Sinc Biological Research station Bug?

[B Maverick]

I finally get to the Sinc in the DLC and the Biological Research station can help me make some ingredients for Stim Packs. He was planting stuff for a while and I would harvest and put it in the refrigerator for later for building Stim Packs.

All of a sudden he just stops completely? What is going on? It's been like 10 days. Absolutely nothing at all.

Am I supposed to feed it more seeds? He can't just duplicate to infinity? Is it a bug? Can I fix this?

I can't make any Stim Packs at all. I got that other robot who gives me syringes but I can't do anything with them. I get torn up out there becasue I am fighting alone. I need the Stim Packs. This is terrible. I wanted to build like 100 of them so I could go out and fight and not worry about it at all.

If anybody knows please tell me the answer. Thank you.

[talgaby]

It's a bug, yes. Plants should regrow at the same speed as vendors restock in the vanilla game.

[B Maverick]

It's terrible. I'm getting blasted out there. I really need the Stim Packs. Because you are completely on your own to start in Big MT. I wanted like 100 Stim Packs or more so I can survive for a while out there. My character has some wrong Perks and is kind of weak at this point at least. I can still build him up more if I spec the rest out the right way. From here on out.

[B Maverick]

Any other places to get lots of Stim Packs? I see those chemistry sets around. I get 5 from those. But I need like 100. Maybe I just need to advance the game much further. Eventually if you have the right Perks and are collecting and selling and repairing you should have enough Caps. Maybe I just need lots more money and just buy them from the vendors and do the chemistry set ones for 5 whenever I see them.

[talgaby]

Honestly, if you have problems with the combat in this game, no matter how you levelled your character, then it is somewhat more on your side. Combat is a joke in this game and experienced players can become immortal (except against heavy-hitters like a deathclaw nest) at level 12 at most.
You'd have better results if you changed your approach instead of brute-forcing your way through with a ton of healing items. For example, since this is not a shooter, stop trying to kill everything. Learn to avoid enemies and if you engaged, keep a few weapons for all occasions.
OWB has many narrow spaces and one of the best melee weapons in the form of the protonic axe. The energy pistol you received in the long starting conversation can stun enemies. Robots are receiving more damage from that weapon too.
Lobotomites don't have much protection against the cyber-dog automatic gun you can find there (or got in the same starting conversation if you had good Guns skill and chose that dialogue option).
And finally, the last stealth test can be repeated infinitely and gives you a stealth boy for completion. Enemies can detect you more easily in OWB, but it is still relatively easy to sneak past most enemy groups in the overworld parts (except for the few bosses that are in the normal world space).

To answer your question though: you can get tons of Sierra Madre chips on Dead Money, especially if you break the bank in the casino, and you can exchange them to hundreds of stimpaks or super stims.

[B Maverick]

That makes sense. I will try to go there.

Yeah I treat it like a shooter sometimes and maybe that is the problem. I try to kill everything. Including when 5 guys attack me at once and dogs too. My Perks are not that great so sometimes I get worked over. I didn't choose all the right ones for a really powerful character.

But yes I should sneak and hack and lockpick more. Maybe I should just sneak around bunches of enemies which I rarely do. Sometimes run around them or sneak past them. Maybe that is the best way to go for certain missions. I have to do more of that. I will incorporate more of that into my style of play. I think you are right.