am installing this just to make sure it doesnt happen again in the future, but: not only did I just discover Virgil is doing it, but earlier in this playthrough the Major Gutsy at the Galleria decided to do it too.
none of the usual suspects to fix worked (no PA and/or HUD, even got into a blank set of raider PA to reset my 'current armor' before interacting at both the Galleria and with Virgil. still hostile.
after a couple hours of resetting and tweaking at the Galleria I figured out: make sure you already have an ID from the plant, let the greeter give you the quest, ride the elevator as fast as you can, then (sorry non-pc bros) before the Major finishes the first greeting and turns hostile open the console and disable him, then re-enable right away. he would no longer trigger and you can initiate the re-opening.
this worked for Virgil too. enter the cave in stealth, go straight to Virgil and disable/re-enable him before the robot can see you and he will remain friendly.
This mod saved me a headache. Also, I read about the Paid Tesla cannon and now I remember. On my second playthrhough, before Creation Club added the Tesla Cannon, Virgil never aggro'd on me when I sided with the Institute. Now that I have the Cannon, he aggo'd on me. This mod fixed everything. Thanx a million friend. Bless.
I never had trouble with Virgil attacking me before, but I got the Tesla cannon recently and Virgil attacked me, so I'm wondering if that was also my problem.
Thank you so much for this, I was pulling my hair out trying to stop Virgil from attacking me but none of the normal suggestions worked. I found your mod and it worked like a charm!
this is my second playthrough in a row where i ran into the issue of Virgil turning hostile as i approached him with the serum. have tried everything ever mentioned as a possible solution; Power Armor removal, targeting weapon/armor add-on removal, companion removal, every console command relating to aggression/combat/quest status, tried sneaking up to him and instigating dialogue from different distances, loading earlier saves and making sure i completed the quest in as short a time frame as possible, etc...
i had gotten through a couple playthroughs with no issue. last playthrough a couple years ago i got to this point and just got so p*ssed off that after a couple weeks of trying different solutions i dropped the game and quit. this time recently starting a new game i ran into it again and was about to do the same but i saw a link to this mod through Google advanced search. i can't believe out of the 20+ threads & articles i've browsed related to this same issue no one has ever mentioned this mod.
this mod is the only solution that i've found that works and allows natural progression through this storyline. thank you for posting it, much appreciated!
i see you mention that the issue may be related to a Tesla Cannon effect but in my previous playthrough i did not have the Tesla Cannon content installed. this time i do have it installed but have never carried the weapon with me. if it is somehow related it must be an effect that is just loaded in a specific game update to prepare for this type of content, creation club, etc.
Doesn't Virgil go insane due to FEV if you don't bring him the cure in time? (Visiting the institute starts an invisible timer in which you must bring Virgil the cure, and if you don't he goes insane and attacks everything on sight)
There are so many bugs in the base game, which i wouldn't mind if they had never been reported - but the contempt Bethesda has towards bug-fixing is legendary.
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not only did I just discover Virgil is doing it, but earlier in this playthrough the Major Gutsy at the Galleria decided to do it too.
none of the usual suspects to fix worked (no PA and/or HUD, even got into a blank set of raider PA to reset my 'current armor' before interacting at both the Galleria and with Virgil. still hostile.
after a couple hours of resetting and tweaking at the Galleria I figured out: make sure you already have an ID from the plant, let the greeter give you the quest, ride the elevator as fast as you can, then (sorry non-pc bros) before the Major finishes the first greeting and turns hostile open the console and disable him, then re-enable right away. he would no longer trigger and you can initiate the re-opening.
this worked for Virgil too. enter the cave in stealth, go straight to Virgil and disable/re-enable him before the robot can see you and he will remain friendly.
this is my second playthrough in a row where i ran into the issue of Virgil turning hostile as i approached him with the serum.
have tried everything ever mentioned as a possible solution; Power Armor removal, targeting weapon/armor add-on removal, companion removal, every console command relating to aggression/combat/quest status, tried sneaking up to him and instigating dialogue from different distances, loading earlier saves and making sure i completed the quest in as short a time frame as possible, etc...
i had gotten through a couple playthroughs with no issue.
last playthrough a couple years ago i got to this point and just got so p*ssed off that after a couple weeks of trying different solutions i dropped the game and quit.
this time recently starting a new game i ran into it again and was about to do the same but i saw a link to this mod through Google advanced search.
i can't believe out of the 20+ threads & articles i've browsed related to this same issue no one has ever mentioned this mod.
this mod is the only solution that i've found that works and allows natural progression through this storyline.
thank you for posting it, much appreciated!
i see you mention that the issue may be related to a Tesla Cannon effect but in my previous playthrough i did not have the Tesla Cannon content installed.
this time i do have it installed but have never carried the weapon with me.
if it is somehow related it must be an effect that is just loaded in a specific game update to prepare for this type of content, creation club, etc.
You rock.