Product Version = NetBeans IDE 8.2 (Build 201609300101)
Operating System = Windows 10 version 10.0 running on amd64
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.8.0_112
Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.112-b15

Reproducibility: Happens every time

Gradle plugin: Version: 1.3.9.2

STEPS:
  * We hava a project with several sub-projects
  * When one the sub-projects has an error on a Runtime dependency
  *  When you attempt to load just that sub-project, gradle barfs with this error:
        * What went wrong:
           A problem occurred evaluating project ':EventServer'.
           > Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':EventServer:runtime'.
           > Could not find au.com.fourtel.support:UtilityComms:1.2.0-SNAPSHOT.

  * Somehow this error prevents the Gradle plugin from loading EVERY sub-project
  * Making resolving the actual problem very difficult, since the dependency is likely to be IN these same sub-projects!

ACTUAL:
  Gradle project is not usable in netbeans with this issue.

EXPECTED:
  In my view a  *runtime* dependency ought not prevent the project loading at all.
  We aren't running anything.  Surely the objective of a development environment is to facilitate development and needs to tolerate incidental errors like this one.
  I would expect the master project to load all Subprojects, including the sub-project with an error so that the problem may be resolved.

Further in this particular case, a missing dependency, it would be useful if the Gradle Plugin supported a repository search/resolution function like the maven repository search function.  I expect you can crib the code, if not just reuse it from the Maven plugin.