Stored items in Megaton house disappearing

[Panzermann11]

Has anyone encountered a problem where the items you stored in the Megaton house disappear without a trace?
I do, and it happened about after arriving at Rivet City. I had to load a previous save because of that.

[RoyBatty]

Sounds like you're using a mod that has changed the encounter zones we setup to stop that behavior.

[Panzermann11]

Sounds like you're using a mod that has changed the encounter zones we setup to stop that behavior.

Care to elaborate on what you're saying?

[RoyBatty]

We made a new encounter zone that has the flag "never respawns", to fix this vanilla bug that happens sometimes, also in Fallout 3. It's a documented bug.

[Panzermann11]

We made a new encounter zone that has the flag "never respawns", to fix this vanilla bug that happens sometimes, also in Fallout 3. It's a documented bug.

Oh, so that was a bug that also happened in the original Fallout 3?

[Risewild]

Yes, it's been a known bug since at least 2009.

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https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Forum:A ... n_House%3F
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/93 ... 3/48047368
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/My_Megaton_house#Bugs

It's a rare bug though, so many players might never experience or notice it.

[RoyBatty]

Yep vanilla Fallout 3 bug, I had it happen to me twice in 5500 hours. Not since we added that change though.

[Panzermann11]

Sounds like you're using a mod that has changed the encounter zones we setup to stop that behavior.

I remember installing Clarity recently around the time when it happened, though. Maybe that was the mod that caused that.

[RoyBatty]

Hrm yeah it may have edited the cells encounter zone.

[Panzermann11]

I checked Clarity. It doesn't edit any cells or encounter zones. It just changes lighting templates and the such. So I don't think your issue is being caused by clarity. What other mods are you using?

I don't recall any other mod I've used that might've messed with the Megaton house cell.