Fallout 4: Let's Play Episode 4! Battle at Back Street Apparel!
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- Fallout 4: Let's Play Episode 4! Battle at Back Street Apparel!
The winner of the recent poll on the channel was Fallout 4, so that is what I'll be playing next on the channel! I have never played any of the Fallout series before so this will be a blind playthrough. I'll record episodes of this and drop other bits of content in between, I hope you enjoy!
Episode 3! Gunfight at Corvega!
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Episode 5! Diamond City & Boston!
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About Supermutants. They are deep part of Fallout lore - they;ve been in the game since the first Fallout (in fact, they were the main antagonists there). They were humans mutated by FEV - forced evolution virus. When you encounter Suiciders - shooting them in their right hand will cause them to explode at once.
Or if you can drop them with a headshot, they just die leaving a mini nuke on their corpse.
@rossnorris2351 thanks for the lore and tips both, will aim for their heads/arms in future 😁👍🏻
@@mike-thegamingdad you're very welcome Mike. If anything the mini nukes are great for selling
Supermuntant Suicider.....the best thing to do is try to catch them in a group like your first encounter. Then, VATS his right arm to try to take out as many as you can with the nuke. Fun stuff!
@@screamday nice method I like it 😁
All the buildings you pass, the ones with lights outside have openable doors. That speeds up the exploration. Oh! And pick a container near the entry door and use it as a loot drop point. You can come back and sort through what you want, whenever you want.
Awesome thanks for the tip I've written that down 😁👍🏻
When you start picking up even the straw pillows, you’re defiantly playing FO. 😊 Enjoying your first play through. Subscribed.
Awesome thank you 😁. Haha I know, and to think in episode I was laughing at individual mugs and bottle caps not knowing what or how useful they were 🤣
If it's not nailed down am having it 😂
Mike: (opens wall safe)
3 minutes later:
hack the terminal to open a safe
Mike: I wonder what safe it opens? Surely it can't be the one connected by the think black cable, the one I just opened 3 minutes ago and forgot about?
There is an exploit. Some NPC like it when you pick locks.
1.So you come to this location with that NPC.
2. Use terminal to engage lock
3. Pick lock
4. Go upstairs and sleep for 2 hours
5. Repeat from step 2 unless NPC gives your their affinity perk.
I did work it out eventually 😅
Blood Packs, Purified Water and Irradiated Blood make a super stim pack at the chemistry station, use the Healing section on the chemistry station menu.
The reason walls won't snap to the lower section of that structure you built, is because you used the stilted floor segments, walls will only snap on the top edge of that flooring option. So here's what you do. Workshop/Scrap or Store those floor sections. Because you have wall sections already in place for the second story of the structure, you can replace those floor sections that you removed with the piece called Upper Floor. Building tree looks like this: In workshop mode - Structures/Wood/Floors -scroll right until you see the foundation block - the next couple floor options you'll see are called Upper Floor pieces. If you notice they are double thick unlike the first few selections you get at the left end of the build menu bar. They are twice as thick, because they are a floor and ceiling piece combined. The lower portion is tagged to snap to the top of wall tiles and the upper portion is tagged to snap to the bottom of a wall tile. You may need to move the upper wall piece to get the Upper Floor sections started, just select that wall piece, set on the ground, place the Upper Floor section in, and move the removed wall section back to its former location. Are you following the process I wrote, if so cool, if not reply and I'll see if I can help further.
Collisions are the biggest headache to solve in workshop mode, and the reason things don't snap where you think they should snap. Sometimes there's a simple trick like the pole or rug glitch tricks. Other times it's just way easier to download a mod called Place Everywhere...
There are still locations west and north from Sanctuary and Vault 111 you missed, one is a designated random encounter zone, so you can find anything there, trapped root cellar hatchways, a guy from the Atom Cats strutting around in his hot-rodded Power Armor, locked fridges, scavengers, just really random and sometimes hilarious things happen there. It's a good place to visit from time to time because you never know what you're going to stumble across. When you see the high tension towers, follow them north and south, and you'll find stuff, the same applies to the tower system at Abernathy farm.
