Forum:Dead Money: Long converstion

I've looked all over and I can't seem to find an answer.

Basically, in New Vegas, on the Dead Money DLC, I've come across what is either a glitch, stupid game designing tactics, or I'm just missing something.

So, if you've played the game, you know your first ally to get is Dog/God. Now, I went to the police station, got the holotape of God's voice and everything, then returned upstairs to use it. Mind you, I'd already collected everything i could (my lockpick skill is only 25). Now, I've seen videos online, and as far as I can tell, you need to have a lockpick skill of 35 in order to get God to mention Dog will listen to Elijah's voice, because no matter what, it seems I can't steer the conversation in that direction at all. Is there any alternative method to getting God/Dog out? please help, it's been around an hour now that I've been stuck.

Playing the two holotapes of God/Elijah will cause the different personas to emerge, being Elijah=Dog and God=God. Sombar1 21:29, May 2, 2011 (UTC)

see that doesnt matter. you have to coax him to mention the key and that dog is controlled by the master, and to do that you need the lockpick skill.

No you don't. All you have to do is play the holotape in your inventory and he will change. The dialogue with the character isn't needed, just the holotape itself. The Guide Guy

Ill try and explain better: when i play the elijah tape, Dog just says he's hungry, and when i talk to god, the conversation can never get steered in the right direction (i.e. him mentioning dog will only listen to elijah) because my lockpick skill isnt high enough. im saying this because all the examples ive seen, in walkthroughs or videos, they use that. im asking what the alternatives (*note-I don't have enough skill to use the intelligence, medicine, and lockpick specific statements) to that are
 * You don't need lockpick skill to get him of the cell, you only need to explore the dialogs until you say to God he wouldn't lock up himself without some means to get out. You don't need speech checks for this, but if you are curious, with a 35 speech OR 6 PE you will shortcut the task (you don't need both). Brfritos 08:29, May 4, 2011 (UTC)