Kruglov Issue Since Latest Patch Thread - Narodnaya Solyanka mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl

Having an issue with Kuglov. I've tried 1/2 dozen times & get the same result.

When entering Wild Territory & getting past the first ambush I think things are going screwy. Seems there is no dialog about the helicopter.....I think. Bit hard not knowing Russian.

Finally get to Kruglov, talk to him & then he just stands there. That's as far as I can get.

I'm playing on frequent respawn with the latest patch. (npc's are way more aggressive. Always taking on all enemies. Same with Kruglov I have to follow him around & try to keep him safe. He's died a couple of times.)

First save is the bar side of Wild Territory. The other two at different stages.

1/ Udrop.com 2/ Udrop.com 3/ Udrop.com

Thanks for the savefiles. Unfortunately, I couldn't get Kruglov to move in your saves either (I played through the 2nd and 3rd savedfiles).

The Kruglov bug is a known bug that is actually from the vanilla game itself. It doesn't happen repeatedly or even that often, but it does happen from time-to-time and it's one of those bugs that makes it's way even into the modded game. Sort of like the constant radiation bug when entering the train tunnel in the Garbage by the Agroprom transition (fortunately, for that particular bug, someone made a script workaround for it, which I incorporated into the mod awhile back).

Looking at the Stalker WIKI (https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R._Wiki) provided the following information:

• There is a bug causing Kruglov not to follow player after one talks to him and suggests him to follow. This is probably caused by saving right before Kruglov asks Marked One to help him making him to fight like a usual NPC. The only way to avoid it is not to save before attacking mercenaries as there is no way to make Kruglov follow the player after this bug occurs.
  • If this occurs, one can just kill Kruglov and take his flash drive–the quest won't be failed.

With that being said, if you want to keep Kruglov alive, my recommendation would be to go back to a save before you entered the Wild Territory, go do some other tasks, and come back to it later, maybe it will clear up. Additionally, since this bug is popping up in your current playthrough, once you make it into the Wild Territory, make sure you don't save at any point until you have Kruglov with you and he's on the move for Yantar like normal.

I went & did the ATP & 'Hump' jobs then went into Wild Territory. Kruglov went & got himself killed again. I grabbed the usb & pushed on. Got to the bunker at Yantar & the scientist is talking to someone, 'Assistant Semenov'. Seems he takes over for Kruglov.

Learn something new every day. Thanks codex_.

Np man. Yea, Assistant Semenov will take over for the death of Kruglov even in vanilla.

Only thing we will have to see is if the NS quests you get from Kruglov will now come from Semenov. Hopefully so.

Looks like he takes over for Kruglov. He's given me a few of the same jobs.

Panicked for nothing. Damn zone.

:)