The original cut of this one was over 30mins long, so this was a tough one to edit. Let me know if you like the new tighter editing style. Or maybe you would have preferred I left it much longer? Also as always I'd love to know what you guys did at Taffington? Is this one you usually build up? Do you have trouble here? Or is it one you enjoy building at?
@@Nugget40385 That's good to know, thanks for the feedback. I have been toying with the idea of making some longer videos, maybe even livestreaming at some point.
@@johnmatteson2590 A few people have been saying they prefer longer more relaxed content. TH-cam has very much been moving to the shorter formats lately but given this feedback I'm going to make longer-form content where I feel the video needs it. Thanks a lot for the feedback it's extremely helpful.
Not enough cool settlement tours like this on TH-cam. It's great to listen to you sound so enthusiastic about your settlements, as a fellow roleplayer it warms my heart. Plus the way you speak so softly makes these videos great for falling to sleep to!
Thank you very much, It's always nice to hear from another role player. I'm really glad you are enjoying the settlement videos. I'm working on lots more settlement tours so stay tuned to this channel.
I hope you will see this. As already mentioned, you can physically, remove the body. In all of my playthroughs I carry it up to Wildwood Cemetary after clearing out the ferals and the lone raider. I put it in the open coffin and leave her there. I've never had her respawn back at Taffington. Just remember to walk back to Taffington, don't fast travel. I've done this with at other settlements and it works well if I walk back and not fast travel or use a vertibird. I like your builds, well done!
Taking the body to the cemetary is a really cool idea! I've seen lots of methods surgested but that's the first time I've heard of that. I like the idea a lot, it's so lore friendly and imersive. I'll give it a try, thanks Robert.
I love the way you’ve walled the settlement with the guard posts built into the tower. The bar area inside the house is very cool and I like the way you’ve created the different farm areas and utilised the road as a trade route with the trading post and market alongside.
You've made it look so active. Great build by any means but, especially for using no mods. I don't use mods for too much but, the few things I use it for I use like a crutch. Differently re-colored barn textures or extra types of wood panels for variety (while still being lore sensible) from USO, and Gone Hunting / Fishing I just can't do without.
Many thanks! I do like the settlements to look as active and lived-in as possible. I like to play with mods too sometimes but I prefer building without. I have a new settlement video going up tomorrow and that has a lot of activity too, so maybe check it out. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Simply amazing! Ive had similar ideas with Taffington over the years, but i love the layout and the creativity with the build height! Inspiring indeed!
Very good build, well done. For those annoying spawn points inside settlements I like to sink a few shotgun turrets into the ground so just the gun parts are showing (using the pillar technique), then using the wire glitch I run wires to them underground. I put these turrets in out-of-the-way spots where they won't intrude too much on the look of the build but will still be able to blast away at any attackers the second they spawn. Sinking them in the ground hides them but it also makes it harder for the attackers to damage them.
I like your build style, practical, creative, but simple. Don't get me wrong I like looking at all the huge, elaborate builds on TH-cam. But I could never build like that, especially xbox one. I usually go for a straightforward, simple build style.
Thank you James I really appreciate your message. All my builds so far are on Xbox One so definitely console-friendly. You nailed my style spot on. I try to build in a lore-friendly way but also with practical benefits to the player too. I try to build things I find creatively interesting but still think about the people living in the space. I try to picture Fallout as a real world. Just a real world with irradiated water, giant monsters and killer robots! lol
@@FalloutPBC I'm sort of the same way. I actually have some experience with surviving the hard way. I grew up in the mountains of New Mexico, we hunted in order to eat, grew our own vegetables, raised livestock, gathered firewood, worked on our own vehicles, built stuff from the ground up. Learning to handle firearms was a necessity, first for hunting, but also for defense against hostile wildlife. So I try build my settlements the same way.
@@jamesroper4952 Wow that's awesome. Far too few people have that kind of skill set these days. I don't have anywhere near the kind of skills and experience you have but I was lucky to be raised by a wonderful father who believed in doing as much as possible himself. Computers, electronics, electricals, building, plumbing, cars, he did most of it himself and taut me to do the same. Perhaps that kind of practical appreciation for life is why we build in a somewhat down-to-earth manner?
It is a nice spot for a trade post isn't it, this one always feels really busy and alive, I always enjoy going here. Many thanks for watching and commenting. Lots more builds comming very soon.
@@rashedaleem1465 The walls at the front are from the barn set, and the side walls are from the greenhouse set. These work nicely as they are taller than the base game house walls and they snap into the ground very easily. The rest is guard posts and junk fences from the base game I think.
