Starfield bug hilariously launches player into space without his ship
A Starfield player’s ship launch took an unexpected turn after a bizarre bug saw them fired into space with just the cockpit of their ship, with everything else being left behind.
Bethesdareleased its highly anticipated space exploration game inearly accesson September 1, with itsfull releasecoming days later on September 6.
Despite somecontroversial low reviewscausing a rocky start forStarfield, many believe these are due toplayers not giving the game enough timeto get good. As time has gone on, the release has proven to be a wild success as an increasing number ofpassionate fanshave naturally found themselves getting lost in the vast universe.
However,Bethesdais infamous for various bugs featured in their games and Starfield is no exception. One such bug is aninfinite money glitch, which has led to an abundance of space millionaires.
Popular gaming creator Shroud has even expressed hiswish for more in-game bugs for the Sci-fi RPGas he states Bethesda’s “bug-filled” games give them charm. His wish has been fulfilled after Starfield players have been getting launched into space in a hilarious way.
Starfield bug causes ship launch to go hilariously wrong
A user posted a video to theStarfield subreddit, which showed the player’s character being launched into space with just the cockpit of his ship and nothing else.
In the clip, the player is seen starting the takeoff sequence as usual, before the hilarious outcome, which was caused by a bug that fans suspect is related to the Ship Building feature.
“…didn’t experience a single bug until right before this my ship disappeared, then after I fixed that this happened,” the poster said.
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“You literally cannot move in space as your thrusters are still on the ground, so I hope you’ve got some fast travel points,” onecommentresponded.
“I could also activate boost and shoot weapons, but only the sounds would play and would not actually do anything,”anothersaid.
The strange bug seems to be surprisingly common. However, Bethesda has yet to provide a fix for it, so be safe out there pilots.
In the meantime, various users have stated you may fix the bug by closing and restarting the game, so make sure to save often to avoid yourfavorite ship buildbeing left behind.
