Dvupalov bug (different than posted)

Hi, just wanted to see if snyone found a workaround for this, on "In Search of Past Glory" there is a common bug where dvupalov is with his comrade and you cant speak to him.

Mine is diferent, upon returning to Dvupalov, his comrade is NOT with him, and when i speak to him he has no audible dialogue and only has the standard "whats new around the zone" then i just say bye, he says absolutely nothing but is subtitled. Ive tried reloading to sprint at him, ive tried looking for the prompt in other parts of the building. Ive done nearly every other available side quest up to this point in the entire game while waiting for a fix for this.

Got excited when they dropped the big recent patch, went back to check, still no fix.

I dont just beeline main quests i do a lot of side stuff in between so having to restart up to when i got the blueprint would put me so so far back. I have tried it once to see if it fixes it and it doesnt anyways. But now im just waiting on a fix since im softlocked. Anyone else experience this and find a way around? Honest to god i have probably 60+ hours in this playthrough and i would rather not have to restart the game.