The build area over the water at the back of the house is deceptive. It looks, at least to my eyes, like it doesn't extend very far out over the water from the back of the house. But when you see no-mod builds like this it seems it actually extends a lot further. Food for thought...
You are right It is a larger area than you might think. In this one, I put the structure in there but in another playthrough, I put a string of the large water purifiers in there. They fit just fine and I put the generators on the porch at the back door. Huge potential to earn caps from water at this site fairly early in the game.
Really liked the effect of those windowed concrete walls as supports, might need to play with that concept myself in my builds. I always struggled with taffington with what to do with it and your build gives me a few ideas
Thanks, I'm really pleased the vid has sparked some inspiration for you. I like how those concrete walls look in water so much that I've used them again in several other builds. They just seem at home in the water to me. Good luck with your builds, I'd love to know how it goes.
My head canon for spawn points inside a settlement walls is that the attackers did a Trojan Horse, posing as settlers or traders until some idiot guard opened the gate without checking them! "Dammit Reg, how many times do I have to tell you to check their weapons *before* you open the gate?!"
This is an awesome build, and inspires me to work on Taffington 😃. It will be a while though, since my file got corrupted and I have to start from scratch 😕. It's a good thing I got as much posted as I did...
Thank you! Very pleased to provide some inspiration. Sorry to hear about the corrupted file. Horrible feeling when that happens. I hope your new builds go smoothly.
I know you can drag the body out of the load cell but I just I don't have the patiance to drag the body that far. I haven't tried just dropping it in the water. I guessed it would respawn like the Sunshine bodies do? I'll give that a try, thanks.
I think the floating house idea makes a lot of sense, it would give a lot of protection. I've used the idea at other locations many times now. Good luck with your build!
Bravo! What an excellent presentation. If no mods are used, Taffington Boat House presents some special challenges to develop as a settlement. Your approach as a committed "no modder" was brilliant. Things worth doing,... simply are, despite the inherent difficulty. Patience is a virtue that is an uncommon trait, nowadays. My approach is similar to yours, I never use mods. However, as a long time FO4 player, I do make extensive use of official DLC and exploits discovered over time. I wish I knew of a way to share settlement building techniques with other like-minded players. Well done Sir, cheers!🍺🍺🍻
Thanks, I really appreciate your message. I totally agree that sometimes it's worth doing something because it is difficult, so I've always preferred the challenge of no mods builds. That said, large quantities of patience are definitely needed in all my builds, I dread to think of how long it took me to get the buildings on top of the screen at Starlight Lol I'm working my way through all my old no mods builds, Coastal Cottage, The Castle and Boston Airport are all hopefully coming soon if you are interested. Thanks again!
@@FalloutPBC Indeed I am interested. As an avid FO4 player who's specialized in "no-mod" settlement building, I look forward to viewing your approach to the no-mod challenge play style. I'm currently in another play-through and working on Taffington Boat House. I specialize in the construction of defensive structures, such as fences, walls and towers. I'm aware that enemy spawn points may nullify their normal advantages. However, I still construct them anyway, for aesthetic "immersion" purposes. If possible, I'd like to arrange for you to view my modest attempts at "no-mod" settlement building and get your feedback. Cheers!🍺🍺
@@zoomerboomer6834 I think the same way. As you have probably seen I've walled in most of my settlements even though it's mostly for roleplay in game. I think the only one on the channel so far without walls is Sunshine, I though the emplacements and traps worked better for the large area. Plus it's just fun to try other things sometimes. I'd love to see your builds! Are you going to start a channel?
@@FalloutPBC Start my own channel? I wouldn't know where to start. Is there a way that can get you Xbox gamertag without violating some TH-cam rule? Then you could evaluate whether I've done anything that people would be interested in.
@@zoomerboomer6834 The only way for anyone to see your settlements in Fallout 4 is if you capture a video of them. You can visit other players camps in Fallout 76 but sadly not in Fallout 4.
How do you get so much concrete? It's difficult to find cement, especially that much, and certainly not that much for ALL your settlements. Also, it looks like you built more than that settlement level bar will allow. How did you do that?
