Lost in Transmission - cannot find the mission location

[Calangal]

As so many others have probably said before me - this mod is absolutely wonderful (and brutal at the same time, heh). Kudos to the team for this!!

My apologies if I missed this particular problem with the 'Lost in Transmission' mission, but my searching so far hasn't found anybody else reporting my particular boggle. (^-^)

The issue I'm having is right from the beginning for some reason. I get prompted to speak with Torin, and that part proceeds as normal (I assume). But as soon as the objective pops up in my log, I get no response when trying to show the location on the map, or just plotting a course directly to the location.

I think I know the star system where the mission is supposed to take you, but when I go there on my own I haven't been able to find the location.

I've tried going back to earlier saves before the convo with Torin occurs, and making sure I don't have any major missions (Watchtower or otherwise) 'in process' when I talk to him to get the mission. No change yet.

Has anybody had this happen?

[EDIT]: I just found the post regarding how to update the mod, which I haven't tried yet (though I did update when the patch came out). I am going to try and do that later today and see if that resolves things for me.


Best,
Calangal

 

[Calangal]

NoJoy - reinstalling the mod did not fix my particular issue

 

[twolargepepperoni]

Hi there, which platform are you playing on? Can you please share your modlist?

 

[Calangal]

Hi there, which platform are you playing on? Can you please share your modlist?

Hello! I am on PC, and attached is a (hopefully) workable mod list.

 

[Calangal]

Possibly-Related Question: Can Lost in Transmission get 'messed up' if I go ahead and start taking out major arrays before I go on that mission with Torin?

 

[Calangal]

I've had some other problems resolve by deleting and reinstalling all of my Creations content to make sure I actually have the most current versions, but still no resolution to this issue.

A fellow who's having the same issue I'm having helped me find the Quest ID for Lost in Transmission, so I'm (cautiously) trying to see if I can at least get past my block and get to the starstation. So far, still NoJoy.

 

[Omega7188]

Lost in Transmission gives me CTD when "show on map" after speak with torin. Its not even highlighted in the map, even when i go to the exact location its supposed to spawn at. On latest update 1.0.1 and even deleted and reinstalled. Tried top at load order since i naturally had it at bottom.

 

[Calangal]

I'm guessing that no reply of any kind for a week is a bad omen for my playthrough....

 

[Omega7188]

I'm guessing that no reply of any kind for a week is a bad omen for my playthrough....

Yeah I uninstalled and went back to pre-watchtower save until further updates/notice

 

[twolargepepperoni]

Hello! I am on PC, and attached is a (hopefully) workable mod list.

Unfortunately we have been unable to reproduce this issue on a minimal load order. This is a sizeable load order, so unfortunately it is not easy to narrow down potential conflicts either. We have a guide here on doing so that may be of help. I have opened a ticket for this issue in case anyone else experiences similar and has a save we are able to work with and investigate, or has identified a conflict.

Lost in Transmission gives me CTD when "show on map" after speak with torin. Its not even highlighted in the map, even when i go to the exact location its supposed to spawn at. On latest update 1.0.1 and even deleted and reinstalled. Tried top at load order since i naturally had it at bottom.

This is not the latest update - the latest update is 1.0.2v4.

 

[Omega7188]

Unfortunately we have been unable to reproduce this issue on a minimal load order. This is a sizeable load order, so unfortunately it is not easy to narrow down potential conflicts either. We have a guide here on doing so that may be of help. I have opened a ticket for this issue in case anyone else experiences similar and has a save we are able to work with and investigate, or has identified a conflict.


This is not the latest update - the latest update is 1.0.2v4.

I miss typed, it was that version. My post is later than the last update, too. I did all that troubleshooting that day (sunday).

 

[twolargepepperoni]

I miss typed, it was that version. My post is later than the last update, too. I did all that troubleshooting that day (sunday).

I still wanted to check as unfortunately the creation platform has a bug where builds can be reverted back to older versions, even after updating.

Could you please share your modlist with us?

 

[Calangal]

Unfortunately we have been unable to reproduce this issue on a minimal load order. This is a sizeable load order, so unfortunately it is not easy to narrow down potential conflicts either. We have a guide here on doing so that may be of help. I have opened a ticket for this issue in case anyone else experiences similar and has a save we are able to work with and investigate, or has identified a conflict.


This is not the latest update - the latest update is 1.0.2v4.

I appreciate the team taking a crack at it for me - please forward my thanks for their efforts!

 

[Omega7188]

I still wanted to check as unfortunately the creation platform has a bug where builds can be reverted back to older versions, even after updating.

Could you please share your modlist with us?

Grey = mods without ESM
Watchtower isn't installed atm but here is load order. It was loaded at bottom of load order, naturally
Mods that end with CR = creations

 

[twolargepepperoni]

Thank you, I have updated the ticket with your list. Unfortunately with such a large load order, troubleshooting becomes challenging. We have yet to reproduce these issues on a minimal load order, which does suggest a conflict of some kind. The easiest way to address this issue and get to the bottom of it is to narrow down potential mod conflicts - we have an informative post here if this is something you would like to try. If the root cause is identified, that will give us something to work with, including potential patches and workarounds.

 

[Calangal]

I appreciate the team taking a crack at it for me - please forward my thanks for their efforts!

I think I found out what my problem was! I loaded the mod up when I was about to start playing in a new universe, and I received one of the 'unique' beginnings at the Lodge that I had not encountered before (involving a hostile Cora Coe). When I got there, I was able to peacefully deal with her, but I never got the keys to the Lodge. I thought this was part of that storyline (since Cora and her 'crew' stayed at The Lodge after our encounter). But no other universe or beginning I had run through ever blocked my access to the rest of the Lodge....

So I stopped everything else, made my way to the Unity and jumped to a new universe again. This time, I had the 'Vanilla' beginning, received a Lodge key, everything as normal. I then started Watchtower and got to the point that Lost in Transmission began......and this time, it worked! I just completed the mission, sat down and talked with Torin afterward, and it looks like I can continue on with the story.

I don't know for a certainty if that was my problem, but it is the one thing that's happened differently from all my other NG+ runs.

Hope this info helps others!

 

[twolargepepperoni]

What I believe happened here is that in your broken run, the quest alias failed to fill for some bizarre reason (most likely a mod conflict), which means the quest could not find the spacer station location and thus you could not reach it. We don't touch the vanilla beginning at all - so rather than it being linked to this, what appears to have 'fixed' it was jumping through Unity - as for whatever reason, this time the alias did fill correctly.

Just wanted to clarify that for you and anyone else who may read this. I would say if you run into this problem, try rolling back to a save before that quest got triggered in your journal and seeing if it happens again. As a last resort, jump through Unity and see if that works. These of course aren't ideal solutions, but may help folks get unstuck until we are able to either reproduce this ourselves on a minimal load order, or have access to a save that can be opened and reliably reproduced from.

I am glad you are able to proceed, thank you for the update!