[0.96.27] Cannot talk to any tech hunter bar owners and hiver merchants

[DoPo]

This is a weird issue - I am unable to talk to tech hunters bar owners and thus I'm unable to shop there. This includes World's End as well as the Waystations. I can still talk to any other tech hunter shop keepers and mercenaries, though, it's just the bars that are a problem.

To confirm it's not just my save, I removed ll the mods I had, revalidated the game files on Steam and started a brand new game to try it here is a screenshot:



Brand new character who has a neutral relation with the tech hunters and I do not have the option to talk to Nikon who is acting as a shopkeeper in the World's End inn.

EDIT: Silivren mentioned that merchants in hiver villages also cannot be talked to. I can confirm the same happens for me, as well. I again tried it with a new game with no mods just to confirm:



Possibly related: the hiver merchants don't do their usual "run to the player and ask them to trade" thing - they just stay behind the counter.

[Silivren]

I was coming on the forum for the same bug. Tech bar owners and even hive princes wont talk to my char.

[DoPo]

I was coming on the forum for the same bug. Tech bar owners and even hive princes wont talk to my char.

You are right! I went over to the hive villages and the same happens to me, too.

[minokz]

same happened to me.

[Bancheis]

Can confirm, this issue has also been seen in many of my recent play throughs. Not sure when or what version it started in. Keeping experimental version updated in Steam.