Do child settler mods work with SS2?!

[M. T. Hedd]

I am looking into possibly getting some child furniture mods like School Desk - Child Settler Workstation and Children Chairs so that my child settlers don't just stand around. However they both suggest to be used with Orphans of the Commonwealth which make some changes to vanilla children. Does anyone know if Orphans will conflict with SS2?

 

[The Typical Idiot Fan]

Well, if you do a particular side quest you won't have to ask, as there is a child involved. Thing is, I know she can be assigned to things but whether she actually does them is another story. I think in the game design the only thing kids can "do" as far as settlement jobs is farming (insofar as them having animations for things). Though I thought Orphans was broken as a mod?

 

[M. T. Hedd]

I believe you are talking about the one with the brahmin and the cave. I am not able to assign her to anything. Also the vanilla children are still unassignable without Orphans. I believe there are only 3 of them, one at Nordhagen and 2 at Somerville. I could just ~disable them but they stay in the settler count and still require food, water and beds that way. I blame ole Beth for making the children useless.

 

[M. T. Hedd]

I forgot about the girl in Bunker Hill if you unlock it.

 

[Bored Peon]

I forgot about the girl in Bunker Hill if you unlock it.

You also forgot Shaun, lol.

 

[Freddrick]

I used this mod for my SS1 play through to get working child settlers. https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/37690
No idea if it would work with SS2 or not.
A few of us have tried to reach out to this author on Nexus about seeing if a SS2 compatible version could be made available.

 

[chrismoke]

i use raider children, orphans, diverse children and haven't run into any issues yet? they seem to all be assignable normally

 

[Qerewen]

i use raider children, orphans, diverse children and haven't run into any issues yet? they seem to all be assignable normally

i have raider children too and i have no issues with getting child settlers to work.
I also run advanced needs together with its sibling CaP which allows your settlements to grow simply through the fact that children are born
and i have yet to see any conflicts.

 

[M. T. Hedd]

I was able to find a nexus forum post that showed the console commands to make vanilla children assignable as well as movable or turn into caravans. ( https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/6600176-assigning-children ) I have only used to assignable commands but can confirm that they do work.

 

[NeuBleu]

I am looking into possibly getting some child furniture mods like School Desk - Child Settler Workstation and Children Chairs so that my child settlers don't just stand around. However they both suggest to be used with Orphans of the Commonwealth which make some changes to vanilla children. Does anyone know if Orphans will conflict with SS2?

Last I heard, Orphans of the Commonwealth wouldn't work with Workshop Framework.

 

[chrismoke]

?? using orphans and never noticed any issues but that could just be me, what is it supposed to conflict with in workshop framework?

 

[NeuBleu]

?? using orphans and never noticed any issues but that could just be me, what is it supposed to conflict with in workshop framework?

Last I heard....means that it was a time ago. Unfortunately, the comment section for that mod is really, really long and the comment was some time ago. However, skimming through it just now, I saw one comment that it was working just fine with SS1.

I've used Orphans of the Commonwealth for many playthroughs, but then when I tried I Workshop Framework/Workshop Plus for the first time, no orphans showed up. Other users were experiencing the same problem as well. The author pointed out that it was because of (memory escapes me on which one, but I think it was probably WP) either WF or WP. After that, I chose to use Orphans or WF/WP. Perhaps that is no longer an issue. Right now so much is going on with SS2 I don't really want to bother with it.

 

[Irealys]

You also forgot Shaun, lol.

As did everyone who played the game. Too busy killing mutants and stuff

 

[chrismoke]

Last I heard....means that it was a time ago. Unfortunately, the comment section for that mod is really, really long and the comment was some time ago. However, skimming through it just now, I saw one comment that it was working just fine with SS1.

I've used Orphans of the Commonwealth for many playthroughs, but then when I tried I Workshop Framework/Workshop Plus for the first time, no orphans showed up. Other users were experiencing the same problem as well. The author pointed out that it was because of (memory escapes me on which one, but I think it was probably WP) either WF or WP. After that, I chose to use Orphans or WF/WP. Perhaps that is no longer an issue. Right now so much is going on with SS2 I don't really want to bother with it.

well it works fine as far as i can tell, with ss2, workshop plus and workshop framework. i am getting new child settlers fairly often.

 

[Irealys]

I would love if someone found a way to make a plot that attract exclusively kids. Make a classroom and have kids there during the day.

 

[Freddrick]

well it works fine as far as i can tell, with ss2, workshop plus and workshop framework. i am getting new child settlers fairly often.

I second this statement.
I can't say I get them fairly often because I am keeping my recruitment micromanaged but I do have non scripted children settlers and one even showed up as one of the first settlers you get when you activate a beacon.