I don't want to spoil your first time with too much giveaways, but, be warned, in Olivia you're going to want frag grenades.. several.. and lot's of heals.
Okay good to know thank you ill try out your method for rebuilding the tower 😁👍🏻
That mod sounds far easier 🤣
Gear to settlers, the " road leathers " are a good base outfit, armor fits right over the top. And there are TONS of them in game, so its a good option for the filthy wastelanders that live in your places. All the crafting stations in a given place are connected. So if you have mods in the main workbench, you will access them when you use the weapons work bench. No need to move them.
Okay noted thanks think I've picked a lot of that up 😁👍🏻
Dogmeat yelped at the beginning because he fell off the bridge and took fall damage. That happens sometimes with companions. If you're not in combat they will recover quickly and catch up.
Those companions hey, always getting themselves into situations 😅
When you are running out of inventory, you can scrap both weapons and armor you pick up at armor and weapon workstations you happen upon and scrapping those big heavy items (you do not wish to keep) will massively reduce the weight you and dogmeat are carrying.
I endorse this. Also, you can remove some useful mods, (particularly armour mods), prior to scrapping and then apply the mods later to your own items.
Thanks that's a great tip 😁🙌🏼
@@mike-thegamingdad Grab the scrapper perk before doing this. You will get uncommon and rare componets.
When you came across those Super Mutants and you said "What are those?" I laughed out loud! There are going to be a few of those Welcome to Fallout moments for you. I am enjoying this series immensely.
Pretty much every episode I encounter something new and massive that wants to kill me 😂
2 tips about laser muskets. You can hold the reload button and your character will automatically crank it full. And just like a real life musket, it is a single shot, but with more cranks on the laser musket, it generates a more powerful shot. And pull and hold trigger to shoot both barrels on the shotgun.
That's awesome not seen that tip mentioned yet so I've written it down 😁👍🏻
About settlements, as your role of leader develops you will be able to build different shops and hire shop keepers as well AND link your settlements (and workshops) by assigning your own caravan workers.
I just started watching your playthrough a couple of weeks ago, and I'm loving every chapter! So awesome to see this game through fresh eyes again. Keep it up, will definitely keep watching!
Thanks Skye I appreciate it, glad you are enjoying it so far 😁🙌🏼
Once you install a settlement beacon, settlements can get up to 25 or more settlers. It largely depends on your charisma. I've had some settlements (always the most awkward & small) get as many as 42 settlers when I'm maxed out with no place left to build more beds/water/crops.
My advice? Don't put up settlement beacons at all your settlements. That way if your population gets to high at a smaller location, you can ask some settlers to move to one of the locations you haven't built a beacon. You can do that with the "Local Leader" perk that also allows for provisioners (sharing worldbench inventory).
A lot of times what I do is... once I take a settlement (have access to workbench)...I put up the beacon just long enough to get 2 settlers. One I make a provisioner. The other I leave to tend crops, so that there's some food supply available should I need send a companion or another settler there.
Once I amass TONS of caps and junk, then I start building. I determine the size (how many beds/water/crops)... if it's too small I'll just manually send over settlers from larger settlements. If it's big like Sanctuary or Starlight Drive-in...I'll go ahead and put the beacon back up when I'm ready to build there.
Settlements can become a real headache that's got you running all over the place with their endless needs & that distract from the main mission.
Okay thanks for the tip I might switch it off then once I have a couple (as I need some more farmers) and then wait until I'm a bit more ready
When using your crafting stations, everything in your settlement workshop is shared with crafting stations . That means you don't have to move stuff around Everytime you use a crafting station it is already available to them.
Good to know thanks 👍🏻
I too have just started the game although I set it aside not knowing these tutorials existed. I'm just about 70 know, if that's a detriment to my skill level, I believe we'll have to try a bit more. That's good to know all benches a re viable. TY
Another tip! Don't bother with building walls around your settlements (unless you like the aesthetic). Their a waste of resources. The game is designed in such a way that it forces you to show up to defend the settlement regardless of where enemies spawn.
