Underground Undercover; Warn Desdemona Bug?

[GoldSalamander]

So this is really getting on my nerves. I thought I had the option to choose sides but with this bug I either wipe out the whole faction I want to work for, or never finish the game. Still hasn't been answered anywhere, would really appreciate the help.

[zOod]

Nox could you give a list of names that u res? pleasE?

[[OCE] Malditohusbandodelicioso]

Originally posted by zOod:

Nox could you give a list of names that u res? pleasE?

4many2me0name

[barooned]

I figured it out it involves lots of console commands that i cant remeber though i just use the setstage command to skip the part of the quest and start the quest: The Nuclear Option (Railroad). Nukapedia should help with the commands. Hope this helps. :\

[Walking Talking Steven Hawking]

Originally posted by BallsGallore:

I found the fix for people who killed off the brotherhood of steel before the quest Underground/Undercover. Here's how I did it:

1. Load a saved game that is before you accept the objectives to warn Desdemona about the Brotherhood.

2. In a command window type 'tgm'.

3. Go to the Prydwen, click on any bodies that still appear, the important NPC's still have their dead bodies on the spot where you shot them, type resurrect or recycleactor for all of them.

4. Type 'help brotherhood 0' and a list of brotherhood soldier NPC IDs will appear, pick an ID and type 'placeatme.(NPC ID) 10', do it for a few different types of soldiers.

5. Repeat steps 3 to 4 at the Boston Airport and the Cambridge police Station.

6. Go back to the synth and continue with the quest to warn Desdemona.

for me I spawned the brotherhood knight, sergeant, commander, paladin and paladin commander on the Prydwen and the airport.

I can confirm that this worked for me, I went back to the Prydwyn and found most npc's had respawned naturally. I did both recycleactor and resurrect on Elder Maxson, Paladin Danse and Proctor Ingram.
Spoke to Z1 then Desdemona and it actually let me warn her. I've been so pissed off with this, I was refusing to use any console commands for the playthrough but it seems it couldn't be helped when the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ main missions are bugged.

Thank you BallGallore, may your Balls be ever lasting

[cloneboy]

[For PC players/SPOILERS] My girlfriend had this bug and was able to get passed it. She writes:

I had the same problem with not being able to warn Desdemona. Since I'm a frequent quicksaver, I was able to go right back to a point before I talked to Z1 when he warned me about BoS' attack. Before talking to him, I popped right back to HQ and made sure Glory was there. She wasn't, and I couldn't use the console commands to move to her. I know she hadn't died with me during the other quest, but I guess she must have somehow gotten killed after I fast traveled away afterward. Perhaps she could have gotten killed by raiders walking back. Either way, I couldn't find her there.

So, I brought her back with the recycleactor command, resurrected her, and voila. THEN, I went to talk to Z1 and got the prompt to warn Desdemona. She opened up the dialogue wheel, no problem. The reason you need Glory alive is because she is meant to die in after the Brotherhood attack.

Mind you, I haven't killed anyone in the Brotherhood and saved Danse, if that means anything to prevent getting the bug. Good luck people!

[Mr.Awesome]

It's a christmas miracle!
Bless you and your girlfriend, this worked for me.
This bug was so annoying thank you

[The Unknown]

Same issue here. I couldn't warn Desdemona and the Underground Undercover quest is stuck. My last save was 10h ago. Couldn't go back !!!!!

BUT I FOUND A SOLUTION :)

I manually completed the "Underground Undercover" mission, in the console :
CompleteQuest RR201

Then I went in the Institude where a Synth told me to go talk to Z1-14. As I didn't have the cursor to find him, I teleported to him :
player.moveto 000d3cba

Then I went to the Railroad HQ to talk to Desdemona.

And then "Precipe Of War" quest started.

If it's not really the same bug as me, maybe you can try the "CompleteQuest" with others quest.
You can type "sqt" in the console to get your current Quest ID.

Hope it'll help.

[Cobra Kai]

The Unknown it sounds to me you just went around doing the mission rather than actually going around the "bug". I'd rather actually complete the mission personally.

Also, at this point, I'd say it's probably more of a mocking feature from bethesda so they can have a good laugh rather than a bug. :p

[SENJU]

Hi everyone. I created a video on how to resolve this. :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh0yYQGS-_c

[Myrtilus]

I have the game on console and have this issue. Major bummer... the latest patch says it fixes the issue but I just loaded up the game and tried everything and still nothing.

