Boatswain not coming back...

Subject: Boatswain not coming back... Mon 9 Apr 2018 - 18:57

well i'm still following the guide and i'm at the point where Botswain it's going to deactivate the Psi-things and after the 3 messages i wait and i wait and he doesn't come back... i've read about the bug at 1.00006 but i thought it won't be a problem on 16,8 or maybe it's something else...

Subject: Re: Boatswain not coming back... Mon 9 Apr 2018 - 19:47

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] wrote:: well i'm still following the guide and i'm at the point where Botswain it's going to deactivate the Psi-things and after the 3 messages i wait and i wait and he doesn't come back... i've read about the bug at 1.00006 but i thought it won't be a problem on 16,8 or maybe it's something else...

All I can tell you is that in my games he always comes back eventually - although it can take quite a while. I think it was something like 10 minutes in my last game. Unfortunately I don't know of any way to speed him up.

A good time to go and make a fresh cup of coffee!

Subject: Re: Boatswain not coming back... Tue 10 Apr 2018 - 5:22

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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] wrote:: well i'm still following the guide and i'm at the point where Botswain it's going to deactivate the Psi-things and after the 3 messages i wait and i wait and he doesn't come back... i've read about the bug at 1.00006 but i thought it won't be a problem on 16,8 or maybe it's something else...

All I can tell you is that in my games he always comes back eventually - although it can take quite a while. I think it was something like 10 minutes in my last game. Unfortunately I don't know of any way to speed him up.

A good time to go and make a fresh cup of coffee!

I've seen that Botswain can be seen in the map so i just needed to see where he went...

Subject: Re: Boatswain not coming back... Tue 10 Apr 2018 - 6:04

Hey, at least you won't have to wait for over a game week for Boatswain like I did for Arhara to appear in the Agroprom train tunnel!

Subject: Re: Boatswain not coming back... Tue 10 Apr 2018 - 10:09

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] wrote:: I've seen that Botswain can be seen in the map so i just needed to see where he went...

Well, he is in the Monolith base, supposedly resting at their camp fire. However, you can't get near him because of the Psi radiation barrier, so you can only wait.

He eventually emerges from a tunnel under the side wall facing the Stalker village. There is a red fuel barrel at the entrance, which you can see from one of the weird trees just outside the barrier. I usually climb up there and just watch for him to appear.

Subject: Re: Boatswain not coming back... Tue 10 Apr 2018 - 10:13

I found that getting "close" to him (not really close but enough to trigger the barrier) gets him to move. I had to do this several times before he finally arrived. Dawdler!

Subject: Re: Boatswain not coming back... Tue 10 Apr 2018 - 11:05

He was always moving for me, too muvh actually, from time to time i get a bug in wich npc that i have to follow start runing back and fort with their guns out, and breathing heavily, i had to save and load many times for them to get back on track

Subject: Re: Boatswain not coming back... Tue 10 Apr 2018 - 17:46

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] wrote:: He was always moving for me, too muvh actually, from time to time i get a bug in wich npc that i have to follow start runing back and fort with their guns out, and breathing heavily, i had to save and load many times for them to get back on track

Quicksave-Quickload usually snaps them out of it, but yes, sometimes you have to try this several times before they behave! It is also worth checking for enemies nearby. If they sense an enemy when they reload, they will immediately start their "dance" again.