[SOLVED] Merchant Vault-tec REP unusable

[ShadowNikos]

(In advance sorry for my english errors, i'm french so sorry if i make some)

Hello everyone,
I hope someone will can help me.

I hired the vaut-tec rep merchant,
He came to Sanctuary.
But in town i can't do anything with him.
He's not movable, nor assignable to any object and nor trade road.
He only says me what they said to him in vault-tec and i can only exchande object like any other settler.

I already tried disable/enable him.
I already tried resetai too.
i tried kill him and he's still essential npc.
I don't know how to, and if i can, totally reset npc back to rexford.

I don't know what to do else so please if someone can help me it would be really appreciate.

Thanks in advance and have fun over the commonwealth :)

EDIT :
Solution (thanks to dopeboy235) :
1) Open console
select npc (for me Vault-tec rep : refid 00031fb4)
2) Write following lines (or in a txt file and run "bat <filename>" without .txt) :
addkeyword WorkshopAllowCommand
addkeyword WorkshopAllowMove
addkeyword WorkshopAllowCaravan
setpv bAllowMove true
setpv bAllowCaravan true
setpv bCommandable true
setpv bWorkshopStatusOn true
3) Assign to the shop
4) Quick Travel anywhere
5) Come back and check.

For me all is ok now so thx again to him and those of original post there :
https://steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/496881136914509449/

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by ShadowNikos:

He's not movable, nor assignable to any object and nor trade road.

You have to talk to him and offer him a job.

He is not actually part of your settlement until you offer him the job. Once you offer the job he becomes commandable and movable.

If for some reason he says you are yanking my chain wait/sleep 24 hours and he should be now commandable like a settler.

[ShadowNikos]

Hello thanks for yor quick answer.

Unfortunatly, i already offered him a job.

I tried to wait 24 hours.
I tell him that "now he's back to sanctuary ..." but he answered me as usual about vault-tec.
And nothing happens.
After i can only trade like other settlers.

[HauntedMidget]

I've got the same problem. I'm fairly certain it was broken in the latest update (either 1.7.9 or 1.7.10). Do you have any other legendary vendor (for example, Anne Hargraves)? It may help to narrow the exact cause. I'm too early in my playthrough to do that.

[ShadowNikos]

Yes i have Rylee, ron staples, doc anderson, the scribe, Anne hagraves and Larry.
All are ok except always the answer to recruit them but assign to shop so no problem.
I couldn't recruit tania or holt combs but these one seems can't really be recruit as i can saw over internet.
Only Vault-tec rep is totally bugged.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by ShadowNikos:

Yes i have Rylee, ron staples, doc anderson, the scribe, Anne hagraves and Larry.
All are ok except always the answer to recruit them but assign to shop so no problem.
I couldn't recruit tania or holt combs but these one seems can't really be recruit as i can saw over internet.
Only Vault-tec rep is totally bugged.

Do NOT do the quest at Longneck Lukowski's Cannery. It will bug Rylee out and she will disappear, but still count as a settler and perform her job.

[ShadowNikos]

I already did and until now she's still in town, i hope she'll still stay lol
But thanks for the warning :)

[HauntedMidget]

I was able to fix the Vault Tec rep using console commands (here's the thread describing how to do that - https://steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/496881136914509449/). Not sure if it's still necessary though since a new update (1.7.12) just came out.

[ShadowNikos]

Originally posted by dopeboy235:

I was able to fix the Vault Tec rep using console commands (here's the thread describing how to do that - https://steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/496881136914509449/). Not sure if it's still necessary though since a new update (1.7.12) just came out.

It worked perfectly, i'll repeat solution in my first message for other to easily find solution.

Thank you very much :)

[Arroux]

I was having the same issue - modded but up to date version.
The bat file didn't work for me, but typing directly into the console did.
Thank you!

[Wolfazus]

the above solution didn't work for my case but I can solve it now.

I've been having problem because when I first visit him again at Sanctury the dialogue offering him a job popped up, but I tabbed out of the 'Select settlements to send him to' (because I want him here at Sanctuary Hills, and ironically he already there?) results him to say something "yanking my chain".
after that the dialogue never comes again, he only talks like settlers, can't assign him to anything.

so what you have to do is kind of reset that event by
1. type in console(~):
prid 00031fb4
disable
enable
moveto player

2. talk to him again the dialogue to 'select select settlements' will popped up

3. **this is the important part**
SELECT A SETTLEMENT FROM THE LIST.
(eventhough he's already at Sanctuary Hills and you want him here at Sanctuary Hills like me you have to select 'Sanctuary Hills' from the list too, look carefully, i missed this option during the first time!)

now I'm saved and he's a happy trader at my Sanctuary Hills.

[try hard]

Sleeping 24 hours after fast travel to sanctuary helped me, make sure you sleep before talking to him and offering him a job.

[MayoCulpa]

I did not realize he can be killed until recently. I recruited him and sent him to Sanctuary but he never arrived. Went back to Goodneighbor and found that as soon as he stepped outside the front door, he had been shot by Gunners. Next time I will clear him a path out of downtown Boston before recruiting him.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by MayoCulpa:

I did not realize he can be killed until recently. I recruited him and sent him to Sanctuary but he never arrived. Went back to Goodneighbor and found that as soon as he stepped outside the front door, he had been shot by Gunners. Next time I will clear him a path out of downtown Boston before recruiting him.

This is because you went out into the cell he traveled through.

If you had stayed within Goodneighbor or fast traveled away, or even waited a few hours he would pass off through the inactive cells.

However since you entered the cell with him you made him vulnerable. Once you start escorting him he could die at any point after you abandon him.

TLDR: Unless you want to escort him all the way to Sanctuary just sleep/wait 8 hours.

[GeneralGrey017]

This worked perfectly, i used the console and now hes a great asset to trade. Thank you for this

[geomodelrailroader]

Vault Tech Guy is one of 8 traders who are bugged. To fix this you need to type in these commands:
Step 1. Press Tilda and type PRID fallowed by his ID 00031fb4

Step 2. once he has been selected type Moveto Player once you are inside the trade emporium if you built it.

Step 3. Type Disable this will reset him.

Step 4. Type Enable and close console and talk to him to assign him to Sanctuary then press V and assign him to his stall repeat for every trader you get.

Tina: 0002A82C Get Curie first and get her brother Bobby off the Jet.

Anne Hargrave: 00036D72 Get Strong first and rescue Rex from Trinity Tower.

Trader Rylee: 0003EFF3 Get her from the meat packing plant but let her finish her conversation first and you complete Mystery Meat before you recruit her also you must be Level 10 in your settlement.

Ron Staples: 00192357 Meet him at the Concord Campsite on Tenpine Road near the Museum of Freedom your settlement must be level 20.

Doc Anderson: 00190047 Meet her at the Concord Campsite on Tenpine Road near the Museum of Freedom Your settlement must be Level 20, you need to have the Surgery Center built, and you must be a medic to hire her.

Smiling Larry: 0002F2A7 Meet him at the Concord Campsite on Tenpine Road near the Museum of Freedom Settlement Must be Level 30.

Scribe: 0010D56D Meet him at the Concord Campsite on Tenpine Road near the Museum of Freedom Settlement Must be Level 10.