Bug: NPC copies automatically added to party?

[FieroGT42]

v1.27 on Win XP and I'm getting the following problem which I could not find on this forum when I searched:

Completed the first mission, returned to bunker, removed characters from party, giving all of my items to main character (except leaving each with their armor and medic gear with Stitch).

Added 2 other NPCs to party, distributed gear, saved game on new slot with the name "0". I number my saves. Started 2nd mission and a character immediately started blasting away because I forgot to change AI settings before departing. I loaded the "0" save slot, and two copies of Farsight are added to my character tabs, each equipped with armor, but they have no "physical" form in the game world. There was no Farsight in the NPC pool.

I tried removing them to the pool, putting them back in the party, saving on other slots, loading, everything I can think of. Eventually I had only 1 phantom Farsight, then that one disappeared so I had zero.

Is this a known bug? Can I fix it? I don't really give a crap about that NPC because mine is a sniper anyway, but I don't want anything else in the save to get corrupted.

 

[requiem_for_a_starfury]

Sounds like the demotion bug, but boy you must of royally screwed the pooch on the first mission to get demoted so early in the game.

 

[FieroGT42]

Actually, the first mission went perfectly. Same bug maybe, but there must be a different cause

 

[requiem_for_a_starfury]

What's your rank compared to Farsight & Stitch?

How high is your character's charisma and did you give your squad members the brown noser perk? Or slaughter any tribals in random encounters on the way back to the bunker?

I can't remember for certain if you actually get automatically promoted after the first mission if you've got an extremely low charisma. Killing neutral tribals and brahmin is the easiest way to get demoted for sure.