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[mALX]

Here is my totally unmodded (just using the in-game Editor) Sanctuary Hills Settlement. (working on making a modded one; not tested it in game yet). I haven't put a beacon up yet; so no Settlers yet. (Just Misa; Codsworth; Dogmeat; Trashcan Carla and her Brahman).




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This post has been edited by mALX: Jan 19 2019, 05:02 AM

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

I've only truly started tapping into Settlements capabilities in the past few weeks. I quite enjoy it, although obviously there are some improvements I already have in mind that should've been done. (Also, how the Oblivion do you get lights, TVs, etc. to work? I've only randomly gotten some lights to work at Home Plate before really diving into Settlements, but I don't know how I did it.) Overall, I like what I can do, but I still have to learn some stuff and still have a bunch of settlements I have barely touched. Fortunately, I have the console at my fingertips to just add components instead of having to incessantly scrounge for them.

I've also started to actually do something about unhappy settlements. Since there were so many other things I wanted to do, I really didn't care about it. But now I actively try to boost settlement happiness (and then of course the inconvenient "This settlement is under attack!" when I'm far away from that one). I think my favorite areas to build are Sanctuary Hills and Starlight Drive-In because there is so much space and freedom to work with. Nordhagen Beach has a good amount of that, too. It would be nice if settlements were more capable of improving themselves, though, so I don't have to keep running in to save the day.

I have a few screenshots, but I want to improve some settlements first before I start showing them off. But I like some of what I have come up with.

[mALX]

I've only truly started tapping into Settlements capabilities in the past few weeks. I quite enjoy it, although obviously there are some improvements I already have in mind that should've been done. (Also, how the Oblivion do you get lights, TVs, etc. to work? I've only randomly gotten some lights to work at Home Plate before really diving into Settlements, but I don't know how I did it.) Overall, I like what I can do, but I still have to learn some stuff and still have a bunch of settlements I have barely touched. Fortunately, I have the console at my fingertips to just add components instead of having to incessantly scrounge for them.

I've also started to actually do something about unhappy settlements. Since there were so many other things I wanted to do, I really didn't care about it. But now I actively try to boost settlement happiness (and then of course the inconvenient "This settlement is under attack!" when I'm far away from that one). I think my favorite areas to build are Sanctuary Hills and Starlight Drive-In because there is so much space and freedom to work with. Nordhagen Beach has a good amount of that, too. It would be nice if settlements were more capable of improving themselves, though, so I don't have to keep running in to save the day.

I have a few screenshots, but I want to improve some settlements first before I start showing them off. But I like some of what I have come up with.

SubRosa would be the one to answer questions, she has been playing for years = I'm just starting out; and got anything I know off SubRosa or YouTube, lol.

I did notice that a lot of the lights/TV's you find in a ruined house/town are "statics" (won't work even if electricity is hooked directly to them). You can test them by placing a Conduit (wired to a Generator) near them; and if they still don't work then try running a wire from the Conduit directly to the light/TV/etc. If they don't light or work then = scrap them and craft your own lights/TV.

You won't need a Generator at Home Plate; it is already pre-wired for Electricity (but only in the front door area to just past the corner the Workshop sits in = the Electricity does not reach the back room). Somewhere right in that area between the Workshop and where the back room starts is a Conduit = a small metal spike sticking out (either on one of the walls or from the ceiling).

If you want Electricity to the back room area, you have to extend the wiring from that Conduit to wherever you want it to be by placing more Conduits wiring them to that original Conduit.


Home Plate does have a really deep ceiling beam between that original conduit and the back room; so you might have to run the wire to a "Ground (or Wall) Mounted Conduit" to get past it = or:

** You can sometimes get around this using tricks like the "Rug Glitch" (which actually works really well for this if you use one of the triangle shaped wall-signs). There is also supposed to be a "Wireless Wiring Glitch" I've seen many vids on how to do (but never yet been able to get it to work for me even once, lol).