# Unable to place all configured specials, some missions may fail to initialize. (x 2 through 11)

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**Category:** The Garage\
**Tags:** mod-issues\
**Created:** [April 17, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-place-all-configured-specials-some-missions-may-fail-to-initialize-x-2-through-11/29883 "2026-04-17T19:59:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/smam)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-place-all-configured-specials-some-missions-may-fail-to-initialize-x-2-through-11/29883/1 "2026-04-17T19:59:33Z")

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I’d like to know what exactly this error means. Encountered in version 0.H stable with mods: dda, package\_bionic\_professions, mindovermatter, magiclysm, MMA, extra\_mut\_scens, crazy\_cataclysm, Tamable\_Wildlife, no\_fungal\_growth, personal\_portal\_storms, no\_npc\_food, alt\_map\_key: removing magiclysm and mind over matter solves this error, although I haven’t tried removing only one or the other.

Error occurs at evac shelter computer when selecting contact us pressing any key. My system hangs for a while before producing this message 2 through 11 times, and successfully finds a route to the evac shelter when this error occurs less than 10 times, finds the evac shelter but without a route when it occurred 10 times, and failed to locate an evac shelter when it occured 11 times.

I first encountered the error in a game I was playing normally, but have reproduced the error using the evacuee scenario in a freshly generated world. I have tested this in the webassembly version in firefox running under windows and native Linux version in arch linux.

I’ve heard this is a mapgen problem, and the game will retry a few times to find missions before giving up. Since the error occurred twice in my world, and a route and the evac shelter are shown on the map, does this error mean all missions successfully loaded and the game simply retried twice?