Covenant bug?

[Mtuu]

I killed everyone in Covenant besides the cat and the two settlers who I used intimidation on, but when I try to use the workshop, it says I'm not allied. Do I have to kill the settlers?

[dogg]

Yes.
Once you are hostile to any of the original residents you will have to clear it before you can use the workbench.

[Xyzzy]

Workshop available when you correctly complete the related quest. [Human Error].

[dogg]

Yeah but he went in shooting :)

[Solomon Hawk]

Everybody in the settlment has to die if you're going in shooting.

[BizarreMan]

Regardless of how beautiful of a settlement Covenant would be. It's bugged as fark and the best thing to do with it is nuke it from orbit and salt the earth.

It's just not worth the trouble required to use it as a settlement.

[Xyzzy]

Originally posted by BizarreMan:

Regardless of how beautiful of a settlement Covenant would be. It's bugged as fark and the best thing to do with it is nuke it from orbit and salt the earth.

It's just not worth the trouble required to use it as a settlement.

it's ppl who don't know how to do the quest.
Objectives

Search Covenant for clues
(Optional) Search destroyed caravan for clues
(Optional) Talk with Honest Dan
(Optional) Ask Dan about synths
Find the location of the secret compound
(Optional) Talk with Honest Dan
Find the Covenant Compound
Search for any caravan survivors
Rescue Amelia Stockton
(Optional) Wait for Chambers to kill Amelia
Talk with Honest Dan
Find Old Man Stockton
Talk with Dr. Chambers
Then you get Workbench.

[JOW]

Originally posted by BizarreMan:

Regardless of how beautiful of a settlement Covenant would be. It's bugged as fark and the best thing to do with it is nuke it from orbit and salt the earth.

It's just not worth the trouble required to use it as a settlement.

Can't argue with your description. The place is quirky for sure :)

I have always completed the quest and made a settlement there. However since it is indeed 'farky as fark' I have always gone just outside of the build area and used the console command to get a new workbench and, therefore, a new adjacent settlement contiguous with and surrounding covenant.

If you do that you can build on the road, across the road, out into the water and up as high as you want. You have to use a separate power supply located within the new area to supply power to it however.

The console command to get a new workshop (the place is bugged anyway so why not?) is:

player.placeatme c1aeb

[Mtuu]

Thanks for the help, I already completed the main quest so Honest Dan never even appeared, I ended up just killing the two settlers and everything is working fine now.