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Squigly and Big Band "All Palettes Locked" Bug and Locked Stages

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People are running into this and @Mike_Z has suggestions. So everyone can look in one place and not have to scroll through unrelated posts, here is a proper thread for this bug.

There are users running into an issue with all palettes being locked for Big Band and Squigly. And there's also an issue with locked stages (Meridian Rooftops, River King Casino and that other one).

A quick workaround is to select palettes via the attack buttons instead of "Start" to scroll through it.

Fix with highest success so far:

Mr.NiceGuy said:
I think I've found a way to fix this without deleting "your" save data.
Alright this is what I did...
- Tried the delete and redownload, didn't work, including Title Update.
*This included all the files discussed. No help.
Instead try this...
1 - Move your save data to the cloud save. (Make sure you don't delete your save by accident, just move it)
2 - Start the game on Hard Drive (which won't have the old save data).
*Check the character select to see if the palettes are open (which every palettes pack you own will depend on either having individual or the bundle pack). If you see Squigly and BB's palettes unlocked, good.
*Redo this step with the save data from the cloud save (old save) instead, if the palettes are there, thats great. Now one more step...
3 - Next, and finally, move the cloud save data back to the Hard Drive (a pop-up should say you will overwrite your "new data" on the HD with your old "complete?" save data from the cloud, choose "yes"). Turn off, or don't select, the cloud on the next start-up.
*Start the game again, with the Hard Drive now having the old save data, go to the character select (this happened for me), go to Squigly or BB, select the palettes #1-6 (any), and they should now be opened.
~ If you own the Character Bundle Pack, palettes #19-22 on all character will also be opened.

Here you go, this is how I got the palettes working.
Hope it helps.:PUN:


Less successful ones.
Suggested fix: Removing Old Save to Create New Save
... anyone else with the color problem
Would you be kind enough to get rid of your savedata and see if you still have the problem? You don't necessarily have to delete it, just like copy it somewhere else and have it not present when you boot the game so it makes a new save.
I have a suspicion it isn't properly importing the new initialization things ("you can use colors 1-10 for Squigly" etc) if you already have savedata.
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Kittens said:
Using a new save instead of the old ones,colors are working fine though I don't remember they going until 21(1-6 is unlocked, the ones unlocked via arcade/story mode/etc are locked, but there's a bunch after them unlocked which might be the color bundle). So yeah, if the colors aren't working starting a new save seems to fix the issue.

Suggested fix: Redownload game
Mike told everyone to redownload the game (on Xbox) to solve the color problems, and it worked (Partially worked, we could get Squigly and BB's default palettes but not the 2-7 colors)

IF when one redownloads the game after deleting it, they decide to download the dlc extra color palettes again, the Squigly and Big Band colors get screwed up again. Just wanted to point that out as a word of warning for everyone but wasn't sure how to spread it.

Suggested fix: Delete everything (previous updates, DLC) but the main game and redownload latest updates and DLC

 
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hmm, weird. so for all the regular characters i have all the colours unlocked (DLC, unlocks via story/arcade) but the colours that came with the BB and squigly updates are locked still.

for BB and squigs however 1-6, 11-13, 19-21 are all locked for some reason. i already deleted all my save files and made new ones but it didnt seem to fix it.

also river casino, new meridian rooftops, and glass canopy all remain locked despite me finishing squigs story mode.
 
Evilweevle said:
hmm, weird. so for all the regular characters i have all the colours unlocked (DLC, unlocks via story/arcade) but the colours that came with the BB and squigly updates are locked still.

for BB and squigs however 1-6, 11-13, 19-21 are all locked for some reason. i already deleted all my save files and made new ones but it didnt seem to fix it.

also river casino, new meridian rooftops, and glass canopy all remain locked despite me finishing squigs story mode.
Same here.
 
i also just tried deleting and redownloading the game and that didnt fix it either.
 
What's more, Big Band and Squigly are locked for some reason and some of the colors are missing or locked as well.
 
hmm. well at least atm its only a few colours and stuff im missing. kinda not sure about trying the whole delete everything method since it seems for some people the update is then not working. i might just wait for a fix of some kind.

i still get the locked stages on random when i play online which i dunno if its supposed to do that.
 
goddamn i couldnt just leave well alone. so in an attempt to fix the problem with the colours and the stages i deleted everything and started redownloading it all.

except now that whenever i try and get squigs and band , i get as far as selecting the option on the add ons section, and then it times out and basically my xbox freezes, and i have to shut it off by the power button. ffs. getting annoyed now.
 
well that was a big waste of time. i guess there was a problem with xbl earlier but now i managed to redownload everything including the colour bundle and its exactly the same as it was.
 
