Primary Bug Report If I Had a Hammer - Quest fails to update and settlers do not build assigned plots

[DrMathwin]

Started a new game and set out to strictly follow the quest series. I completed the Sanctuary quest to get it out of the way, then set down a beacon in Sanctuary to get Laying a Foundation. Completed that and Plotting the Future, and started IIHaH, where I once again hit a wall.

The first game I tried, I ended up in a catch-22 situation by starting the quest series in Red Rocket and then starting the city plan, which did not include enough residential plots to meet the 8 required and hit the build limit, which prevented manually setting down any additional plots.

This time, I set down all 21 plots in Sanctuary manually, 9 residential and the rest roughly 50/50 agriculture and industry. The quest progress got to 8/8 on the ag/ind plots and 7/8 on residential, but then it got weird. First, out of the 20 plots I have placed since the end of Plotting the Future, precisely one residence has been built in two hours of gameplay. Every other plot, while assigned according to the listing that appears when talking to a settler, shows 0 settlers assigned on the AR billboards and remains a sad little pile of scrap. Second, after performing a quicksave and quickload while just standing in the middle of the street, the quest progress became 9/8 and 8/8, but the quest has not continued.

 

[Schmid85]

What i had to do when that happened to me was go into mcm and under tools unlock everything then refresh the plots and they started building and havent had an issue since

 

[Bored Peon]

By default construction costs are on.

Which means in order to build the plot you must have the resources in the settlement or through a caravan.

I just recently started a second settlement and I had placed six plots (3 farms, 1 water, 1 power, 1 caravan.) Only the water plot got built.
Once I placed a Building Materials industry the other plots started building.

However sometimes you do need to go refresh a plot and it will build provided you have the materials.

 

[Cernunnos]

Tell you what, the series x cannot come fast enough, it’s so buggy and crashy on the old gal right now

 

[WolfQueen]

I am getting the exact problem on top of the stranger not moving or doing anything after the farm plot completed

 

[Demonshadows9]

I started the IIHAH quest like normal and got the progress far enough that Lily and carne asada showed up and I've built more residential and ag/ind. plots but the settlers wont actually start building. they just roam around the settlement complaining about not having anything. I've reloaded saves and everything is up to date and nothing is still being built. Also on the residential plots everything is green except the house icon and the number still says 0 even though a settler is assigned to the plot.