I was hoping the new upcoming patch would fix this but it didn't appear in the patch notes. I've read others online say they too have experienced it. Can anyone give me some suggestions other than the obvious "loose 6 hours of progress" option.

(MILD SPOILERS) - The bug takes place during the Powering Up mission. I go to the Directorate meeting in place of Father but it never starts. Some suggest that if you wipe out the Brotherhood prior to the mission that it breaks. I have taken out the BOS and cannot get the mission to begin.

Here's the real killer. A big number of saves (about three hours worth) that took place prior to my assault on the BOS are all gone. There is a three hour gap in my saved games list. So basically I have to go even further back to avoid killing the BOS in hopes that the mission triggers.

Is their any other way to get this to work? I really don't want to lose so much progress because of a stupid bug. Has Bethesda even addressed this bug?