Merc ring in Warlab doesn't work

After acquiring the signet ring, I head to warlab to talk to Panther. All mercs still in red and I am immortal. I have tried everything from restarts to reinstall with no luck. The ring makes me enemy to everyone accept traders. cannot equip it or drop it. Have any suggestions on how to resolve this problem?

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After acquiring the signet ring, I head to warlab to talk to Panther. All mercs still in red and I am immortal. I have tried everything from restarts to reinstall with no luck. The ring makes me enemy to everyone accept traders. cannot equip it or drop it. Have any suggestions on how to resolve this problem?  

Welcome.
First question is which version of Stalkersoup are you running? Latest is 1.10019. The problem you describe was several patches ago, and has been resolved in a later patch. If it has reared it's ugly head again, and you are running the latest, send save after acquiring the ring, and probably the autosave entering Warlab to Aleks @ [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].

Good hunting.

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After acquiring the signet ring, I head to warlab to talk to Panther. All mercs still in red and I am immortal. I have tried everything from restarts to reinstall with no luck. The ring makes me enemy to everyone accept traders. cannot equip it or drop it. Have any suggestions on how to resolve this problem?  

Welcome.
First question is which version of Stalkersoup are you running? Latest is 1.10019. The problem you describe was several patches ago, and has been resolved in a later patch. If it has reared it's ugly head again, and you are running the latest, send save after acquiring the ring, and probably the autosave entering Warlab to Aleks @ [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].

Good hunting.

You need to avoid anyone from when you get the Merc's ring until you get to Warlab. If you go direct, you should be okay as monolith are friendly to Mercs, and it is a short walk.

There is a fight going on

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between Mercs and Monolith on your first visit to Warlab, which is before you get the ring. When you have the ring, there are only Mercs in Warlab and they should all be friendly. The fight involving Panther comes later.

As kd6dm suggests, it sounds as if run8andplugem has an old version of the game, or else an old bug has reappeared and needs reporting.

Hmmm... Well, unless it has been changed, the sequence should be:

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When you meet Fang in the Fiery Cave, he sends you to investigate Warlab.

When you get there, you find a pitched battle under way between Monolith and Mercenary forces. When they are all dead, you search the body of the Merc leader in the "pool" room. He has a document about you, which you take to Fang. (Fang is now in the old farm in Army Warehouses.)

Fang tells you that you need to "join" the Mercs to find out more. He tells you that Lukash was once a Merc, and he has a ring that would identify you as a Merc. Lukash tells you that his ring was stolen by a Monolithian, who is now in Radar. You retrieve the ring and return to Warlab.

Warlab is now controlled by the Mercs, but because you have the ring they are friendly. You meet Panther and do some missions for her. Then the Merc boss returns and the Mercs become hostile again - apart from Panther and her two bodyguards, who help you defeat them.

You then return to Fang, who is now in the Bar. Finally you return the ring to Lukash.

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Hmmm... Well, unless it has been changed, the sequence should be:

Spoiler:

 

When you meet Fang in the Fiery Cave, he sends you to investigate Warlab.

When you get there, you find a pitched battle under way between Monolith and Mercenary forces. When they are all dead, you search the body of the Merc leader in the "pool" room. He has a document about you, which you take to Fang. (Fang is now in the old farm in Army Warehouses.)

Fang tells you that you need to "join" the Mercs to find out more. He tells you that Lukash was once a Merc, and he has a ring that would identify you as a Merc. Lukash tells you that his ring was stolen by a Monolithian, who is now in Radar. You retrieve the ring and return to Warlab.

Warlab is now controlled by the Mercs, but because you have the ring they are friendly. You meet Panther and do some missions for her. Then the Merc boss returns and the Mercs become hostile again - apart from Panther and her two bodyguards, who help you defeat them.

You then return to Fang, who is now in the Bar. Finally you return the ring to Lukash.

Hi pchester, as of patch 1.10018 your description of events is correct. TrueB's description is not.

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Hmmm... Well, unless it has been changed, the sequence should be:

Spoiler:

 

When you meet Fang in the Fiery Cave, he sends you to investigate Warlab.

