"Where there's smoke" cutscene breaks the game for me, and I cannot solve it.

[Knümf]

So I am doing the quest "Where there's smoke" and I am at the cutscene that triggers when you meet Aiden. The cutscene bugs out no matter what I do. The conversation stops, and everyone is silent, I cannot move or do antything but reload a save. I am aware that many other people has had the same problem but most of the threads I've found has presented solutions which do not work for me. I have tried uninstalling the "see through scopes" mod, changing which gun I have equipped, dismissing my companions, and every other thing i could think of, but to no avail. I have literally been trying for 4 hours straight to get this to work.

Through trial and error (and other threads on this site) I have found out that first of all, the problem seems to stem from your characters crosshair not aligning with Aiden/or jake which takes you out of the conversation. Since the nature of this cutscene sadly means that you cannot move or look around at all, you can't do anything about this. I have also found out that which weapon you have equipped indeed makes a difference in how far into the conversation you can reach before it stops. Weapons with scopes are (no matter if you have "see through scopes" installed or not) are more buggy than other weapons. There is also a difference between going in to the cutscene from first person or third person, first person works best.

I would really appreciate if someone could help me progress with this quest, since I sadly do not have a recent previous save I revert to. If noone knows how to solve the bug, could anyone tell me the quest ID so that I can perhaps skip forward with the console? I havent really been able to figure out the quest ID myself.
Thanks in advance if anyone takes the time to help me.

 

[Knümf]

Finally, after 2 additional hours, I managed to get it to work. If someone has the same problem as me, try this: SPAM your way through the conversation as quickly as you can by pressing left mousebutton and don't care about what conversation option you choose. This is what finally solved it for me, but its possible it was just a fluke. I do not have any patience over for this quest to go back and troubleshoot any more than that. I think this quest needs some serious revision on several accounts.

 

[DemonataLord]

I have been having this issue as well. Have reloaded the quest about 15 times unable to get it to work. i will try spamming as quick as possible and i will see if it works

 

[DemonataLord]

Worked like a charm. Thanks a lot man.

 

[Smash Mouse]

same here it keep getting stuck for me too

 

[Smash Mouse]

Finally, after 2 additional hours, I managed to get it to work. If someone has the same problem as me, try this: SPAM your way through the conversation as quickly as you can by pressing left mousebutton and don't care about what conversation option you choose. This is what finally solved it for me, but its possible it was just a fluke. I do not have any patience over for this quest to go back and troubleshoot any more than that. I think this quest needs some serious revision on several accounts.

thanks this has now worked for me a few times with no issues other then me just being under armed for the fight against the gunners

 

[falloutboy13]

doesn't work for me. don't know what I'm doing wrong.

 

[Derisat]

6/6/22 and this is still a problem, spamming only gets me part way then it hangs again. i can't progress at all

 

[yaugie]

I just ran through this myself to verify, and apart from one point where the dialog 'stalled' for an uncomfortably long time (when Jake says he's putting his gun away), and the camera clearly not knowing where it should be when Aiden first enters the dialog sequence, it seemed to work fine for me.

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Is that where it's 'hanging' for everyone else?
I just remembered I'm still running v2.1.2 of the mod though, not the newer 2.1.3b, although this thread is from long before that

 

[Derisat]

I just ran through this myself to verify, and apart from one point where the dialog 'stalled' for an uncomfortably long time (when Jake says he's putting his gun away), and the camera clearly not knowing where it should be when Aiden first enters the dialog sequence, it seemed to work fine for me.

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Is that where it's 'hanging' for everyone else?
I just remembered I'm still running v2.1.2 of the mod though, not the newer 2.1.3b, although this thread is from long before that

im running 2.1.3b not only is there a hang at the start indefinitely when talking down Aiden (got through it through smashing 1, but there's a hang i CAN'T get past after it focuses off the dead gunner leader. I just can't progress at all, there's several infinite lag spots. My conversation camera is ACTIVATED and there's no conflicting mods from known mods. Considering how common this is, this should be a known bug and needs to be addressed. Now Jake is just following me everywhere since i can't complete the quest

 

[msalaba]

I have completed this quest 3 times with v2.1.3b without issue. I would suspect a mod conflict. I haven't had an issue with this quest since the early versions of SS2.