Tradecraft glitch - keeps telling me to get inside the tunnel but I've finished the mission

[june608]

The pip-boy keeps telling me that the next step in the mission is to "get inside the escape tunnel" but I've already gone through it and up the elevator into Slocum Joe's. Deacon keeps repeating his lines and won't say anything new. I've tried closing the game and opening it again, and I've tried re-treading my steps through the tunnel. Nothing's worked so far. What should I do?

[Bored Peon]

Load a save before meeting Deacon at the bus.

There is no saving that quest now. For you to have entered the tunnel and cleared all the way through to exit through Slocum Joe's means you have broken the scripts for the quest.

The game does not like it when you have already killed mobs or looted items that were part of a scripted stage of a quest.

[Tan]

It's called team coordination. I wasn't expecting you to slam your way through the whole switchboard, maybe next time wait up for me?

[The Inept European]

Hi Deacon, didn't recognise you with the new facelift.

[Bored Peon]

Actually how did you make it past the terminal inside that requires Deacon to unlock it?

The Slocum Joe end has an unpowered elevator to keep you out.
The sewer tunnel has the terminal Deacon has to unlock to let you in.

So there is no way a player gets in to clear the area unless they go all console commando.

[The Inept European]

"You smell that smell, that gasoline smell? I love it! Smells like.... console commands."

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by The Inept European:

"You smell that smell, that gasoline smell? I love it! Smells like.... console commands."

Yeah not sure why I didnt think of it last night. I just woke up and it was like right there.

[steventirey]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Actually how did you make it past the terminal inside that requires Deacon to unlock it?

The Slocum Joe end has an unpowered elevator to keep you out.
The sewer tunnel has the terminal Deacon has to unlock to let you in.

So there is no way a player gets in to clear the area unless they go all console commando.

The terminal doesn't require Deacon. You can unlock it yourself (its Master level). The only place totally inaccessible without Deacon is the final room, where Carrington's prototype is. You can clear out the rest of it without ever meeting Deacon.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by steventirey:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Actually how did you make it past the terminal inside that requires Deacon to unlock it?

The Slocum Joe end has an unpowered elevator to keep you out.
The sewer tunnel has the terminal Deacon has to unlock to let you in.

So there is no way a player gets in to clear the area unless they go all console commando.

The terminal doesn't require Deacon. You can unlock it yourself (its Master level). The only place totally inaccessible without Deacon is the final room, where Carrington's prototype is. You can clear out the rest of it without ever meeting Deacon.

I thought for sure it required Deacon. Kinda like how the Vault Nick is in has locked doors only he could open.

Who the hell has master hacking by the time you do Tradecraft? There is like maybe a dozen master terminals in the game.

I probably got confused because I tend to avoid areas that quests until I do the quests, simply because messing with those areas causes problems later. Like my current issue one of the @#$%ing robots from a previous trip in Milton General is killing Kent Connolly.

[june608]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Actually how did you make it past the terminal inside that requires Deacon to unlock it?

The Slocum Joe end has an unpowered elevator to keep you out.
The sewer tunnel has the terminal Deacon has to unlock to let you in.

So there is no way a player gets in to clear the area unless they go all console commando.

Sorry, I meant I went through the tunnel with Deacon, up the elevator with Deacon, and into Slocum Joe's with Deacon. However, the mission doesn't seem to progress on my pip-boy. Deacon doesn't say any new lines when we're through the elevator.

[june608]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Originally posted by steventirey:

The terminal doesn't require Deacon. You can unlock it yourself (its Master level). The only place totally inaccessible without Deacon is the final room, where Carrington's prototype is. You can clear out the rest of it without ever meeting Deacon.

I thought for sure it required Deacon. Kinda like how the Vault Nick is in has locked doors only he could open.

Who the hell has master hacking by the time you do Tradecraft? There is like maybe a dozen master terminals in the game.

I probably got confused because I tend to avoid areas that quests until I do the quests, simply because messing with those areas causes problems later. Like my current issue one of the @#$%ing robots from a previous trip in Milton General is killing Kent Connolly.

Yeah, I don't know if this might've caused it, but prior to Tradecraft I stumbled upon Slocum Joe's, killed the synths, went down the basement, but left when I couldn't find a way further down. Maybe that ♥♥♥♥♥♥ the script?

[DouglasGrave]

Originally posted by kikimora:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Actually how did you make it past the terminal inside that requires Deacon to unlock it?

The Slocum Joe end has an unpowered elevator to keep you out.
The sewer tunnel has the terminal Deacon has to unlock to let you in.

So there is no way a player gets in to clear the area unless they go all console commando.

Sorry, I meant I went through the tunnel with Deacon, up the elevator with Deacon, and into Slocum Joe's with Deacon. However, the mission doesn't seem to progress on my pip-boy. Deacon doesn't say any new lines when we're through the elevator.

Did you exit the door into the external world, or are you still inside the basement area of the elevator?

[june608]

Originally posted by DouglasGrave:

Originally posted by kikimora:

Sorry, I meant I went through the tunnel with Deacon, up the elevator with Deacon, and into Slocum Joe's with Deacon. However, the mission doesn't seem to progress on my pip-boy. Deacon doesn't say any new lines when we're through the elevator.

Did you exit the door into the external world, or are you still inside the basement area of the elevator?

I exited the door and went out into whatever the town's name is.

[DouglasGrave]

Originally posted by kikimora:

Originally posted by DouglasGrave:

Did you exit the door into the external world, or are you still inside the basement area of the elevator?

I exited the door and went out into whatever the town's name is.

Just checking. The quest report makes that part sound weird sometimes.

Did you do the stage in Tradecraft where you try to enter through the front, or did you just go straight to the escape tunnel? You could try the alternative (whichever way you didn't try) to see if it makes any difference.

[june608]

Originally posted by DouglasGrave:

Originally posted by kikimora:

I exited the door and went out into whatever the town's name is.

Just checking. The quest report makes that part sound weird sometimes.

Did you do the stage in Tradecraft where you try to enter through the front, or did you just go straight to the escape tunnel? You could try the alternative (whichever way you didn't try) to see if it makes any difference.

I went directly through the back. I don't know how I could re-pick the frontal assault option. The pip-boy says that the step I should be on is entering the tunnel.

[Bored Peon]

You need to reload a save before entering the tunnel and make sure that stage progresses.

There was supposed to be scripted events clearing your way through that teaches you about railroad signs and gets you into the vault.

You could try going to the vault but pretty sure Deacon is going to be stuck and not open the vault.