This is a playthrough build so all the materials were gathered naturally in-game. When they added the material bulk packs to the vendors it made it much easier to farm water and buy building supplies. Every couple of in-game days I collect the water from here and the other big water farms I have at Warwick homestead and The Castle ( Both of those build tours are coming in the new year ) Then I head to Diamond City and Bunker Hill and buy any materials I need. As for the size bar, I explain that in this video th-cam.com/video/pd21BSlfLuA/w-d-xo.html Be sure to take note of my advice on only doing this once or twice on Xbox One or PS4 Make sure to watch part two aswell so you know ALL the ways this can be done. The building tips playlist has an introduction to the rug and piller glitchs too, if you need help on those.
To get rid of annoying corpses that refuse to decompose use the console commands. For PC you open the console, click on the corpse (their unique id number should show up at the top) then type "disable" (without quotation marks), then hit enter, and exit the console commands, and presto chango the corpse she is gone. Have Fun :)!
Thanks for the heads up for all the PC players. Sadly not possible on the Xbox or Playstation platforms without mods. But I have come up with an interesting method, I placed two metal draw units over the body. Completely hides the body and is a nice functional piece of furniture.
@@FalloutPBC Well another option (but a time consuming one), is to carry the bodies to another cell and dump them there. My understanding is if you dump them elsewhere in the current cell they will return, but if you carry them to another cell and dump them they won't. Worth a shot for folks who can't use the console command to get rid of them.
@@simdoughnut659 It is an option but one that was more trouble than it was worth for me! lol I find it deeply frustrating that Bethesda didn't fix this and a few of the more glaring bugs before abandoning the game.
I had this place sitting in my quest list for a while because I never got around to making a settlement here, and then the Railroad told me to turn it into a base of operations. Well, this gonna be an awkward conversation I'm gonna have to have with someone later.
Spawn points _inside_ the settlement area are just the worst. I built my wall around Sanctuary _three times_ before I found out that my impenetrable concrete fortifications were completely and utterly useless against the enemies spawning inside them. This broke the lore and the world building so much for me that I lost interest in the entire building mechanic completely and gave up my destined-for-greatness settlement half finished.
I agree totally. I had a very similar reaction to my first Sanctuary settlement. What I came to realise is that because NPCs can't climb your walls would be really OP. I think it was most likely done for balance. It still sucks and does break lore. But the more I thought about it, raiders etc, would likely be able to climb over or dig under most of the walls in the game anyway. What I ended up doing is taking note of the spawn points and mostly just building inside them where possible. For settlements like this where you don't have much room I just choose to ignore it. If settlements get attacked while I'm away I tend to just leave them to it. Most of the time they defend themselves fine and if not repairs are easy anyway. While I do take note of the spawn points I don't let that dictate what I build too much. I just enjoy building what I think makes sense in the world. A lot of my builds have a mostly lore-friendly RP approach.
@@FalloutPBC I agree. Balancing this would be difficult. But then, NPCs could simply be made to use the doors and then have to deal with the automatic weapons installed there. I was hoping for coming home and finding the remains of a few raiders behind my portcullis under the murder holes. _That_ would have been immersive. But I guess you can't have it all. Nice build, anyway. Thanks for the tour!
@@Noone-of-your-Business You are totally right, there is a lot more they could have done to improve this side of the game. That's one of my big frustrations with Bethesda. I really do think they could have continued to work on upgrades and content for this game for many years. The other thing with the attack system that I don't like is how your settlers go running out into the open to fight! You build all these cool defenses and they go running out like nutters! Lol. Glad you enjoyed the tour, thanks for watching and commenting.
I’ve never actually seen someone fence off and include the road, makes a ton of sense to control the path. Shame the spawn point there in the middle can’t be moved in vanilla FO4.
I know right! I was always surprised to see anyone build inside the road. I always thought controling the road would be vital. You are spot on, it's really frustrating how Bethesda placed so many of the spawn points inside settlements.
@@FalloutPBC what could be neat is a bigger interior wall where the outer crop fence is currently, and keep the main defensive posts/turrets on the interior wall. That way you have the road closed off still, but the protection is better logistically for the inhabitants. Worst case just stick a shotgun turret or traps facing the trouble spot 😂 Anyways nice work as always, actually started up FO4 again after seeing some of your build ideas!
@@pistolpete7422 That's a really good idea! Not sure why I didn't do that. I think I'll do that when I build here with the Brotherhood. Thanks again Pete! It's always great to hear when someone gets back into the game from one of my videos.
Interesting non mod build. The default scrapping is ridiculous so I always use a mod. Even then not all mods will remove the dead body on the second floor. Scrapping the damaged roof makes it easier and scrapping bushes makes it look like what settlers would eventually decide to do.