Just sharing my experience trying to get this to work, I have redownloaded everything in a few different orders, tried using my existing save file and no save file at all and keep getting the same results.

All the palettes for big band and squigly are locked unless I use the "press X" workaround or start completing story/arcade mode and unlocking those specific palettes.
All the palettes for the other characters that came with this update are locked as well no matter what I have tried.

I did notice that when I go into the dlc menu from within the game there are two versions of skullgirls available to me, my original installation and another identical looking version that is listed as free. This strikes me as very strange.

Hopefully this information is helpful in some way.
 
mine simply wont give me any of the dlc's. I've all the base palettes, being 1-10 for all characters, but I've recently downloaded squigly, big band, and the added palettes for ms. fortune, but none of them even come up in game.
 
actually this fixed that. but the only palette I have for squigly and big band are #7
 
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so in my ongoing saga i deleted EVERYTHING (inc the original game) and redownloaded it all. still no dice.

im done trying to fix it now.
 
th3l0stch1ld said:
actually this fixed that. but the only palette I have for squigly and big band are #7
This means you beat their story mode.
 
Now I'm going to preface this by saying I did not encounter this problem, but this gave me an idea:
guitalex2007 said:
This means you beat their story mode.
They could also use the 10th color code, right?
 
Zazz said:
They could also use the 10th color code, right?
I... Haven't tried that yet. Too tired though.
 
I just downloaded Skullgirls for the first time to My 360, followed by the Compatability Pack, Squiggly, and Big Band in that order through the X-box Games section. I'm getting the same problem with Squiggly & Big Band's colors though the X button workaround works for me (and I blazed through both of their story modes to unlock their 7th Colors respectively._ Being jammed on the character select screen while trying peruse Big Band's colors for Story mode was annoying

For now I will wait until we have a concise way of fixing this rather than uninstalling and re-downloading everything.

Also, while the all colors group pack is not available, for some reason if you check DLC while in Game, the individual color packs per character are still available.
 
Zazz said:
They could also use the 10th color code, right?
or go through arcade to get the 8th, I believe
 
I think I've found a way to fix this without deleting "your" save data.
Alright this is what I did...
- Tried the delete and redownload, didn't work, including Title Update.
*This included all the files discussed. No help.
Instead try this...
1 - Move your save data to the cloud save. (Make sure you don't delete your save by accident, just move it)
2 - Start the game on Hard Drive (which won't have the old save data).
*Check the character select to see if the palettes are open (which every palettes pack you own will depend on either having individual or the bundle pack). If you see Squigly and BB's palettes unlocked, good.
*Redo this step with the save data from the cloud save (old save) instead, if the palettes are there, thats great. Now one more step...
3 - Next, and finally, move the cloud save data back to the Hard Drive (a pop-up should say you will overwrite your "new data" on the HD with your old "complete?" save data from the cloud, choose "yes"). Turn off, or don't select, the cloud on the next start-up.
*Start the game again, with the Hard Drive now having the old save data, go to the character select (this happened for me), go to Squigly or BB, select the palettes #1-6 (any), and they should now be opened.
~ If you own the Character Bundle Pack, palettes #19-22 on all character will also be opened.

Here you go, this is how I got the palettes working.
Hope it helps.:PUN:
 
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Mr.NiceGuy said:
I think I've found a way to fix this without deleting "your" save data.
Alright this is what I did...
- Tried the delete and redownload, didn't work, including Title Update.
*This included all the files discussed. No help.
Instead try this...
1 - Move your save data to the cloud save. (Make sure you don't delete your save by accident, just move it)
2 - Start the game on Hard Drive (which won't have the old save data).
*Check the character select to see if the palettes are open (which every palettes pack you own will depend on either having individual or the bundle pack). If you see Squigly and BB's palettes unlocked, good.
*Redo this step with the save data from the cloud save (old save) instead, if the palettes are there, thats great. Now one more step...
3 - Next, and finally, move the cloud save data back to the Hard Drive (a pop-up should say you will overwrite your "new data" on the HD with your old "complete?" save data from the cloud, choose "yes"). Turn off, or don't select, the cloud on the next start-up.
*Start the game again, with the Hard Drive now having the old save data, go to the character select (this happened for me), go to Squigly or BB, select the palettes #1-6 (any), and they should now be opened.
~ If you own the Character Bundle Pack, palettes #19-22 on all character will also be opened.

Here you go, this is how I got the palettes working.
Hope it helps.:PUN:
Ok so I activated cloud storage and moved my save, started the game and chose hard drive as the load location. That worked for me, thanks!