When you get there, you find a pitched battle under way between Monolith and Mercenary forces. When they are all dead, you search the body of the Merc leader in the "pool" room. He has a document about you, which you take to Fang. (Fang is now in the old farm in Army Warehouses.)

Fang tells you that you need to "join" the Mercs to find out more. He tells you that Lukash was once a Merc, and he has a ring that would identify you as a Merc. Lukash tells you that his ring was stolen by a Monolithian, who is now in Radar. You retrieve the ring and return to Warlab.

Warlab is now controlled by the Mercs, but because you have the ring they are friendly. You meet Panther and do some missions for her. Then the Merc boss returns and the Mercs become hostile again - apart from Panther and her two bodyguards, who help you defeat them.

You then return to Fang, who is now in the Bar. Finally you return the ring to Lukash.

Hi pchester, as of patch 1.10018 your description of events is correct. TrueB's description is not.

Hi run8bagandplugem, 

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after you put on the Merc ring everyone else apart from Monolith Freedom and Bandits, who accept mercs usually, will try to shoot you on sight, if you are on invincible mode you will still have fall outs with Factions. When you get the ring finally removed, you need to either see Sidhorich in Cordon to pay a fee to make things okay ... or you can press Esc F or simply go back to before you  gained the Merc ring and then take care to reach Warlab without being spotted and shot at ie as direct a line as possible

,the next spoiler covers the acquisition of the ring which I had forgotten, regardless, I hope all is now clear for you, regards TrueB
Hi kd6dm and pchester 

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I realised that the question was also about traders etc. I recall the initial fight on arrival, and as mentioned the later fight. I had forgotten the gaining of the ring sequence except that MO was sent by Lukash to kill the Merc and get his ring

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After acquiring the signet ring, I head to warlab to talk to Panther. All mercs still in red and I am immortal. I have tried everything from restarts to reinstall with no luck. The ring makes me enemy to everyone accept traders. cannot equip it or drop it. Have any suggestions on how to resolve this problem?  

Hi run8andplugem,
When you initially entered Warlab, did you shoot at any of the Mercs first? If so that would certainly make them and their friends enemies to you. I suggest going back to a previous save eg Dark Valley or even Army Warehouses may be best imo, rregards, TrueB.

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Hmmm... Well, unless it has been changed, the sequence should be:

Spoiler:

 

When you meet Fang in the Fiery Cave, he sends you to investigate Warlab.

When you get there, you find a pitched battle under way between Monolith and Mercenary forces. When they are all dead, you search the body of the Merc leader in the "pool" room. He has a document about you, which you take to Fang. (Fang is now in the old farm in Army Warehouses.)

Fang tells you that you need to "join" the Mercs to find out more. He tells you that Lukash was once a Merc, and he has a ring that would identify you as a Merc. Lukash tells you that his ring was stolen by a Monolithian, who is now in Radar. You retrieve the ring and return to Warlab.

Warlab is now controlled by the Mercs, but because you have the ring they are friendly. You meet Panther and do some missions for her. Then the Merc boss returns and the Mercs become hostile again - apart from Panther and her two bodyguards, who help you defeat them.

You then return to Fang, who is now in the Bar. Finally you return the ring to Lukash.

Hi pchester, as of patch 1.10018 your description of events is correct. TrueB's description is not.

Quite correct I removed the incorrect bits.

I would like to thank all of you for your input. I am running version 1.10019.  As I recall the first time I entered warlab I waited and stayed stealth and picked up the info from the leader merc in the pool room. I didn't shoot or contact any others. I will try again and start at recon after getting orders from Fang to investigate. I think maybe I used a hand teleport the first time I exited recon. I may have messed with a event in the script. This time I will use the army warehouse exit and follow your guys instructions. Wish me luck. Thanks again for all your help. Proud to be playing the greatest in depth game ever created. Keep up the wonderful work it is so appreciated.

EDIT: No such luck, replayed from recon when Fang sent me on mission. First time in warlab total stealth no one saw me, got book from merc and took back to Fang in Warehouses. Received mission to get ring. Acquired it in radar went to warlab without being noticed. Once inside there was fighting once again. Waited about a hour on stair case. Then stealth to pool room. Panther and body guards still in red and shot at me before I could start conversation. no one else but the 3 knew I was there.