I like that you, for the most part, kept it pretty lore friendly, (i really dont like CCs making big concrete behemoth blockhouses and stuff that just dont belong) but if i were to have any criticism, it would be that its too "square", nothings been put at angles or use of curves, and a few too many repeating textures eg using the same railing piece all along the same walkways, the same wall used for the whole length etc, but other than that it looks great.
I agree about the massive concrete structures etc, those types of builds just don't work for me. I really do like to at least try to keep my builds lore friendly, with some allowance for just having fun with the building system and experimenting with some of the wilder content. At the end of the day, it is a game and you players should always feel free to just have fun however they like of course. I disagree about the look of this one not being scrappy enough. I strongly dislike builds that are scrappy for the sake of it. I don't buy into the idea that you have to always alternate railings and wall textures etc. For me, that breaks lore almost as much as the giant settlements. I do use the scrappy look but only in settlements where I feel it would be more basic and improvised naturally. If the major factions of this world can build something like the Prydwen they can certainly build straight mono-textured building walls or have railings on a walkway made of the same material. For me, it just comes down to who the faction is that's in control. A handful of settlers will be very scrappy by necessity, a significant base of a main faction would have the resources and knowledge to be generally more regular looking and tidy. With factions like the Brotherhood and Institute around 2077 and beyond tech and building techniques are very much still likely to show up. Still, that's just my two cents on what is or isn't lore friendly. Lots of people enjoy running around the game with lightsabres or modern-day weapons and such like and that's all cool too. Thanks for watching and leaving such an interesting comment. It's much appreciated.
Only if the settlers had a bit better A.I to help builds this beautiful and well thought out function better. I built up some nice areas and the ai just stand around at the house with the power armor rig instead lol.
It is frustrating. Sometimes I'm amazed at how good the A.I. is when I build something really complex and the settlers navigate around it in no time. Then later they are all standing in one room ignoring all the features around them. It is very strange.
Indeed. I built such a nice board walk housing area using my own desing with sim settlements and they never go down there. Heart breaking lol. I need a game like fallout, but with amazing build tools like valhime...looking foward to seeing your new videos.
@@specrtre I had lots of problems with settler behavior in Sim Settlement too. Thanks for the support lots more build videos are on the way. Hopefully next year if I can secure the funding to keep the channel going.
@@FalloutPBC oh no worries. I probably could have seen it. 😉 Do you know how to remove the rotten bramins? Or do you just build over them? BTW: this is a really nice build you made 👍🏼
@@R0N1N_78 Thank you, I apreciate that. There is no way to remove the brahmin on Xbox. I do tend to find ways to build over things where possible yes. On my latest playthrough at Taffington I put two metal storage draw units over the body. It worked well, looks good and was functional.
That whole section of water is very much inside the build area, lots of people build there. THERE ARE NO MODS ON THIS BUILD!!! Go check in the game right now... I'll wait for your apology...
The original cut of this one was over 30mins long, so this was a tough one to edit. Let me know if you like the new tighter editing style. Or maybe you would have preferred I left it much longer?
Also as always I'd love to know what you guys did at Taffington? Is this one you usually build up? Do you have trouble here? Or is it one you enjoy building at?
I really like long form content :)
@@Nugget40385 That's good to know, thanks for the feedback. I have been toying with the idea of making some longer videos, maybe even livestreaming at some point.
Personally, I use your videos to unwind and slow down. So the extra length helps keep it feeling mellow.
@@johnmatteson2590 A few people have been saying they prefer longer more relaxed content. TH-cam has very much been moving to the shorter formats lately but given this feedback I'm going to make longer-form content where I feel the video needs it.
Thanks a lot for the feedback it's extremely helpful.
Not enough cool settlement tours like this on TH-cam. It's great to listen to you sound so enthusiastic about your settlements, as a fellow roleplayer it warms my heart. Plus the way you speak so softly makes these videos great for falling to sleep to!
Thank you very much, It's always nice to hear from another role player. I'm really glad you are enjoying the settlement videos. I'm working on lots more settlement tours so stay tuned to this channel.
I hope you will see this. As already mentioned, you can physically, remove the body. In all of my playthroughs I carry it up to Wildwood Cemetary after clearing out the ferals and the lone raider. I put it in the open coffin and leave her there. I've never had her respawn back at Taffington. Just remember to walk back to Taffington, don't fast travel. I've done this with at other settlements and it works well if I walk back and not fast travel or use a vertibird. I like your builds, well done!
Taking the body to the cemetary is a really cool idea!
I've seen lots of methods surgested but that's the first time I've heard of that. I like the idea a lot, it's so lore friendly and imersive.
