Issues with ED-E Companion

Post » Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:26 pm

No game is glitch-free at launch, but this is a really strange one. At first, I thought it was just a fluke, but now I *know* something is very strange. The issue is with the ED-E companion. Or rather, perhaps, with how every other NPC in the game percieves the poor little eyebot. It seems that some NPCs, despite being completely neutral with me, decide they want to try to kill my little companion out of the freaking blue.

First time this happened was when I went back to Goodsprings to talk to the doctor about getting healed. Surgery was done, he started walking away (which was unexpected), and went into the next room. Once the 'cutscene' had ended (and I could move around again), the doctor suddenly whips out his pistol in the next room, fires off two shots and screams "Aha! There you are!", and then re-holsters his weapon.

O-kaaay. Weird, but nothing completely unusual, I guess.

So then I wander over to NCRCF, for kicks and giggles. Start talking to the convict who runs their store, decide he doesn't have any wares I like, and exit his shop. Suddenly he, and by extension, the rest of the freaking room, suddenly whip out their guns/lead pipes/whatever and start beating the living crap out of my eyebot. Still friendly with me, but not my eyebot. I exit the room, and they *follow* me (or rather, my eyebot, I am still neutral to them). Go back in the room, they again follow, keep beating the crap out of my little friend. I exit the room once more and fast travel away (which I can do because, guess what? They aren't hostile towards me!).

Something weird is going on here. I would expect them to hate both me and my companion. But just the robot? That can't be right, and it definitely can't be right that friendly factions just start freaking out and attacking my pals for no good reason.
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Betsy Humpledink
 
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Post » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:26 pm

I was just about to post this bug. I have some footage I recorded...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dX0Hfi22o8

Why does this happen T_T
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Post » Tue Jul 06, 2010 3:38 am

I was just about to post this bug. I have some footage I recorded...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dX0Hfi22o8

Why does this happen T_T

I think its because of faction stuff. Like if you wear faction armor, but your companion cant, they will attack him but not you.
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Lauren Graves
 
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Post » Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:24 pm

This happens to me. Aside from the saving problems (which is compounded by this), it's the most annoying bug I've experienced.

People who EDE has problems with:
Yahoos in V&V Casino
Yahoos in Goodspring
Caravaners in Mojave Outpost
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Avril Churchill
 
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Post » Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:26 pm

I think its because of faction stuff. Like if you wear faction armor, but your companion cant, they will attack him but not you.


I'm in the Casino, wearing non-faction armor. The only thing I did was make ED-E hold some stuff and everyone started hating him.
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Robert Devlin
 
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Post » Tue Jul 06, 2010 1:51 am

I believe it's a bug where ED-E equips the armor you have him carry. If it's faction armor, he'll wear it.

You can't get it off him again for some reason. I'm trying to find out if it's doable through the console.
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Post » Tue Jul 06, 2010 3:02 am

be warned that the new patch 1.11xxx, can cause companions to get stuck onto you when teleporting or moving to another room. This essentially results in the need to rollback save game.. :)

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