Blank cooking menu - help me find the culprit!

[TriflingGnome]

Hey all,

 

So, I'm coming back to Fallout 4 for my second playthrough. All DLC, Survival mode, modded out to the nines, it's going to be great.

 

All works reasonably well. Some hiccups getting the game to start at all, then some problems getting Preston to initiate dialogue, but nothing major.

 

So, eventually I notice that some of the mods aren't doing anything, and it turns out that NMM didn't properly copy some of the files where they need to be. No biggie, I manually copy over a load of missing textures, sounds, ba2 files and so on.

 

Game stable, happily pottering around Starlight Drive In putting up fences, but then I get hungry, go to the cooking station, and see this:

 

 

 

Totally blank. Nothing highlights when I mouse over. Can't cook. Problem on survival mode.

 

No other crafting menus are affected as far as I can tell, and that is super weird since as far as I know I don't have any mods that affect the cooking system at all, but plenty for armour, weapons and so on.

 

What's even weirder is that, although if I verify the game cache and then start the game from Steam, the cooking menu comes back, but if I start the game from NMM, even with all mods deactivated, the cooking menu goes again. Then it will also be gone the next time I start the game from Steam, without NMM. This leads me to believe that something's gone wrong with NMM somewhere, but I can't figure out what it could be.

 

So, here's my Hail Mary cry for help before I spend what was to be an excellent Fallout 4 gaming day downloading and re-installing the game from scratch, and re-installing NMM and all my mods for good measure. Anyone got any ideas?

 

Here's a (badly formatted) list of mods I've been using:

 

A Simple Mod - No Bethesda and S.P.E.C.I.A.L Intro -

Alternate Settlements - 0.4 - Alternate Settlements

Armor and Weapons Keyword Community Resource (AWKCR)

Armorsmith Extended - Armorsmith Extended v3.12 Armour

Basement Living - Bunker and Basement Player Homes (with standalone Workshops) -

Better Generators - Better Generators (2x) v1-1-0 Crafting -

Better Handmade Weapon Textures - Better Handmade Weapon Textures v1.2 Models and Textures

Better Item Sorting-897-1-8 Unassigned 24/11/2015 14:47:19

Better Settlers - Better Settlers v0.8 NPC 12/12/2015 16:24:45

Brighter Settlement Lights Crafting - Home 03/12/2015 15:30:58

Colorful Mirelurks - Colorful Mirelurks Models and Textures

Commonwealth HQ Landscape Overhaul WIP - Commonwealth HQ Landscape Overhaul WIP Unassigned

Companions Can Sneak - Companions Sneak Companions

Conquest - Build New Settlements and Camping - Conquest 1.3 Release

Crafting Workbenches Crafting - Home 03/09/2016 19:06:36

Crossbows of the Commonwealth - Crossbows of the Commonwealth 1.4

Darker Nights 1.11p5 Visuals and Graphics 03/09/2016 12:36:14

Docile Radstags - Docile Radstags NPC 03/09/2016 12:47:19

Don't Call Me Settler(Names-Jobs-Tools) - Don't Call Me Settler 1-7-3 NPC

DYNAVISION - Dynamic Depth of Field - DYNAVISION - Dynamic Depth of Field

Enhanced Blood Textures Models and Textures 24/11/2015 14:47:23

Faction Housing Overhaul - Vault 81 - Vault 81 1.2 Player Homes

Fallout 4 Enhanced Color Correction - F4ECC - 1.2 Visuals and Graphics

Fallout Texture Overhaul PipBoy (Pip-Boy) UHD 4K Models and Textures

Fallout Texture Overhaul Stars - FTO Stars 4K Models and Textures

FAR - Faraway Area Reform (LOD) - FAR - Faraway Area Reform 1_1 Environment

Full Dialogue Interface (NewDialog English and CN-DE-ES-FR-IT-PL-PTBR translations) -

