Unable to trigger dialogue with any NPC's

[Onson]

For some reason, all of a sudden i'm unable to trigger dialogue with any NPC's apart from a couple vendors who just repeat a few phrases, but wont initiate actual dialogue, just turn to me when i press E.
I have a good few mods, but none effect NPC interactions or dialogue, only some new items and textures.
I have tried going back to a save way before this was an issue but it still persists even then when it wasn't one.
I hadn't changed anything when it started, just simply booted up a save file.

EDIT: I have also tried starting a new game and the bug seems to be gone on that, so now i'm assuming its definitely a bug somewhere that I've missed.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Has anyone dealt with something like this?

[Zekiran]

(possible)
You have left a conversation hanging somewhere in your settlements.

Figure out WHEN this happened, and WHERE you might have been, and track down the person who was talking to you. This is pretty common.

(also possible for troubleshooting)
When you go into settlement mode anywhere, do you get any information on mousing over? Like the name of the settler or anything else?

Do you run Sim Settlements?

[Onson]

I realised it happened when i booted up a save file and suddenly no npc's would talk to me. I hadn't changed anything that would effect dialogue or npc interactions when it happened.

I don't use Sim Settlements, the only mods i use are weapons, armour, clothing and a few texture ones, so i'm not sure what mod would cause an issue like this.

Last thing i did was complete the Red Death hunt quest in Far Harbour if that makes any difference. Kind of at a loss for whats gone wrong sadly.

there are a handful of npcs who will acknowledge me and say a one line phrase but that's it, only other one is the Storyteller npc companion. When i approach him i for some reason suddenly unlock a random perk magazine, he says a single line, then nothing.

Thank you for offering advice! I'll take anything at this point

[Zekiran]

I'd still recommend going through the people nearby and finalizing any discussions.

The red death mission is one of THE buggiest things in this game, i swear. from falling off the boat, not being able to use vats, getting stranded, getting stalled out in the black void... it isn't honestly a surprise to me that it's probably the cause of this too.

If you can get into the console (not on survival, or with a mod if you are in it) you might want to check your quest status?

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/The_Great_Hunt

Manually save, and then open the console
type in SQT
that's 'show quest targets'

Look for DLC03FarHarborS03
If it's in the list, then type in
getstage DLC03FarHarborS03

And compare what it says to the chart on that linked page. You might need to bump the quest if it is still hanging or not finished. I don't know what else to suggest if it doesn't show up though. Although you could then just go over your other outstanding quests when you run SQT to see if there are any that may be broken or waiting.

[Nite69]

dialog not working can also happen after your ressurect someone too, I tried it on a settler once and I wasn't able to even talk to them or access thier inventory

[Onson]

Double checked and the Great Hunt quest is all finished and completed, doesn't seem to be from there. Doesn't seem to be from any settler either.
I headed over to the first quest in Arcadia and the first conversation with Dima started once i was in proximity, but after that was over i once again couldn't talk to anyone.

Definitely feeling like a bug somewhere, especially with the occasional one liner from npc's and the weird perk magazine pickup when first talking to the mod storyteller companion.

Even going back to saves waaaaay before this issue came up, it still seems to happen, so i don't feel it's an npc who's dialog is still stuck.

I do really appreciate any and all help here folks, trying anything to salvage a 130+ hour playthough

[Onson]

I tried starting a new game and it seems to be all working fine on that. Not sure now if something's corrupted with my other save files maybe? How would i go about finding out if something is corrupted?

[Onson]

Sorry to keep posting but i'm really running out of ideas.
Here's my mod list if it'll help anyone figure at if something here could cause this.

BasementLiving.esp
Tan_Paint_PA.esp
MidwestPARevolution.esl
LobotomitePack.esm
EnclavePack.esl
SelectPowerArmor.esl
HellcatPA.esl
CROSS_VertibirdFlightsuit.esl
NCRArmourPack.esl
TrueStormsFO4.esm
Vault4.esp
CheatTerminal.esp
RealisticLightingTS1.8.esp
Wattz3000mkII.esp
Mk41GyrojetHMG.esp
ZW_EnclaveBattlecoat.esp
SovietPowerArmor.esp
powerarmort49.esp
UltracitePA.esp
LobotomitePack_PrevisPatch.esp
LAER.esp
WattzLaserGun.esp
T47R_PA.esp
M2045MagnumRevolverRifle.esp
CagebreakerPowerArmor.esp
(SKI-NotDave) P-5 Power Armor.esp
T65PA.esp
SelectShotgun.esp
Enclave-X02.esp
Wattz3000mkII_UniqueAddon.esp
TrueGrass.esp
FlaconOil_2K_0.esp
SigSauer127.esp
3dscopes-wattz.esp
PipWS_Replacer.esp
3dscopes-gyrojet.esp
3dscopes-laer.esp
(SKI-Tumba) Heavy Shotgun.esp
CAB_CustomAlienBlaster.esp
ExcavatorPA.esp
CROSS_BreakActionLaser.esp
T-51C Power Armor.esp
RedShiftPowerArmor.esp
InstitutePowerArmor.esp
N99CPistol.esp
P94PlasmaRifle.esp
Enclaveflagtest.esp
ngh_FO1_PA.esp
Anchorage Power Armor.esp
Liberty_PA.esp
Classic Fallout Music.esp
Classic Fallout Music Far Harbor.esp
Classic Fallout Music NukaWorld.esp
AntiqueGauss.esp
CROSS_CryoLance.esp
EnclaveX02.esp
EnclaveX02Craftable.esp
ChromeAlienBlaster.esp
ClassicRadiationPoisoning2.esp
MGRemesh.esp
Hellfirenew.esp
Consistent Power Armor Overhaul.esp
wornplastic.esp
ClassicGhoulRace2022.esp
1YearFusionCore.esp
ChineseStealthSuit.esp
PhotoMode.esp
Reverb and Ambiance Overhaul.esp
Quieter Settlements - Contraptions.esp
Quieter Settlements - Vanilla.esp
Quieter Settlements - Wasteland Workshop.esp
X-01 Talking heads retexture.esp
OWR_TTZ.esp
OWR_XM.esp
Lots More Male Hairstyles.esp
3dscopes.esp
PhotonDisruptor.esp
TrueStormsFO4-EarlierSunsets.esp
TrueStormsFO4-FarHarbor.esp
TrueStormsFO4-EarlierSunsetsFH.esp
WET.esp
CAPA.esp
Skb-MinigunsRebirth.esl

[Zekiran]

The only way to determine what is broken is to be able to go back to a save point before it happened and don't do the thing. Since it's kind of hard to say what it is exactly that's happening on your other save, I would suggest since you've already started new, just... stick with the new one. Not knowing how many hours you'd already put into the old save I realize that might suck, but sometimes it's just broke.

Is that the load order or just whatever order it's in when you export it as a list?

[Onson]

Sadly i think this might be the only course of action. The last save file without the bug is over 40 hours back.
That's the current load order i believe, but nothing there should be messing with npc's or dialogue so im not sure what to make of that. The fact a new game seems fine makes me thing the game just bugged out somewhere, classic Fallout 4 i suppose.

Thank you again for the responses and ideas, truly appreciated

[Zekiran]

ooooofffff wow yeah that's a long while to be doing other things than chatting to npcs T_T