You will still lose crops & need to make repairs to generators, turrets, & water pumps if you don't show when the settlement is under attack. Turrets basically buy you time to show up.
For defense, I strictly use turrets and A LOT of them with the understanding that the game will still punish me for a no show & the game does not care if you're right in the middle of a main quest. Keep that in mind, when choosing to take on settlements & how many before completing the main quest.
Also, ABERNATHY FARM... do not log in to the workbench & begin to build that settlement till you got enough junk to build a defense of at least 80 in Turrets.
Too many times, I've logged in to Abernathy, not had enough junk, had to leave to get the (gears/circuitry) to build defenses & as soon as I left (even to just the neighboring Red Rocket) it comes under attack only for me to find Lucy Abernathy obliterated all over the melon crop. It's always Lucy or their pet cat in what's cost me hours of play time to go back and do over in effort of saving them.
Generic "settlers" don't really die in combat unless you kill them by accident, but don't expect consistency in Fallout 4.
For instance, the Sanctuary NPC's cannot be killed. Trust me. I've tried to take out Marcy Long MANY times (take my advice...assign her a task FAR AWAY from the workbench). Also, the Grey Garden NPC's aren't killed in combat by enemies.
BUT... some of the NPC's at some of the settlements can be killed by enemy combatants when the settlement comes under attack & you don't know who's who till you find one of them splattered... like Lucy Abernathy.
I'm tempted to upload my settlement builds. Mine are all vanilla builds from the off-the-shelf disc. No mods. No DLC's and no creation club and all on a PS4. I like to think I'm a bit of a settlement build expert.
Okay good to know regarding walls, I may still build some purely for aesthetic purposes but will make sure I build mostly turrets 😁
For the cryolator in vault 111, you can have dogmeat search for items in the vault and he will bring it to you.
He just said he didn’t want to do that
Any weapon you put into the Workshop at a settlement, the setlers of that settlement will auto equip. So the Rocket launcher you put down, will probably get picked up by someone at Sanctuary at some point.
Any weapon you wish to keep for yourself, should be stored at a Container you build yourself. You can use already existing containers, but some of them will reset their inventory, so it's safer to build one for long term storage.
In the case of an attack on one of your settlements, all the settlers there will help defend it. The posted guards are just to raise the Defence score of the settlement. The defense score will limit the number of attacks, unless you have an abundense of resources. I'm not sure what the Defence score needs to be to outright scare off any attacks, but I'm sure it's high, because even my most defended settlements seems to be attacked anyway.
Also, you can upgrade the Vaultsuits at the Armor workbench, making them the best armor undergarments for the entire game.
You can listen to Holotapes without having to stay in the Pipboy menu. The tape will keep playing after you close it.
Muttfruit gives 1 Food resource per plant, where all other grovables only grant 0.5 Food. So Assigning people to Muttfruit plants will make more Food resource gathered.
I never build anything, unless I put down the Concrete foundation found in Wooden structures first. That goes for walls too.
Thanks for all the tips I'll make a note of some of them (in my ever growing list 🤣)
Okay, couple of additions/corrections here.
Yup, settlers will grab a weapon from a nearby container, but only when the settlement is attacked, and only if they consider it a better weapon and they either have the ammo for it or can get that ammo from the same container. Still, to play it safe, it's indeed a good idea to store your valuable keepsakes away from prying hands. For the same reason, it's recommended to take your fusion cores out of your power armor when you park it, btw.
There are several clothing items, and a few headgear that can be upgraded at the armor bench. Combining that with regular armor pieces can be amazing in the late game. However, you'll need to unlock the ability to upgrade clothing (including the vault suit) in-game. There's an undercover faction that can help you with that, once you get on their good side.. [and that's all I will say, because spoilers].
