Settlement Builder Glitch

[xantexhunter]

So I encountered a glitch/bug in the game that I'm sure a lot of people came across before. It just that it really does not have an actual "name" per se, and everyone who tries to troubleshoot it does not explain it very well. So I will make my attempt at it.

 

The bug will prevent you from building ANYTHING in your settlements under one specific criterion: You only have exactly enough materials to build (1) of whatever you're trying to place.

 

Things that do not pertain to this bug:

• Size of settlement
• Requirements
• Placement
• Any kind of Mods

You can have all the space in the world, have zero mods on a fresh install, and meet the requirements to build it. But if you don't have the materials to build more than (1), you cannot place it in your settlement.

 

Guess I'll name this the Excess Material glitch. Unless this actually has a name and someone actually made a mod to fix it. But from my google searching and Reddit searching, nobody has made a fix for this and it seems fairly common.

 

Right now, the only fix is to load up a previous save that was working before the glitch appeared. Some people reported that closing the game completely to the desktop and reloading your save works, but that hasn't worked for me.

 

"Why don't you go get more materials you dum-dum?"

 

Because, after scrapping a raider settlement, skylines 1981, random stuff found on raiders/radstags/mutants/bloatflies, about 20 minutes of gameplay. I have only enough materials for (1) structure. I play survival, I'm not going to hoof it over to sanctuary or covenant, just because I need 2 more of ceramic/steel/rubber/copper.

 

If anyone knows how to fix this, please let me know. At this point, I'm just going to let my settlements rot and Preston can cry about it. I'm going to nuka world.

[JimmyRJump]

I don't understad what you mean? If you don't have enough material to build more than one object, well, then you need to get more materials. Simple. And not a bug.

[kevkiev]

I think he means that if you have exactly the amount of materials, and no more, to build a single instance of an object, you effectively can't even build that 1 object. ("Effectively" 'cuz it sounds like you can build it but not place it.) Which indeed sounds like a bug.