This article was provided by user ShadowKain666


For those suffering from a corrupt DCMS save:

First things first, do NOT use any of the DCMS scripts! This means you must not, under any circumstances, use BurnBabyBurn, CallUnassigned, etc.

From my experience (however, this is certainly not everyone's experience, and it may not be your experience) the issue isn't with DCMS as it stands, but is rather an issue with its scripts. The base functions seem to work fine on their own, and I even have DCMS, Better Settlers, and Sim Settlements all playing together nicely now after unknowingly corrupting my save file by using BurnBabyBurn. After using that script with the new patches, I started experiencing the "dead" settlers and plots issue. Settlers wouldn't assign properly, would stand around doing nothing, or never go and actually tend to their job. Auto-assignment for Sim Settlements didn't work at all, and while I could manually assign a settler to a Sim Settlements plot/home, I could not then also assign them to a job.

After two days of troubleshooting and no luck, I decided to try using FallrimTools upon Kinggath's suggestion for fixing an unrelated corrupt save issue from Sim Settlement's first edition (I recommend watching his video here). If you're experiencing the issues I was, and are pretty sure DCMS is at fault, follow these steps:

1.) Load up your corrupt save with your usual mods installed (including DCMS).
2.) Save your game in an exterior cell (this way, as many of the DCMS scripts are running as possible)
3.) Exit the game and load up FallrimTools. Select your save file from Step 2 and use FallrimTools' search feature to search for "settlerrename".
4.) Right click on the "scripts" and "scriptinstances" lists and select "delete" - this will delete all of the DCMS scripts from that save file. If you have DCMS installed when you re-load the save, the base scripts will re-activate and DCMS will behave normally. Just remember, do NOT use any of the optional scripts for any reason, or you will corrupt your save file again. If you want to completely get rid of DCMS, uninstall DCMS before loading your script-cleansed save file.
5.) Once the game loads, let your character just sit and chill for about 20 minutes. During this time, do not do anything. Just let the game run for a good 20 minutes so that the scripts can reload. After that, go ahead and create a new save and then head to a settlement if you weren't at one before. Destroy any old Sim Settlements plots and plop down a new one and see if the auto-assignment works properly. See if basic settler assignment works properly (you may need to unassign/move and then reassign settlers that were bugged).

By following these steps, I managed to fix my DCMS corrupted save file and get my settlers behaving normally again. I left DCMS installed because I have simply grown so accustomed to it and I am deeply into this saved game. It has been a few days, and as I said at the beginning, DCMS, Better Settlers, and Sim Settlements are all getting along for me - just be warned, what worked for me may not work for you, I am simply posting it here as something others with this issue can try, as it rescued *my* save file.

For reference, I have DCMS version 1.67 installed, Better Settlers 1.1 installed, and Sim Settlements 1.1.0a installed.

After save file script cleaning, the three mods are getting along as long as I do not use DCMS' unnecessary scripts and simply allow it to run passively, letting it rename settlers and display their jobs.

Hopefully this can help anyone suffering from the same issue I had, or at least give people a foot in the door towards troubleshooting and fixing the issue themselves. Corrupt saves are no fun.