So a LOT of people have been posting questions and bug reports about this. To that I need to (regrettably) say something that many of you may have figured out: I am not actively modding Fallout 4 at this time. This has been the case for a while. The short version is that the FO4 GECK is much MUCH more difficult to work with compared to basically any other Bethesda game, not the least reason being the incredibly convoluted-while-also-limiting changes that were made to the dialog system. It was a miracle I got this working at all, and obviously since I released the mod some patches have altered things to the point where it does not work reliably. I wish I could say I'd get on this and fix it, but (another telling thing) I have actually uninstalled Fallout 4. That's not to say I'm done with the game, but I haven't uninstalled Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas, if you catch my drift.
I know I have a reputation as being a modder who "just fixes it" even if it supposedly can't be fixed, and I really, really wanted to carry that record forward to Fallout 4. I may get back to it at some point: I certainly didn't hate the game given that I socked away a good 472 hours in it, compared to the 502 I have in Fallout: New Vegas. The difference is that those 472 hours were spent almost exclusively playing, while about a quarter of my time in FNV was spent testing mods (seriously). Despite all the effort Bethesda put into making this game modder friendly (which they succeeded at for the most part, in my opinion, and I hope they continue to do so for future titles) the game systems themselves have constrained a lot of my usual areas of tinkering. I'm sure I can learn to work around those constraints - it's what I do, after all - but I can't force it. Part of why I made so many mods for FNV is because I just couldn't stop myself. FO4 doesn't give me that same urge.
As far as this affects the rest of you practicably, I'll cut to the chase: if someone would like to look at what I've done with this mod and tweak it to work with the latest version of the game, please do, and feel free to call it your own mod. I'd much rather this annoying design choice be fixed in a way that allows everyone to enjoy the game; I don't have to be the one to do it.
it use to work fine. now.. here is what you do. forget the mod. save game. talk to preston. sigh. reload. talk to jackass. sigh. reload. wash repeat till it changes or walk off awhile & do something else.
You do not need to start a new game if you can't get "Taking Independence", I managed to get it started even though I started the game with this mod. Solution: 0. Backup your save 1. Disable or delete this mod, "Enough About the Settlements Already Preston". 2. Download, and enable, "Taking Independence Quest Fix": https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/33305 3. Use the console command: "startquest 3a457" Followed by: "setstage 3a457 20" 4. Talk to Preston. "Taking Independence" started for me. 5. Disable or delete "Taking Independence Quest Fix" 6. Finish the quest like normal. 7. Re-enable "Enough About the Settlements Already Preston"
Hope it works, this solution took me an hour to find (mostly load times, tho).
Well here I was avoiding codsworth and preston for almost a week so I could just talk a walk and see MY commonwealth grab a few settlements so got to 15 settlements all with new stuff,new toys, new weapons all with legendary gear,legendary weapons, so then I decide to start with preston and get it over with of course I saved game(thank you lord thank you) so after helping the first quest seems like preston knew what I was doing and suddenly gave me like 3-4 quests, good lord i had that save because I forgot to activate the mod, so first quest he gave me was the same as always then the castle, don't know why he surprised I got it on my own, doesnt he know my gear is all legendary am inmune to everything and my damage is over 5k. So my thing is don't forget to turn that mod on or you'll end up shooting preston lol. And I don't get it all my settlements have over 2k def not even the army of gouls(50 of them) could make it to the entrnce of the castle so why do settlements need my help c'mon the settlers don't need to do anything my turrents,whirling and drones can handle anything
all I have to say is I'm doing all the work and the people giving Preston gift all the time he do no work. All I need is a thank you for your hard work General that it. thank for the mod I just had to get this off my chest thanks again.
Yeah I used to really find that god awful annoying, even when you mm general they'd still run up preston, like he's the new Messiah pfft, all they needed to do was turn to you n just thank you , means a lot , thats all =/ ..
at least for me, this sadly does not work at all(i.e., does nothing). installed with Vortex + LOOT on latest version. last in load order, only other mod is the unofficial patch. just thuogoht i leave my $0.02
EDIT: i played a couple more hours with the mod installed and finished some main story missions as well as a LOT of minuteman quests. abruptly preston stopped. so i guess the mod worked in a delayed fashion.
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I know I have a reputation as being a modder who "just fixes it" even if it supposedly can't be fixed, and I really, really wanted to carry that record forward to Fallout 4. I may get back to it at some point: I certainly didn't hate the game given that I socked away a good 472 hours in it, compared to the 502 I have in Fallout: New Vegas. The difference is that those 472 hours were spent almost exclusively playing, while about a quarter of my time in FNV was spent testing mods (seriously). Despite all the effort Bethesda put into making this game modder friendly (which they succeeded at for the most part, in my opinion, and I hope they continue to do so for future titles) the game systems themselves have constrained a lot of my usual areas of tinkering. I'm sure I can learn to work around those constraints - it's what I do, after all - but I can't force it. Part of why I made so many mods for FNV is because I just couldn't stop myself. FO4 doesn't give me that same urge.
As far as this affects the rest of you practicably, I'll cut to the chase: if someone would like to look at what I've done with this mod and tweak it to work with the latest version of the game, please do, and feel free to call it your own mod. I'd much rather this annoying design choice be fixed in a way that allows everyone to enjoy the game; I don't have to be the one to do it.
Solution:
0. Backup your save
1. Disable or delete this mod, "Enough About the Settlements Already Preston".
2. Download, and enable, "Taking Independence Quest Fix":
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/33305
3. Use the console command:
"startquest 3a457"
Followed by:
"setstage 3a457 20"
4. Talk to Preston. "Taking Independence" started for me.
5. Disable or delete "Taking Independence Quest Fix"
6. Finish the quest like normal.
7. Re-enable "Enough About the Settlements Already Preston"
Hope it works, this solution took me an hour to find (mostly load times, tho).
but this one is practical and useful which is why i'm going to download it.
EDIT: i played a couple more hours with the mod installed and finished some main story missions as well as a LOT of minuteman quests. abruptly preston stopped. so i guess the mod worked in a delayed fashion.