Fallout: New Vegas bugs

Cumulative Bugs/Issues List

 * Smaller NPC's will sometimes spawn partially underground.
 * Subtle audio-normalization issues on the radio, making some songs noticeably quieter than the announcer (Mr. New Vegas).
 * During certain situations, game becomes reluctant to switch weapons, requiring the key to be pressed several times.
 * Objects on the floor will often spawn partially beneath it, making them impossible to take.
 * Indoor HDR lighting will frequently flicker in areas close to light beams and other nondescript areas. This bug is intensified when the PipBoy light is on.
 * Not quite a "bug", but... It is possible to level up twice, consuming skillbooks along the way, without leaving Goodsprings. If you then exit Goodsprings for the first time and use the "respec" option to tweak your SPECIAL or tag skills when given the opportunity, you will be dropped back down to level 1.

NPC-specific bugs

 * For NPC-specific bugs, please see the respective NPC article page.
 * For bugs that apply to NPCs in general or to followers in general, please see the NPC bugs section below.

Quest-specific bugs
For quest-specific bugs, please see the respective quest article page.

Location-specific bugs
For location-specific bugs, please see the respective location article page.

General advice and notes

 * Make sure your game is patched to the latest official patch. If your game is not up-to-date, do not report any bugs you may experience.
 * Save often and in different slots. Do not rely too much on autosave. A frequently overwritten autosave slot can become corrupted.
 * If you are playing on the PC, make sure your computer meets or exceeds the minimum system requirements. If any component of your computer falls below the minimum system requirements, do not report any bugs you may experience.

Mods

 * The Vault does not cover information concerning third-party mods for Fallout: New Vegas.
 * If you have any mods installed, do not report any bugs you may experience, even if it seems to you that your issue is not mod-related. Please visit the Bethesda mod forums for information.

Using the console
On the PC, many NPC, quest, and player-getting-stuck issues can be resolved through the use of console commands.

Crashing, freezing and other hardware- or software-related issues
Stuttering, crashing, freezing, and slow-down issues are often hardware- and/or software-related. Please visit the Bethesda Fallout: New Vegas hardware forums for information regarding these issues. In particular, read through the stickied threads at the top of the forum pages.

General solutions

 * Leave and re-enter the area.
 * Load a save from before the glitch occurred.
 * Exit the game, restart the game, and load a save from before the glitch occurred.
 * PC users may be able to fix some issues by using console commands.

Crashing and freezing
Crashes and freezes may happen occasionally to anyone. Crashes and freezes are only notable when they are repeatable (e.g. they happen under the same set of circumstances often). If the crash only occurs on one particular save, then the save itself is most likely the source of the problem. Please verify that crashes and freezes are repeatable on more than one save game before reporting.

NPC bugs
Enemies (namely the smaller gecko species, small scorpions, etc.) will sometimes spawn partially underground. It is possible to kill them, but the carcass will fall into the map making it impossible to scavenge anything from it. Occasionally, the carcass will instead remain stuck after the creature has been killed, causing severe ragdoll glitches including spasms and violent stretching.

Exploits
Please see Fallout: New Vegas exploits.

Crashing and other hardware- or software-related issues
Stuttering, crashing, freezing, and slow-down issues are often hardware- and/or software-related. Please visit the Bethesda forums for information regarding these issues. In particular, read through the stickied threads at the top of the forum page.

Strange black and white boxes appearing at long view range with Nvida GTX 4xx cards (seen with a 480, 470, and 460 so far).

With trait selected with 20% slower firing speed gun at time "spasms" firing multiple times, possibly due to stacked fire commands.

PlayStation 3 specific bugs and issues
Freezing and slow-down issues do occur quite often. Game will freeze in random places, requiring you to restart your Playstation. Save frequently.

Xbox 360 specific bugs and issues

 * Freezing and slow-down issues do occur often. Game will freeze in random places, requiring you to restart your Xbox. Save frequently.

•Sometimes leveling will be delayed by a matter of a minute or more if you loot an enemy or container before the level-up screen appears.

•'''Experienced Bug where the character would fire the weapon without pulling the trigger after pulling up pipboy and during conversations. Pulling the trigger in game would not fire the weapon. Solved by backing out to main menu and loading an earlier save.'''