Fallout: New Vegas Bug List

[thethingthatlurks]

Ok guys, I'm really curious as to just how buggy New Vegas really is. So, what I would like to do is to have everybody who has played the game for at least five hours to give a list of all of the bugs/glitches you've seen so far, and your system. I'm not looking for a bashing of the game, but I want to know if the stigma of bugginess is warranted or not.

I'll start, of course. Here's my experience with the PS3 version:
-when leaving Goodsprings, I came across a coyote who floated in the air, and one was catapulted into the sky after shooting it.
-the game crashed on several occasions
-here's a bizarre one: upon entering New Vegas for the first time, the player's weapons were confiscated. My companion at the time was Boone, and after getting our weapons back, I noticed that Boone's rifle was in my inventory, but I couldn't return it to him. When I dropped it, I noticed the text was red, hence I "stole" it. I couldn't even use it, as it used some strange ammo I had never come across, despite it technically being a hunting rifle. Long rant short, Boone is now less likely to exterminate every living thing in sight.
-After the Come Fly With Me quest (that's the sending-ghouls-off-into-space quest), all of the rockets were still in my inventory.
-After entering Searchlight, Boone (now without rifle) went batshit and ran off to fight some enemy halfway across the map (no exaggeration). I could not see said enemies, but Boone did in fact kill several ghouls, dogs, and scorpions.


So, am I just one of the lucky ones, or is the game not nearly as bug-ridden as is often claimed?

 

[Radeonx]

I haven't encountered any bugs other then a scorpion getting stuck into a rock.

 

[oplinger]

On the PC, the game only crashes when I gamble.

I've found a workaround though. When you stop gambling the game hangs for a little bit..if you bring up any menus in that time (sometimes not always) it'll crash.

Other than that, nothing other than enemies stuck in world geometry. and one random crash.

I guess if you want to count the bad AI as a bug, go for that..sometimes my passive companions will go aggressive and kill things.

 

[Daaaah Whoosh]

On mine (xbox), i put a laser sight on my Weathered 10mm Pistol, and it turned the whole thing into a random red box with an "!" on it. It still shoots, but it makes no noise, and it's very hard to see when your head is stuck in a red box. I still carry it around, mostly because the laser sight cost me so much, and I want to use it some day.
Also, I had to fast travel out of a boulder after I fell into it.

 

[camokkid]

Well My game literally just crashed because of a certain merchant who always makes my game crash when I trade with her. I am using the xbox version.

 

[camokkid]

On mine (xbox), i put a laser sight on my Weatherer 10mm pistol, and it turned the whole thing into a random red box with an "!" on it. It still shoots, but it makes no noise, and it's very hard to see when your head is stuck in a red box. I still carry it around, mostly because the laser sight cost me so much, and I want to use it some day.

That happened to me when I tried putting a silencer on my Weathered 10mm, but luckily, I saved the game before putting it on.

 

[thethingthatlurks]

On mine (xbox), i put a laser sight on my Weathered 10mm Pistol, and it turned the whole thing into a random red box with an "!" on it. It still shoots, but it makes no noise, and it's very hard to see when your head is stuck in a red box. I still carry it around, mostly because the laser sight cost me so much, and I want to use it some day.

Wow, do you have any screenshots per chance? I'd really like to know what that looks like

 

[C95J]

Xbox 360:

1. Radscorpion got stuck in ground once.
2. Sometimes my weapon floats in front of my screen covering most of it. (this is easily fixed).

Well, that was an exhaustive list.

 

[Treeinthewoods]

Ummm...

Radroaches
Cazadores (little bastards!)
Radscorpions
Bloatflies

HA!

Really pretty smooth experience, one bug where a swarm of Cazadores got stuck in a rock instead of murdering me but I was okay with that.

 

[T-004]

First big glitch:

Halfway through the train tunnel south of boomer territory There is a side room with a glowing one in.

the stairs in front of it had a mini waterfall of tin cans falling through them and when I tried to go into the room I fell through the floor, dropped through a grey area and was teleported back to the entrance of the tunnel.

The glowing one kept falling through and popping back up in the room.

Second big glitch:

The alpha deathclaw in quarry junction was frozen and coud not be harmed in any way.

Had to fast travel to the great khan camp at the top of the quarry to unstick him lol.

 

[Gralian]

I stepped on a landmine by the NCRCF and the game froze. It froze before it could even explode. I couldn't help but laugh; it was the perfect OHSHI- moment, immortalised.

Edit: I've also had my arms and gun rotate clockwise (towards the screen) and then stop in front of my hud normally again. I have no idea why it does this, but i notice it does this when my character is pressed against a table or shelf or something. I've also got an annoying bug where my character continues walking for one or two steps even when i let go of the stick.

