Vault-Tec Rep Broken?

[HankMcTankerton]

I went to the Hotel Rexford and recruited him easily enough. He automatically went to Sanctuary. After he arrives, I want to send him someplace different. My character offers him a job, and it brings up a menu to send him somewhere (sanctuary is also on that list, since he isn't technically part of the settlement). However, as soon as I send him somewhere, he says "What are you doing? Yanking my chain again?" and then kicks me out of dialogue.

Trying to talk to him past this makes him spout his normal lines about steak knives and how my skin is so smooth. After waiting/sleeping a few days, my character is able to offer him a job again, which repeats the same process over again, ending up in the same fuitle state as before.

Is there some kind of console command I can use to just assign him to a settlement, or bypass this, or just plain fix it?

[HankMcTankerton]

Originally posted by sdack:

I believe you first have to send him to Sanctuary. Once he arrives can you move him like any other settler to any of your settlements.

I think he does pretty good as a seller. So best is to assign him to a store.

I try to send him to sanctuary. It gives me the option to after my character automatically offers him a job. When I choose Sanctuary (or anywhere else) from the list, he says that i'm "yanking his chain again" and doesn't do anything. Even though he's in Sanctuary, he cant be told to do anything through the workshop.

Returning/sleeping for a few days doesn't fix this, it only lets me send him to a settlement again (through the initial job-offer dialogue again), which doesn't do anything again.

[Simpson3k]

Once you meet him in sanctuary hills you have to talk to him again and once again ask him to work for you, THEN you can bully him around like every other settler. :)

[HankMcTankerton]

Originally posted by Simpson3k:

Once you meet him in sanctuary hills you have to talk to him again and once again ask him to work for you, THEN you can bully him around like every other settler. :)

And I'm saying that I can't. When talking to him, all I can do is send him somewhere, which he never actually goes to. He doesn't appear in Sanctuary's workshop mode as a settler if I send him there (even though he's already there by default), and all i can do is wait a few days, then talk to him again for the same dialogue choice.

[HankMcTankerton]

Originally posted by sdack:

Are you using any mods that may affect this?

None that affect settlers or recruiting settlers. The closest thing that might be doing something is the Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch, but that'd a stretch

[Mringasa]

Post a mod list? Many mods affect more than what they say they do.

[HankMcTankerton]

Here's my mod load order:

Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch
Armor Keywords
Sim Settlements
True Storms
Armorsmith Extrneded
You Talk Too Much
No More Fake Puddles
Eli Armor Collection
Mercenary Pack
Bobble Girl
Companion Accuracy
Companion Infinite Ammo
Craftable Armor Size
Brighter Settlement Lights
No Objct Limit
No Affinity Cooldown
Unlimited Sprint
Azar Ponytail Hairstyles
CBBE
Insignificant Object Remover
Settler Sandbox Overhaul (forgot I had this)
Better Settlement Warnings
Nana Presets 15
-many weapon mods-
No More Leaping Ghouls
Recon Pack
D.E.C.A.Y. Ghoul Mod
Tactical Flashlights
Darker Nights
Nuka World Bottle Fixes
Regrowth
We Are The Minutemen
Silent Protagonist
War of the Commonwealth
Scrap Everything

[Mringasa]

Your mods should be fine. I've used, still use, a lot of them and I see nothing that "should" conflict. I pulled this from the Wiki though:

Upon initial arrival to Sanctuary Hills, he may be nonassignable. By initiating a conversation the player character may be offered a chance to inquire if he'd like a job. The settlement assignment dialog will appear. If the player character elects to send him to Sanctuary Hills and he does not appear, he may be moved to the settlement via the console after which he will be assignable

Sounds similar to what you're experiencing. One thing to do, fast travel away somewhere like DC or a faction HQ. Sleep or sit/wait for 72hrs. Travel back to Sanctuary and see if he's able to be assigned. If not, maybe someone has some ideas about resetting him or setting him to the proper point he can be offered a job and assigned to a settlement.

