[Temporary Workaround] for the Ryujin quest "Sabotage" not starting.

[Hermann|♠|]

Foreword:

If like me you have run into the dilemma that while doing the "Guilty Parties" questline you killed Ularu, you might have noticed that after finishing the follow quest "The Key Ingredient" You are told to meet with Dalton for a debrief on the mole situation. Alas the quest "Sabotage" does not trigger and so Dalton just stands there not entering in a conversation with you.

This effectively halted my Playthrough for the last 2 days as i was not willing to continue without finishing this series of quests. So i investigated with the help of some extraordinary Websites listing all sorts of console commands and started experimenting.

Long story short, i found a solution and can now continue with my Playthrough.

Solution:

What you need is a savegame before finishing the "The Key Ingredient" quest. preferably on its last Stage where you are asked to return to Veena and give her the shipment of Rothicide. (I tried completing the quest but then my solution would not work for some reason beyond my comprehension)

When you have loaded a savegame that fulfills the prerequisites you need to open up the "console" and type in "setstage 0018B718 100" without the quotation marks.
This will start the quest "Sabotage" before you finish the quest "The Key Ingredient"
You can now finish the quest "The Key Ingredient" and after that continue with the "Sabotage" questline.

Warning:

I have not tested what happens when you advance the quest "Sabotage" before ending "The Key Ingredient" but chances are it will mess things up so i implore you to follow the Solution instructions.

In Germany we have a saying, "Wenn du dich auf andere verlässt, bist du verlassen." roughly translating to, "If you are counting on others, you are screwed." The funny thing is that i kinda just proved the opposite to everyone but me.

Enjoy

Addendum:

Turns out Ularu comes back to haunt us once more at the end of the "Sabotage" Quest, preventing us to progress to the last of the Ryujin factionquests called "Executive Level".

To Make sure you can progress this quest make sure to talk to Masako normally after returning from Infinity LTD. Progress the conversation until the conversation is interrupted by the SSNN Broadcast. Once the Broadcast is over Masako will initiate a conversation with you again and this is when we have to act. Once the conversation has started, open your console and input "setstage 0018B717 200" without the quotation marks. Once you exit the console you should get the notification that the "Executive Level" quest has started. You can check by pressing "L" to see if it has appeared in your running quests. Now finish the conversation with Masako and progress through the final Quest.

[Torpex]

We say "If you want something done right do it yourself".

[SlicerDicer]

yesterday i played around the following command would usually work. this time i had a result i had not seen before.

startquest 0018b718

got the following response.
Failed to start quest 'RI07'. Check the warnings file for more information.

I could not find the warnings file. though i did find is a file that recorded all the console commands i used.

[SlicerDicer]

i have a save game file before the hand in of the case.
Unfortunately though the commands "takes", meaning no error response, I am not getting a response that it started.

i even tried it right before the last conversation option before "the key ingredient" completes.

overall i have enjoyed the game. but quest breaking bug on a major faction quest should have never made it past QA. But I should not be surprised, Bethesda is not know for their QA standards.

[diNkd]

Looking up that quest ID returns a quest on New Atlantis.

Also, the command you suggested does nothing. most likely because its not the quest id needed.

[Hermann|♠|]

Originally posted by diNkd:

Looking up that quest ID returns a quest on New Atlantis.

Also, the command you suggested does nothing. most likely because its not the quest id needed.

Well the Sabotage quest is in New Atlantis where Infinity LTD has its HQ. The Quest IDs are correct as i have used them myself. It is imperative that the correct requirements are met to trigger the follow up quests as per my instructions. That is all i can say. It works.

[Hermann|♠|]

Originally posted by Hermann|♠|:

Originally posted by diNkd:

Looking up that quest ID returns a quest on New Atlantis.

Also, the command you suggested does nothing. most likely because its not the quest id needed.

