So i basically started this new save to get the Euclid's C-Finder (and get super powerful explosives... but that's besides the point!) but i couldn't find Max to get this stupid thing at all. that made me start the side quest I could Make You Care so it would give me a map marker and i could just go to him. That didn't turn out how i planned either i got that far only to find the map marker being about 4 inches north of the map higher than the cursor could even go and Stacey (the girl he's chasing) is just cowering in fear of nothing in freeside sitting perfectly still! this is making me quite angry... if there werent invisible walls covering 99.8% of the game i would just hop on through the mountains and fall off the map and punch max in his face but i cant... the invisible walls wont even let me go to places im supposed to get to let alone a place i just want to get to. but anyway i need this fixed or just a random Euclid's C-Finder to pop up for me so i can make big evil doom and finish this quest!

Is there any movement on this glitch?

Children are invulnerable anyways and shouldn't flee, but evidently not only is Stacey perma-fleeing, but Max for some reason fled all the way out of Freeside and is in a section of the map that you can't get to.
I'd rather not load a save game from a week ago just to fix this problem.