It was always there, but didn't happen as often before 5.0, and you could always just resummon your companion from the 'N' menu. This is a really annoying bug, even for those of us who have more than one companion. Going and doing a flashpoint, leaving the planet, sending her on a mission, relogging, nothing works. No forum posts I can find describe this problem. I turned off my computer too thinking maybe it was some memory glitch. It happened yesterday so I quit thinking that it would just fix itself. I'll close the window and reopen so I can summon her but nothing changes. I will press it and it will confirm, 'companion dismissed,' in the chat. If I rightclick her then there is a dismiss option. It showed her face and description, but there was no summon button. I tried summon her in the 'N' menu but there was no option to. I looked around my area and she was not there. I was bale to attack and open menus, but I noticed Mako was gone. I relogged hoping it would fix it, which it kind of did. I could not open and dialog boxes either. At some point I was not able to attack anything. Only problem is when I go to Hangman's Alley, I end up with a half dozen people (ex-Companions) talking to me as I try to walk through the area.I was on the second planet you go to in the Bounty Hunter story.

To avoid confusing myself, I just send ALL my ex-Companions to Hangman's Alley (except Dogmeat and Codsworth are at my zero-settler Red Rocket personal base). Deacon could be sent back to his starting location ~if~ the Railroad is still intact and likewise if the BoS is unharmed, Danse should be able to return to his post either on the Prydwyn or at the police station. and of course Preston, Dogmeat and Codsworth ~can~ be sent to their starting locations since they are actual settlements. Some, like Strong, Cait, and possibly Curie would not want to go back to their starting points (although I don't see why Curie could not live in the populated areas of Vault 81). Nick, MacReady, and Piper, anyway, should be able to be sent to their original locations, I would think.

It seems like I was able to send Nick back to his detective agency, but that's likely because I did not ever send him to a settlement (I had already maxed his affection and gotten his perk at the point he was no longer 'required' for the main quest). keep your chin up? Something might be happening under the hood. Might be a case of a bug, or that he was my follower for so damn long he hadn't been at Red Rocket in months, but all I can say is. Now, I don't know what caused that - it can't be a fix, because I also just 'cancelled' MacCreedy and Cait, and they ARE supposed to live at Red Rocket (any companions without commitments or attachments typically stay with me) - but it happened. When I went to Goodneighbour, LO AND BEHOLD THERE HE WAS, in the State House, hanging out with Fahrenheit. I can at least tolerate it, since Hancock and my SoSu are dating, yet still annoying.Д«UT recently, when I cancelled, the dialogue SAID he was returning to Red Rocket but he never showed up.

I only fell into this trap with Hancock (I told him to stay there temporarily while I shifted Strong so he'd stop judging me while I moved my frames around) - I feel for those who accidentally collected Nick and Piper as well. , and after the typical 'just cancel' from people unfamiliar with the problem, it was determined there was none.

Send companion never showed up