Minute man quest line broken

[son0fgrim]

So i have been trying for a literal month to figure this out. i have made 3 different characters trying to fix it and nothing has worked.

Preston no longer gives quests. at all, EVER. retake the castle won't trigger, or "go establish new settlements, or go help new settlements. Nothing is triggering accept the tutorial missions, I can't even establish some settlement on new character because of this.

Preston is only available as a companion and nothing else. I even went as far as to manually gut every single file from my system and do a clean install. Nothing worked. I don't know if its a mod I have installed or what but the game has pretty much sandblasted the minutemen from existence since i can't do any of their quests.

 

I sent several tickets to Bethesda about this and nothing they suggested worked.

 

Load order:

GameMode=Fallout4

Fallout4.esm=1

Robot Home Defence.esm=1

ArmorKeywords.esm=1

DLCRobot.esm=1

DLCworkshop01.esm=1

WeightlessJunk.esp=1

Simple Intersection.esp=1

Build Crafting Stations in Player Home.esp=1

Brighter Mirror Ball Light (Disco Ball).esp=1

Workshop_Planters.esp=1

DifficultyXPScaling.esp=1

Shishkebab2xDMG.esp=1

USAFBomberJacket.esp=1

God Loves a Trier.esp=0

Pity Party.esp=0

Pretty Special.esp=1

The Most Specialist.esp=0

Average Joe.esp=0

Craftable Vault 81 Cure (Earned).esp=1

Companion Infinite Ammo and Unbreakable Power Armour.esp=1

CompRedo.esp=1

DESTROY_ALL_Cricket_v2_1.00.esp=1

Ballistic Under-Armor 1.3.esp=1

No Lowered Suppressor and Bayonet Range.esp=1

Jacket.esp=1

DD_Cheech_And_Chong.esp=1

DD_AIO_I_Hate_You_All.esp=1

Fashionable Valentine.esp=1

Covenant Turrets.esp=1

Santanas Bandanas.esp=1

SkjAlert_RS+.esp=1

CutWeaponModsRestored.esp=1

CutWeaponModsRestored-UniqueWeaponModRecipes.esp=1

functionalrings.esp=1

NukaRadBans.esp=1

CROSS_eyepatch.esp=1

CROSS_Uni_Scarf.esp=1

Docile Radstags.esp=1

BetterSettlers.esp=1

BetterJunkFences.esp=1

BetterShackBridges.esp=1

Armorsmith Extended.esp=1

MGSOutfit.esp=1

Logical Recipes.esp=1

Crafting Workbench.esp=1

Crafting Workbenches - Ammo.esp=1

Crafting Workbenches - Ammo Special.esp=1

Crafting Workbenches - Pre War and Manufactured.esp=1

Followers Ammo (UN)LIMITED (advanced).esp=1

Followers Ammo (UN)LIMITED (simple).esp=1

NoNegativeAffinityNof*#@s.esp=1

NoAffinityCooldown.esp=1

WeightlessAid.esp=1

WeightlessSpecialAmmo.esp=1

DV-Deadly Vertibirds.esp=1

DV-No Levelled Vertibirds.esp=1

LegendaryModification.esp=1

LegendaryModificationMisc.esp=1

ScrapDeadThings.esp=1

SlipperyChameleon.esp=1

Wasteland Sniper by Hothtrooper44.esp=1

OCD1_1-OverhauledCriticalDamage.esp=1

Lasers Have No Recoil.esp=1

R91M.esp=1

M14.esp=1

MMP4APA-blue.esp=1

MMP4APA.esp=1

M1911.esp=1

EndorsCustomCombatArmor.esp=1

Mac11.esp=1

M45A1.esp=1

M1911 - AWKCR-Compatibility.esp=1

MAC11 -AWKCR-Compatibility.esp=1

DD_M79_Launcher_woooot.esp=1

M45A1 - AWKCR-Compatibility.esp=1

M2216.esp=1

Crossbow.esp=1

G3.esp=1

M2216 - AWKCR Compatibility.esp=1

G3 - AWKCR-Compatibility.esp=1

Bubba Shot the Jukebox (Again).esp=1

SuperMutantCreeperHelmet.esp=1

MYLadyKillerBed.esp=1

ArtilleryGrenadeUnNerfed.esp=1

ArcadeMachine.esp=1

strong_PA.esp=1

strong_PA - AWKCR.esp=1

Spooky Scary Skeletons.esp=1

YogCrowbar.esp=1

DesertEagle50AE.esp=1

DesertEagle50AE - AWKCR-Compatibility.esp=1

RaiderOverhaul.esp=1

Guard Rug - D3.esp=1

Guard Rug - D6.esp=1

Guard Rug - D1.esp=1

Homing Fatman.esp=1

ModdableBuddy.esp=1

EqualArmor.esp=1

Consistent Power Armor Overhaul.esp=1

th1nkEyebot.esp=1

ModularKalash.esp=1

3in1.esp=1

LagrieHelmet.esp=1

More Where That Came From Diamond City.esp=1

My_Minutemen.esp=1

Holy Hand Grenade Standalone.esp=1

ZerasPaintings.esp=1

ImmersiveFastTravel.esp=1

IFT_Automatron.esp=1

IFT_NoFuel.esp=1

IFT_NoQuest.esp=1

VegetableOil.esp=1

BasementLiving.esp=1

mjp_PTRS41ATR.esp=1

Modular Simonov PTRS-41 - AWKCR-Compatibility.esp=1

Insignificant Object Remover.esp=1

[Siggi1967]

I got the same problem...

[TheGadget1945]

I know it's a serious problem but many people would be happy for Preston not to give them any more missions :laugh:

[gil999]

Same thing has happened to me although I can make new settlements by helping the citizens there. The problem is now I have no way to acquire the Fort as a settlement if preston won't give me the quest. Is there a console command to trigger that quest?

[BooneoftheWasteland]

Isn't this My_Minutemen.esp an old version? Hasn't that been change to WATMinutemen.esp?

 

 

This video has been my go to vid on any new playthrough in using WATM and if you're comfortable in using edit.