The VPs you speak to at the end of the Mystery of mental modulators have vanished

The quest icon takes you to the room they should be in but the room is empty on arrival. Even when loading previous save games

There’s a few new posts on Reddit about it with others saying it’s a fresh new bug that is likely a result from the most recent update

Have you found a way to fix it? Because I’m also having that problem as of last night.

Hi! I have the same problem - I'm at the "Now Hiring: Invaluable Disposable Agent - Inform the Executives of Your Success" - when returning to the office the VPs aren't there. I loaded an old save and it worked ok but then had same bug with the next mission (bringing back the mental refreshment info). Hopefully will get fixed!

Just found this is listed as a known bug on https://outerworlds2.obsidian.net/issue-tracker

"Executives at ACHQ cannot be found at their office when trying to turn in Indisposable Agent for Hire AR-130353"

I'm having the exact issue. Ormsby and Pendergrass are NOT in the room. The entire aunties questline (and their cooperation with the order) is now broken for me. I don't have an earlier save to even try since I first visited too long ago.

Just here to add my disgruntledness to this pile. Looking forward to this being fixed; please and thanks.

Yeah I'm having the same issue. I know it's a known issue but with no idea how long it'll be until it's fixed, I may just have to do the Archive and not get to see what happens if you can work with both factions. My other option would be stop playing OW2 until it's fixed but knowing myself that probably means I just would get into a different game and forget to ever come back.

1 hour ago, TrojanGuy2k said:

Yeah I'm having the same issue. I know it's a known issue but with no idea how long it'll be until it's fixed, I may just have to do the Archive and not get to see what happens if you can work with both factions. My other option would be stop playing OW2 until it's fixed but knowing myself that probably means I just would get into a different game and forget to ever come back.

Same dilemma here - my plan was for Resident Evil next but waiting for the PSSR update. Also maybe Crimson Desert - I prefer to leave it a short while for bugs to be sorted. The issue is at the top of the issue log so fingers crossed it gets sorted soon!

Same problem, please upvote in the issue tracker to get the numbers up https://outerworlds2.obsidian.net/issue-tracker

15 hours ago, Michael Mariano said:

Same problem, please upvote in the issue tracker to get the numbers up https://outerworlds2.obsidian.net/issue-tracker

Is the right one?..
https://outerworlds2.obsidian.net/issue-tracker#yKoN8dYX-executives-at-achq-cannot-be-found-at-their-office-when-trying-to-turn-in-indisposable-agent-for-hire-ar-130353

Just asking because tracker listing names quest "Indisposable Agent for Hire" (likely a typo of 'Invaluable Disposable Agent'); instead of "Mystery of Mental Modulators". Are multiple quests involving those NPCs affected?

7 hours ago, OsoiOjii said:

Is the right one?..
https://outerworlds2.obsidian.net/issue-tracker#yKoN8dYX-executives-at-achq-cannot-be-found-at-their-office-when-trying-to-turn-in-indisposable-agent-for-hire-ar-130353

Just asking because tracker listing names quest "Indisposable Agent for Hire" (likely a typo of 'Invaluable Disposable Agent'); instead of "Mystery of Mental Modulators". Are multiple quests involving those NPCs affected?

Yes, multiple quests must be involved. My issue is for the Disposable Agent one. But others have the same issue with another quest because the two quest givers are the same (Pendergrass and Ormsby), and they've disappeared from both questlines.

I have the same issue on Xbox. The VP's aren't there to hand in the quest so I can't progress Aunties Choice how I want to.

On top of that Ruth seems to have bugged and there is no dialogue to get the Order to help take the archive, despite the quest literally telling me to get help. I suspect both bugs are linked somehow.

And I don't want to take the Archive alone as I've read in a few places that it just leads to another bug where there's a missing NPC.

Extremely poor that 1: There are so many serious story bugs for major parts in the game so long after release. And 2: There seems to be a complete lack of urgency to fix them.

I know if I put the game on hold while it's fixed I'll just never come back to it as I'll have moved on to other games. Which is a shame as I was really enjoying it until this point.

I have the same issue too, the VPs are nowhere to be found. I've gone and explored everything else waiting for an hotfix and I've now run out of places that I had not been to. I was hoping that a patch would come, but unfortunately I am now going to not finish this and move on to another game. Unless a patch arrives this week, it is unlikely that I'll get back to it, which also means that I won't bother with any DLC. Shame.

5 hours ago, Fede said:

I have the same issue too, the VPs are nowhere to be found. I've gone and explored everything else waiting for an hotfix and I've now run out of places that I had not been to. I was hoping that a patch would come, but unfortunately I am now going to not finish this and move on to another game. Unless a patch arrives this week, it is unlikely that I'll get back to it, which also means that I won't bother with any DLC. Shame.

Same. I've been exhausting all the other content and it's been a week since I first encountered this bug. It's absolutely game breaking and literally the most upvoted issue on the tracker. It's frustrating that it's still being "investigated" and not considered a "major" bug.

Im also having trouble with the VPs not showing up when I "Report to Head Office Tower" during the NOW HIRING: INVALUABLE DISPOSABLE AGENT quest, so I cant progress further at all. I cant go back a save to try and push it through either, so that sucks.

12 hours ago, Joe Robinson said:

Same. I've been exhausting all the other content and it's been a week since I first encountered this bug. It's absolutely game breaking and literally the most upvoted issue on the tracker. It's frustrating that it's still being "investigated" and not considered a "major" bug.

The cynic in me suspects that because the game is largely played through Gamepass, there's less financial incentive to get the fixes out quickly, as "sales" aren't particularly affected then people can play it as and when. I hope that's not the case, but in this day and age, it probably is.