Only Fulmin + Synthesis Scanner = Disaster

[Mr.SpookSpook]

If you have only Fulmin equipped and switch to Synthesis Scanner you will be stuck with scanner in hand unable to switch back to your Fulmin.

If you have a secondary equipped as well, then you can switch to that one from scanner, then back to Fulmin.

If you have Fulmin and a melee equipped, you can only switch back to Fulmin from scanner, if you do a melee attack beforehand.

In short: it's impossible to switch back to Fulmin from Synthesis Scanner, only if you can switch to another weapon beforehand. Blackscreen does not fix.

[-AoN-CanoLathra-]

Well, now I know how to set up a 'no weapon challenge' until this gets fixed.

That said, have you tried equipping a mining laser, fishing spear, or heavy gun? These might fix the problem while in-mission.

[sinnae]

that's not a fulmin-specific bug. there have been reports of issues swapping from/to synthesis scanner if you don't have a secondary equipped, for years.

[ZeroBladeTV]

Yep, it's been reported many times and nothing has been done to fix this. I've even sent tickets and all I got was a lousy copy/paste reply.

https://digitalextremes.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/1702426