Settlers assigned to farm will actually farm up to 6 food worth of crops. So 6 mutfruit trees, 12 cornstalks, or whatever combination adds up to 6 food. So it doesn't matter what crops you plant, farmers provide 6 food each.
You don't need foundations to build anything, although they can be useful to give yourself a flat surface to work on. However, they also cost resources (especially the concrete one) and take up some of the maximum number of objects you can build at a settlement. (The bar in the top right while workshopping). So decide accordingly.
@@richardhoedt8947 All true.
I've provided a tip after a previous episode but I don't think I'll offer unsolicited advice again. Having said that, you remarked that you might make shotguns a "thing" for your Sanctuary settlement. I do something similar but with mining helmets. At night, you can then see where all your settlers are as they are illuminated.
It's okay don't worry about it share away! As long as the tip doesn't give away story spoilers etc I'm fine 😁👍🏻. That's an awesome tip I'll look out for mining helmets going forward!
Been waiting for this video. I had to save the video since I work 12hr graveyard shift.
Hope you enjoy 😁🙌🏼
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this but just in case not - if u are in danger of being over-encumbered instead of trading with your companions to give them items either drop those items on the ground and have them pick them up or tell them to pick them up first. Even if they are at max capacity already they can store things this way infinitely. I am not sure if this is for all companions but its worth a shot. Good luck - its fun watching someone play this game for the first time!
Thank you yeah I've seen that mentioned , it's funny as it's possible to do that in a few other Bethesda games 🤣 I'll have to remember I can do it! 👍🏻
Another thing to know, is that you can all your scrapables in the settlement workshop they will be scrapped for materials when you are using a crafting station. You can put food and drinks in the settlement workshop also and it will count toward your settlements food supply.
If you have Wasteland Workshop add-on installed, there's an item you can build in your settlement called Decontamination Arch. It is found in the "Power" tab of the build menu. When it is powered (requires 1 power) and you walk through it - it removes all your radiation, so you don't need to worry as much.
Thanks yeau I've seen it, I think I was missing just 1 component when I last looked at it, I can't remember which it was but I plan to build that definitely 🙌🏼
HOW did I not know about arming the settlers?! Mama Murphy in the trendy glasses was genius!
Haha I did consider whether to put Sturges in a sequin red dress I'd found but I thought that was taking it a bit far 🤣
@mike-thegamingdad no do it!!! Sounds incredible! Gonna have to reload my game and re dress all the settlers now...
nice was waiting for the new episode, can’t wait to watch the vid. keep it up
Thanks hope you enjoyed 😁
51:48 the wire from the terminal leads to the safe you locked picked in the same room you can get into a safe either way if both options are available
Also, terminals will always have a wire leading to the thing they interface with if there is something to unlock/interact with/loot.
The mannequin with a stimpak in its chest at around the 1:30:00 mark is a reference to Mia being revived with the adrenaline needle in Pulp Fiction. "It's gotta be hard enough to break through her breastplate into her heart"
I have been waiting for the next episode! Very excited to see your journey!
Thanks! I hope you enjoyed it 😁👍🏻
So ready for more great video's of fallout 4 keep up the great work my friend
Thanks Jeremy appreciate it 😁👍🏻
You triggered me passing on that Blast Radius game so many times lol. Good scrap in those, actually some pretty important harder to find scrap.
Where was that? I don't remember seeing it 🤣
@@mike-thegamingdad Lol, and there is the issue with this game! There is SO MUCH SHIT to pick up, you miss stuff quite easily. It was on a table, top floor of Back Street Apparel. You can alter your armor to have " pockets " and increase your overall carry weight. Power armor also gives you an auto 100+ carry weight. And Doggo sucks for a companion, he gets almost no kills and his carry weight is quite low. You havent found the best follower in terms of carry weight just yet. Though you did get a clue to it outside of the clothing show. Clue: Listen to your radio
@@scottpascoe562 however, he is using the Lone Wanderer perk, and any companion other than Dogmeat will negate that
Oh sweet, a 3 hour episode, something to watch tonight when I can’t sleep!
