Whoa! File of the Month contender! You guys honor me, so glad you all love it.
Thanks for all your support and endorsements! =D
You must have the latest version of the game for this mod to work. It makes use of features that were added in just before NukaWorld was released- so your game should be patch 1.7 or higher.
Mods That Can Break This
If you are using any of the mods below, read the information next to them as it might explain the issue you are having.
Welcome to Goodneighbor - (UPDATE: While the mod author has released a fix for the packaged scripts issue, the forum posts over there show it still has some game-breaking bugs) this mod is packaged with default scripts from an old patch, it breaks this and many other mods. In Salvage Beacons, it prevents the settlement menu from appearing when you place a beacon.
Don't Call Me Settler - This mod has some severe issues that can break individual settlers, especially in a long save with lots of settlements and settlers. In Salvage Beacons, if you have trouble assigning a Settler to a Communications Station- this might be why. Try assigning that settler to something else to confirm if that specific settler is broken or not. Also, the Call Unassigned Workers tool does not recognize all non-vanilla work objects, such as the Communications Station.
Simple Steve - this mod is packaged with default scripts from an old patch, it breaks this and many other mods. In Salvage Beacons, it prevents the settlement menu from appearing when you place a beacon.
Unlimited Building - This mod is on Bethesda.net and also contains the bad script. There are several alternative mods to increase your build limit, I'd recommend trying any of the others!
For those of you requesting a perk-free version, your wish has been sort of granted. In the latest version, the Comm Station no longer has a perk requirement. You'll still have to console cheat yourself in the beacons themselves, I want to keep the Local Leader requirement as its more immersive- but this way you can still use them.
If you have Local Leader rank 1, continue to create the beacons in the Chemistry Station, otherwise:
Use the console: help "salvage beacon" 4
To find the Form ID of the beacon (look for the one of type MISC, should end in F9A).
Then Use the console again: player.additem XXXXXXXX X
Replacing the first 8 Xs with the Form ID and the last X (after the space) with the quantity you want.
Version 1.0.3 fixes a bug that was introduced in 1.0.2 that could make beacons fail to deliver if you didn't have Sim Settlements installed as well. Apologies for taking so long to get this fix - I couldn't replicate the issue for the life of me until some Xbox players found a pattern I could repeat!
Does this work with NextGen? I have not updated to it yet. I'm just waiting for Bethesda to remove their thumb from their fundament, so all these fine and generous mod authors can do their thing.
Anyone know if this mod still conflicts with Welcome to Goodneighbor? Saw that it was an issue in the description but it's been a while since the mod was updated.
Has anyone gotten this working with Gun for Hire? That mod gives you the option of converting the GFH office into a settlement, so I'd rather use that because I don't want to hassle with building other settlements.
Does this still work (2024)? I know they are included in ss2, but honestly I hate the virtual storage in ss2 and feel like it actually breaks the immersion of settlement building from a player perspective.. Not to mention it breaks my game everytime. But the salvage beacons is a must for me as I tend to play stealth characters and having companions even the dog becomes a constant back of forth commanding them to stay until I clear and then run back to issue the follow command. Or is there a recommended replacement for it that isn't ss2?
I'm using v1.0.3 and have had no problems using as late as March 2024. Tempted to upgrade to latest version, but why fix something that isn't broken...
I love this mod, used it for a long while. However I finally had to remove it and go with another mod that gives me a robot "mule" because Salvage Beacons causes an issue at Nuka World. What happens is you can go into the Bradberton Amphitheater once with no problems. However afterwards the entrance disappears and trying to get into the space, the game crashes. Even using the coc console command can lead to a freeze or crash. My workaround for a long while was just go into the space once, loot everything and just never come back. It was annoying to lose the ability to visit there but bearable. BTW I never associated Salvage Beacons with the problem until I read about it on Reddit or SS2 forum (I forget) so I uninstalled Beacons to check, and sure enough, the issue was fixed. Really a shame because Beacons is such a great mod and so lore friendly. It is brilliant work but just a horrible bug.
For some reason when I have this mod installed and I reach the "utility" category in the chemlab the game freezes and stops responding, I am playing with 200+ other mods so an incompatibility with another mod(s) could be the reason.
I just thought I should say this here in case someone else has the same problem with this mod installed.
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Thanks for all your support and endorsements! =D
You must have the latest version of the game for this mod to work. It makes use of features that were added in just before NukaWorld was released- so your game should be patch 1.7 or higher.
Mods That Can Break This
If you are using any of the mods below, read the information next to them as it might explain the issue you are having.
Welcome to Goodneighbor - (UPDATE: While the mod author has released a fix for the packaged scripts issue, the forum posts over there show it still has some game-breaking bugs) this mod is packaged with default scripts from an old patch, it breaks this and many other mods. In Salvage Beacons, it prevents the settlement menu from appearing when you place a beacon.
Don't Call Me Settler - This mod has some severe issues that can break individual settlers, especially in a long save with lots of settlements and settlers. In Salvage Beacons, if you have trouble assigning a Settler to a Communications Station- this might be why. Try assigning that settler to something else to confirm if that specific settler is broken or not. Also, the Call Unassigned Workers tool does not recognize all non-vanilla work objects, such as the Communications Station.
Simple Steve - this mod is packaged with default scripts from an old patch, it breaks this and many other mods. In Salvage Beacons, it prevents the settlement menu from appearing when you place a beacon.
Unlimited Building - This mod is on Bethesda.net and also contains the bad script. There are several alternative mods to increase your build limit, I'd recommend trying any of the others!
If you have Local Leader rank 1, continue to create the beacons in the Chemistry Station, otherwise:
Use the console:
help "salvage beacon" 4
To find the Form ID of the beacon (look for the one of type MISC, should end in F9A).
Then Use the console again:
player.additem XXXXXXXX X
Replacing the first 8 Xs with the Form ID and the last X (after the space) with the quantity you want.
Please make suggestions and bug reports here: SimSettlements.com
Thanks!
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/47892
I just thought I should say this here in case someone else has the same problem with this mod installed.