Artillery Schematics Problem

[dark47]

I finally got to the Old Guns Minuteman quest and I'm down in the armory with Ronnie Shaw. She tells me to grab the smoke grenades and the drawings. I have the smoke grenades now but I can't pick up the schematics - I get a message "This object is too heavy to pick up". So I continue to click around in different areas and nothing. Occasionally, I get that message again. It's like they aren't really there. It's like I'm seeing them, but the game is telling me I'm not. Any ideas?

[steve40]

Maybe you are carrying too much?

If all else fails, try saving the game, restart Fallout 4 and load the last save. Then try again.

If not, load a slightly earlier save.

Edited February 26, 2016 by steve40

[dark47]

Thanks for the suggestions. I thought quest items were weightless. Oh well. I emptied my inventory and tried to pick it up - no go. Still can't pick it up. Then I loaded old saves (about 5 of them). I get to that point in the quest and same thing happens. Shoot! I'm about to complete the quest with the console, but I hate doing that - never know what the side effects may be.

 

Any other ideas?

[bladexdsl]

ask a companion to pick it up than take it off them?

[Deleted3507349User]

Wow, haven't had that happen. Maybe Ronnie wonderglued it down? She seems the type to play a practical joke.

 

There's something you could try, it's a royal PITA but it might work. Go find an interior cell such as the shelter under Sanctuary...wait there for 31 in-game days and try again.

[dark47]

I tried with Strong. He almost ruptured himself then kind of got angry. "This is NOT the milk of Human kindness, Strong hopes!" he, he He's a snap sometimes.

 

Haven't tried the waiting thing yet. What's magical about 31 days? Do you think it would work if I just stayed away from the Castle for 31 days? I just met Piper outside Diamond City and haven't done anything with the main quest yet; haven't even gone to her office.

[Deleted3507349User]

Just staying away for 31 days would work too. Bethesda games have a cell reset timer that activates if you've not visited a particular cell after a certain time. That timer gets reset every time you enter the cell (this isn't the same as fast traveling there, just so you know).

[dark47]

Ooooops. I should have remembered that reset timer thing. I've played all the Elder Scrolls since Daggerfall and in all of them, you could always clean up your rep in a province by staying away from it for a month or two. he, he

 

I guess I'll go do some of the main quest and maybe clean up some settlements for a while then. If that doesn't fix the problem, oh well ... there's always one of the other factions if I can't progress with the Minutemen. None of the others appeals to me, though.

[rocko6alex]

I tried sleeping for over a month in the makeshift bunker in Sanctuary, and it did not do anything. Does it have to be exactly a month, or is there a exact location to wait? If it has to be exactly a in-game month, then can you show me the exact command to skip that part of the mission OR pick up the artillery with commands.

[Rangerwithabigiron]

I'm having a similar problem in which I can't build the artillery. It's not in the Special tab in the settlement menu. I've run every menu fix tape I have, everything else works, just not the artillery. I called one in with placeatme, and it places, looks right, but I can't assign anyone to it.

I have Sim Settlements, WATM, SKE, and a handful of other settlement-altering mods, but apparently I'm the first person to have this problem, so I can't find any patches. I've also exhausted the obvious console options to try to force it to work, so I've got nothing.

 

Update:

I installed the Fatman Artillery mod (https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/16031) and that I can build and operate no problem, but the standard one is still a no-show.

Edited October 14, 2020 by Rangerwithabigiron