Preston's Missing Laser Musket... and his obsession with going Hand to Hand...

[RevReese]

Hi all, just a quickie as i have found nothing other than a couple of 4 year old posts saying wait for a patch.

I have just completed Corvega and spoke to Preston and noticed his laser musket is missing.
Taking him on as a companion and he just uses his fists which is useless.
I know you cannot remove companions personal weapons so i have no idea where it went and why so i assume an unresolved bug.

I am not using any mods (even the unofficial patch which probably fixes this..) and have all the DLC.
I don't want mods on this play through as i am trying for achievements.
I have tried fast travelling with him, dismissing him and having him follow me again and nothing has worked.
Shall i just give him a different weapon for now and feed him ammo? as i understand their personal weapons have unlimited ammo or shall i stick with someone else?

I loaded an earlier save too before i completed Corvega and he doesn't have it then either, the last time i remember seeing it was in the Museum of Freedom quest right at the beginning.

If anyone can enlighten me on a way to restore his rifle i would appreciate it!

Thanks for your time.

[Aᴘᴘʟᴇᴄᴏʀɴ]

if you have Console Cmds (ie not playing in Survival) you can check him w ShowInventory and EquipItem to make sure he has a gun.

[RevReese]

Thank you Applecorn this worked after a couple of tries and now he is properly equipped again, good job i am not on survival!

[RevReese]

I spoke too soon, using the console to get him to equip his weapon works but the second he engages in combat he un equips it and decides to use his fists without firing a shot.

Giving him a baseball bat without telling him to equip it and he will equip that instead of his musket or his hands (which i guess is an improvement) but means he has no ranged offence at all.

I have also tried the console command to disable and re enable him with the exact same results, the second he enters combat, he decides to go melee regardless of distance of the enemy.

Any other ideas i could try or is he a lost cause without the Unofficial Patch?

[Aᴘᴘʟᴇᴄᴏʀɴ]

did he have ammo for the gun also? might need equip it also. ResetAI might work.

check an older post, different suggestions.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/1700542332324565817/

[RevReese]

Thanks for the link, an interesting read and seems to be the same issue as me.
I just tried the "recycle actor" command with no success, he spawned back in naked with his musket, though he immediately went hand to hand with a ghoul and trod on a mine... will try giving him energy cells though i thought companion's weapons had unlimited ammo? failing that, i will try the ResetAI and will post back here shortly.

Edit:giving him ammo for his weapon had no effect, he simply unequipped his musket instantly and ran at the ghouls with his fists.

I also tried the EquipItem 00062AA6(or whatever it was) 1 and it said "locked" next to the musket which should have stopped him unequipping it but no dice so i have no idea what is going on, like i said i am not using any mods.

The ResetAI command did nothing either.

[RevReese]

I just thought, i am using Mod Organiser 2 on a Vanilla profile with no mods active at all rather than running a pure vanilla game, could that make a difference?

[RevReese]

Anyone got anything else i can try? at the moment i have Preston with a pipe pistol as it is better than his fists though obviously not ideal.

[Aᴘᴘʟᴇᴄᴏʀɴ]

kill Swan, give Preston the Furious Pwr Fists. guaranteed melee dropped weapon. duno your lvl but you can drag him to the random encounter spawn point NW (past the subway towards the radiated barrels), or SW towards the Combat Zone - may lead to extra support vs Swan.

another good melee weapon, possibly easier but further to travel, Jamaica Plains. goto Treasure Vault and get the 2076 World Series Bat.

[RevReese]

Thanks for your suggestion, but i don't want him melee. given him a pipe rifle as i am still low level and keeping the nice gear for myself for now! ;-) the whole thing is strange as i did not have this issue on vanilla xbox or modded pc (guessing the UOP fixes this issue).

[DrNewcenstein]

Rename your Data folder to something else.
Have Steam verify game files. It will redownload everything into a clean Data folder.
Run the game directly from that, not with MO.

Disabling mods does not always disable their effects. The only way to play true vanilla is to create a clean Data folder.

[Aᴘᴘʟᴇᴄᴏʀɴ]

Originally posted by DrNewcenstein:

Rename your Data folder to something else.
Have Steam verify game files. It will redownload everything into a clean Data folder.
Run the game directly from that, not with MO.

could also try uninstall and reinstall, if your data usage will support it.

[RevReese]

Originally posted by DrNewcenstein:

Rename your Data folder to something else.
Have Steam verify game files. It will redownload everything into a clean Data folder.
Run the game directly from that, not with MO.

Disabling mods does not always disable their effects. The only way to play true vanilla is to create a clean Data folder.

Thanks for your reply, if i do this, can i switch between my modded data folder with MO2 and the true Vanilla one for different playthroughs? I want one modded install using MO2 and one Vanilla for the achievements.

Originally posted by Applecorn:

Originally posted by DrNewcenstein:

Rename your Data folder to something else.
Have Steam verify game files. It will redownload everything into a clean Data folder.
Run the game directly from that, not with MO.

could also try uninstall and reinstall, if your data usage will support it.

I could try this if all else fails but i would rather not.

I just met Paladin Danse and he has the exact same issue with going hand to hand instead of using a ranged weapon which i am sure he has.

[Aᴘᴘʟᴇᴄᴏʀɴ]

Originally posted by Kyle Thorne:

Thanks for your reply, if i do this, can i switch between my modded data folder with MO2 and the true Vanilla one for different playthroughs? I want one modded install using MO2 and one Vanilla for the achievements.

you don't need extra folders. as you load your games you'll see opt of "select chars" (default T on PC). the char/save w mods active will have [Modded] shown next to it, same w [Survival].

[RevReese]

But wont my mods only work if i load the game via MO2?

[RevReese]

Thanks for your reply. I have started a true vanilla save bypassing MO2 but have not yet got to the point where i can see if the problem still occurs.
The only mod i am using that could possibly affect the game is Better Locational Damage but it is supposed to be disabled.

Oh well, i will dump that save then and stick with mods if my true vanilla save has the same issue.