Ertebolle@kbin.social to Games@sh.itjust.works · 10 months agoStarfield Bug Forces Players to Change Gender to Fire Gunswww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
Starfield players looking for how to fix a bug that breaks guns figured out changing their character’s gender is a solution.
minus-squareCavemanfreaklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·10 months 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-up12·10 months agoThe article says that the console command to swap genders also works. I haven’t experienced it so I have no clue.
minus-squareschmidtster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·10 months agoWonder if that pseudo opens the screen.
minus-squareThrowawaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·10 months agoIt runs the change character script, which resets animations.
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoIt might alter some of the same variables causing this bug.
minus-squareTurtlePowerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·10 months agoYou haven’t experienced swapping genders? All the cool kids are doing it.
minus-square4amlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoIt probably triggers a write of the character data which ends up overwriting some bad value that is actually causing the problem.
minus-squareWolfhoundRO@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months 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.
Wonder if that pseudo opens the screen.
It runs the change character script, which resets animations.
It might alter some of the same variables causing this bug.
You haven’t experienced swapping genders? All the cool kids are doing it.
It probably triggers a write of the character data which ends up overwriting some bad value that is actually causing the problem.
This is why you don’t use global variables, kids!