Well the Sabotage quest is in New Atlantis where Infinity LTD has its HQ. The Quest IDs are correct as i have used them myself. It is imperative that the correct requirements are met to trigger the follow up quests as per my instructions. That is all i can say. It works.

If you do not believe me look them up yourself.

input -> "help RI07" to find the QUEST ID for Sabotage or "help RI08" for the Executive Level QUEST ID.

once you have the Quest IDs You can then look up the different objectives in the Quests with their according stages using "SQO 0018B718" or "SQO 0018B717" respectively.

[diNkd]

Okay I Got it now, sorry, for some reason when I was running SQO earlier it wasn't working. probably copied something off. I needed the ID for executive level tho as its bugged for me, so thanks for the help


Edit: actually i do need Sabotage. Yeah this didn't work for me brother. I reloaded a save where the next point in Key Ingredients is to speak to Veena. I spammed the setstage command, and nothing happened. I did it again when speaking to Masako. nothing happened. Not sure what i am doing wrong.

[diNkd]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ WEIRD. Now it all of a sudden works... i was using "setstage 0018B718 100" (without quotes) yesterday and it did not work at all. it literally didn't even give me a error.

Note: yesterday when i tried running it i was already in the ryujin tower and it did not work. When I ran it today, i'm on a completely different planet. I suggest if you run into issues, try going elsewhere before running the command. My last task is to return to verna.

[Hermann|♠|]

Originally posted by diNkd:

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ WEIRD. Now it all of a sudden works... i was using "setstage 0018B718 100" (without quotes) yesterday and it did not work at all. it literally didn't even give me a error.

Note: yesterday when i tried running it i was already in the ryujin tower and it did not work. When I ran it today, i'm on a completely different planet. I suggest if you run into issues, try going elsewhere before running the command. My last task is to return to verna.

Glad it worked for you after all. Bethesda has put some very jank triggers on this and i hope they fix this soon. It took me hours to figure out how to make this work.

[diNkd]

Yeah man youre a life saver thank you. I was so mad and reloaded tons of times trying to get it to work.

[diNkd]

Looks like i have the same issue again with Executive Level. Didn't start. I tried running the setstage command with the quest id and it did nothing :( being at a different planet did not help. I have no idea now how i got it to work for sabotage. this sucks.

[Llewin]

i have the same issue, typing setstage 0018B717 200 doesnt do anything (no error, nothing) when prompted (when she starts the dialogue again). After the discussion ends, the quest sabotage is over, the internal neuroamp is removed, and nothing...
Anyone has any idea on the situation?

[fabledcowboy]

I also have the Executive Level issue, hopefully it gets fixed soon.

[AbraxasISO]

I can't for the life of me get the Executive Level issue to work. I managed to use this info to get through The Key Ingredient, but it's not working for Sabotage.

EDIT:

I actually managed to progress! I'm not 100% sure how, but prior to starting the conversation with Masako, I spawned in an NPC for Ularu just to try different tactics. I used "player.placeatme 002BA8B2 1" to spawn her in.

Then I proceeded to use the provided "setstage 0018B717 200" after the SSNN Broadcast, right when Masako started the conversation back up and VIOLA! Executive Level started.

[fabledcowboy]

Originally posted by AbraxasISO:

I can't for the life of me get the Executive Level issue to work. I managed to use this info to get through The Key Ingredient, but it's not working for Sabotage.

EDIT:

I actually managed to progress! I'm not 100% sure how, but prior to starting the conversation with Masako, I spawned in an NPC for Ularu just to try different tactics. I used "player.placeatme 002BA8B2 1" to spawn her in.

Then I proceeded to use the provided "setstage 0018B717 200" after the SSNN Broadcast, right when Masako started the conversation back up and VIOLA! Executive Level started.

I too got the mission to trigger, I had to do the different planet trick in order to get it, even going as far as going to a solar system I had never been to and landing. I used the setstage while in that solar system and the mission was added to my list. Jeez, what a pain.