Stuck in the Generators again.

**Novice** Posts : 17 Join date : 2018-12-16

Hi, Gang. I've got a problem. I'm stuck in the Generators. I've played up to the point where Boatswain was supposed to inflitrate the Monolith base & turn off the PSI generators, then return. He's gone in & shut them off, but he never comes back out. I've waited up to an hour real time & he still hasn't returned. This is the second time I've seen this. Last time, I went to the length of completely uninstalled & re-installed the game. I thought I might have had some corrupted code. Now, I'm right back where I started. Any thoughts? Is there an info bit I can use to complete the quest? The game won't advance & I don't know what else to do. Thanks, J.

Subject: Re: Stuck in the Generators again. Wed 25 Nov 2020 - 10:14

Hi dmjhel. Boatswain is notorious for spending a long time resting inside the base before returning, but usually this is no more than an hour of game time, which is around 10-15 minutes in real time. If he hasn't emerged after an hour in real time, he is very probably 'stuck' on something. There is a trick that will often free a stuck NPC, which is to use quicksave and then quickload. See if that will get him moving.

Unfortunately I don't know of an info portion that will get around this. If quicksave/quickload doesn't work, your only option may be to reload a game from before setting off for the base and try again.

**Novice** Posts : 17 Join date : 2018-12-16

Thanx, pchester. After farting around for a week with this, Boatswain finally wandered out. I didn't know whether to kiss him or just shoot him. So, onward we go. Hey, here's a bit to chew on. Way back in the Forgotten Forest, somehow Crest got stuck in the landing gear of the chopper right next to his camp, keeps trying to walk thru it, before I could deliver his 15 artifacts. So, that quest string never got finished. I didn't worry about it too much. Crests' quests are second string side quest. Any ideas on how to unstick him? I tried multiple quick save/reloads. Yours, J.

Subject: Re: Stuck in the Generators again. Fri 27 Nov 2020 - 13:52

If Crest is still stuck on the helicopter after all this time, he must be well and truly stuck. Quicksave/quickload probably won't free him as he will just respawn in the same place.

The only other way I can think of to free him is a bit drastic, but it has worked for me on other NPCs in the past. It might not work for you, but still it might be worth a try if you think he is worth the effort.

TL;DR you have to kill him, drag his body clear, resurrect him and (if he becomes hostile) reset his attitude to neutral. Shocked

Method:: Step 1:
- Make a hard save in case it all goes wrong! ...
- Turn on God mode (Options - Game - God mode) so you don't need to worry about him shooting you later.
- Having the Gravity Gun makes body-dragging much easier than using the keyboard shortcut (which I could never get to work properly and have subsequently forgotten... possibly [L-Shift] + [E]?).

Step 2:
- Killing Crest won't be difficult, but it might help his attitude later if he doesn't actually see you do the deed. Try to snipe him from behind.

Step 3:
- Use the Gravity Gun (or the key combo) to drag him clear of the helicopter. Drop him in an open area clear of any obstacles.
- Make sure there are no mutants nearby who might want to interfere.

Step 4:
- Move close to the body until you get the "Search" prompt.
- Make a quicksave (the resurrection cheat usually crashes the game for me, but reloading and trying again often works).
- Press [ESC] then [R]. If it succeeds, Crest will be 'resurrected'. (Note: some 'dead' NPCs refuse to be resurrected and just flop down again; others may take several tries.)

Step 5:
- If Crest is now hostile to you (you did just kill him, after all...), then as long as you are in God mode you can ignore him shooting you while you use the Attitude menu ([ESC] + [F]). This should change his attitude back to neutral. Crest's name in the game's code is puzir_crest, and this is what you need to enter in the Attitude Menu. If it works, you will get a success message, Crest will turn "yellow" and should return to the fire where you can talk to him again.

Afternote: I just tested the above method after shooting Crest in the face. He was successfully resurrected and remained neutral. Fun times...

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