Forum:Fallout 2 Weapon Glitch

I was playing trough Fallout 2 with the latest version of the unofficial patch, when I fell victim to a very unpleasant bug. While traveling (for the first time on this play through) from NCR to V13, I encountered the third and final morton brother. After vanquishing him and his posse, I looted what I and Myron could carry and saved my game. I then noticed all text was absent from my item button for my Light Support Weapon. The button no longer functioned, and any gun I placed in that slot would fall to the same fate. When I tried moving the weapon to the number 1 item slot, I suffered the same problem. However, any item from my inventory placed directly into item slot one, then item slot 2 would still function. Finally, reloading, trading back and fourth with myron do not work. Basically I'm stuck. If I could only use just one slot, it wouldn't be that big a deal, but as it stand any gun I place in the number 2 slot is permanently nerfed. What am I to do?

Been to the Military Base lately? Got a black square instead of a button on the Skilldex? Picked up any holodiscs?

Either way, as with most bugs, chances are you have to revert to an earlier save game, or if there are none, start again.

The Military Base holodiscs are the true cause of what is commonly referred to as the 'too many items' bug. And the story text on them is by far inferior to the Sierra Army Depot Holodiscs in any case.

What you have sounds like a whole new problem, so thank you for that info, at least your experience will be useful, even if it can't be fixed.

The version I have played, that got the black Skilldex etc, is v 1.02 with no external patches VvAnarchangelvV 02:26, 23 November 2008 (UTC)