I thought this new patch was supposed to fix the companions disappearing bug? I seem to have misplaced my trusty sidekick ED-E somewhere and no trick I've tried has worked. I have the PS3 version and I just got the new patch today and sure enough companions show up on the map but only on the LOCAL map. So how am I supposed to track down ED-E? go to every zone in the game? heh.

I "lost" him in the Legion's fort, I zoned into the drawbridge area with Veronica and ED-E and a fight ensued. During the melee I saw one of those messages "ED-E has been knocked unconscious" or something but I was still fighting so I finished them off and looked around for ED-E and didn't find him. I went ahead and zoned into Caesar's tent to see if he showed up inside with Veronica but he didn't. I got attacked by the entire group of Caesar and his bodyguards so I ran out of the tent and proceeded to "kite" them all until they were all dead at which point ED-E still didn't come back. I went all the way out of the zone and back in and nothing. I even went back to Cottonwood Cove and he didn't show up. Tried the Vault 22 elevator trick and nothing. I went back to The Fort and he doesn't show in the local map there either. Any ideas anyone?

Is there a time period after which he heads back to Primm? Have you check there? Good luck.

Yeah I went back to Primm several times and he's not there. Even after the latest patch. What's weird is I still have his perk active and sometimes NPCs make fun of my sad looking robot or something even though he isn't physically there.

im having the same issue execept it shows ed-e on my world map in the building across from the van graffs store but when im there it still shows him on the world map but not on my local map and he is no where in sight.

Well apparently my ED-E is dead, can companions die permanently in this game? I've tried leaving Veronica parked somewhere and fast-travel to a different location and she shows on the world map, it doesn't matter if she's inside a building. ED-E however, is nowhere to be found. I still have his perk so that means he's alive somewhere but he doesn't appear to be in the Mojave, maybe he followed his mission and went to Navarro? heh heh.

companions can only die in hardcoe mode, otherwise they get knocked unconscious.

or pull a vanishing trick out of their ass...

lol yeah i guess the weapons upgrade came with a cloaking/immobility perk for me