Memento photo quests not showing, no Mission 43

[chaos' crab]

so, basically title. i've been stuck for hours and hours trying to grind side ops and redoing story missions to unlock mission 43. i finished the first "extract wandering mother base" side op, and visited paz and showed her the first image , but after i went back to the ACC, there is no wandering soldier 02 mission.

i'm wondering if there's something else i'm missing, or if this is a bug. i'm aware that mission 43 being missing is a VERY common occurrence and linked to the wandering soldier side op line, so i'm mostly just curious about the side op since i have no idea how else to get that side op line going, and found no results searching for help on it...

thanks!

edit: ALL of my tapes have been listened to through-and through, and i believe that i have all of the random mini cutscenes on base, like code talker talking to himself, quiet in the rain, etc

[Maro]

I've found this on a different board:

■ [Important Announcement] Regarding game progress being stopped in "METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN" under specific circumstances.

In METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN which was released on September 1st, 2015 there is a possibility that the game stops progress if having Quiet as a buddy while playing "Mission 29" or "Mission 42". This situation can be avoided by not using Quiet as a buddy while playing either "Mission 29" or "Mission 42".

We deeply apologize, and appreciate your patience for further announcements regarding this issue.

*This issue is known to be present for Xbox 360®, Xbox One, PlayStation®3, PlayStation®4 and Steam®(PC).

Try replaying those 2 missions with a different buddy. Have you beaten mission 42, as well?

[dprog1995]

I remember that was a bug when this game was launched.

[chaos' crab]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Maro:

Try replaying those 2 missions with a different buddy. Have you beaten mission 42, as well?

mission 42 i specifically skipped because of the bug i have heard about, i havent touched it at all, and i didnt have any buddy doing mission 29 :\ i will try replaying 29 with no buddy again and also doing 42 with none, although i dont think that it should be tampering with the photo quest line at all since youre able to get the wandering mother base soldier quests much earlier than when 42 unlocks.

ill give it a shot, thank you!

[chaos' crab]

welp, i redid 29 with no buddy, and did 42 with only d-walker. 4/4 both missions, no butterfly emblem... still no mission 43 or new wandering mother base mission. im so frustrated.

[Maro]

I may have found a solution on reddit :

Początkowo opublikowane przez self.metalgearsolid:

I've already posted this on a couple of threads regarding the "mission 42" bug but i thought it'd get more visibility if i were to make a seperate thread, so here we are..

Theres a solution i found on google for anyone who needs it. If the bug happens to you, start mission 41 as another character other than snake. I repeat. A character OTHER than snake. Complete the mission and lo and behold, you can progress through the story.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/3kf54i/not_seeing_anyone_else_memtioning_this_but/

Edit: /u/Neekthegeek has also pointed out that replaying mission 22 can also break the bug. As i have completed the game ive no way to test this out and clarify. Thanks Neekthegeek