How long can someone be knocked out for?

[Sobieski]

I was using Chuck the Super Mutant on the mission you get back the 3 power armor from the thieves. And he got knocked out in one of the fights. I waited for a few minutes for him to get up but nothing.

I continued the mission with Stoma (basically I just pump one guy full of drugs and give him big guns and he runs around in real time killing everyone, works well on insane mode in real time) and he died at the last battle running away from some lasers, and got shot through a wall.

So I switched to Malice (my last big gun expert on the mission) and he finished the job. It was about 30 minutes later and I come back looting everything and Chuck is still knocked out, Immobilized. So to end the mission I had to kill him.

Why was he knocked out for so long, is that suppose to happen? Usually they recover after a minute.

[St. Haborym]

You do know you can use more than 1 guy at a time right?

[Sobieski]

Yeah but they usually risk killing each other if they are both using heavy weapons.

I had the same thing happen to another Super Mutant I was using. So I assume it's just a bug with super mutants, if they get knocked down they can't get back up.

[St. Haborym]

If you don't try to shoot through your own guys then there is no risk of them killing each other.

[Hopper]

I've only ever seen this happen to super muties. No idea how to fix it.

[St. Haborym]

Try using a doctor kit on your KO'ed mutie. I'd also like to point out that you can't fire over your guys' heads even if they are crouched or prone.

[Fooferton]

I know this is an old thread, but I just had the same thing happen to Pump on the same level. He was knocked out in the beginning, stayed KO'ed the entire game, despite me using a doctor's kit on him. I was about to kill him so I could leave. When I removed his armor, he popped right up. Some kind of bug I guess.