole Story).

    Please find a way in the next patch that you automatically unlock the Bowman Briefings when you completed an area or make them appear again when you replay the mission where you get them originally.
    Ok just fixed another one "Whole Story: wasn't unlocking either. So went to the last Providence I did in my completed game. Start getting the Kingslayer file and Legends documents after the 4th providence, I found the one I needed, then the achievement unlocked.



    Very easy to fix this. Just go to any providence and then open the map. Right click on it and starting at the top pick each mission, one at a time. After you pick one. You will see a message pop up on the screen "Mission Checkpoint" When that happens. Open the map and pick the next one on the list. If you pick a mission and you don't get the "Mission Checkpoint message" YOU NEED TO DO THAT MISSION AGAIN. Continue doing this for each providence until the "Whole Story Achievement unlocks.

    I have 538 hours playing and I can assure you this will fix the issue, if you take the time to do it. The problem happens when you play co-op and the server doesn't record everyone as receiving the kingslayer file, or weapon case, or legend. It worked for me unlocking 4 achievements that were locked, even after two patches for the game.
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    I have the same issue here! Missing Bowman breifing for Marcus Jensen...
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    I replayed the mission with the newest patch. Still no kingslayer file/bowman briefing.

    This is very sad.
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    UbiPhobos's Avatar Community Manager
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    Hey everyone,

    I will report this issue again and see if I can figure out what may be going on. Apologies!
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    I have a similar issue, in my case, I have 100% of the game but my Nina Flores files still 8/9, I checked the list with another player and for me it's missing the 8- The Word Of Sueno (Queen's gambit), I saw a video that the player get this file after take down her partner, I did again the mission and others with relation with Nina but still not showing this file for me
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    The collectibles gitched out on me again, but in a good way. After I collected the third last kingslayer file in the game, the achievement for collecting all popped!

    So perhaps you are in luck, even if an area still says that you are missing one because of the Bowman Briefing that did't unlock.
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