Xbox 360 version.

 

[Merkavar]

1 scorpian in the ground

does not being able to beat lanius legate count as a bug.
Does beating lanius legate by blowing him up with c4 and not having his body land again count as a bug? seriously he just dissapeared. i wanted his mask as a trophy

 

[CitySquirrel]

25 hours in on 360.

Big ones: After I talked to Old Lady Gibson, I went to Helios one. When I went out the back door after getting the mission there, old lady Gibson and her dogs were sitting / floating in midair. Then they became hostile.

The potential sheriff for Primm from the NCR correctional facility went to Primm and, when I found him, he looked like he was cloaked, only I couldn't interact with him at all.

Fortunately I had old save files to work around these.

Little ones: I hit a guy with a grenade... it threw him ten feet into the air where he stood and took potshots at me.

Random Giant rad scorpions are stuck in the ground in areas that I have never seen a rad scorpion in... and on the flip side, a giant rad scorpion somehow ended up in goodsprings while I was level one and killed Trudy and Easy Pete.

 

[micky]

one time there was a scorpion in the ground, a man stuck in a wall and my arm floating in front of my face all at the same time. then kids gliding across the ground in a squat and cant forget to mention my gun not working as a death-claw runs at me and rips my face off.

EDIT: xbox version

 

[DanielPowell33]

PS3, around 25 hours.

-Every time I enter The Strip via the north gate, the game freezes before I even get to move, and when I enter from any other entrance I can walk around for a few seconds before it freezes.

-All my scoped weapons had a pink graphic glitch in the bottom and top right quadrants of the scope. The next time I turned the game on, it was fixed.

 

[Mr spank]

xbox 360, played for about 47+ hours so far

-graphical clipping errors like enemies stuck in world objects and weapon floating in the middle of the screen, etc..
-disappearing items - after buy stuff from a merchant it magically disappears
-spoken dialogue differs from text sometimes
-when using lever action weapons or the hunting shotgun and .357 revolver i can't shoot or access the pipboy for a few seconds(which is frustrating when surrounded by enemies!)
-finishing certain quests crashes the game(like "come fly with me" quest)
-random crashes and lockups
-save files getting corrupted, especially auto saves


i'll get a bunch of hours where everything is fine, then out of nowhere the game crashes. i've even had it where i played for an entire day, maybe around 13 and a half hours of straight play time where its smooth sailing, other days i get maybe an hour before something bad happens. i don't know, maybe the game is on its period.

 

[Baldr4500]

The game just freezes randomly and some Cazadores and fearl gouls fell through the scenery while attacking me, that?s it so far after 20 hours on the PS3 version.

 

[theSovietConnection]

On mine (xbox), i put a laser sight on my Weathered 10mm Pistol, and it turned the whole thing into a random red box with an "!" on it. It still shoots, but it makes no noise, and it's very hard to see when your head is stuck in a red box. I still carry it around, mostly because the laser sight cost me so much, and I want to use it some day.

Wow, do you have any screenshots per chance? I'd really like to know what that looks like

Like this, I assume

It means the model is missing from the engine files. I haven't tried using the laser sight, so I can't say, but it must mean that model is missing.

Anyways, only real glitch I've had was the save glitch, and I found a fix for that.

 

[Cronky]

Been playing the PC version.

Most of mine came from quests that are already well known:

Raul wont react to talking to Ranger Andy.

Veronica wouldn't talk to the elder, thus not continuing with her quest.

Oh My Papa quest. I did the speech checks for getting... Karl(?) kicked out. Regardless of whether I talked to Regis or Papa the quest wouldn't continue.

ED-E losing inventory when you upgrade it.

Perhaps it's not a "Bug" but VATS targeting people right in front of me wont hit. I know 95% chance means that there's a 5% chance of it not hitting, but when 6 shots in a row don't hit I find it weird.

Companions running off for no reason. Companions disappearing for whatever reason. Companions not moving for whatever reason.

When I bring ED-E into Camp McCarren, if I bring it to the "Ranger Group" (Betty, Bitterroot, 10 of spades, etc) that usually hangs out in the tents near the entrance they will go hostile only on ED-E and destroy it... for no reason.

Vilified with Legion and for whatever reason they don't attack me. I'm not at a point in which they will "Negate" your past actions. (Not too troubled with this one)

In Quarry Junction, I was taking shots at the Deathclaw Mother and it got stuck halfway in one of the "Ponds". Made for an easy kill, so I was alright with this one too.