[Albidalbi]

I've used commands for reviving and manipulating the story line, yet nothing fixes this specific bug!
Does Bethesda know of this bug, and if they do, will they ever fix it?

[[OCE] Malditohusbandodelicioso]

Originally posted by Albidalbi:

I've used commands for reviving and manipulating the story line, yet nothing fixes this specific bug!
Does Bethesda know of this bug, and if they do, will they ever fix it?

i thought they fixed it, see the problem if it isnt fixed is that ur supposed to infiltrate (or go guns blazing) into the prydwin to blow it up. However if u have already killed everyone then it makes the elder maxson scene it in a bit hard etc. I would go find the quest ID if i was u and just fast forward it. make sure u advance the quest not just complete otherwise i may break it.

[Brinno]

Hey all. I hate to bump a post 3 days short of it being 4 years dead. But if you've had this problem and are looking for a solution, I just might have what you're looking for.

Let me first say that the people that have stated it is Glorys death that is the trigger for this glitch to happen are right, but not on all fronts. I'm almost certain what causes this bug in 50% of the cases here is a conflict inside Desdemonas dialogue. She wants to give you the Mission "Operation Ticonderoga" but can't because glory is mentioned and slightly involved in the quest but instead is out there dead and naked in a ditch somewhere and a gen 1 synth is using her Mini-gun to kill re-spawned raiders.

Long story short (and to avoid a rant): I had this bug for a long while and had no idea what to do. I retraced my steps and I finally found Glorys body and resurrected her. I don't know how the hell she died in the first place but my best bet is a stray molotov. After I resurrected her and headed back to Railroad HQ, Desdemona approached me almost furiously to initiate dialogue with me. She gave me the Ticonderoga mission and then immediately cut herself off and let me warn her about the Institute.

If you're on console and don't have access to console and can't resurrect glory and you're looking at that and saying "How does this help me?". I'm not 100% certain. But if you somehow managed to fail the Ticonderoga mission before you could even get it, you might be able to skip that entire dialogue interaction with Desdemona and lose no progress. Do a couple hard saves and then try sneak killing High Rise who is the leader at Ticon'. I haven't tested this by any means, but it might be the small loop hole and insight someone out there is looking for.

This bothered me to no end. I hope it helps.

[Marquise*]

Originally posted by Brinno:

Hey all. I hate to bump a post 3 days short of it being 4 years dead. But if you've had this problem and are looking for a solution, I just might have what you're looking for.

Let me first say that the people that have stated it is Glorys death that is the trigger for this glitch to happen are right, but not on all fronts. I'm almost certain what causes this bug in 50% of the cases here is a conflict inside Desdemonas dialogue. She wants to give you the Mission "Operation Ticonderoga" but can't because glory is mentioned and slightly involved in the quest but instead is out there dead and naked in a ditch somewhere and a gen 1 synth is using her Mini-gun to kill re-spawned raiders.

Long story short (and to avoid a rant): I had this bug for a long while and had no idea what to do. I retraced my steps and I finally found Glorys body and resurrected her. I don't know how the hell she died in the first place but my best bet is a stray molotov. After I resurrected her and headed back to Railroad HQ, Desdemona approached me almost furiously to initiate dialogue with me. She gave me the Ticonderoga mission and then immediately cut herself off and let me warn her about the Institute.

If you're on console and don't have access to console and can't resurrect glory and you're looking at that and saying "How does this help me?". I'm not 100% certain. But if you somehow managed to fail the Ticonderoga mission before you could even get it, you might be able to skip that entire dialogue interaction with Desdemona and lose no progress. Do a couple hard saves and then try sneak killing High Rise who is the leader at Ticon'. I haven't tested this by any means, but it might be the small loop hole and insight someone out there is looking for.

This bothered me to no end. I hope it helps.

Oye me Desdemona died by a legendary Deadclaw returning on the road after the first mission with her. I was searching here for all the ways to get this one debugged but... well I don't know all the commands (Bethesda patch your stuff) So I got @The Unknown's solution but me too it kinda closed the mission line but not trigger the rest. So I dunno what to do I had being that unlucky with my survival game :S

It has been twice screwed on Railroad path now.