JE8 - Task 1

Bug 

This bug in Fallout 4 allows players to duplicate items used to craft mechanisms and buildings in settlements, Essentially giving players unlimited resources.

The above video showcases someone using the bug to duplicate items.  As can been seen the player quickly presses a series of buttons at the same time and simultaneously scraps the item and stores the item sending two copies of one item to the workbench.

Type of Bug

This is a B class bug, The bug doesn't stop the player from progressing through the game but allows the player to have an advantage not otherwise accessible through normal play. This bug allows players to play the game in a way not intended by the developers and exploiting bugs like this is often considered cheating. The bug would need fixing but not as urgently as a game breaking bug would.

Resolving the bug

Fallout 4 is a game about survival and using anything and everything you can find to survive is one of the key elements of the game, This bug takes the thrill of feeling like a survivor away from the player due to the fact they can rely on their unlimited resources to keep them alive indefinitely and thus can be considered a bug that takes away from the experience the game intends to give.

To fix this bug the developers of the game would have to release a patch players can download to their systems that prevents the two actions that cause the glitch from overlapping effects in unison. Doing so would fix the bug and prevent players from being able to duplicate items.