After completing all the quests for the Brotherhood of steal I was never given an option to get the power armor or anything of use. This is pretty much what is happening, I completed the last quest for the elder and then turned in the tapes to that Hardin guy, now all they are saying to me is "I must prepare for the trial, come back later" or something like that. Its been around 2 weeks of in game time and nothing has changed, so I guessing its bugged... Has anyone else had this problem, or am I doing something wrong?

Sigh that svcks to hear.... I had the same problem at Repcon sending off the ghouls with Chris, one was always left behind and he was still there saying "i am preparing the launch i cant talk now" after i had launched it.

Have you beat the main quest? It might not trigger til you advance further or beat it.

No, I haven't. I would hate to advance even further and then still not be able to get it though. If everyone else can confirm this, then I will complete it. Usually I do the side quests first because I lose interest after beating the main stories in these games.

You are aware the game ends when you beat it, right?

/sigh
No I wasn't, I figured since Fallout 3 they wouldn't have it end, and make it more like oblivion(at least for how you could continue).

You probably didn't notice at that point you are instructed to head up to the observation deck and launch the rocket.

I wasted 5 minutes thinking I'd hit a glitch when really I just wasn't paying close enough attention to my new objective.

Are there any ideas why I can't get it? Right now for the main quest I need to meet with the leader of Caesars legion, do I need to maybe do that first? I also tried loading it back to just before turning the quest in(air filtration), and it doesn't seem to have changed what they say to me, even after waiting there for 7 days or so.

It may be bugged; what's supposed to happen is that Hardin takes over and then tells you to go kill the Van Graffs if you want to become a member of the Brotherhood (and presumably get PA training.) You shouldn't have to do any other quests to advance this.

Try doing other quests for a few hours and then go back. If it is bugged, though, I'd expect a prompt fix; I was having issues with quests yesterday that were fixed by the patch.

Also, be advised, I'm not sure if you can trigger Veronica's personal quest if Hardin's the Elder. I'm almost certain you'd still be able to, as its wording is suitably vague, but all the same, you may want to create a backup save.

I also ran into the same bug. I completed all of McNamara's quests, got the safehouse key, then turned the tapes over to Hardin. For the past game week+ they've just been talking about McNamara getting charged, and Hardin still hasn't taken over. Obviously bugged. Shouldn't there be some console command I can use to manually force this to advance as it's supposed to?

Edit: Figured it out. For some reason, the "find a way to oust ..." objective wasn't marked as completed for some reason. If this is the case for you, press ~ to bring up the console, and type:

SetObjectiveCompleted 0015D79D 50 1

The part of the script that handles the succession is done on cell load. You should just be able to leave and re-enter area Harkin is in. If that doesn't work, leave, enter "pcb" in the console, then try re-entering. If that still doesn't work, then the bug might be being caused by something else for your game.

Edit 2: Wait, no, that doesn't work. Even if you use that command, if you test whether or not it worked by using "GetObjectiveCompleted 0015D79D 50", it'll still say it's = 0.00. Maybe SetObjectiveCompleted was programmed to do nothing for "completed" quests? Also, I just noticed that Hardin is supposed to give you the safehouse key after he becomes Elder. Which means that, if the succession wasn't broken, you'd end up getting two keys if you talked to McNamara first when finishing the second-to-last BoS quest. I'm assuming that talking to McNamara first, which marks the quest as "completed", and then talking to Hardin and giving him the evidence, is what causes the bug.

Same Issue, I turned in the quest to Elder McNamara first, and then gave the dirt to the head paladin. Waited several in game weeks and they keep saying they are preping for trial.

I have found no fixes or updates, but I see many other gamers having the same issue on the other forums.

Update:

I tried using the disable / kill command on both the elder and head paladin, no change
tried waiting longer
tried doing the `setobjectivecompleted thing

even tried killing everyone in the bunker for annoying the crap out of me several times

nothing works so far, I hope they will patch this soon.


:(

The questline is not bugged. You have to wait X amount of time before Hardin takes control. Go off and continue the main quest line or something and go back to it at a later time. Sometimes it helps to have some patience.

I've almost literally waited for like a $*&%ing month in-game for Hardin to take over so his lazy fat %*@ can get me some bloody power armor training AND NOTHING.

I also completed McNamera's quest and then talked to Hardin because this was the only option available. Hardin will not have the dialogue option to tell him about McNamera's breaking the CoC until after you give McNamera the holodiscs it seems.

Extremely irritating. I want to pimp myself out in BOS armor and go stomp some NCR bastards already!

I disagree..

I did as others did above.. I turned the discs into McNamara.. completed the quest .. and then handed the discs to Hardin as well.. that was over 10 hours of play time ago.. Ive completed a ton of side quests since then and advanced the main quest to where Ive disabled Mr. House and am being told to take out the BoS..

Prior to giving Hardin the discs, McNamara was telling me "I Need some time to prepare for unlocking the base" or whatever.. after giving the discs to hardin McNamara tells me "Im prep'ing for the trial" .. After getting this day after day, I went outside the base and 'T' waited for a full month from when I handed the discs in.. and still get the same message..

quest is bugged.

I dont think so. Reason 1) I didn't do the BoS quest untill late into the game. I dont think you are allowed past that point untill awhile after you decide wether or not to destroy the BoS. Reason 2) If it were bugged as you say it is then I would not be wearing power armour right now. You really dont get to use it untill right before the final fight.

yeah, confirmed it.. Im a compulsive saver..

I found a save back when I was just about to give McNamara the scout reports.. but I hadnt given hardin the tapes yet.. so I listened to McN.. waited a week of gametime, ran outside into hidden valley and then back into the bunker to reload things and McNamara progressed the quest..

Unfortunately my save is 7 levels a crapload of quests and 10 hours of play ago.. so I dont see me goin backwards right now to that..

Ill just hope for a patch soon and go try and find some more side-quests until it gets fixed.. or someone figures out a way to make it work in the console.. I want McNamara in..

Yes it is. I looked at the script and did a little debugging work with the console. Read my above post if you want to know exactly what goes wrong.

I left the original elder in place and got the armor training no problem.

I had to wait only a few days and it worked for me. If they are waiting a month, its bugged.



I did this mission before I went to the strip. I wanted it ASAP and happened apon the BOS while doing ED-E's quest and focused on that for a few hours.

A FIX!

A FIX!

If whoever edited the vault wiki with this info is on this site..

Thank you.. thank you.. thank you x a million..

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Still_in_the_Dark#Bugs

If both hardin and mcnamara are telling you 'come back later' for forever.. follow the link above to fix it..

Did you go around and do any quests or simply try waiting a week?, it only took a couple days before I could go back and get the option, I think if you go complete two or three quests and go back the option should be available.