Alright so, I accidently alerted a gun runner guard while doing the quest "You Can Depend on Me" (you have to steal data from the gun runners for the Crimson Caravan). I am RPing my character and need to "undo" this. So when I talked to Alice and she told me how bad I was etc. I reset the quest with console commands (no earlier save). I delivered the invoice to Dr. Hildern again (beginning of quest) but when I tried to talk to alice about delivering it, there was no dialogue option for that. That is obviously because I have said it before, so now I am stuck. Is there anyway to reset her dialogue? Can I go "back in time" with my save files that I overwrited/deleted? I know it saves one backup autosave, but I have autosaved many times after that. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

EDIT: I do have a save before I reset the quest, but I MUST complete that part of the quest with full reward and without being detected

Go back to that save and redo the task. Keep trying and reloading until you succeed in not being detected. If you keep getting caught, use a magazine or clothing item to buff up your Sneak skill (I assume you're using a stealth boy), or come back and do it after you've added some points to Sneak.

As you've just found out, resetting quests/NPCs with console commands often causes all kinds of glitchy and unpredictable behavior in the game.

I can't redo the task, that's the problem. I said I have a save before I reset the quest, after I got detected and before I talked to mclafferty.

Sorry, I misunderstood - I thought you had a save from before you were detected.

There may not be much you can do, except use the Wiki and try various combinations of resetting commands to make it work right - odds are you won't be able to, though. Make sure you make another save before you start experimenting, though, so you can revert to it in case you bollix up your game.

You may just have to live with McLafferty bawling you out, and try again next time. That's a part of role playing.

Never!!! :cryvaultboy:

There must be some way :sadvaultboy: