Elder Maxson not showing up?

[PetiteGamer]

So basically I went with Danse on the ship to do the brotherhood of steel mission where you join. At first Kell's wasn't there but Danse could speak to him but I couldn't. I had to reload the mission and he appeared, but then Elder Maxson didn't appear and no commands I do works.

I don't think restarting before I got the mission would do anything tbh.

[BlackRayPlayer]

Worst case scenerio, you will need to go even further back within your saves to fix this issue. I've done it several times. Except mine was from level 26, to level 19.

[PetiteGamer]

Originally posted by BlackRayPlayer:

Worst case scenerio, you will need to go even further back within your saves to fix this issue. I've done it several times. Except mine was from level 26, to level 19.

Well I'll see if I can do that. Otherwise I just wont do the mission.

[PetiteGamer]

Any other ideas?

[BlackRayPlayer]

Unfortunately not. Bethesda has admitted that errors tend to occur with missions, but never mentioned if they were willing to fix them.

[PetiteGamer]

Originally posted by BlackRayPlayer:

Unfortunately not. Bethesda has admitted that errors tend to occur with missions, but never mentioned if they were willing to fix them.

Ah I see. :(

[MageThis]

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Show_No_Mercy

[MageThis]

Did you check "on the floor above, in the room with his terminal".

[PetiteGamer]

Originally posted by MageThis:

Did you check "on the floor above, in the room with his terminal".

Thanks for the link. And I did check the room yea and he wasn't there. I'll try the stuff on the link or w/e when I can due to work!

[MageThis]

Have you tried leaving the cell for 30+ days to let it reset?

[Shadow The Innkeep]

It might be one of those issues like land mines. They are there but graphically game won't load them, VATS won't detect them, and you end up dying by steppin on what essentially are invisble mines.

I've done BoS intro 7 times, but never had this issue. However, learning from encountering bugs myself (like I am atm with Duty or Dishonour quest and shadowing Initiate Clarke) your best bet would be re-loading earlier save. Sometimes these things get bugged out depending on the order you do your quests. My husband ran into an issue with turning in Lost Patrol upon its completion because he did things his way, didn't bring Danse along even though I advised him otherwise, so he had to sorta manipulate his way around with "hiring" and dismissing Danse as Follower several times to get Kells to talk to him and debrief him from that mission marking it complete in the quest log.

If I were you, depending on how much content you've completed, I'd go as far back as the Prydwen arrival in the Commonwealth (right after Reunions quest).

Originally posted by smallchinagirl:

Originally posted by BlackRayPlayer:

Worst case scenerio, you will need to go even further back within your saves to fix this issue. I've done it several times. Except mine was from level 26, to level 19.

Well I'll see if I can do that. Otherwise I just wont do the mission.

I am pretty sure you have to since it is part of "initiation" into the faction; BoS quests fall in line with the main story, just like the Institute and Railroad.

[Shadow The Innkeep]

Originally posted by smallchinagirl:

So basically I went with Danse on the ship to do the brotherhood of steel mission where you join. At first Kell's wasn't there but Danse could speak to him but I couldn't. I had to reload the mission and he appeared, but then Elder Maxson didn't appear and no commands I do works.

I don't think restarting before I got the mission would do anything tbh.

Also, lemme ask you to clarify this, Maxson doesn't show up for "Show No Mercy" or for the very first interaction when Kells sends you to attend the meeting and speak with him?
If you are looking for him for Show No Mercy, he is at the tail of the flight deck overlooking the side of Fort Strong. I am just making sure you are looking for him in the correct spot, since Arthur tends to walk about the ship sometimes :)

[PetiteGamer]

@MageThis - I have not actually. But i'll try it!

@Naveena Vice - Ah I didn't know that! Well I'll go back to the arrival of the ship then since it sounds like it's my only option. And no he doesn't appear for the meeting when the player has to speak to him. It's not the mission "Show No Mercy" though.

[kkitts]

One small note. I usually marathon games for 6 - 8 hours, and I've noticed that once I get past about 5 hours, glitches start occuring. If this happens, reboot first, THEN load from a previous save. This tends to get rid of the offending glitches (by getting rid of the memory problems).

Case in point: I kept getting a glitch at Outpost Zimonja, where I had to defend against raiders, but the person I had to talk to in Zimonja was hostile (the settlers would shoot her until she dropped, but she remained hostile, and shooting her failed the quest). I reloaded that save and reloaded the previous saves, and it never changed. So I rebooted, then reloaded a previous save, and I managed to talk to the person in the camp without them going hostile for no reason.

So, if you're marathoning, make sure you stop every 4 - 5 hours, and reboot. This will give you time to refresh yourself, and the computer, too.

[GoreTiger]

Maxson is a busy man, He don't have time for no peasent recruit.


On a real note tho, Try downloading the unofficial mod and see if that solves it.

[Shadow The Innkeep]

Originally posted by smallchinagirl:

@Naveena Vice - Ah I didn't know that! Well I'll go back to the arrival of the ship then since it sounds like it's my only option. And no he doesn't appear for the meeting when the player has to speak to him. It's not the mission "Show No Mercy" though.

Reason I suggested specifically ship's arrival is that A) often the event in itself can carry a minor glitch or two and B) because Kells and Maxson both are tied to the ship, so by going back to its appearance, it may help set things straight with their presence aboard the ship and your ability to interact with them. I wish you luck and keep us posted if it doesn't work :) Ad Victoriam!