mod question about vanilla expanded. specifically the ancients faction

[Hottox]

i have the isolationist meme which in theory should recruit any people in vaults instantly, as i started in a vault. But when i opened a cryptosleep casket in another vault the person inside didn't join me. Did i do something wrong?

[Hottox]

I think i figured it out (maybe). I abandoned the original vault before i entered the area of the second vault. It might have thought i wasn't a vault dweller because i didn't actually have a base that was a vault (or something). second try

[Aranador]

It has been a while since I played with that playthrough set up, but it did work that way before.

[Hottox]

Originally posted by Hottox:

I think i figured it out (maybe). I abandoned the original vault before i entered the area of the second vault. It might have thought i wasn't a vault dweller because i didn't actually have a base that was a vault (or something). second try

that wasn't it

[Hottox]

Maybe they updated it so that isolationist actually prevents them joining. Idk

[Astasia]

It's not the isolationist meme that causes vault dwellers to join, it's the sealed vault scenario which sets your starting faction to the same faction as the vault dwellers. If you editing that scenario to change your starting faction then the vaulters wont join you. Beyond that I'm not sure it's actually a 100% chance for the ancients to join, I think there are two possible factions that can be inside the caskets, only one of them will join you, but it's been a while since I played with that scenario.