JohnnyQuest101 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Has anyone ever fixed this quest yet? If you save Nelson, there is no reason for this quest and it won't finish if you just cut down the men from the cross. It would be great if someone ended this quest if Nelson was saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmongo Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I thought all you had to do was speak to Ranger Milo to end the quest. It makes sense to me. You don't get NCR fame for rescuing the hostages if the Ranger in charge doesn't know that you did it. Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyQuest101 Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 The quest won't end unless you shoot them. "Back in Your Own Backyard is a side quest in Fallout: New Vegas. Notes This quest provides'history' with Boone (a requirement for his side quest). The player character will gain one'point' if they kill the hostages, and two'points' if they rescue them." I rescued Nelson. I released the men and the quest won't finish. There is no option to say I rescued the men. Milo just stands by the hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnvalidUserName Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I never had this happen to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmongo Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I always get an option to talk to Milo. I'm guessing you have a mod installed which is breaking your quest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmongo Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I looked up the quest in the Fallout wiki. Apparently Milo won't recognize that you have rescued the hostages until all of the Legion soldiers at Nelson are dead. Make sure you kill the soldiers in the watchtowers along all of the different paths leading to Nelson along with any Legion soldiers out on the periphery of Nelson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyQuest101 Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 That didn't work. All towers were cleared. -------------------------------------Per Wiki: "Due to the amount of bugs with Ranger Milo, it's recommended that the Courier assaults Nelson and rescues the hostages before they speak to Ranger Milo. Once the Courier is finished with the mission, they can head back up to the encampment and Milo will run to them and comment on how Nelson was taken. The Courier will still get the experience and NCR fame for doing the mission beforehand." ------------------------------------------ It may make sense to do this mission before Restore Hope. Wiki has some errors. Like this found in Wiki Boone history points: Talking to Bitter-Root at Camp McCarran about his history: +1 I can confirm that the above does NOT provide a history point. I used command show "96bcd".nOpenness and none was awarded. I can confirm the quest booted free powder gang hostage gives 2 with Boone there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmongo Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 All I can tell you is that the quest works fine for me. Either you are doing something significantly different than I am which is maybe triggering one of Milo's bugs, or you have a mod that's borking the quest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyQuest101 Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 Actually, went to an earlier save and did "Back in your Backyard" before "Restoring Hope" and it worked as it should have. It also gave 2 history points for saving the men checked with the console command show "96bcd".nOpenness. I got the Boone's history booted for 2, Back in your Backyard for 2 and I put a spell on you for 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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