I have a problem with the inside job quest.

[kevin.snyder]

i seem to have a real problem with the inside job quest. I get the network scanner holotape from Sturgis and teleport to the institute. At the institute I find a terminal and install the network scanner holotape it seems to do it`s thing but when I remove the holotape from the terminal nothing happens. When I got to the elevator i do not hear any voices over the intercom and I`m denied access to the elevator. when I check my pipboy i find that the quest has not been completed. This will happen even if i use the console to get the network scanner holotape. I first thought was mods were the isssue but I have disabled all the mods and the problem is still there, sorry for the wall of text....

[Jouchebag]

Originally posted by kevin.snyder:

I first thought was mods were the isssue but I have disabled all the mods and the problem is still there, sorry for the wall of text....

You can't safely disable your mods and load a save that had those mods. Often that will break your game even worse.

[big bungo ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

Originally posted by Jouchebag:

Originally posted by kevin.snyder:

I first thought was mods were the isssue but I have disabled all the mods and the problem is still there, sorry for the wall of text....

You can't safely disable your mods and load a save that had those mods. Often that will break your game even worse.

This is only true if you overwrite that save without mods.

[The Inept European]

No, Jouchebag is right.

[The Inept European]

OP are you Banished From The Institute or not?.

Normally using the network scanner opens the doors to the relay chamber.

If you are Banished you should be able to use the Emergency Relay button on the desk console in front of the door (in some quests but not all), or just walk in to the chamber.

If you are not Banished and do have the courser chip from Dr Li then you just use Fast Travel, no specific action inside the Institute is needed.

From the sound of it maybe you have not yet got the chip from Dr Li in Advanced Systems?

[kevin.snyder]

No I haven`t got the chip from Dr Li yet. I haven`t even talked to father or Shaun yet. I can`t get that far.

[The Inept European]

That's the answer. You can't leave the Institute without the chip unless you get Banished.

[kevin.snyder]

yeah, but I can`t even get to Shaun or father yet. to further the quest. I can`t even use the elevator. Access has been denied plus when i retrieve the holotape it shows going back into my inventory but when i check completed quests it shows that I have to insert the holotape like i have never even did the quest. If I try to go to the elevator i will NOT hear any voices over the intercom and I will be denied elevator access.

[kevin.snyder]

to answer other questions I did do a hard save after I disabled the mods. I built the teleporter the from only the inventory on hand. I still have the issue.......

[Jouchebag]

Originally posted by kevin.snyder:

to answer other questions I did do a hard save after I disabled the mods

That does not work. That does not clean your save.

Most likely whatever is wrong is baked into your save forever. You should enable all your mods, load a save before removing the mods and seek solutions on the nexus descriptions, posts, and bugs sections for mods that are likely causing the issue. There may be a compatibility patch or console work-around.

[big bungo ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

Originally posted by Jouchebag:

Originally posted by kevin.snyder:

to answer other questions I did do a hard save after I disabled the mods

That does not work. That does not clean your save.

Most likely whatever is wrong is baked into your save forever. You should load a save before removing the mods and seek solutions on the nexus descriptions, posts, and bugs sections for mods that are likely causing the issue. There may be a compatibility patch or console work-around.

Ignoring the orphaned scripts in doing this, disabling mods--at least with Vortex in my experience-- doesn't necessarily remove the mods from your game. Thus, its possible in your testing of a no-mods-dry-run for the problem to still be there. FO4 also just has random quest bugs that'll pop up. More than likely going through setstage to do this quest will work.

[The Inept European]

Ok so your problem is not really with Inside Job, your problem is not being able to complete Molecular Level.

And yes you need to start a new character, disabling mods that were baked into a game is unreliable and unpredictable.

[kevin.snyder]

right now i deleted fallout 4 through windows and steam, plus i went in and manually removed the fallout 4 folder and deleted it as well. Jouchebag I went through each mod i had and checked for bugs and tried to get rid of the most "buggy" mods i have (about 140 mods right now). I will try for another playthrough and see what happens

[Jouchebag]

It doesn't have to be a "buggy" mod. It can simply be that two mods don't work together but work fine apart. Those incompatibilities are the real threat--not "buggy" mods.

[kevin.snyder]

I just might have figured the problem out!?!?!?! Apparently I did NOT have enough settlements under Minute Men control, stupid me didn`t think I could get the quest unless I fufilled all the requirements for said mission. I am sadly mistaken. I made another run, only to run into the same problem. I even run setstage in console and could NOT finish the quest!!!! console said something about a quest NOT being done??? Hmmmm, so I tried a second time this time I made sure I had 6-7 settlements under Minute Men control and tried the "Inside Job" quest and presto i get the holotape back and as I proceed to the elevator I hear the voice over the intercom and I am granted access to the elevator. I just wanted to finish this topic out and thank everyone for their help.

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