I'll give it a try, thanks Robert.
Another great build. Really like the floating house. 👍
Thanks Alice! That's my favourite bit too.
I really like your take on building at Taffington.
Very cool layout 😎
Thanks! I think Taffington is a tricky one. Some awkward bits to work around, but lots of potential and lots of options.
Great build! Love the lore friendly way you build. Controlling the road does make a lot of sense.
Thanks, I do love my role-play elements! I just can't help myself lol
Nice nice!!
Fun fact: the voice actress that voices Cricket is the same one that voiced Aloy in Horizon games and Tiny Tina in Tiny Tina's Wonderland.
There are some very talented voice actors in the games industry. Thanks for adding this fun fact.
I love the way you’ve walled the settlement with the guard posts built into the tower. The bar area inside the house is very cool and I like the way you’ve created the different farm areas and utilised the road as a trade route with the trading post and market alongside.
Many thanks!
It just makes sense to control the road right!
@@FalloutPBC Yes! I was looking for inspiration and you’ve inspired me to utilise the road better, so thank you!
You've made it look so active. Great build by any means but, especially for using no mods. I don't use mods for too much but, the few things I use it for I use like a crutch. Differently re-colored barn textures or extra types of wood panels for variety (while still being lore sensible) from USO, and Gone Hunting / Fishing I just can't do without.
Many thanks! I do like the settlements to look as active and lived-in as possible.
I like to play with mods too sometimes but I prefer building without.
I have a new settlement video going up tomorrow and that has a lot of activity too, so maybe check it out.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Simply amazing! Ive had similar ideas with Taffington over the years, but i love the layout and the creativity with the build height! Inspiring indeed!
Thank you so much!
I really love this! I love the mix & match settlement items used in this! You gave me allot of ideas for my builds! Great vid, keep up the good work!
Many thanks Scott!
Glad the video provided some inspiration. Stay tuned for lots more builds coming soon.
Good luck with your builds!
Really like the build glad I found ya this is the first from you I've seen
Many thanks! Welcome aboard!
Love the idea of a little building on the water I'm gonna have to steal that and do a café or something 😂
It makes sense for defense right!
Very good build, well done.
For those annoying spawn points inside settlements I like to sink a few shotgun turrets into the ground so just the gun parts are showing (using the pillar technique), then using the wire glitch I run wires to them underground. I put these turrets in out-of-the-way spots where they won't intrude too much on the look of the build but will still be able to blast away at any attackers the second they spawn. Sinking them in the ground hides them but it also makes it harder for the attackers to damage them.
Many thanks!
I like your build style, practical, creative, but simple. Don't get me wrong I like looking at all the huge, elaborate builds on TH-cam. But I could never build like that, especially xbox one. I usually go for a straightforward, simple build style.
Thank you James I really appreciate your message.
All my builds so far are on Xbox One so definitely console-friendly.
You nailed my style spot on. I try to build in a lore-friendly way but also with practical benefits to the player too.
I try to build things I find creatively interesting but still think about the people living in the space. I try to picture Fallout as a real world.
Just a real world with irradiated water, giant monsters and killer robots! lol
@@FalloutPBC I'm sort of the same way. I actually have some experience with surviving the hard way. I grew up in the mountains of New Mexico, we hunted in order to eat, grew our own vegetables, raised livestock, gathered firewood, worked on our own vehicles, built stuff from the ground up. Learning to handle firearms was a necessity, first for hunting, but also for defense against hostile wildlife. So I try build my settlements the same way.
@@jamesroper4952 Wow that's awesome. Far too few people have that kind of skill set these days. I don't have anywhere near the kind of skills and experience you have but I was lucky to be raised by a wonderful father who believed in doing as much as possible himself.
Computers, electronics, electricals, building, plumbing, cars, he did most of it himself and taut me to do the same. Perhaps that kind of practical appreciation for life is why we build in a somewhat down-to-earth manner?
Very enjoyable build and tour. Especially appreciated the trading post section, looks very authentic and lively!
It is a nice spot for a trade post isn't it, this one always feels really busy and alive, I always enjoy going here.
Many thanks for watching and commenting. Lots more builds comming very soon.
@@FalloutPBC I got so inspired I cleared Taffington and started a similar settlement. I’m curious of what type of walls you use along the road?
@@rashedaleem1465 The walls at the front are from the barn set, and the side walls are from the greenhouse set. These work nicely as they are taller than the base game house walls and they snap into the ground very easily.
