"Short stories" (vault 81) not starting

[Emphoise]

Katy only says non interactive sentences when I clic on her and doesn't initiate dialogue either. Doesn't matter if i try outside of class or when the kids are present.

I didn't start any quest in vault 81. Tried reloading before entering for the first time. Same results. Will that quest work at some point or am I glitched forever ?

[PeaceMaker]

At what point are you in Vault 81? Have you just visited it?

Meet people. then go away at least 24 hours. Things do not begin right away. Be patient. There may also be other factors that trigger things, but there's no bug.

[TheLoveMummy]

You do need to donate blood to the doctor to get the ball rolling. This will save time if Curie is what you are after. https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/31766

[Emphoise]

Originally posted by TheLoveMummy:

You do need to donate blood to the doctor to get the ball rolling. This will save time if Curie is what you are after. https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/31766

I am after the particular quest "short stories". Every other quest in the vault is done at this point. Austin saved, all kids in class, still no dialogue

[Emphoise]

Originally posted by PeaceMaker:

At what point are you in Vault 81? Have you just visited it?

Meet people. then go away at least 24 hours. Things do not begin right away. Be patient. There may also be other factors that trigger things, but there's no bug.

I've waited several days, spoken to everyone, did the other quests. Dialogue does not start

[Emphoise]

On the bright side, i just learnt that you can get an other copy of the magazine that is rewarded in vault 75, so you don't need to do it for magazines completion. Looks like I can stop wasting my time here

[PeaceMaker]

Originally posted by Emphoise:

Originally posted by PeaceMaker:

At what point are you in Vault 81? Have you just visited it?

Meet people. then go away at least 24 hours. Things do not begin right away. Be patient. There may also be other factors that trigger things, but there's no bug.

I've waited several days, spoken to everyone, did the other quests. Dialogue does not start

Did you do the Concord quest where you fight the Deathclaw?


I haven't bothered speaking to Katy in this playthru cos I'm not particularly bothered about talking to the school kids. But I'll check it later.

[TheLoveMummy]

I know the only other quest not mentioned was getting Bobby off of drugs maybe that could trip it.

[Emphoise]

Originally posted by PeaceMaker:

Originally posted by Emphoise:

I've waited several days, spoken to everyone, did the other quests. Dialogue does not start

Did you do the Concord quest where you fight the Deathclaw?

Actually no, and I remember the dialogue option about garvey so maybe that's a requirement

[RabbitRidge]

I didn't do any Concord Minutemen quests beforehand, and it triggered fine for me. Try doing the Vault 81 Tour with Austin Engill first next time (seems you may have missed it). It only triggers when class is in session, of course.

[Emphoise]

Originally posted by RabbitRidge:

I didn't do any Concord Minutemen quests beforehand, and it triggered fine for me. Try doing the Vault 81 Tour with Austin Engill first next time (seems you may have missed it). It only triggers when class is in session, of course.

Ive done multiple times with and without the tour, same thing

[Löthar Storm]

I've told the whole class 'bout the Deathclaw without ever having met said deathclaw or Preston. which was kinda odd, but the side-quest started & completed for me nonetheless. https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Short_Stories#Bugs try some console commands...

[Emphoise]

Originally posted by Menace to Sobriety:

I've told the whole class 'bout the Deathclaw without ever having met said deathclaw or Preston. which was kinda odd, but the side-quest started & completed for me nonetheless. https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Short_Stories#Bugs try some console commands...

Did that to complete and get the magazine but reverted because i don't want janky setstage stuff in my save and the magazine exists elsewhere. So I won't go back to that classroom

[DouglasGrave]

Originally posted by RabbitRidge:

I didn't do any Concord Minutemen quests beforehand, and it triggered fine for me. Try doing the Vault 81 Tour with Austin Engill first next time (seems you may have missed it). It only triggers when class is in session, of course.

Originally posted by Menace to Sobriety:

I've told the whole class 'bout the Deathclaw without ever having met said deathclaw or Preston. which was kinda odd, but the side-quest started & completed for me nonetheless. https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Short_Stories#Bugs try some console commands...

I'm vaguely remembering the trigger requiring that you visit Concord, but not requiring that you actually meet Preston or face the deathclaw.

It was odd, because it was like someone had picked a trigger condition close to what would make sense, but not quite there. But in development that could just be the result of selecting the wrong location marker or cell out of a list of similar names (for example, you might have "ConcordExt" instead of "ConcordMuseumExt").

[RabbitRidge]

In that case, here's another way to state it: I didn't enter the Museum (thus, no quests). Sounds like you may be on to something.

Edit: you might consider updating the wiki if it can be verified. :)

[Löthar Storm]

I tried a few different scenarios and concluded that completion of Out of Time and initiating When Freedom Calls is the requirement for Short Stories to activate. most times I start out from Vault 111 I stop through Concord to get the Militia Hat off the dead Minuteman outside of the museum, but I had to waste the few raiders in the immediate vicinity outside to get Preston to holler at me so the quests would turn over. then I just ditched him as per usual. ;)
with Out of Time completed the Vault 81 side-quest activated as soon as I spoke to Katy.