Thanks hope you enjoyed it 😁🙌🏼
FYI upgrading the Receiver in the weapon modifications is what makes them stronger. You seem to not update it at all in any of your weapons haha.
Also! When you load a holotape, you can exit out of your pipboy but the holotape will still play. So you can walk around and play like normal while the audio still plays.
Gotta get the scopes first as I'm an awful shot otherwise 😅
I always love Sturges acting like he is doing you a favor by letting you stay in YOUR little area lol. Never understood that bit.
Haha yeah I did wonder when he said "you're welcome anytime". Hang on buddy I lived here 210 years before you did 🤣
Pro tip, no spoiler. The Speak Easy respawns, so you can go back often and get the loot. Specifically the two each examples of X-cell and Day Tripper. One of the best places for both items and can be had many many times. They can be useful, I wont say more. I think you missed the Day Tripper.
Are there any chems you don't get addicted to? Don't think I've used any yet
@@mike-thegamingdad Unsure. The only ones I have taken are the two I mentioned. And my guy was addicted after two doses.
@@mike-thegamingdad Only chems that Im aware of that are not going to get you addicted is RAD-X and RadAway.
Very excited for next episode
Great job on the settlement base. I did build cement walls all around the place with a powered door but then the Caravan oxen gets stuck in the ceiling of the house with the crafting stations lol.
You might consider a few storage bins for items you don't want to carry, but are not scrap. Like food or chems or guns you want to keep but not using. Also you can build magazine racks for your collectables.
Thanks a lot! Yeah that's my aim but I did wonder if Trashcan Carla would be able to get in or not, she seems to arrive every night 🤣.
Great fun as usual! If you haven't tried Diamond City radio yet, it's a really entertaining playlist of actual nuclear-themed songs from the 50's.
I've been warned not to use the radio as it ends up with copyright infringement 😪 which is a real shame as I'd play it in the background otherwise. I'll have to listen to it off camera 🤣
@@mike-thegamingdadMaybe pop it on when doing some off screen building..👌
Cheers my friend, perfect timing for this gaming grandad
Plus one gaming grandad.
No problem at all thanks for tuning in 😄
@54:55 Good job; I'm glad you figured it out. Locked items sometimes have two methods to open, which is nice if one of your skills isn't high enough.
I'm glad I did as well because those are usually the cue for an influx of "you're an idiot" comments 🤣 so much I need to look out for I can't see the wood for the trees sometimes haha
@@mike-thegamingdad We've all been beginners at this game and have plenty of our own idiot moments 😂 You're doing great 👍🏼
I'm loving this game play can't wait to see the next episode..
Thanks a lot, new one will be coming soon, I've been unwell the last few says so had to pause temporarily. Feeling a bit more normal now though 😁👍🏻
Helpful Tip: When you come across a weapons or armor crafting station 'in the wild', you can scrap all of those type items you are carrying. Components weigh less, and even less if you (for example) throw away all the cloth and keep just the good stuff to carry around.
Thanks for the tip appreciate it 😬🙌🏼
@@mike-thegamingdad I'll pass the thanks along to my grand daughter. She told me. Still halfway to go on this episode. Keep up the good content!
@@mike-thegamingdad I wouldn't toss the cloth. It's used in armor mods and if you get into settlement building it's used to make beds and rugs and other items.
When trying to hack, it’s best to try as many guesses as you can before trying to clear the duds and reset the tries, if you do that then you’ll be able to hack just about anything on the first go
Okay thanks for the tip 😁👍🏻
When playing an Audio Holotape, you can close the pip-boy and it will keep playing, this way you can have a look around and keep scavenging while listening to the story.
Also really important tip: if you open the Start menu during the game (the one with Save, Load, Settings, etc), there's an Help section with lots of very valuable information that the game doesn't otherwise teach you about all sorts of game mechanics.
Good to know thank you 😁👍🏻
“Im going to have to start being selective about what I pick up.”
Picks up overdue library book.
