# Unable To Place Specials Message

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-place-specials-message/21697>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [October 16, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-place-specials-message/21697 "2019-10-16T23:07:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![KoRv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/85f322/32.png) [@KoRv](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KoRv)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-place-specials-message/21697/1 "2019-10-16T23:07:13Z")

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Im getting a message saying “Unable to place all configured specials, some missions may fail to initialize.” Not sure what is causing this or how it’ll impact my playthrough, would appreciate an explanation.

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**Author:** ![KorGgenT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/korggent/32/12330_2.png) [@KorGgenT](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KorGgenT)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-place-specials-message/21697/2 "2019-10-17T01:51:17Z")

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you probably have mods that add too many mandatory specials. what could happen is when you start a quest, maybe a special will fail to place.

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**Author:** ![Axema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/axema/32/10822_2.png) [@Axema](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Axema)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-place-specials-message/21697/3 "2019-10-17T02:30:04Z")

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Go to your recently created world folder and open the mods.json, there might be a mod that does this error…

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**Author:** ![KoRv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/85f322/32.png) [@KoRv](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KoRv)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-place-specials-message/21697/4 "2019-10-17T04:16:48Z")

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[  
“dda”,  
“no\_npc\_food”,  
“filthy\_morale”,  
“novitamins”,  
“No\_Fungi”,  
“Tolerate\_This”,  
“craftgp”,  
“FIC\_Weapons”,  
“realguns”,  
“generic\_guns”,  
“ew\_pack”,  
“makeshift”,  
“More\_Survival\_Tools”,  
“modular\_turrets”,  
“Salvaged\_Robots”,  
“mutant\_npcs”,  
“more\_locations”,  
“FujiStruct”,  
“boats”,  
“deoxymod”,  
“blazemod”,  
“Tanks”,  
“more\_classes\_scenarios”,  
“safeautodoc”,  
“sleepdeprivation”,  
“StatsThroughSkills”,  
“magiclysm”,  
“hydroponics”,  
“MMA”,  
“speedydex”,  
“aftershock”,  
“crt\_expansion”,  
“Mining\_Mod”,  
“WildLiving”,  
“More\_Armors”  
]

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**Author:** ![KoRv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/85f322/32.png) [@KoRv](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KoRv)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-place-specials-message/21697/5 "2019-10-17T16:57:04Z")

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the weird thing is the error doesnt come up when I accept a mission, it happens randomly as im out and about. Just realized though, it could be the mission “Download Workstation Data” for the refugee camp, I went to the marker for the quest and I couldnt find the station in the lab.

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**Author:** ![KoRv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/85f322/32.png) [@KoRv](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KoRv)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-place-specials-message/21697/6 "2019-10-17T21:14:09Z")

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turns out its not the workstation data mission, finally found it, no idea whats causing it. could be a mod but other than getting the error message occasionally im not seeing an actual impact in the game.