Ertebolle@kbin.social to Games@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agoStarfield Bug Forces Players to Change Gender to Fire Gunswww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkStarfield Bug Forces Players to Change Gender to Fire Gunswww.404media.coErtebolle@kbin.social to Games@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agomessage-square26linkfedilinkfile-text
Starfield players looking for how to fix a bug that breaks guns figured out changing their character’s gender is a solution.
minus-squareCavemanfreak@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·2 years agoApparently it’s nothing to do with changing the gender, only opening the character creation screen. So you can open that screen and then just close it, and it should work again. Weird bug though!
minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agoThe article says that the console command to swap genders also works. I haven’t experienced it so I have no clue.
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoIt probably triggers a write of the character data which ends up overwriting some bad value that is actually causing the problem.
minus-squareschmidtster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoWonder if that pseudo opens the screen.
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIt might alter some of the same variables causing this bug.
minus-squareTurtlePower@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·2 years agoYou haven’t experienced swapping genders? All the cool kids are doing it.
minus-squareWolfhoundRO@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoThis is why you don’t use global variables, kids!
Apparently it’s nothing to do with changing the gender, only opening the character creation screen. So you can open that screen and then just close it, and it should work again. Weird bug though!
The article says that the console command to swap genders also works.
I haven’t experienced it so I have no clue.
It probably triggers a write of the character data which ends up overwriting some bad value that is actually causing the problem.
Wonder if that pseudo opens the screen.
It might alter some of the same variables causing this bug.
You haven’t experienced swapping genders? All the cool kids are doing it.
This is why you don’t use global variables, kids!