mods taking out workshop catigories

[theepicgamer500]

I've reinstalled data folder.....

Installed quote on quote fixer mods.....

But they just aren't there :(

 

https://imgur.com/zbTpouS

[Sharlikran]

First off mods have two ways they add categories to settlement menus. Directly alter Fallout4.esm, or add the menu with a script. The benefit of altering Fallout4.esm directly is that when the mad is uninstalled, nothing is left behind in the save game. Mods that use scripts will leave behind properties in the save game. This is normal and documented on the CK Wik, so it's not like authors are intentionally ruining your save game. What they normally do is offer some way to remove what their scripts left behind. Which is usually in the form of a chem or holotape.

 

I have been meaning to write an article on this but have not had the time. I can't really do that here either. However, I will leave some basic things to get you started. The instructions will be somewhat cryptic and I apologize for that. Also I am not 100% certain you can resolve all your issues because I believe there is a new script out there for managing settlement menus and I don't know how it works.

 

So first a little vocab. A From List is like an array of values. It is the menu itself, such as Structures. Form Lists and contain anything, including other Form Lists. So a submenu of Structures is Metal or Wood. Keywords are the menu choices such as Walls or Roofs. You have to find the mods altering your Form Lists directly or if it was altered with a script you have to remove those script properties. I do not believe script properties can be removed if the mod they belong to is installed. For example say you have Sim Settlements installed. If you don't uninstall it then the script properties will not be removed by the menu fixer. I'm not saying you should uninstall that mod, but as an example that's one reason a menu fixer might not seem to do anything.

 

Here are the steps to get you going. Please do that as listed, please do not consider them optional.

 

1. Download and install LOOT if you have not already.

2. Run LOOT and sort your mods. If you don't want to apply the sorted results don't click apply. In order to see the warnings, you must sort the mods.

3. Resolve any warnings that appear. If the warning or error is unclear what to do it's because there is no solution. It normally means to uninstall the file entirely.

4. After you resolve the errors, go to this article. If you are missing your structures menu then that is in the main settlement menu or Form ID 00106DA2.

5. Open all your mods in FO4Edit and use the FormID to jump to the menu you feel is missing. Again for the main menu it's 00106DA2. You enter that in the upper left box that says Form ID.

6. If you feel you are having issues with other menus use the article to jump to that menu. Say you don't have a turrets menu, that's in Defense so use 001DE913 to jump to that menu.

7. Find any mods altering the menus. There are many outdated mods and patches that are no longer needed so most likely you can remove them.

 

While you may not use SKE anything I list on the description page can cause issues.

Work with that for now. I may not check back for a few days, or maybe later today I'm not sure. All that's happens is scripts have left properties behind, they still belong to mods you have installed and are not being removed, or you have mods that alter Fallout4.esm directly and once removed some menus should return.

Edited September 28, 2017 by Sharlikran