So last night I was wrapping up my quests in Redding and finally made my way down to those abominable Wanamingo Mines to get the excavator chip and struggled through 2 exhausting hours of battling those damn pacmans with tentacles until getting it. It was very tough even with Vic wielding a combat shotgun, Cassidy with a CAWS, and my Level 11 (Turned 12 in the mines) with a .223 Pistol; Sulik is also there but he basically used a worthless sledgehammer that mostly did no damage but at least sometimes would knock them off their feet.

I was so relieved when I finally managed to get the chip and reach the elevator with no fatalities but when I reached the ground floor again Vic (Along with all the damn loot I stored with him to sell the next time I stopped in New Reno) just vanished without a trace. Now all 3 of my companions were very much alive when I killed the last Wanamingo and recovered the chip, although slowly behind my characters from his wounds. Yet as soon as we reached the top floor only Sulik and Cassidy were following me. I encountered no other enemies/combat from getting the chip to using the elevator nor any message that Vic died, so he should be alive but disappeared. There's no body down in the mines nor sign of the equipement anywhere we fought, all the wanamingo corpses are still there though.

If it makes any difference I have the Fallout Trilogy version of F2 with the latest Unofficial Patch.

So does anyone have a clue what happened to Vic? Is there a way I could get him back without resorting to an ancient save two towns back from where I am?

:shrug:

what happens when you move to a completely different map (you can tell if you're on a different map by whether or not the loading was instant (same map) or took a little while... A different town is definately a different map)

Nothing happens unfortunately, I walked all the way to Broken Hills and Vic is still missing.

I went over every part of the mine I walked/fought over and there's no body, blood stains or dropped weapons that indicate Vic might have somehow died there so at least I could recover all the gear I planned on selling...but nothing. Don't know if this is a vanilla or unofficial patch bug but it svcks as he was carrying a LOT of loot I planned on trading for depleted stim packs and ammo.

Well the last save where he was around was when I was Level 10 (I'm now 13) before I walked my way to Redding and I don't much feel like doing all of those quests, especially the Wanamingo Mines, over again. So I guess if he somehow didn't magically teleport himself back to the Den or wherever then I'll just keep going, counting this npc and all the loot he carried as a total loss.

Frankly, kinda sours my mood to continue playing F2 a bit. :shrug:

I appreciate the response agent! Thanks