What worked for me was to kill Harland after he goes back upstairs (but before sending Bright down to the rockets).
Just target Harland and use the kill command in the console, so you dont make anyone else hostile. This wont interfere with completing the quest, since Harland is expendable.
Obviously this still requires reverting back to a save file that doesn't crash on load, but it's better than starting over.

Please post if this works for anyone else. It worked for me with no further issues (now 80+ gameplay hours).


Developers:
If any Devs read this, I think the problem is with the Harland's space suit. When I console killed him, he was wearing 2 space suits simultaneously, which could cause some sort of crash bug in loading the save file.
I suspect he is carrying a spacesuit which he puts on, and then a second spacesuit is probably equipped when he runs down with all the rest of the followers (or something like that).
It also appears that Harland's two spacesuits have different object IDs. Perhaps something is messed up with one of his spacesuits (?).

Has anyone with save game corruption during Come Fly With Me tried this? If so, please post results.

I had the nightkin finish off Harland..

First, i spoke with Davison, then with Harland to get both optionals, then i used a buttload of stealthboys to sneak past all the nightkin to get to his friend (not killing one), and sneak back to deliver the "bad news", he then goes running off upstairs, but will usually run into a nightkin which'll finish him off fast, then i delivered Davison the news about the shipment.. let's see how this pans out.. >_<


*edit-note*
This is a new playthrough after i lost a 40H+ playthrough due to the corruption.

Okay, i just completed the quest, and so far everything is normal.. i can save, load and go through doors w/o a crash.

I'll write down what i did this playthrough:

1st of all, i went for Davison immediately, so he wouldn't attack me and give me his optional quest
2nd, i went to Harland and got HIS optional quest as well.
3rd, i used stealthboys to sneak all the way to the prison and "investigate" the corpse of Harland's friend
4th, i used stealthboys to sneak back up and tell Harland the news. He then ran off and got himself slain by the Nightkin. (i guess i got lucky with the Nightkin's patrol)
5th, i got the info for Davison and the Nightkin moved out of the basemant
6th, i got the fuel using the rocket miniatures and not the jar on the corpse of the "freaky explorer" (you'll know what i'm talking about if you've found the jar and notes)
7th, i got the parts from the scrapyard using the "Lady Killer" option
8th, i launched the ghouls (i did not alter their course)

Also, i ignored the space suit this time.

Hope this helps any of you. =)

Guys,
I just launched the ghouls last night.
(I adjusted their course and it gave me good karma.)
The human guy (Davison?) has run off to Novac.
All Nightkins are deceased (including the one that was killing cattle).
So what's the problem here - you say my savegame is bugged...?
I've heard something of this but I don't know what it's about.
I took a space suit that was sitting on a shelf.
Old Lady Junkyard had a rad suit, and I used it to repair my space suit (but have never worn it).
So that quest is history, it's completed and everything seems fine.
What exactly am I supposed to be worried about?
Regards

Nothing if you managed to not got hit by the bug. Just play on and enjoy. That's what I did as I was not effected either.

So, it seems that getting Harland killed or killing him yourself will prevent the save file corruption. But his death has to occur before you send Bright down to the spaceship.

I've had a continuous problem with this particular bug. I've ran a few scenarios and what helped me prevent this bug was one simple thing:
- Before entering the facility for the first time, acquire the thrust controllers & atomic fuel (& 3x cherry pops if you want to sabotage the rockets)
- To be on the safe side, I haven't left the facility once.

Further, I've managed to get Harland back to his ghoul friends and got the Nightkin to leave without the bug occurring.

It looks like if you have none or one of the components with you when asked for it (and thus forcing you to go outside to acquire them) you will end up with a corrupt save.

But if you dont have the components with you, then just kill Harland and it resolves the issue.

Really? Chris is still in the basemant for me. His dialogue is still pre-launch with one option. (Paraphrasing as I do not remember specifically.) "Oh the great journey is almost at hand". Yet, they blasted of days ago. :blink: Get with times Chris! :shrug:

I wouldn't have even noticed but I decided to go back to finish looting the place and there he was.

I luckily finished this quest as well with no problems. In my game, Chris now walks around Novac, and has a short dialog about how he likes it there and it keeps him busy.

I am also having problems with 'Come fly with me'. Every game save becomes corrupt as soon as I talk to jason bright and complete the objective 'Report to jason bright that the nightkin are gone.' As soon as I complete this all game saves after this point become corrupt. I have done this both with and without picking up the space suit with the same outcome. I have played through the quest and set off the rockets and then saved but they still become corrupt.

The only alternative I found is to use the computer in Novac to receive the quest to go to boulder. I can do everything else in the game just fine and have not had any other problems. No other bugs/glitches so far =)

It has nothing to do with the spacesuit that players can pick up.

1) Kill Harland OR Get him killed in some way before sending Bright down to the spaceship
2) Problem resolved

Why are you guys driving yourselves nuts? Just bypass this quest altogether, head to Manny's shack? (I think that's the one), use the computer to follow the trail to boulder city and go back to this quest when the devs decide to fix it.

I killed Harland and game still corrupted so that didnt work for me

One other person besides you has stated this has worked for them. Several have stated it has not. Unfortunately for many the problem is not solved. I know you'd like to think you've identified the issue but don't be so quick to jump to that conclusion.

I completed this quest without any issue.

When I encountered Harland he was initially neutral toward me, but after I went up to the platform he was on he turned hostile so I had to kill him.

I didn't have any components with me when I entered the facility.

I convinced the human that he was human.

I blasted bright off successfully and corrected the course.

no corruption or other issues.