hi guys, i am a little frustrated here. i have the FNV strategy guide and set out to the REPCONN HQ to grab the unique variant of the plasma rifle, the3 Q35 matter modulator, and when i find it where the guide says it will be, sitting in a pod in the shipping area, it will not allow me to pick it up at all!! and i read through the guide right to know i have the skill level to wield it, and that i do not have to do anything else to obtain it, and yet i am getting nothing. i admit i am new to gaming in a way, and if i missed something i apologize, but i believe that this is a bug or glitch that is preventing me from obtaining it and am asking for any help or advice. i am so green tech-wise that i don't even know if patches are downloaded automatically, or do i have download it to my PS3 myself? sorry, and thank you for any help you may be able to offer me, as i am a little bummed out only because i am just 10 hours in, and am worried what other problems await me as i go along. :brokencomputer:

I have had problems interacting with a few things. You can try reloading from a save. Change the location of where your standing. Try fast traveling somewhere else then come back. Do another quest or go exploring and then come back and try again.

thanks a lot J4 i appreciate the advice. i will give that try.

I am currently having the same issue and would like my nice new toy to let me get it. Hopefully a fix in the next( should have never been needed) patch when ever the [censored] that will be.

I had this issue as well. You will need to toss a grenade near where the gun is in that cylinder. You may have to toss a few grenades before you're able to pick it up, but that's what worked for me.

I will give it a try... Thanx

Dude, walk up next to the thing on the side closest to the wall and it then crouch, look directly down and turn until it says to pick it up.

This doesn't work for me at all, infact i had been throwing nades, C4, planting frag mines and shooting them, even fireing missles and the grenade machine gun at it, when i did get it to stand upright against the invisible wall it STILL couldn't get it, the crosshair doesn't even highlight to say you can pick it up.

I have to say that for a "NEW" game, Fallout 3 was NEVER anywhere near this screwed up, and infact the only trouble i ever had with fallout 3 GOTY on the PS3 was playing operation anchorage with the amount of crashing. but this game is starting to feel like another Operation Flashpoint dragon rising, just a mess of bugs and glitches.

I just hope this gun is not part of any quest lines or im screwed, i just cannot pick this damn gun up!!

Is there any other items of worth that are screwed up like this one??

Were you in third person when you tried to pick it up?
There's a similar issue with Miguel's Pawn Shop where you must be in third person and aim at the door hinge area to gain access.

Yes, you have to be in third person view and look down. Just get in the corner where the rifle is and rotate the view slowly until you see that it can be taken. This has worked for me every time. I believe the crosshair was all the way down on the ground in third person view when I was able to get it.

do a search on the forums there is a thread already made with a link to a video showing you how to get it

yes! i finally got around to going back for the Q-35, and did what you told me to do with the grenades, and as luck would have it, i was able to pick it up. thanks and good work! :goodjob:

Trying to pick this gun up totally confused me as well because I thought one of the terminals were responsible for unlocking that chamber, until I decided to toss a few grenades at it. I think I used up about 4 or 5 at most before I was able to pick it up.

True, getting this one can be a bit confusing, but it's probably one of the easiest glitches to get around. At least it HAS a workaround, unlike my problems....all i can do is wait for the patch and hope that Bethesda fixes them. I have faith, though; I doubt they would ignore problems as large as being unable to complete quests.

just tried it to im here to join the party

i hope you are right my friend, i hope you are right. sadly, i have my doubts since they announced the release of an add-on called "dead money" for the XBOX 360. this tells me that they may have been more focused on developing this add-on, than developing the patch we are all in desperate need of. it's a disgrace.

i had the same problem and never could pick it up, then i turned around to shoot a robot and turnd back and it was gone, my companion had picked it up for me, then i got it from him.

I tried a few things and the following always worked:


Crouch and go to the container where the rifle is in. Put (try to NOT trow) a grenade or dynamite behind the container right in the corner of the walls. Then you should run away ^^

Now switch to 3rd person mode and try to pick it up buy looking down at the container borders. then you should be able to pick it up.

If it does not work, try another grenade.



Hope, this helpes you guys and my German-English is understandable ^^

The wiki is your friend: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Q-35_Matter_Modulator

I tried that and I through grenade after grenade at the damn thing and i still can't get it. So that's nice, one of the unique items in the game is just for looks that's [censored] up. And nice of them to let us know any info on the patch in a timely manner, 9 days and counting since the last update