Megaton gate

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:33 am

I've been having an odd bug since I re?nstalled Fallout 3 and a few mods a day ago. When I enter Megaton - either through the gate, or by fast-travelling - my followers spawn right next to me. Everything is fine. However when I exit Megaton through the gate, my followers seem to disapear from the gameworld and I have to use magic console powers to get them back. Exiting Megaton via fast-traveling to anywhere - say Sprinvale - spawn the followers next to me just fine.
Now the fast-travel is off course an easy patch to this issue, but I'd rather find the cure. Anyone got a clue what's causing this and how to fix it?

Loadorder:

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Fallout3.esm
Anchorage.esm
ThePitt.esm
StreetLights.esm
BrokenSteel.esm
PointLookout.esm
Zeta.esm
Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch.esm
Destruction.esm
CRAFT.esm
CALIBR.esm
Project Beauty.esm
EVE.esm
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm
Mart's Mutant Mod.esm
RHKBrisaAlmodovar.esm
Enhanced Weather - Rain and Snow.esm
Xepha's Dynamic Weather.esm
AmyWong.esm
sc_lovers_resource.esm
DCInteriors_ComboEdition.esm
Sydney Follower.esp
lonewandererbrooke.esm
sc_saving_nova_dep.esm
resetfollowers_v3.3.esp
RemoteControlCompanionsPlus.esp
Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Operation Anchorage.esp
Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - The Pitt.esp
Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Broken Steel.esp
Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Point Lookout.esp
Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch - Mothership Zeta.esp
DarNifiedUIF3.esp
Project Beauty- Broken Steel.esp
Project Beauty- Point Lookout.esp
GalaxyNewsRadio100[M].esp
BlackWolf Backpack.esp
BlackWolf Backpack - Vanilla Big Guns Fix.esp
BlackWolf Backpack - Anchorage Gauss Rifle Fix.esp
BlackWolf Backpack - Zeta Drone Cannon Fix.esp
Binoculars.esp
Destruction - Main.esp
Destruction - Main - Statics.esp
Destruction - DLC.esp
Destruction - DLC - Statics.esp
DCInteriors_DLC_Collectables.esp
megalight.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Optional Restore Tracers (automatics only).esp
FO3 Wanderers Edition - Project Beauty.esp
WeaponModKits.esp
WeaponModKits - FWE Master Release.esp
WeaponModKits - OperationAnchorage.esp
WeaponModKits - ThePitt.esp
WeaponModKits - BrokenSteel.esp
WeaponModKits - PointLookout.esp
WeaponModKits - Zeta.esp
Echo_UseBothGloves.esp
Dogmeat Leather Armor - no crafting.esp
EVE.esp
EVE Operation Anchorage.esp
EVE - FWE Master Release.esp
EVE Anchorage - FWE DLC Anchorage.esp
EVE - FWE with WeaponModKits.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Point Lookout.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Zeta.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Zones Respawn.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Tougher Traders.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Natural Selection.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Master Menu Module.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Project Beauty.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - Project Beauty + FWE.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release + DLCs.esp
Mart's Mutant Mod - FWE Master Release + Project Beauty.esp
AmyWong - FOSE.esp
AmyWong - DLCs.esp
AmyWong - FWE 5.esp
RHKBrisaAlmodovar - DLC - Anch.esp
Arwen_VisionFX.esp
NightvisionGoggles(Powered).esp
Easier_hacking_5_8.esp
NoTheftComments.esp
ShellRain.esp
pip60.esp
Realistic Interior Lighting.esp
Realistic Interior Lighting - BS.esp
Realistic Interior Lighting - OA.esp
Realistic Interior Lighting - PL.esp
Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Main.esp
Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Anchorage.esp
Xepha's Dynamic Weather - The Pitt.esp
Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Broken Steel.esp
Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Point Lookout.esp
Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Rain.esp
Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Sandstorm.esp
Xepha's Dynamic Weather - Green Tint Remover.esp
AmyWong - Load Order Fix.esp
Destruction - CP - Fellout.esp
Sydney Follower - Load Order Fix.esp
HairTradeV1.esp
Sydney Follower - FWE Dialog Fix.esp
sc_saving_nova.esp
AgathaRadio30[SR].esp
megatonquick.esp
Clothed Sarah Lyons.esp
Bobbleheads.esp
RZW_RadioStutterFix.esp
Megaton House Expansion Weapons Removed.esp
MercenaryArmor.esp
VC Black Shady Hat 11.esp
Zan_AutoPurge_SmartAgro.esp
LeatherJacketBlack_eng.esp
Sydney Follower - Face.esp
Comp_dont_steal_xp_hereticus.esp
phada_natural_regen.esp
RHKBrisaAlmodovar - Custom - PB HD.esp
AmmoRefill.esp
zzMergedPatch.esp

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:10 am

This happens to me as well. Everytime I leave Megaton with my current character Charon disappears until I call him to me or FT somewhere. If you have a modded follower chances are he/she has some kind of device you can use to call him/her to you, right? I just use that. Although it looks like, from your load order that you might have a whole troop of girls following you around so FTing might be the easier way to go. The gate/entrances in FO3 are funky anyway. I used to have problems with different entrances in different playthroughs even on my 360 and Charon would get lost coming out of Underworld or problems coming out of Paradise Falls, etc. I don't find it much more reliable with the PC (I play a lot with a very short load list) and although mods may exacerbate the issue, especially with the Megaton gate, I dunno if it's worth dumping one because of it. The only overlap you and I have in load order, that I have in this particular playthrough, while the Megaton gate is acting so badly, is Streetlights. But the Megaton gate has misbehaved for me before and I haven't been able to run Streetlights before because I haven't had this PC for that long.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:54 pm

Thanks; I guess that rules the possiblity that the problems is somewhere in a mod conflict out. I'll live with it, it isn't the biggest issue.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:55 am

Glad I'm not the only one this is happening to. I've been using a Lucy West companion mod and she always disappears for about 10 minutes after I leave megaton. Where she goes and what she's doing is anyones guess. Kinda wierd and very annoying. I was thinking of dumping that mod, but it seems it's more of a game issue. Shucks!

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:21 am

I`ve had this too with all companion mods. they usually come running from somewhaere after 5-10 minutes.

I don`t think it`s the companion`s Mod fault at all, but some kind of conflict. Smetimes changing the load order (put your companion further down or higher up) might change this. Or if totally stuck, you must remember what was the last Mod you installed just before the problem started and remove or change its order in the list.

Edit: Oh I`ve noticed you have a lot of female companions- If they`re all with you then that could be causing the proble. I tend to only have two at the most; Amy (for trade) and the standard female (Brisa actually). More seems to cause a problem with how to place them out of Megaton.

Megaton gate - disapearing follower