I found a workaround for the centre console not working [Q&A CPP-3]

[Musicker]

Had the same problem. Just that it happened during game play not when I loaded my save.

Somehow this remedied the situation both times:

Selecting in "crew" in the menu, so that the character goes to the back of the ship.
Then talking to the engineer about the ship status then talking to the defense officer about his skills.

I don't think that it's important who you talk to, it's just that both time i happened to do the same thing. I assume that either the skill window or the status window did the trick.

Thanks a bunch for this, I had the same problem, so I checked out the forum, and sure enough, someone had found a workaround.

I'm glad the forums are (at least the tech support forum) still as helpful as they have been for the last 10 years or so since I started playing X games!

Thanks again, much appreciated.

[CargolifterDroid]

I always do the following to fix the bug:

1. Quicksave
2. load Quicksave
3. hit "enter" then "5"
4. return to Cockpit

The animations of the door opening and the chair swivelling should now play correctly. Note: it is essential to save the game and reload it for the bug to get fixed.

I believe this Bug is a follow-up of the one where you enter a highway after a NPC has talked to you on the righthand monitor. When u enter the highway the usual animation will be replaced by a still-screen of that NPC instead.

fix:
1. quicksave
2. load quicksave

so, if you ignore the above mentioned bug, you'll soon encounter the bug where your mainscreen won't show up. This can then can be follwed by a bug where all NPCS in the rear of your Ship - or on stations - "sink" into the floor.