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Lock symbols?

Just downloaded the game from PS+ and I played through both tutorials and got ready to play the actual game. But all the modes have lock symbols on them? I tried deleting and reinstalling and its still the same. I noticed a lot of people saying they can’t get connection to server but no one saying anything about lock symbols 

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  • chemical_reject
    chemical_reject Member Posts: 940
    Screenshots would be helpful if u can. I don't remember ever having locked symbols. U have ps plus right?
  • Troyyoung2014
    Troyyoung2014 Member Posts: 10
    @chemical_reject
    yes I do 
  • Troyyoung2014
    Troyyoung2014 Member Posts: 10
    Here’s a pic
  • Troyyoung2014
    Troyyoung2014 Member Posts: 10
    And here’s the ps+ symbol by my name, I renewed it like 2 weeks ago for another 3 months
  • Troyyoung2014
    Troyyoung2014 Member Posts: 10
    @chemical_reject any info?
  • RWoodrow
    RWoodrow Member Posts: 270
    I've got a few ideas that may help -

    Have you checked to make sure there are no updates pending? That is often the cause.

    Might try rebooting the Ps4.

    If you've done both of those, you might renew licences on your profile. Those things always need renewing on the Ps4. 
  • chemical_reject
    chemical_reject Member Posts: 940
    edited August 2018
    Yes updates would be my guess. Sorry for the delayed reply. Getting off work. 
  • chemical_reject
    chemical_reject Member Posts: 940
    Oh I had another thought. Maybe u need to go to the terms of services or whatever and accept somthing before playing. Some games do that. 
  • Skorpanio
    Skorpanio Member Posts: 605

    Have you pirated the game?
    ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    Might be a troll for pirates...
    jk

  • Troyyoung2014
    Troyyoung2014 Member Posts: 10
    Well I’ve officially done everything. I rebooted my PS4, updated everything I can update (system is already recent update and so is game), I accepted terms and services at start of game when first installed and no option to check anything else, I have ps+ sub, my WiFi is perfect connection, and I’ve reinstalled the game twice now. 
    Still lock symbols over everything but the tutorial option. Looks like this game is not getting played by me. It’s not something on my end
  • Troyyoung2014
    Troyyoung2014 Member Posts: 10
    A better picture. 
  • BoxingRouge
    BoxingRouge Member Posts: 606
    edited August 2018
    You might have to re-do the tutorial again, for Both Killer & Survivor.
  • epicassassin
    epicassassin Member Posts: 77
    @BoxingRouge i went straight into a real match without doing any tutorials when i downloaded it and this was like 2 days ago.
  • Troyyoung2014
    Troyyoung2014 Member Posts: 10
    @BoxingRouge I did twice fully, both killer and survivor when I first downloaded just to get the layout and #########, and again when I reinstalled. 
    Its all good tho, I’ll probs just go buy it at GameStop for $9.99. One here where I live has it used 
  • shotcaller8379
    shotcaller8379 Member Posts: 1
    Let me know if you figured it out.  I'm having the same problem . My gamertag is shotcaller83 
  • RWoodrow
    RWoodrow Member Posts: 270
    edited August 2018
    Did you try restoring your licences in your profile? 

    It's a long shot but it could be the issue.
  • Troyyoung2014
    Troyyoung2014 Member Posts: 10
    @RWoodrow yeah I did once the other guy said something about it. Took like 40 seconds but it still didn’t help 
  • Troyyoung2014
    Troyyoung2014 Member Posts: 10
    @shotcaller8379 I tried pretty much everything I could think of and even what they suggested and nothing worked, I just bought the game for $11.21 at GameStop. I like physical copies anyways. Works fine now, just not the ps+ download for some reason
  • chemical_reject
    chemical_reject Member Posts: 940
    Hey @Peanits @MandyTalk  have u guys ever heard of the locked icons? 
  • fcc2014
    fcc2014 Member Posts: 4,388
    Poor guy just wants to play.

  • Peanits
    Peanits Dev Posts: 7,555
    Hey @Peanits @MandyTalk  have u guys ever heard of the locked icons? 
    I have not, but it may be related to the recent outages.
  • chemical_reject
    chemical_reject Member Posts: 940
    Thank u @Peanits. Hey @Troyyoung2014 status update? Is it still showing locked icons? If so I was gonna tag @not_Queen (she has been very active today) and see if she has any ideas on how to troubleshoot the issue. I've seen several people who said the same thing about having locked icons and already completing the tutorial or other various common sense troubleshoot (license renewal, updates, ect..)
  • FoggyWeather_
    FoggyWeather_ Member Posts: 163

    @Troyyoung2014 said:
    Here’s a pic

    Is the game fully downloaded on your Playstation?
    Many times you can enter your downloaded games while they're downloading because they're ready start but they still have to install data

  • FoggyWeather_
    FoggyWeather_ Member Posts: 163

    @chemical_reject said:
    Thank u @Peanits. Hey @Troyyoung2014 status update? Is it still showing locked icons? If so I was gonna tag @not_Queen (she has been very active today) and see if she has any ideas on how to troubleshoot the issue. I've seen several people who said the same thing about having locked icons and already completing the tutorial or other various common sense troubleshoot (license renewal, updates, ect..)

    In all cases that I have encountered on Reddit it was the same problem for everyone.
    They can enter the game even if it's not fully downloaded yet.
    Because Sony gave the option to many games that you can enter after a specific amount of gb downloaded, then the game is "ready to start" but not ready to play.

  • chemical_reject
    chemical_reject Member Posts: 940

    @chemical_reject said:
    Thank u @Peanits. Hey @Troyyoung2014 status update? Is it still showing locked icons? If so I was gonna tag @not_Queen (she has been very active today) and see if she has any ideas on how to troubleshoot the issue. I've seen several people who said the same thing about having locked icons and already completing the tutorial or other various common sense troubleshoot (license renewal, updates, ect..)

    In all cases that I have encountered on Reddit it was the same problem for everyone.
    They can enter the game even if it's not fully downloaded yet.
    Because Sony gave the option to many games that you can enter after a specific amount of gb downloaded, then the game is "ready to start" but not ready to play.

    It makes sense but I thought the OP said everything was done and updated to 2.1.1 or whatever it is now lol
  • Doomspooge
    Doomspooge Member Posts: 184

    I've seen that before. In my case it was xbox but should be the same. It's pretty much what FoggyWeather said. The game downloads so much then it lets you open and play the tutorials. Everything else remains locked until the full game download finishes.

  • not_Queen
    not_Queen Member Posts: 1,114

    @Doomspooge and @FoggyWeather_ are right! The game downloads in ''chunks'' and allows you to play the tutorial while it downloads the rest. You finished your tutorial before the download so you are locked out. If you wait a little, the issue should be fixing itself. Please contact support.deadbydaylight.com if the issue doesn't resolve!

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