GAME BREAKING BUG, CAN'T DRAW WEAPONS- 2 POSSIBLE FIXES

[The Talented Wilford Brimley]

After meeting the crew after joining the Brotherhood of Steel, I cannot draw my weapons. I can 'equip' them, but I can't draw them. None of my weapons. When I load up some other saves, it works fine. I guess my save is borked? There goes a good solid 30min worth of gameplay.

So disappointed in bethestda. Buggiest ♥♥♥♥ing game I have played in years.

-EDIT-

FIX- On PC open up the console and type this command: ResetInputEnableLayer 0

^ Thanks to Brandon for this one! This seems like the best solution.


Other FIX: Complete the Reunions quest. This solved the bug for some people, myself included, but not everyone.

Read on to see if others found answers. I will up date this post if anyone else finds fixes.

[The Talented Wilford Brimley]

Went to a previous save that was about 3hrs prior. it was working for a few min, then I fast traveled, and now I cannot holster weapons. Any other person dealing with this? Any ideas for fixing?

Really losing my momentum for this game with all the bugs. It is a good game, fun too, but only when it works. And it isn't working very well. For all the time I have spent playing, which is just shy of 12hrs, I have spent (what feels like) equal time trying to find fixes to bugs.

EDIT: Sys specs:
Windows 10
i7
gtx 980
8gb ram

[Wreth]

Have you tried zooming out to third person and back in?

[The Talented Wilford Brimley]

Thanks, but it is not the vanishing weapon in 1st POV bug. I am completely incapable of drawing or holstering weapons. I was wondering if the issue arose from unrestricting my FPS, but after returning the Fallout4prefs.ini to it's default, listing it as readable, and letting the launcher pick the config, which was still ultra, it's still bugged.

[The Talented Wilford Brimley]

FIXED: After doing some serious scrolling through reddit, I found one tiny comment that fixes the issue: complete the Reunions quest of the main questline.

[Zambambo]

ive been having the same problem, dont know if this works, gunna try, even if it doesnt thanks for offering a solution

edit: it worked, thank you so much

[The Talented Wilford Brimley]

Great! Feels good to pay it forward! That bug ruined a good 3hrs of my morning!

[Ward]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hell, i already finished that and i have the same bug, does anyone know a fix for this?????

[The Talented Wilford Brimley]

Hmm, it seems related to being in a quest that requires you to meet someone after. I'd say try finishing the current stages of quests you are currently working on.

[evirae]

Thank you for this! I was freaking out for a good bit trying to figure out what to to.

Bethesda, amiright.

[Ward]

captain, thats kinda hard when u don't want to cheat and can't use guns

[The Talented Wilford Brimley]

Yeah, but it's literally the only solution that has been found. And I'm not speculating 100% of the current quests be completed, only that you complete the current leg, such as travel to location X and meet NPC X, for Ward, since the fix I posted did not work for him.

I am curious if it has to do with when you have a follower, and something or another forces you part with them, but you have to meet and speak with them to continue a quest. Such as with Nick during Reunions.

Ward, can you update please? Did you manage to fix it? If not, can you provide more information as to what led up to the bug? I'd like to help. It's what a community is for.

[BladeVsNeo]

I have the same problem. I forced myself to complete all the outstanding quests without shooting (that was boring) and STILL the problem remains... I see no other option than to wait for Bethesda to release a fix. I was really enjoying it too until it happened. :(

[Ward]

The bug started at about the same time as the others, with the mision to kill kellog, but i only noticed i couldn't use my weapon after the Brainsimulator/connecting thingy mission, and thats where i am now with this bug. and i think the bug is because i took a new follower, the one in front of Nicks office while i had to talk to nick.

[Spocks Toupee]

I have this problem, if I try to swap weapons NOTHING happens
I've found that this happens after fast traveling, so if it happens when I fast travel, I save the game and reload it, and it seems to fix the problem

To be on the safe side, be sure to save in a new save

[Ward]

Kinda anoying if u didn't save close to this bug and need to redo 5hours of gaming