Functional Weapon Racks v0.1.5 Alpha Crafting - Home 12/12/2015 16:24:49

Genius Game - opposite Idiot Savant perk mod - Lucky You Perk - fully change Perks

Hey Thats Not Junk Gameplay Effects and Changes 03/09/2016 19:15:45

High Resolution Texture Pack - Valius - - High Resolution Texture Pack - Valius Models and Textures

Higher Settlement Budget Cheats and God items 03/09/2016 12:26:25

Homemaker - Expanded Settlements Unassigned 03/09/2016 12:32:17

Improved Map with Visible Roads Models and Textures 03/09/2016 12:35:40

Increased Settler Population with Infinite Settlement Budget - IncreasedSettlerPopulation50

Independence Radio - Independence Radio Radio 29/11/2015 19:56:28

Jesters Ammo Retexture Mod - Jesters Ammo Retex Fixed Models and Textures

JOURNEY - Survival Settlement Fast travel - Journey - 1.6.1

Locked Settlement Doors - Locked Doors v0.32 - Selectable

Logical Junk Weight - LogicalJunkWeightv1_3

Longer Power Lines - Longer Power Lines 3x

Lover's Rings - Lover's Rings - Sorted Clothing

Lowered Weapons - Lowered Weapons 1.1 Animation

Manufacturing Extended - Manufacturing Extended Crafting - Home

Maxsons Battlecoat Railroad Version - Main Texture Armour

More Armor Slots - F4 - More armor slots 1.2.4 Gameplay Effects and Changes

More Where That Came From - Diamond City Radio Edition - MWTCF Main Mod 3.1

no dotdotdot - NoDotDotDot User Interface

OCDecorator Crafting - Home

Ploppable Houses - More Prefab Houses

Quieter Settlements Audio - SFX

Settlement Supplies Expanded - Main file

Simple Bug Fixes - Simple Bug Fixes

Spring Cleaning Unassigned

Survival Mode Transition Save -

Survival Mode Tweaks - Console -

SURVIVAL QUICK SAVE - No Sleep Till Bedtime -

The Eyes Of Beauty Fallout Edition - The Eyes Of Beauty Fallout 4 Edition

Time on loading sreens - DEF_TOLS

Towbie's Realistic Weapon Sounds - Towbie's Realistic Firearms

Trees Have Colorful Leaves -

Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch -

Valentine REBORN - Nick Face Retexture - HD Synth Eyes and Teeth -

Vendor caps NPC - Vendors

Vivid Fallout - Landscapes

Vivid Weathers Environment

Wearable Travel Backpack - Wearable Travel Backpack - 1.2b

Working Food Planters - Workshop_Planters_Fixed Crafting

Edited September 8, 2016 by TriflingGnome

[bandus]

I suspect you've already moved on and reinstalled, however, I appear to be having the exact same issue as you are experiencing. I have posted about it on the Crafting Workbenches forum (https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/3444665-crafting-workbenches-items-craftable-where-it-should/?p=42747285) because I believe I have narrowed it down to that mod.

 

However, my issue seems to be from choosing the "DEF-UI- optional" in the installer. You don't seem to be running that though so, perhaps not the same? I don't suppose you found a resolution to your issue though?

[TriflingGnome]

I did manage to get it working without a clean re-install, I deleted all my mod files, verified the cache, uninstalled all my mods and then re-installed them in batches. The problem didn't turn up again, so I really don't know what was going on (though I trimmed down the mods I was using, but I only excluded purely aesthetic things like the pip-boy textures and Eyes of Beauty, so honestly I've no idea).

[TriflingGnome]

For what it's worth, though, I was previously using DEF-UI, but then (thought I'd) uninstalled it, so it could be that there was some rogue file that hadn't been properly uninstalled from the FO4 folder and was messing up the verified .ini files over and over again. That would also explain why a complete clean of the mod files from the FO4 folder fixed the problem.