Why can't I get past Meteor Falls and into Mt. Chimney? (Sapphire)?

Question

For some reason when I enter Meteor Falls and encounter the two grunts and the professor, there is no scene that occurs. By that I mean the two grunts just stand there and don't say anything, I can't interact with them and they don't flee with the meteorite. I can interact with the professor but he says the same thing every time (something about Mr. Chimney).

I am able to leave Meteor Falls and then go back to where the cable car should be but the grunts are still blocking the entrance to it.

Did I miss a critical step which would keep the story progressing ? If so, I can't seem to figure out what that is. Thanks for the help. Here is a link to the screengrab when I'm in Meteor falls

https://imgur.com/a/PfpLupo

Comments

Are you playing on an emulator?

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Yeah, I'm playing on my retron 5

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@Larry please use the "comment" button to respond to comments, not the "answer" button.

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Sorry about that, noted.

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It's definitely an emulator thing then. And, unfortunately, questions about emulators are not allowed I believe.

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"I am able to leave Meteor Falls and then go back to where the cable car should be but the grunts are still blocking the entrance to it."

Have you beat Flannery?

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Haven't beat Flannery yet, I believe that would be next if I could get to the cable car and go to lavaridge

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Ah, your'e right. Also, this page exists: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Appendix:Ruby_and_Sapphire_walkthrough

So you can look through it to see if you're missing anything.

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Thanks, that's the walk through I was using to make sure I didn't miss anything.

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Thanks for the flag. We don't allow questions about emulation/ROMs, but I don't want to extend that into issues that only *might* be an emulator problem.
If the solution is truly that this is an emulation bug (which is by no means guaranteed), then we can make a note of that and leave it there.

Answer 1

just go to the start of meteor falls then go left once you reached an end go down then you should find an exit