[Los.Injurus.Bob.Blunderton]

(put ID number here without parenthesis).moveto player
make sure it's no spaces, just a . after the ID

moving codsworth to you when he's LOST is as easy as 1ca7d.moveto player

[HankMcTankerton]

Originally posted by Beamng.mapper.Bob.Blunderton:

(put ID number here without parenthesis).moveto player
make sure it's no spaces, just a . after the ID

moving codsworth to you when he's LOST is as easy as 1ca7d.moveto player

It's not the problem of getting him somewhere. It's theproblem that he won't do anything even when technically "assigned" to that settlement. He sits in sanctuary hills, where I can find him. I then tell him I will give him a job, and it brings up the menu for places to send him. No matter where I send him, he doesn't go there and become a settler (even sanctuary hills, even though he's already in it). Waiting multiple days and returning lets me speak to him again, but only to offer him a job, same as before, and can still send him to the place I did last time, meaning that he just didn't get set as a settler there in the first place.

[Stardustfire]

i seen it that "do u want the job?" and "Yes" as Answer for his counter question "no joke, a job?" have different destinations. when i only say plain yes to him he makes sarcastic remarks and dont move to where he get send, with "do u want the job?" he get happy and is orderable. with the Nuka Cola guy in DC its jsut the otehr way around, if i dont say plain yes to that guy and do the counter question he dont want to come to my settlements.
No Mods and all DLC exept HighRes on my System.

[Wanderer3292]

Originally posted by Sojak246:

Originally posted by Beamng.mapper.Bob.Blunderton:

(put ID number here without parenthesis).moveto player
make sure it's no spaces, just a . after the ID

moving codsworth to you when he's LOST is as easy as 1ca7d.moveto player

It's not the problem of getting him somewhere. It's theproblem that he won't do anything even when technically "assigned" to that settlement. He sits in sanctuary hills, where I can find him. I then tell him I will give him a job, and it brings up the menu for places to send him. No matter where I send him, he doesn't go there and become a settler (even sanctuary hills, even though he's already in it). Waiting multiple days and returning lets me speak to him again, but only to offer him a job, same as before, and can still send him to the place I did last time, meaning that he just didn't get set as a settler there in the first place.

I've always had this problem with vault tec rep. I've never cared enough to troubleshoot, but I've read that it might have to do with how many settlers you have in your settlement, and your charisma. I've also read that he is just bugged for some people, but considering that it's happened to me on every single playthrough, I'm guessing there is another factor involved. do you have any other level 4 merchants set up? trader ridley and Ann Hargreaves both work fine for me

[HankMcTankerton]

Originally posted by Stardustfire:

i seen it that "do u want the job?" and "Yes" as Answer for his counter question "no joke?" have different destinations. when i only say plain yes to him he makes sarcastic remarks and dont move to where he get send, with "do u want the job?" he get happy and is orderable. with the Nuka Cola guy in DC its jsut the otehr way around, if i dont say plain yes to that guy and do the counter question he dont want to come to my settlements.

I've tried all 3 options that counts as a yes, with the same result

[HankMcTankerton]

Originally posted by Wanderer3292:

I've always had this problem with him. ice never cared enough to troubleshoot, but I've read that it might have to do with how many settlers you have in your settlement, and your charisma. I've also read that he is just bugged for some people, but considering that it's happened to me on every single playthrough, I'm guessing there is another factor involved. do you have any other level 4 merchants set up? trader ridley and Ann Hargreaves both work fine for me

No other Level 4 traders yet. He was first on my list to find.

My settlement he spawns in (Sanctuary) has 7 people, and the place I want to send him (Egret Tours Marina) has 19. Made sure there was room for him. My charisma is 8

[Mringasa]

Originally posted by Sojak246:

Originally posted by Wanderer3292:

I've always had this problem with him. ice never cared enough to troubleshoot, but I've read that it might have to do with how many settlers you have in your settlement, and your charisma. I've also read that he is just bugged for some people, but considering that it's happened to me on every single playthrough, I'm guessing there is another factor involved. do you have any other level 4 merchants set up? trader ridley and Ann Hargreaves both work fine for me

No other Level 4 traders yet. He was first on my list to find.

My settlement he spawns in (Sanctuary) has 7 people, and the place I want to send him (Egret Tours Marina) has 19. Made sure there was room for him. My charisma is 8

If you have 8 Charisma, max settlers is 18. Or are you wearing gear to boost it?

You might try moving outside the Sanctuary cell, say to Concord. Then move him to you. Let him wander back to Sanctuary and go speak to him again. See if it resets him.

[Wanderer3292]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/360671727324428036/

this thread seems to have a solution according to the people there. I will try this later when I get a chance.