Just started playing Honest Hearts last night...

The problem is I try to approch folks to start a diologe and EVERYONE wants to kill me on site.
Sooo, I have to defend myself. and everyone dyes...

The faction member type does not matter...the named charictors have nothing to say to me....
They see me... they attack... they dye...

Even Daniel shoots and says nothing!
I have killed every living soul in the park...
now I have to start all over...

I even tried stunning them with the cattle prod, in hopes of at least getting cussed out...
Then I tryed crippleing them to a twitching mass to get them to talk... nothing...
but no... they just snap out of it and attack me...

I must be missing something idiot simple here...
Is the site of my armor freaking them out?
Did I kill someone from the wrong facton first?
what?

Most likely killed Follows-Chalk at the beginning of the DLC. A lot of people, including myself, have made this mistake. Only thing you can do is restart the DLC.

As you were going over the first bridge (after the ambush) did you meet Follows-Chalk?
He attacks a White Legs goon that's shooting at you from a distance so it's easy to mistake the two. If he dies, it's ready, steady, fighty.

As you cross the bridge, run for cover and let F-C deal with the goon, then go talk to him.

Yeah... having an antimater sniper rifle as my main weapon of choice must have sealed this "Chalk" fellow's fate way before his rescue could go down...

I suppose I will have to start over and be more passive at the bridge.

Thanks!