Recently, I've had an issue in Sanctuary where certain resources "disappear". By this, I mean they aren't being counted when viewing them in the Pip-Boy's "Workshop" tab.
Typically, I start exploring/questing by emptying junk and gear I won't use in Sanctuary and fast travelling out. While out, I'll occasionally check the Workshop tab to make sure none have the exclamation point that signifies some attention needs to be given. The last couple of days, Sanctuary has been constantly lit up with the "!" icon. Most commonly, it shows that there are zero beds and/or defenses (or less than there are actually are… It might show that I have 4 beds when there are actually 16).
Upon returning to Sanctuary and going into Workshop Mode, everything looks right. All beds and defenses are accounted for, happiness starts to rise again. But when I leave, happiness starts to drop again because of "lack" of beds/defenses.
This may be unrelated, but Sanctuary is my "main base". Meaning, I always go there to unload junk and store weapons/armor/aid in the Workbench, trying to keep everything available in one place.
Has anyone ran across a similar issue? Is there any solution to this?
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I have seen this extensively during my multiple playthroughs and believe this to be a bug of some kind. As you've noted, visiting the settlement and looking at the statistics in workshop mode reveal the correct numbers and once you've seen these numbers they'll be correctly reported in the Pip Boy interface.
This isn't limited to specific settlements and as far as I have seen, not related to specific events either (it's not going to happen more frequently if, for example, that settlement has just been attacked).
I have not found a method of ensuring these numbers are correct without visiting the settlement.