I found out about the Raul bug after already playing for days, so not happy about not being able to get his quest I started over from scratch. Now this is with an unpatched 360 game. I hate the way the companions don't have the option to go back to the Lucky 38 after the new patch, so I deleted it. Anyway, running my new second game I avoided going into Andy's bungalow till I had Raul with me. I visited Loyal first, Sterling second, and had no issues. I then go to Andy with Raul, learn the Ranger move, no conversation. We go outside, no conversation. I go back in and talk to Andy again to get the note to check on Ranger Charlie station. I run that, go back, talk to Andy, still no dialogue from Raul. We go outside, no dialogue from Raul.

I revert to an earlier save, try visiting Andy with Raul first, still no conversation. What did I do wrong?

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Well I deleted the game from the HD, deleted all my saves, and cleared the cache again. Did a fresh install (no patch downloaded) and started a new game. Yet again I made a beeline for Raul, ran him around to all three men, and still no dialogue.

For those that have gotten Raul's "Old School Ghoul" to trigger, what steps were taken? Which guys were gone to in which order?

I tried following the Wiki, but no idea if that's even correct. And can'[t find any mention of the quest in the online strategy guide. I went Loyal, Sterling, and Andy. And when nothing happened I repeated, again nothing. Then did the a reload again and ran to the ranger station for Andy, after that again nothing. Why is it working for some but not others? What am I doing wrong?

I have the "New" patch and do get the option to have companions go to the Lucky 38.

The first patch completely removed that option from my game. No way at all to send the companions to the lucky 38, that's why I won't install it again.

Had another glitch that ruined the game and made me have to restart for the 4th? time. Arcade was semt to the morman fort so I could pick-up Raul, and when I went back to teh fort Arcade was gone. Waited a week ingame time, nada. had to start yet again. Getting really frustrated with this game.

According to your test results, it is fairly apparent that the current patch did not fix Raul's quest. I suggest skipping this quest and continue playing if you're so inclined to explore other aspects of New Vegas, or move on to other games if this is one of those last 5% of NV you would like to experience by yourself. FO3's official patches were released periodically over 6 months, and since NV is just a month old I won't really expect significant progress until 2011 Jan/Feb.