End of the Begining (Spoilers) Can't Progress (Solved)

[Behemothrex]

Quest: End of the Begining

Issue: Can't progress quest during the find the Com Hub stage.

I am very reluctant to ask this as I hate asking for help or using guides. But I have been trying to figure this out for about 2 hours and I am stumped. I am doing the assult on the Gunners HQ and I am inside with Jake and Lupe. I found the chained door, and also the door blocked with lockers, I found the elevator button that says it needs a keycard. I have explored every inch of the building, basement, main floor, 2nd floor, roof, exterior of building, etc over and over. Initially I thought I just needed to get through the door blocked by the lockers but then when I found the button that said it needed a keycard I started looting everything in the building looking for a card.

At this point I am thinking I either need the keycard or to get past the lockers, but for the life of me I cannot find a way to get past the lockers and I think I have looted everything in the entire building and no keycard.

I doubt the quest is bugged, I am guessing I am missing something really obvious.

I would prefer a general hint, rather than telling me outright, maybe a floor to start on, etc. I'm just scratching my head at this point.

Thanks!

 

[Cessori]

How did you explore the basement? Did you take the elevator down to the basement?

 

[Behemothrex]

How did you explore the basement? Did you take the elevator down to the basement?

First off thanks for not instantly spoiling, yes I took the elevator to the basement, explored every nook and cranny, found the elevator to the roof, took that, defeated the Gunners explored the entire roof, even went to ground level and explored the entire perimieter, which I know is wrong but I was desperate.

So are you saying there is another way down? I will go and do another excursion on the main floor and the basement.

Now I don't know if this has anything to do with it because the quest did progress, but when I had to make a choice between Jake and Aiden's plan I chose the listen to Jake's plan option, then I chose the listen to Aiden's plan option, and then the quest simply progressed as if I had chosen Jake's plan (which I wanted) but I never actually chose the Jake's plan option. But as I said the quest progressed the assult initiated and Lupe, Jake and I entered the GNC and then here we are.

Thanks again, off I go to explore.

 

[Cessori]

Hm, so you didn't actually pick a plan at the Map, before the battle began?

If you didn't experience an "encounter" in the basement, when exiting the elevator, something definitely did not go as planned.
I would recommend restarting the quest. Hopefully you have a save point to return to, and can try it again.

I haven't played this quest in a while.... I'll run through it again too

 

[Behemothrex]

Hm, so you didn't actually pick a plan at the Map, before the battle began?

If you didn't experience an "encounter" in the basement, when exiting the elevator, something definitely did not go as planned.
I would recommend restarting the quest. Hopefully you have a save point to return to, and can try it again.

I haven't played this quest in a while.... I'll run through it again too

No encounter in the basement, several randon Gunners in the building and on the roof, and one spawns in about every 30 minutes while I explore but thats it. And I have spent the time since my last post going over everything agian LOL.

Yes I do have a save point right before I initiate the talk about the plan, so I will go back and try that. I had to reload and initiate that part of the quest like 3 times because during Jakes spiel I kept getting attacked by random mobs and Jake and the gang would run away to fight and never come back LOL. So I would have to go out and sweep all mobs from the area before initiating the quest.

So off I go I will reload, and I will not pick anything but accept Jake's plan and see what happens.

Wish me luck!

 

[lordoftheapes79]

Sounds to me like you're in the vanilla cell, not the SS2 cell. Did you blow up the minefield on the way in? And did you go in thru the front right entrance?

Most importantly, did you fiddle with the intercom at the door on the way in and accidentally turn off the SS2 cell?

 

[Behemothrex]

Sounds to me like you're in the vanilla cell, not the SS2 cell. Did you blow up the minefield on the way in? And did you go in thru the front right entrance?

Most importantly, did you fiddle with the intercom at the door on the way in and accidentally turn off the SS2 cell?

I did enter ther right cell, I saw the intercom and ignored it. I reloaded my save and started the attack again. I got into GNN and waited until the quest updated and said find the Comm Hub, then I started my attack on the Gunners and proceded to the basement.

This time Berman was there so I thought I was golden. Started the dialouge with him tried to talk my way out, that didn't happen so I used the Attack-Action Boy option and killed his escorts then tried to kill him. But he just goes into the downed companion state, sits on the ground for 10 seconds then stands up agian. The first time he did this he was not hostile and I was able to restart the dialouge options. The second time I just selected the normal attack option, but that ended in the same result. The next time he got up he was hostile, tried again, no go, then I let Jake kill him without my help but still no joy.

I tried reloading the quest from the point where I enter GNN but still the same result.

I think I am going to take a break, unless this is a known issue it may be a mod conflict on my end and I don't have the energy right now to sift through all my mods LOL.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Behemothrex]

(Solved)

Okay in my eagerness to get this quest going once I got into GNN I went right to the basemenet elevator. So I decided to try it one more time, this time I went and clicked on the chained door, then went to the basement and it worked.

Now normally I never have the quest markers on because I don't want to be shown where to go, but I did have them on for this quest and it showed me the chained door, then the elevator button.

So maybe an option needs to be put in that if someone bypasses clicking on the chained door the quest can still complete. I have no idea how much hassle that would be to code, and I appreciate all you guys do making these quests.

I guess that is just what happens when the mods get into the wild.

Thanks again everyone for the help and all your hard work!

 

[Cessori]

(Solved)

Glad you got through!

 

[Behemothrex]

Glad you got through!

OMG! okay I make it through I am on the roof talking to Jake and Aiden, I complete the quest it says its finished, then.....wham! random grenade from some invisible Gunner or one on the ground and insta kills me, I was wearing my X-01 fully upgraded power armor! No problem, game reloads, I'm at the entrance to GNN with Lupe telling me to find the Comm Hub......sigh.