How To Fix Fallout: New Vegas “Come Fly With Me” Save Game Corruption

Even with the latest Fallout: New Vegas patch, the game has a few bugs here and there. There is a potentially game breaking bug which will make your save games corrupt while doing the “Come Fly With Me” quest and render your progress useless.

I’ve had this problem, but luckily I often save manually and only had to about 30 minutes of back-tracking. To save you a world of misery, here’s how you can avoid corrupting your save game:

Fix # 1: The success I’ve had is by killing Harland the ghoul. You can still complete his optional side-quest about tracking down her friend. When you hand in the quest, make sure to kill him before he makes it out of the room.

Fix # 2: Picking up the “Space Suit” can corrupt your save game but not always. To be on the safe side, leave the Space Suit alone. In my case, picking up the Space Suit did not corrupt the save game.

Fix # 3: The corrupt game save file bug may be related to faction scoring. Go away, do a quest that alters your reputation with another faction, and then re-try the mission.

Fix # 4: Sometimes a save file from inside the room where you launch the rockets will become corrupt and crash the game if you try to load it. So, make sure you save while in another place.

Another bug: If you decide to help both Harlan the ghoul and Davison of the Nightkin, there is a bug which will make Davison turn hostile while you are handing in your Stealthboy quest to him. This usually happens if you have followers with you.

Some had success by telling the followers to wait outside the room, waiting 24 hours and then telling him again.

When Davison turns hostile, run away until you are far enough to wait. Wait 24 hours. After that, Davison will be standing next to you and will be friendly allowing you to hand in your quest.

I just went up and killed him.