Red Mile. Mei Devine = bugged.

[Ralle]

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"Listen to Mei Devine´s introduction". Nothing happens. She moves around. Can not talk to her and she is not triggering the event.

[Boothy]

I did this mission again, in a new game, and it still bugged out.

Mei had been talking to the woman behind the bar, so being aware of the issue, I waited for her to finish, and for her to go stand by the stairs. I then started the conversation with her. Once I completed talking to her, it dropped back to normal view, and she started taking immediately, as if she was in a conversation with someone else, but there was no one there, and I could only hear her side of the conversation, as if she should have been stood somewhere else, with someone else. Plus of course she still just stood there, not starting the run.

As I knew of this issue, I'd fast saved just before talking to her, so I loaded, waited a few seconds, tried again, this time it worked!

Seems to me that perhaps there is some sort of lock that should be applied to NPCs when you start talking to them, to block their normal routine, and for some reason this isn't being applied to Mei?

@CyberWolf Thanks for that tip, will try that next time, at least then the conversation to start a run should be much shorter and less likely to bug out.

[zombygunner]

figures nothing new to see here. Some have over 300 hrs and are having a blast must be nice to be the all alone

[Mightylink]

Originally posted by goldybowlfish:

Have you tried renting a room from the bartender and sleeping 24+ hours?

Noooo don't do that. You have to reload an older save and if you use up all your autosaves you're screwed.

[CyberWolf]

Originally posted by Boothy:

I did this mission again, in a new game, and it still bugged out.

Mei had been talking to the woman behind the bar, so being aware of the issue, I waited for her to finish, and for her to go stand by the stairs. I then started the conversation with her. Once I completed talking to her, it dropped back to normal view, and she started taking immediately, as if she was in a conversation with someone else, but there was no one there, and I could only hear her side of the conversation, as if she should have been stood somewhere else, with someone else. Plus of course she still just stood there, not starting the run.

As I knew of this issue, I'd fast saved just before talking to her, so I loaded, waited a few seconds, tried again, this time it worked!

Seems to me that perhaps there is some sort of lock that should be applied to NPCs when you start talking to them, to block their normal routine, and for some reason this isn't being applied to Mei?

@CyberWolf Thanks for that tip, will try that next time, at least then the conversation to start a run should be much shorter and less likely to bug out.

You will have to do the mission from the beginning by using a previous save. Then toward the end of the conversation with Mei Devine, choose "I need to prepare" from the dialogue options.

[oldschooldiablo]

Originally posted by roach112683:

Originally posted by Ralle:

Spoiler below!
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"Listen to Mei Devine´s introduction". Nothing happens. She moves around. Can not talk to her and she is not triggering the event.

I was able to do it but after you interact with her and Run the Red Mile and complete the quest it will show up again in your activities. I'm guessing this is just another opportunity to do it for more loot/credits. Must be a repeatable quest.

It is repeatable. Thats why Mia tells u if u up for running red mile again come see her

[Arkin]

Same issue

[Bob11]

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using the console will bork achievements unless you use mods to fix it. its there if anyone wants it

[Aussie_Foot]

Same issue. Mei wont do the introduction & no option to talk to her again.

[Ithendyr]

Same since few weeks. Not yet fixed.

[dtt.scanner]

This happened to me too. I think it happens because she gets distracted by other dialog, so you have to make sure if she is saying anything to anyone, don't start the dialog until she is finished, so that it doesn't glitch. She has a lot of idle dialog with other patrons/guards. I restarted from an auto-save in the Red Mile, and made sure to wait until she wasn't in another dialog (or walking away from her spot to engage with someone), and then it proceeded fine.

[halfmonkey]

Originally posted by dtt.scanner:

This happened to me too. I think it happens because she gets distracted by other dialog, so you have to make sure if she is saying anything to anyone, don't start the dialog until she is finished, so that it doesn't glitch. She has a lot of idle dialog with other patrons/guards. I restarted from an auto-save in the Red Mile, and made sure to wait until she wasn't in another dialog (or walking away from her spot to engage with someone), and then it proceeded fine.

It seems as if she should be at (or at least near) the microphone on stage for her standard idle position after the first (required for that one quest line) run, but she's stuck at the entrance for some reason. The spectator NPCs also hover near the door instead of near the betting area.

[Aussie_Foot]

Add me to the list of annoyed players who cannot progress with this quest because Mei will not do the introduction.

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by halfmonkey:

Originally posted by dtt.scanner:

This happened to me too. I think it happens because she gets distracted by other dialog, so you have to make sure if she is saying anything to anyone, don't start the dialog until she is finished, so that it doesn't glitch. She has a lot of idle dialog with other patrons/guards. I restarted from an auto-save in the Red Mile, and made sure to wait until she wasn't in another dialog (or walking away from her spot to engage with someone), and then it proceeded fine.

It seems as if she should be at (or at least near) the microphone on stage for her standard idle position after the first (required for that one quest line) run, but she's stuck at the entrance for some reason. The spectator NPCs also hover near the door instead of near the betting area.

This here is the solution. I had the glitched issue the first time I did the quest. Save the game before talking to the Ranger at the table with her sister and then get the Runner's Rush from the bartender and then don't talk to Mel until she is done talking to anyone else there.

I have done that quest now 4 times and it has not glitched once following those directions.

[Strike Force 14]

2/24 still no fix.

[Cutlass Jack]

Its the same bug I get get with Noel at the lodge if you ask her for the tour. Another NPC decides they want to have a conversation with them and it interrupts what they're supposed to be doing.