June Warwick can't be saved!

[kevkiev]

What the heck is with June Warwick?! I published a mod comprised of a bat file to make a bunch of NPCs essential and tested it on each NPC, including June Warwick, in-game before I posted it, sometimes by shooting and other times simply by clicking on them in console and, after making sure their correct REF ID showed up, typing "isessential". Getting a "1" returned by the game meant success. However, on a recent trip to Warwick Homestead, I heard a female death cry and, sure enough, June was lying dead.

 

I went to an earlier save and fast-travelled to WH and found June alive. Clicking on her in console gave me a zero when I typed "isessential" in console. (I shot her dead just to be sure.) And checking for protection (i.e. typing "isprotected") also returned a zero. (She's actually flagged as protected by the game, although she's died on me in previous games.) I went back to the save where June was alive and re-entered the console command to make her essential i.e. "setessential 3f236 1" but it had no effect. (I double checked in FO4Edit and the CK that I had the correct base ID.)

I then installed the "Essential Named Settlers" mod, an esp file that sets June as essential, and got the same thing (I actually tried both versions of the mod, one setting to essential and the other to protected). I also made a June-specific esp in the CK that edited her record by checking both "essential" and "invulnerable." Didn't make any difference.

 

I double-checked in FO4Edit to make sure I didn't have any other mods touching the June Warwick record. All I can think of is that, somehow, completing the Atom Cats quest sets her as permanently unessential? That's the only other time I interacted with June in my current game except for my initial testing (after testing, I went back to a previous save before discovering Warwick Homestead).

 

Thoughts? I'm completely stumped by this.