The rest is guard posts and junk fences from the base game I think.
The build area over the water at the back of the house is deceptive. It looks, at least to my eyes, like it doesn't extend very far out over the water from the back of the house. But when you see no-mod builds like this it seems it actually extends a lot further. Food for thought...
You are right It is a larger area than you might think. In this one, I put the structure in there but in another playthrough, I put a string of the large water purifiers in there. They fit just fine and I put the generators on the porch at the back door. Huge potential to earn caps from water at this site fairly early in the game.
Very nice!
Thanks Conway!
Really liked the effect of those windowed concrete walls as supports, might need to play with that concept myself in my builds.
I always struggled with taffington with what to do with it and your build gives me a few ideas
Thanks, I'm really pleased the vid has sparked some inspiration for you.
I like how those concrete walls look in water so much that I've used them again in several other builds. They just seem at home in the water to me.
Good luck with your builds, I'd love to know how it goes.
Wow, this is great, put a lot of detail into this.
Thanks! Lots more builds on the channel and lots more to come soon.
My head canon for spawn points inside a settlement walls is that the attackers did a Trojan Horse, posing as settlers or traders until some idiot guard opened the gate without checking them!
"Dammit Reg, how many times do I have to tell you to check their weapons *before* you open the gate?!"
Head canon is my goto also!
This is an awesome build, and inspires me to work on Taffington 😃.
It will be a while though, since my file got corrupted and I have to start from scratch 😕.
It's a good thing I got as much posted as I did...
Thank you! Very pleased to provide some inspiration.
Sorry to hear about the corrupted file. Horrible feeling when that happens.
I hope your new builds go smoothly.
You can pick up the corpses and drop them in the lake by simply long pressing your select button while looking at the body 🤓
I know you can drag the body out of the load cell but I just I don't have the patiance to drag the body that far.
I haven't tried just dropping it in the water. I guessed it would respawn like the Sunshine bodies do?
I'll give that a try, thanks.
i love the floating house concept. I'm stealing that. Also would like to know what the settlers are eating. They seem to be enjoying it LOL
I think the floating house idea makes a lot of sense, it would give a lot of protection. I've used the idea at other locations many times now.
Good luck with your build!
Nice one guvna, using this as motivation
Many thanks!
Bravo! What an excellent presentation. If no mods are used, Taffington Boat House presents some special challenges to develop as a settlement. Your approach as a committed "no modder" was brilliant. Things worth doing,... simply are, despite the inherent difficulty. Patience is a virtue that is an uncommon trait, nowadays.
My approach is similar to yours, I never use mods. However, as a long time FO4 player, I do make extensive use of official DLC and exploits discovered over time. I wish I knew of a way to share settlement building techniques with other like-minded players. Well done Sir, cheers!🍺🍺🍻
Thanks, I really appreciate your message. I totally agree that sometimes it's worth doing something because it is difficult, so I've always preferred the challenge of no mods builds. That said, large quantities of patience are definitely needed in all my builds, I dread to think of how long it took me to get the buildings on top of the screen at Starlight Lol
I'm working my way through all my old no mods builds, Coastal Cottage, The Castle and Boston Airport are all hopefully coming soon if you are interested.
Thanks again!
@@FalloutPBC Indeed I am interested. As an avid FO4 player who's specialized in "no-mod" settlement building, I look forward to viewing your approach to the no-mod challenge play style.
I'm currently in another play-through and working on Taffington Boat House. I specialize in the construction of defensive structures, such as fences, walls and towers. I'm aware that enemy spawn points may nullify their normal advantages. However, I still construct them anyway, for aesthetic "immersion" purposes.
If possible, I'd like to arrange for you to view my modest attempts at "no-mod" settlement building and get your feedback. Cheers!🍺🍺
@@zoomerboomer6834 I think the same way. As you have probably seen I've walled in most of my settlements even though it's mostly for roleplay in game. I think the only one on the channel so far without walls is Sunshine, I though the emplacements and traps worked better for the large area.
Plus it's just fun to try other things sometimes.
I'd love to see your builds! Are you going to start a channel?
@@FalloutPBC Start my own channel? I wouldn't know where to start. Is there a way that can get you Xbox gamertag without violating some TH-cam rule? Then you could evaluate whether I've done anything that people would be interested in.
@@zoomerboomer6834 The only way for anyone to see your settlements in Fallout 4 is if you capture a video of them. You can visit other players camps in Fallout 76 but sadly not in Fallout 4.
How do you get so much concrete? It's difficult to find cement, especially that much, and certainly not that much for ALL your settlements.
