Removed team members

[WhiteWitch]

So, I have another issue...
I removed Tarakan from my team as at the time I didn't have enough food to feed us all and I panicked, so, I removed him. He no longer contacts me on the radio and it has been a while since I got any new missions or side quests.
I'm wondering if there is a way to get team members back if they have been removed?
Also on the note of not getting anymore missions, I haven't completed them all so why are they not available? I saw a post someone else made about missions as well and the response was that they must have completed them all and the only one left was to do the heist. I have only unlocked 25/35 achievements. I don't know where to go from here...
~ Thanks

[Crypto Gamer]

Depending on your choices some story quest can be locked out and obviously Tarakan no longer gives you missions.

You can make the self killing device and die in your base and usually that will make your companion come back to you, you might need to alert some decision if you locked out some quests.Basically you need to enter the fractal tunnel.

You can complete the Heist/game without having all companions or gear it is just more likely to fail and you very likely lose companions and the ending slider will be different.

Completing all 4 investigation which end in the VR story usually means you did most primary quest.You can get all 35 achieves in 1 playtrough.

[WhiteWitch]

Originally posted by Crypto Gamer:

Depending on your choices some story quest can be locked out and obviously Tarakan no longer gives you missions.

You can make the self killing device and die in your base and usually that will make your companion come back to you, you might need to alert some decision if you locked out some quests.Basically you need to enter the fractal tunnel.

You can complete the Heist/game without having all companions or gear it is just more likely to fail and you very likely lose companions and the ending slider will be different.

Completing all 4 investigation which end in the VR story usually means you did most primary quest.You can get all 35 achieves in 1 playtrough.

I'm not a heavy gamer so I'm just doing odd missions here and collecting materials and building stuff as well as looking for clues.
How do you enter the portal again, the one that changes past decisions? I've not played the game in a while and forgot a few things.
I've completed 2/4 of the simulations... having a hard time finding new clues.
Thanks for your reply :)

[Crypto Gamer]

Two ways to enter portal:

1:"Die" on the field you will lose medium amount of random resources as "dying penatly",if "killed" by the NAR soldiers there is a chance that you get "captured" into the prison.(where you can free "missing" companions).
So die from monsters or falling from heights,I think the first death has no resource penalty.

2:Build the self suicide chamber and use it in your base(no resource lost penalty).

You enter the fractal tunnel and can alter your decision(cost 3 cherno resource each)usually this will make your companions come back once you wake up.

If you used a few months old save,game recieved a lot of content in that case you need to enter the fractal tunnel to reset the game state this will fix most issues so you can continue with the new added content.

If tarkatan is still not back in 3 game days reenter tunnel and "forget"that you meet him in a few gamedays the"meeting with Tarkatan"quest will be offered again and you can recruit him.This will reset his quest chain.

[WhiteWitch]

Originally posted by Crypto Gamer:

Two ways to enter portal:

1:"Die" on the field you will lose medium amount of random resources as "dying penatly",if "killed" by the NAR soldiers there is a chance that you get "captured" into the prison.(where you can free "missing" companions).
So die from monsters or falling from heights,I think the first death has no resource penalty.

2:Build the self suicide chamber and use it in your base(no resource lost penalty).

You enter the fractal tunnel and can alter your decision(cost 3 cherno resource each)usually this will make your companions come back once you wake up.

If you used a few months old save,game recieved a lot of content in that case you need to enter the fractal tunnel to reset the game state this will fix most issues so you can continue with the new added content.

If tarkatan is still not back in 3 game days reenter tunnel and "forget"that you meet him in a few gamedays the"meeting with Tarkatan"quest will be offered again and you can recruit him.This will reset his quest chain.

Thanks so much for your reply! That is incredibly helpful, I managed to get Tarakan back when I entered the kill chamber and relived the memory of recruiting him and he came back and I also recruited Mikhail (which for some reason I didn't do in the past)
I lost Olga as I changed a lot of past decisions which I hadn't been changing.
I'm getting missions again which is good cause I have the other 2 team members that I lost or didn't recruit.
Thanks again ~

[Crypto Gamer]

Glad to hear just 1 tip if you lack food or will soon run out run get food side mission.

And secondly If igor eats only half a ration he loses only 2 mental health,if he eats zero he loses a lot more but if you have lot of vodka,calming balms you will be fine.
You can have igor not to eat,others are always a priority for rations.
If he eats double he only gains+2 mental health only worth it if you have tons of food.

If you have more than about+ 300 in air,radiation and comfort quality your companions will recover morale faster especially important on insane difficulty.
Not sure if you go above that it helps but its caps at+1000.

[WhiteWitch]

Originally posted by Crypto Gamer:

Glad to hear just 1 tip if you lack food or will soon run out run get food side mission.

And secondly If igor eats only half a ration he loses only 2 mental health,if he eats zero he loses a lot more but if you have lot of vodka,calming balms you will be fine.
You can have igor not to eat,others are always a priority for rations.
If he eats double he only gains+2 mental health only worth it if you have tons of food.

If you have more than about+ 300 in air,radiation and comfort quality your companions will recover morale faster especially important on insane difficulty.
Not sure if you go above that it helps but its caps at+1000.

I have an insane stash of vodka, in the game that is.
Thanks again for your help :)
I'm playing on easy as I'm not much into combat games, they stress me out, so easy is playable for me. I liked the look of the game

[Drako]

Originally posted by Crypto Gamer:

Glad to hear just 1 tip if you lack food or will soon run out run get food side mission.

And secondly If igor eats only half a ration he loses only 2 mental health,if he eats zero he loses a lot more but if you have lot of vodka,calming balms you will be fine.
You can have igor not to eat,others are always a priority for rations.
If he eats double he only gains+2 mental health only worth it if you have tons of food.

If you have more than about+ 300 in air,radiation and comfort quality your companions will recover morale faster especially important on insane difficulty.
Not sure if you go above that it helps but its caps at+1000.

Man you're a fountain of tips and advices! you helped me and a lot of people here in the steam forums. You really are a nice teammate to have in any game!