Old Guns: Can't assign settlers to artillery

[shadyshopkeep]

I'm at the portion of the Old Guns mission at the Castle in which I'm supposed to "build and assign settlers to Artillery". When I do so, though, every settler I assign to an artillery will walk up to it and get into the ready stance, but immediately get off of it and walk away again, with both the settler and artillery still listed as "unassigned". I've tried loading an earlier save point and redoing the mission, disabling some settlement mods (specifically Place Everything and Faction Housing), and restarting Fallout, but nothing has worked so far. I don't care about the artillery at this point; I just want the mission done.

 

Load Order (sorted with LOOT):

 

0 0 Fallout4.esm

1 1 DLCRobot.esm

2 2 DLCworkshop01.esm

3 3 DLCCoast.esm

4 4 Homemaker.esm

5 5 Snap'n Build.esm

6 6 ArmorKeywords.esm

7 7 Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch.esp

Homemaker - SSEx Compatibility Patch.esp

8 8 Snap and Build - Modules.esp

Snap and Build - Patches.esp

9 9 BetterSettlers.esp

10 a BetterSettlersCleanFacePack.esp

11 b BetterSettlersMortalPack.esp

12 c BetterSettlersNoLollygagging.esp

13 d SettlersRename.esp

14 e BetterSettlersFarHarborPatch.esp

15 f CBBE.esp

16 10 WET Clearer.esp

17 11 Vivid Weathers - FO4.esp

18 12 Vivid Weathers - FO4 - Far Harbor.esp

19 13 VisibleCompanionAffinity.esp

20 14 BetterJunkFences.esp

21 15 Homemaker - Streetlights Use Passive Power.esp

22 16 Armorsmith Extended.esp

23 17 Fusion Gun.esp

24 18 Crossbow.esp

25 19 All Radiant Quests Marked.esp

26 1a ValdacilsItemSorting-00-ValsPicks-DLCVersion.esp

27 1b Weightless Junk and Stuff.esp

28 1c VIS-PatchChemReduxWeightless.esp

VIS-PatchZephyrWarriorF4PAOverhaul-BySlot.esp

29 1d OWR_CraftableDecor.esp

30 1e Lots More Male Hairstyles.esp

31 1f Lots More Facial Hair.esp

32 20 ImmersiveVendors.esp

33 21 Companion Infinite Ammo.esp

34 22 Pip-Boy Flashlight.esp

35 23 Quieter Settlements - Vanilla.esp

36 24 Quieter Settlements - Wasteland Workshop.esp

37 25 GeniusGamePerk.esp

38 26 uckyYouPerk.esp

39 27 eniusGamePerk.esp

40 28 AzarPonytailHairstyles.esp

41 29 HairVariations_YoungAtHeart.esp

42 2a HairVariations_FairyTails.esp

43 2b HairVariations_Elegant.esp

44 2c HairVariations_Sophisticate.esp

45 2d HairVariations_Conversions.esp

46 2e CompRedo.esp

47 2f ASCOCait02.esp

48 30 ASCOCurie06.esp

49 31 ASCODanse03.esp

50 32 ASCOMacCready01.esp

51 33 ASCOPiper02.esp

52 34 ASCOPreston03.esp

53 35 Insignificant Object Remover.esp

54 36 AtomicBeauty.esp

55 37 Great Actors - NPCs Alt.esp

56 38 P.G.Overhaul.esp

57 39 ImmersiveScrapping.esp

58 3a Eli_Faction Housing Overhaul - AiO.esp

59 3b Build High - Expanded Settlements.esp

60 3c WET.esp

61 3d UniqueUniques.esp

62 3e SkyrimInspiredPowerArmor.esp

63 3f OWR.esp

64 40 LongerPowerLines3x.esp

65 41 GruffyddsSignsAndPosters.esp

66 42 Crafting Workbench.esp

67 43 Crafting Workbenches - Ammo.esp

68 44 Crafting Workbenches - Automatron DLC.esp

69 45 Crafting Workbenches - Faction and Quest Requirements.esp

70 46 Colorful Mirelurks.esp

[Vormina]

Did you try placing the Artillery where the old ones were? Or try temporarily disabling any mods that edit the Castle area.

 

Other than that you could try Googling the quest name and find console commands to further the quest line along.

[shadyshopkeep]

I have no idea how, but after spending a few hours doing other things in the game and (improbably) adding some more mods, I came back to the Castle and tried assigning a settler to the artillery again. Somehow, it worked. Thanks for your help anyway, Vormina. I was prepared to advance the quest stage, which probably would have worked also.