Diamond City Radio not on pip boy list glitch

[Lancesword]

I started FO4 GOTY with not being able to get out of vault 111 - which annoyed me for days. I thought I would never get to play this game - but then I found a console command that got me out of the vault and all was well...

Then I noticed after about 20 hours of game play that I did not have Diamond City Radio.
I seem to remember it being available from the start when I played briefly on the PS4 one time.

So I am web searching trying to find a fix - but to no avail. I end up doing the Travis confidence man quest - but still no DCR station on my pip boy.
Even the radio in diamond city radio is not playing it. Not even in the bar.

Some people complain of DCR crashing. Some people say it just transmits silence.
In my case - it is just not even on the list. Not even an option!
I found the mod to play Wastland radio - which is nice - but I don't get the running commentary normally transmitted via radio (as least it did on previous fallout games).
I installed the recommended standard bug fix mod also.

I keep thinking that maybe busting out of the vault 111 messed up the trigger that activated DCR on the pip boy. So I went back to the vault 111 to get out again, but it keeps crashing.

So I don't know. I think the radio is a big part of the enjoyment of the game and would really like it working. Does anyone know of a console command that could trigger DCR to be available on the pip boy?

[Out Of Bubblegum]

Mods installed?

[Lancesword]

There was no DCR before I installed mods.

I installed the Unofficial fallout 4 patch - to see if that would fix stuff:
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4598/

And then the Wastland radio mod - to get a radio station.
That is it.

[Out Of Bubblegum]

Did you try the Steam verify local files?

[Lancesword]

Yes - tried it a few times for other bugs. Tried last night and no help.
Was hoping for a console command - but have not seen one yet...

[The Inept European]

In what way could you not get out of Vault 111?

[Lancesword]

I could not get out of vault 111 because every time I activated the switch with my pip boy - the arm would move to open the door and bam - freeze.
It did this for many times. Probably over 10 times as I was trying different things. I thought the game would never start for me - but I found a console command on-line and tried it - it got me out of the vault and the rest is history. But I never had the radio channel...

[Flippy]

Originally posted by Lancesword:

I could not get out of vault 111 because every time I activated the switch with my pip boy - the arm would move to open the door and bam - freeze.
It did this for many times. Probably over 10 times as I was trying different things. I thought the game would never start for me - but I found a console command on-line and tried it - it got me out of the vault and the rest is history. But I never had the radio channel...

Modding is complicated if you use more than a very few and even more complicated if you use a mod that changes alot of things. Thats why i dont use the unofficial patch mod and only mods that i tried and liked and are game changers.

Got to install mods expecting to uninstall them.

Your problem ist the game and sounds like its a mod as simple as that. It could be your machine buts its already running so...

[Lancesword]

But the problem was there before the mod was applied. I used the mod hoping to fix the bugs - like the screen going dark every time I slept or not being able to fast travel.
It did not however fix those - but who knows what it has fixed?

[Flippy]

Originally posted by Lancesword:

But the problem was there before the mod was applied. I used the mod hoping to fix the bugs - like the screen going dark every time I slept or not being able to fast travel.
It did not however fix those - but who knows what it has fixed?

If it were me i would delete the fallout 4 folder and anything for the game in documents and users and verify files. Then try new video card drivers. Make sure other uneeded programs are not running. Try offline settings in steam and disabling cloud.

Maybe even make sure computer fans are clean and the machine isnt over heating.

Makes sure your at least close to minimum requirements as well and check graphics settings and lower them.

Its not the game anyway.

[Out Of Bubblegum]

EDIT: Ninjad

BTW, what is your hardware? If you have a high FPS monitor and do not cap the game to 60 FPS, strange things can happen. But the radio sounds more like an install problem. Do you use an admin account and do you run Steam as an admin?

[Lancesword]

It's a new PC build i5 9600K processor. AMD RX590. Everything has newest drivers. I only just recently installed the game and have had trouble with it from the beginning (See Windows 10 woes thread). I could delete everything - but since it has only been on my PC for just over a month it seems a lot of effort. There does seem to be issues talked about on-line associated with AMD cards. Maybe I will just accept that I will never hear Diamond City Radio.

[The Inept European]

Your game is broken and the DC radio is issue is just a tip of the iceberg symptom.

[BΞΛИS]

Have you tried turning the pip-boy on and off again?

[Out Of Bubblegum]

I have not tried to verify this. But, I think there is a Diamond City Radio Redux mod. Maybe it was for 3 or NV. Anyway, a mod that changes the DC soundtracks just might make it start working. Worth taking a look.

[Angry Nord-Grunge Syndicate]

Originally posted by Lancesword:

I could not get out of vault 111 because every time I activated the switch with my pip boy - the arm would move to open the door and bam - freeze.
It did this for many times. Probably over 10 times as I was trying different things. I thought the game would never start for me - but I found a console command on-line and tried it - it got me out of the vault and the rest is history. But I never had the radio channel...

I take it you teleported out of the Vault using coc command? Yeah that buggered diamond city radio, i think it should boot up after vault exit animation, but since animation never happened, radio never started either.

Also what Flippy said, uninstall Fallout, then remove everything that remains in fallout folder, reinstall. Sounds like your install is messed up to heck and back.