Hanglyman: I'm in the very early stages of the game and on my first runthrough I'd gotten to the point where you can finally leave Anachronox after picking up PAL-18. I was going back and exploring dialogue options with him when I realized that items were respawning- notably, the TACO at Galla's, the thug who you have your first real battle with (though he's just standing there and doesn't trigger a battle), the first HealGrease you get (which triggers the cutscene associated with it), and maybe some other stuff. Figuring my game is messed up somehow, I looked for information on this glitch and could find almost nothing at all, anywhere, except someone mentioning it offhandedly and saying it's caused by loading autosaves or something.

So I restart the game, this time using manual saves only... and right after I pick up Grumpos, the glitch is back, sort of. The TACO at Galla's is back, as is the chest outside with 50 bucks inside, but the thug and HealGrease are not, at least not yet. If it were just a matter of cleaning up the returning items it wouldn't be a big deal, but picking up the TACO actually adds to your total as though you've found a brand new one, and I don't want to mess up the game that way.

Does anyone have any idea how to prevent or fix this glitch? Or do I have to just leave that TACO taunting me on the floor forever and hope the rest of the game goes smoothly without similar issues?