black plague.. machine room bug

[noodles385]

I can't really answer you're question about the gas mask, so need to wait Thomas or Jens...

But about the game:
You can finish the game, I think, since the patch fixes the only bug that everyone have with non-patched game that will crash the game at one point.
But if you can live with the gas mask 'bug', I guess you shouldn't face no more bigger problems with the game, since you patched it.

Oh, and one more question:
What version of the game did you bought? The downloadable version (Direct2Drive etc., other sites) or boxed version?

There are different patches for both of those...

Sorry, sorry, sorry...

My mistake. I have just discovered that is not a bug at all. Actually I believed the valve would stop the gas in the machine room, but in the machine room there's no gas at all and this is the explanation of why I could put off the gas mask without any problem. Indeed the function of the valve is not for the machine room but for the corridor out of the machine room, the one after the automatical doors.. In fact, once I closed the valve, I could go out of the machine room without the gas mask.. Stupid me. I'm really sorry.

However I've got the boxed version and I have downloaded this patch:

http://support.frictionalgames.com/entry/70/

Thank you for your help. Bye.