Also, it looks like you built more than that settlement level bar will allow. How did you do that?
This is a playthrough build so all the materials were gathered naturally in-game. When they added the material bulk packs to the vendors it made it much easier to farm water and buy building supplies.
Every couple of in-game days I collect the water from here and the other big water farms I have at Warwick homestead and The Castle ( Both of those build tours are coming in the new year )
Then I head to Diamond City and Bunker Hill and buy any materials I need.
As for the size bar, I explain that in this video th-cam.com/video/pd21BSlfLuA/w-d-xo.html
Be sure to take note of my advice on only doing this once or twice on Xbox One or PS4
Make sure to watch part two aswell so you know ALL the ways this can be done.
The building tips playlist has an introduction to the rug and piller glitchs too, if you need help on those.
To get rid of annoying corpses that refuse to decompose use the console commands. For PC you open the console, click on the corpse (their unique id number should show up at the top) then type "disable" (without quotation marks), then hit enter, and exit the console commands, and presto chango the corpse she is gone. Have Fun :)!
Thanks for the heads up for all the PC players.
Sadly not possible on the Xbox or Playstation platforms without mods. But I have come up with an interesting method, I placed two metal draw units over the body. Completely hides the body and is a nice functional piece of furniture.
@@FalloutPBC Well another option (but a time consuming one), is to carry the bodies to another cell and dump them there. My understanding is if you dump them elsewhere in the current cell they will return, but if you carry them to another cell and dump them they won't. Worth a shot for folks who can't use the console command to get rid of them.
@@simdoughnut659 It is an option but one that was more trouble than it was worth for me! lol
I find it deeply frustrating that Bethesda didn't fix this and a few of the more glaring bugs before abandoning the game.
I had this place sitting in my quest list for a while because I never got around to making a settlement here, and then the Railroad told me to turn it into a base of operations. Well, this gonna be an awkward conversation I'm gonna have to have with someone later.
Lol! Interesting place to have the Railroad safehouse.
Spawn points _inside_ the settlement area are just the worst. I built my wall around Sanctuary _three times_ before I found out that my impenetrable concrete fortifications were completely and utterly useless against the enemies spawning inside them. This broke the lore and the world building so much for me that I lost interest in the entire building mechanic completely and gave up my destined-for-greatness settlement half finished.
I agree totally.
I had a very similar reaction to my first Sanctuary settlement.
What I came to realise is that because NPCs can't climb your walls would be really OP.
I think it was most likely done for balance. It still sucks and does break lore. But the more I thought about it, raiders etc, would likely be able to climb over or dig under most of the walls in the game anyway.
What I ended up doing is taking note of the spawn points and mostly just building inside them where possible. For settlements like this where you don't have much room I just choose to ignore it. If settlements get attacked while I'm away I tend to just leave them to it. Most of the time they defend themselves fine and if not repairs are easy anyway.
While I do take note of the spawn points I don't let that dictate what I build too much. I just enjoy building what I think makes sense in the world. A lot of my builds have a mostly lore-friendly RP approach.
@@FalloutPBC I agree. Balancing this would be difficult. But then, NPCs could simply be made to use the doors and then have to deal with the automatic weapons installed there. I was hoping for coming home and finding the remains of a few raiders behind my portcullis under the murder holes. _That_ would have been immersive.
But I guess you can't have it all. Nice build, anyway. Thanks for the tour!
@@Noone-of-your-Business You are totally right, there is a lot more they could have done to improve this side of the game. That's one of my big frustrations with Bethesda. I really do think they could have continued to work on upgrades and content for this game for many years.
The other thing with the attack system that I don't like is how your settlers go running out into the open to fight! You build all these cool defenses and they go running out like nutters! Lol.
Glad you enjoyed the tour, thanks for watching and commenting.
I’ve never actually seen someone fence off and include the road, makes a ton of sense to control the path. Shame the spawn point there in the middle can’t be moved in vanilla FO4.
I know right! I was always surprised to see anyone build inside the road. I always thought controling the road would be vital.
You are spot on, it's really frustrating how Bethesda placed so many of the spawn points inside settlements.
@@FalloutPBC what could be neat is a bigger interior wall where the outer crop fence is currently, and keep the main defensive posts/turrets on the interior wall. That way you have the road closed off still, but the protection is better logistically for the inhabitants. Worst case just stick a shotgun turret or traps facing the trouble spot 😂
Anyways nice work as always, actually started up FO4 again after seeing some of your build ideas!