@Mr. X please update the original post. This is the real solution.
 
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cool im gonna try this method myself later too.

edit: awesome it worked for me too! thanks a bunch.

we should maybe bring this to the attention of @Ravidrath
@render
 
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I have brought it to his attention.

I er. Sorry about all this, it looks like the save file format on the XBox changed at some point between last year and this year (go figure).
 
Mr.NiceGuy said:
I think I've found a way to fix this without deleting "your" save data.
Alright this is what I did...
- Tried the delete and redownload, didn't work, including Title Update.
*This included all the files discussed. No help.
Instead try this...
1 - Move your save data to the cloud save. (Make sure you don't delete your save by accident, just move it)
2 - Start the game on Hard Drive (which won't have the old save data).
*Check the character select to see if the palettes are open (which every palettes pack you own will depend on either having individual or the bundle pack). If you see Squigly and BB's palettes unlocked, good.
*Redo this step with the save data from the cloud save (old save) instead, if the palettes are there, thats great. Now one more step...
3 - Next, and finally, move the cloud save data back to the Hard Drive (a pop-up should say you will overwrite your "new data" on the HD with your old "complete?" save data from the cloud, choose "yes"). Turn off, or don't select, the cloud on the next start-up.
*Start the game again, with the Hard Drive now having the old save data, go to the character select (this happened for me), go to Squigly or BB, select the palettes #1-6 (any), and they should now be opened.
~ If you own the Character Bundle Pack, palettes #19-22 on all character will also be opened.

Here you go, this is how I got the palettes working.
Hope it helps.:PUN:
Thanks for the superb fix! Everything turned out the way it was supposed to be!
 
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Glad to help, and to all else who may share this problem.


Mike_Z
That actually makes sense, heh...
 
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That worked for me as well, thanks a lot!
 
well, now that that's out of the way, hope to see you all out there someday. im going to go lose repeatedly again!:PUN:
 
Mr. X said:
People are running into this and @Mike_Z has suggestions. So everyone can look in one place and not have to scroll through unrelated posts, here is a proper thread for this bug.

There are users running into an issue with all palettes being locked for Big Band and Squigly. And there's also an issue with locked stages (Meridian Rooftops, River King Casino and that other one).

A quick workaround is to select palettes via the attack buttons instead of "Start" to scroll through it.

Fix with highest success so far:




Less successful ones.
Suggested fix: Removing Old Save to Create New Save

via Mike Z

One members results


Suggested fix: Redownload game


Suggested fix: Delete everything (previous updates, DLC) but the main game and redownload latest updates and DLC


The method posted by Mr.NiceGuy worked! Thanks!
 
Downloaded the color bundle just now and Squigly and Big Band still Have colors 1-6 and 11-13 locked as well as everyones colors 19 and up. Casino, rooftop, and glass canopy stages are also still locked.
 
lesiothain said:
Downloaded the color bundle just now and Squigly and Big Band still Have colors 1-6 and 11-13 locked as well as everyones colors 19 and up. Casino, rooftop, and glass canopy stages are also still locked.
Do the thing in the first post, that's what it fixes. I think?
 
The DLC palettes are still locked for me. Must I re-beat a character's campaign to unlock them?
 
lesiothain said:
Sadly I can't access the Cloud because I don't have the Gold
This is my problem as well, I don't have Gold either (not until my B-day in a few months) so this fix is not an option for me at this time.

No if you will excuse me I have some Color Pallettes to buy.


Edit: And I have the exact same locks after getting the pallettes that lesothain has.
 
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Well, I have hopefully added code to fix this in future updates, although that doesn't help you now.
And I can't TEST the code change because I can't get the problem to happen here...heh.
 
Mike_Z said:
Well, I have hopefully added code to fix this in future updates, although that doesn't help you now.
And I can't TEST the code change because I can't get the problem to happen here...heh.


Thanks for doing what you can Mike. Worst comes to worst I'll jut wait til' Eliza's release and see the change be inputted then when I download her.
 
Mike_Z said:
Well I just wish I could test it. >.<
Get someone's Xbox.
 
Anyways, I too also had this same problem, and I though the DLC bundle would fix that, it didn't, but after doing what Mr. NiceGuy posted, it did fix what was wrong.

So yeah, in short...
Copy Save file from HDD -> Put it either in Cloud (or if possible, a flash/usb drive) -> load save from Cloud/USB on SG:E, check if everything's unlocked -> then copy save from Cloud/USB back to HDD, reload SG:E and it should be fixed either way. (At least, that's how I went through it.)
 
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