Ertebolle@kbin.social to Games@sh.itjust.works · 1 year 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 · 1 year 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-up40·1 year 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-up12·1 year 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-down1·1 year agoWonder if that pseudo opens the screen.
minus-squareThrowawaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoIt runs the change character script, which resets animations.
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt might alter some of the same variables causing this bug.
minus-square4amlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoIt probably triggers a write of the character data which ends up overwriting some bad value that is actually causing the problem.
minus-squareTurtlePowerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·1 year agoYou haven’t experienced swapping genders? All the cool kids are doing it.
minus-squareWolfhoundRO@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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.
It probably triggers a write of the character data which ends up overwriting some bad value that is actually causing the problem.
You haven’t experienced swapping genders? All the cool kids are doing it.
This is why you don’t use global variables, kids!