@@pistolpete7422 That's a really good idea! Not sure why I didn't do that. I think I'll do that when I build here with the Brotherhood.
Thanks again Pete! It's always great to hear when someone gets back into the game from one of my videos.
Interesting non mod build. The default scrapping is ridiculous so I always use a mod. Even then not all mods will remove the dead body on the second floor. Scrapping the damaged roof makes it easier and scrapping bushes makes it look like what settlers would eventually decide to do.
I've been making modded builds for my personal games for years now. I'll get some of my modded builds up one day hopefully.
I like that you, for the most part, kept it pretty lore friendly, (i really dont like CCs making big concrete behemoth blockhouses and stuff that just dont belong) but if i were to have any criticism, it would be that its too "square", nothings been put at angles or use of curves, and a few too many repeating textures eg using the same railing piece all along the same walkways, the same wall used for the whole length etc, but other than that it looks great.
I agree about the massive concrete structures etc, those types of builds just don't work for me.
I really do like to at least try to keep my builds lore friendly, with some allowance for just having fun with the building system and experimenting with some of the wilder content.
At the end of the day, it is a game and you players should always feel free to just have fun however they like of course.
I disagree about the look of this one not being scrappy enough. I strongly dislike builds that are scrappy for the sake of it. I don't buy into the idea that you have to always alternate railings and wall textures etc. For me, that breaks lore almost as much as the giant settlements.
I do use the scrappy look but only in settlements where I feel it would be more basic and improvised naturally.
If the major factions of this world can build something like the Prydwen they can certainly build straight mono-textured building walls or have railings on a walkway made of the same material.
For me, it just comes down to who the faction is that's in control. A handful of settlers will be very scrappy by necessity, a significant base of a main faction would have the resources and knowledge to be generally more regular looking and tidy.
With factions like the Brotherhood and Institute around 2077 and beyond tech and building techniques are very much still likely to show up.
Still, that's just my two cents on what is or isn't lore friendly. Lots of people enjoy running around the game with lightsabres or modern-day weapons and such like and that's all cool too.
Thanks for watching and leaving such an interesting comment. It's much appreciated.
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Thank you very much.
Only if the settlers had a bit better A.I to help builds this beautiful and well thought out function better. I built up some nice areas and the ai just stand around at the house with the power armor rig instead lol.
It is frustrating. Sometimes I'm amazed at how good the A.I. is when I build something really complex and the settlers navigate around it in no time.
Then later they are all standing in one room ignoring all the features around them. It is very strange.
Indeed. I built such a nice board walk housing area using my own desing with sim settlements and they never go down there. Heart breaking lol. I need a game like fallout, but with amazing build tools like valhime...looking foward to seeing your new videos.
@@specrtre I had lots of problems with settler behavior in Sim Settlement too. Thanks for the support lots more build videos are on the way. Hopefully next year if I can secure the funding to keep the channel going.
Didn't you try the disable command to remove the dead body? For me this works... I use the disable command a lot in my settlements. 😉
Thanks but all my builds are on Xbox.
Usually, in my build videos, I mention that at the start. I must have forgotten this time sorry.
@@FalloutPBC oh no worries. I probably could have seen it. 😉 Do you know how to remove the rotten bramins? Or do you just build over them?
BTW: this is a really nice build you made 👍🏼
@@R0N1N_78 Thank you, I apreciate that.
There is no way to remove the brahmin on Xbox. I do tend to find ways to build over things where possible yes. On my latest playthrough at Taffington I put two metal storage draw units over the body. It worked well, looks good and was functional.
The spawn points are ridiculous. I would question why they are inside the build area, but it's Bethesda so go figure. 🤷
I agree, I have no idea what possesed them to put spawns inside the build limits.
this settlement is the worst for me i keep losing settlers from droning
As settlers can't die in the base game, I'm guessing you have a mortal settlers mod on?
@@FalloutPBC yup more realistic lol
@@Shaun0057 That it is.
Thinking about it, I don't think I've ever seen a settler go into the water. Are you sure they are drowning?
@@FalloutPBC when you build over the water and run up to a settlement they render before the buildings and fall in to the water 8p
@@FalloutPBC i dont fast travel i play surv mode 8)
That 'Bunkhouse' is OUTSIDE THE BUILD AREA! "No Mods" My Ass!
That whole section of water is very much inside the build area, lots of people build there. THERE ARE NO MODS ON THIS BUILD!!! Go check in the game right now... I'll wait for your apology...
I'm still waiting for my apology...
Still waiting...