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[PC] Sanctuary no longer gets new settlers

Cheetah2003

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So after my previous issue, which seemed to self-correct itself after some time, my 3rd issue is still alive. Sanctuary does not seem to get any more settlers. I have 10 people living there now. One thing I notice that's strange, is occasionally when I come back to check on things, I see people wandering around that're not part of the settlement. You can talk to them, though they just respond like any other settler would, which is basically non-conversation. I have 3 other settlements under my control, with one having a recruitment tower activated, that's the Red Rocket truck stop. They get new settlers just fine.. I've taken to moving settlers from Red Rocket to Sanctuary to increase the population.

The other two places I have have no recruitment beacons presently (the drive-in theater and Abernathy farms.)

I've tried all the usual tricks to get it to self-correct, like fast-travelling across the map. Going out and stomping some mission or clearing a random area I stumble upon. I tried removing the recruitment beacon and placing it again. Turning it off and on again. Nothing seems to jostle it into behaving properly.

I dunno if this matters, but initially, I was getting 2 settlers at a time into Sanctuary, then it just stopped completely. As additional, I do have a supply route between Sanctuary and Red Rocket (originated from Sanctuary.) I dunno if that's part of the issue or not, just presenting as much info as possible.

All of Sanctuary's need bars are completely full (well, not the building one, that one is maybe 4/5th's full as of this posting.) Some of my plots are even upgraded to level 3 now.

Lastly, I did fiddle a bit with that Holotape and changed the max number of unemployed allowed. But later I changed it back to it original setting of 2.

Anyone got any ideas?
 
those people wandering around are vistors ,like Farmhand or mechanic .

Has beacon recruitment been turned off in the holotape?
is the beacon still there?
 
Seems to be set correctly? I put these two screen shots. First is the Recruitment page:
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And this one from the 'Local' options page:
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The wandering settlers seem to vary pretty heavily. I've seen Farmhand, Settler, Farmer.. probably others, some researcher as well, I forget the exact name they had. Research Assistant? Regardless, they're never actual members of the settlement, they can't be selected in 'Workshop Mode', nor do they even count against the population count. And they don't stick around.. when I leave and come back, it's always different new ones loitering about, even sitting on furniture and hanging out with the actual settlement's people.
 
yeah they are part of sim settlements :)
they add more life to your cities and settlements :)

Whats your Charisma? change ignore charisma to on and see wat happens
 
Dunno. I moved Preston out of Sanctuary when I could and now 2 new settlers joined. Guess it's ok now. :D Sorry to be a bother.
 
no worries its no bother :)
maybe that's the cure to everyones problem
get rid of preston hehe
 
Huh - I sent Preston to Starlight after I got his perk (haven’t taken the Castle back yet), and settlers stopped appearing there. May be a coincidence, but you never know with Preston...
 
Thank you for posting this!! I have been trying to figure out who the random people at my settlements are lol I've seen Farmhands, Bookworms, Drifters, Craftsman ect. I'm happy to find out that they're just visitors :)
:agree:
 
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