It's been [[https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/4276045-red-death-black-screen/|reported]] that the quest given by The Mariner in Far Harbor called The Red Death will cause a black screen when traveling to the quest island. I discovered the reason or at least major issue is that the boat doesn't make the trip with the player.
Here is sequence of events...
- Accept the quest from The Mariner and she will tell you to use your boat (the one you arrived in FH with) and she'll use her boat to travel to location of Red Death Island.
- With boat controls select travel to Red Death island
- The 'cut scene' will play as your boat leaves the Harbor.
- You enter a Loading Screen
- After coming out of loading screen there is just blackness - I happened to have Power Armor on and the HUD for it was visible, everything else was black.
- In the thread linked above a way to get out of the black screen was posted. Using VATS.
- Also note - after coming out of load screen the player is not standing in the boat and any movement will drop you into the water.
- So hold Q key to open VATS even though there is nothing to target. (Q is default key) See screen shot
https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/images/1151/2446084-1465172068.jpg
- The Boat apparently did not make the trip with player. If it had - the scene would play out with you sailing to the island and the Mariner on the radio as you approach the island - the audio does play but you also do not hear the boat's engine or waves.
- So - I had power armor on and a quest marker - so I started walking (found a chest in area too
) ... jumped up some rocks and onto the island to speak with the Mariner and continue the quest.
- After quest completion - The quest marker points to where your boat should be in order to travel back to FH. See next screen shot....
https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/images/1151/2446084-1465172148.jpg
- Boat is not there but marker points to Boat Controls and you can use that to travel back to FH successfully.
So, when this gets looked into - the issue is the boat not traveling with the player - it's not a image space issue causing the black screen or some other weirdness. The quest will progress as normal. It's just that boat missing and the ride to the island.
By the way - the location where you appear after loading screen is on far west side of the main island - Red Death island then is further west from there.
Issue Data
Issue #20591: [Far Harbor] Mariner's quest The Red Death - Boat is missing!
