Anybody else finish melissa's mission before meeting papa? She dissapears, and even if I talk to regis about him taking over, and then try to slip a grenade in his pocket while sleeping (while stealthboyed) regis will then give me no further dialog and I fail both Oh papa and Can't we be friends. I heard Sandman might work, and somebody else suggested I wake him, and then lead him out to the desert to kill him. It just svcks that they didn't figure this out in playtesting. I can finish every requirement to complete Oh Papa, except melissa, because I like to explore. Bummer.

If you're trying to kill Papa, you need to do it quietly. Sandman or stealthed weapon with one shot. Otherwise, if you can't get everyone, you need to kill both Papa and Regis. Probably a few others.

I've killed him in both my runs with Sandman. And later I changed my mind in one run and killed a few others with Sandman to wipe them out.

Read this http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Oh_my_Papa at the bug section.

Irrelevant, I never disputed a bug existing. He's implied a need for solutions to the quest. I'm providing.

Yes, it happened to me too. Oh Papa is off the table unless you are on PC but you can still finish the quest for the NCR. I talked to the NCR commander at the dam and she told me to assassinate Papa. Only then would Regis talk to me with positive outcome.

I only did this quest as NCR, and had no problems finishing it. You just need to make sure that you kill him stealthily. I didn't bother with a stealthboy, I just snuck into his room and popped him with a silenced 10mm.

Silenced 10mm right in the head! POP!

you can get malissa back to get her approval if your on the PC. just open console left click the ground in front of you and type. placeatreticle 00e595c then hit enter. IMO thats the buggiest quest so far ive seen in game, there are so many things that can/ will screw it up. even sneaking out the back door after you kill papa can mess it up.

I am unable to start the quest because I already talked to Papa before starting the quest, and as the wiki states, this makes the quest unstartable. Does anyone know a workaround, or at least something I can type into the console to make it start?

To OP: I did, fortunately I found Melissa's refid and enable her via console.

Yes, I hope this bug gets fix

Instead of a grenade, try pickpocketing C4. I did that and detonated out in the main room. No one seemed to mind.

Thanks for the replies, I will try the silenced weapon. (finally get to bust out the 'ol varmit rifle again) This only allows you to finish the why can't we be friends, and for the the republic right? I'm screwed out of the oh papa because of the mellisa thing. Xbox360