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I would like to thank all of you for your input. I am running version 1.10019.  As I recall the first time I entered warlab I waited and stayed stealth and picked up the info from the leader merc in the pool room. I didn't shoot or contact any others. I will try again and start at recon after getting orders from Fang to investigate. I think maybe I used a hand teleport the first time I exited recon. I may have messed with a event in the script. This time I will use the army warehouse exit and follow your guys instructions. Wish me luck. Thanks again for all your help. Proud to be playing the greatest in depth game ever created. Keep up the wonderful work it is so appreciated.

EDIT: No such luck, replayed from recon when Fang sent me on mission. First time in warlab total stealth no one saw me, got book from merc and took back to Fang in Warehouses. Received mission to get ring. Acquired it in radar went to warlab without being noticed. Once inside there was fighting once again. Waited about a hour on stair case. Then stealth to pool room. Panther and body guards still in red and shot at me before I could start conversation. no one else but the 3 knew I was there.

Hi again, run8...
OK, since you are running the latest, it sounds like a possible bug. The 1st time you visit Warlab, the Mercs and Monolith are fighting. You can safely finish off the surviving Monolith. The 2nd visit, the fighting doesn't begin until after you talk to Panther, and the "Boss" Merc shows up.

Please send the saves I mentioned to Aleks. He might ask for more info.

Good Hunting.

Just a thought - was everyone dead after your first visit? If some Monolith were still alive when you left Warlab with the book, they might still have been there when you returned. If so, their presence might have turned the new mercs hostile to everyone.

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I would like to thank all of you for your input. I am running version 1.10019.  As I recall the first time I entered warlab I waited and stayed stealth and picked up the info from the leader merc in the pool room. I didn't shoot or contact any others. I will try again and start at recon after getting orders from Fang to investigate. I think maybe I used a hand teleport the first time I exited recon. I may have messed with a event in the script. This time I will use the army warehouse exit and follow your guys instructions. Wish me luck. Thanks again for all your help. Proud to be playing the greatest in depth game ever created. Keep up the wonderful work it is so appreciated.

EDIT: No such luck, replayed from recon when Fang sent me on mission. First time in warlab total stealth no one saw me, got book from merc and took back to Fang in Warehouses. Received mission to get ring. Acquired it in radar went to warlab without being noticed. Once inside there was fighting once again. Waited about a hour on stair case. Then stealth to pool room. Panther and body guards still in red and shot at me before I could start conversation. no one else but the 3 knew I was there.

Hi run8andplugem, Regarding kd6dm's comments, on the second visit, did you kill or shoot at any Mercs when you entered the second time? If so, that will make them turn against you. But as kd6dm says, sending a copy of the area entry save file, plus a screenshot and save if they are red on the minimap, and send it to Aleks1970. Have you checked down where the small cages are with iirc Snow anomaly because rodents etc show a pinkish red and can be mistaken for NPCs. Ditto Bloodsuckers etc.
If the actual NPC in front of you is hostile, try pausing the game, and press Esc+F which gives you the option to make NPCs like you.
Regards, TrueB.

I reentered the warlab from last save game. I saved it while standing in the stairs before the first room. I wait until the fighting is finished and bio radar shows 8, stealth into lower pool table room where panther and her body guards are located. If they notice me or I start a conversation they become hostile since they are red to begin with.  I took a screen shot and saved game while standing behind them. I'll send it to Aleks1970. Thanks again for all your help.

EDIT: I have the saved game and screen shot, How do I send the files to Aleks1970. Cant find a attachment option in email, or do I have to use my own email?

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I reentered the warlab from last save game. I saved it while standing in the stairs before the first room. I wait until the fighting is finished and bio radar shows 8, stealth into lower pool table room where panther and her body guards are located. If they notice me or I start a conversation they become hostile since they are red to begin with.  I took a screen shot and saved game while standing behind them. I'll send it to Aleks1970. Thanks again for all your help.

Try going to Panther and when almost there try pressing Esc F.

EDIT: Send through your own email so [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] imo.