I've been told to get those though 🤣, apparently you get something good if you return enough of tjem
I don't know how you feel about that, but I'd certainly take a special side-content bonus video of just you decorating Sanctuary, just a chill hour of you musing whether or not this room should have a rug or not and why.
And if you come to that, here's some hidden mechanic: if you hold and press A in front of an object, you'll "pick it up" in front of you, you can then use the Triggers to rotate it - pressing Left Thumbstick change the axe of rotation (X, Y, Z). It's useful if you see a box/cart/basket while scavenging and you want it's content but can't access it (like the shopping cart in this episode, or sometimes woodden box on top of shelves) - pick it up in your hand, rotate it, shake it a bit and the stuff will fall on the ground. (Once you're "holding an item" you can also Press and Hold X and release it to "throw" the item away, it's useful if you want to "throw" at your enemies those red cylinders dotted around that you've yet to figure out are dangerously explosive lo)
But also, it's great for decorating. You can drop Junk Item from your inventory, and then manipulate it around the environment, like putting a Teddy Bear on a bed or stuff like that.
That's awesome thanks will have to practice doing that 😁
excellent episode mate.
Thanks a lot glad you enjoyed 😁
I loved Mr. Greene the first time I ran into him.
He was a character that's for sure. I was sure he was trolling me when he took me to that old car 🤣
Also as an FYI.. All your workbenches are connected within your settlement.. So no need to take mods out to put in a weapon.... Just leave them in any workbench at your settlement and craft away. In addition any armor with prefixes like strengthened, lightweight, etc.. Do have specific Perks to them... While you are in your workbench, say for armor, and you are looking at strengthened leather arm piece for example, click on the the "strengthened" and then you will see what perk it gives...
Ah okay that's much easier thanks 😁👍🏻
Doing great man.. and yes that terminal at the apparel place was to that wall safe you picked... some safes can be opened more than one way... and if you looked at the wire from the terminal it lead to that safe
Thanks yeah I worked it out eventually 😅 so much to look out for. I'll know in future to look for cables 😁
Yeah man the game can be tricky sometimes it has cables like that and other times it wont and the safe will be hidden under a desk or something lol
Best game I ever played cant wait to see more from you thanks for the video's I have 2,000 pulse hours playing it I don't think it auditing at all oO!!!
Awesome! I'll be doing this week definitely, been a bit unwell the last few days and lost my voice so recording was out the question 😅
Hurray! The next video :) I play this a lot.
A few things you might like to know:
1) Any item you can mod at an armor or weapons workbench you can rename (I don't know if you can do this on console). I like to put a period or dash in front of the name of the items I want to hang on to (you might have to shorten the name of some things). This sorts them to the top of your inventory and you won't mistakenly unequip or trade them.
2) I keep fashionable glasses and some apparel that boosts charisma. When I get in a conversation I look away so I can access my inventory and equip these items and it boosts my charisma by 3 points. Helps when you need to do harder "charisma check" responses (i.e. yellow, orange, red replies). For red you'll probably want charisma 10 or better. There's other clothes that have a charisma perk.
3) The higher your charisma the lower the cost of most things from merchants.
4) Unless you're attached to fashionable glasses, black rim glasses have the same perk and look a bit better.
5) Welding goggles or wrap-around goggles perk into perception which helps in VATS.
6) The mods you're carrying use a lot of weight. Store them in the workshop. Workbenches will indicate to "equip" them rather craft them if available.
7) If you get your hands on a "Drifter Outfit" or "Cage Armor", those have better base protection than the Vault-suit and you can wear armor on top of them.
8) Selling purified water is a good way to make caps. There's a "bug" where having "dirty water" stored in the workshop will prevent purified water from spawning in the workshop. Pull these out of the workshop and use any container nearby (or make a container) to store them. Eventually you'll start to accumulate more purified water depending on the number of purifiers you've built. Just keep harvesting it when it shows up and storing it in your container. If you want to fast-travel with a boat-load of water then you'll want to perk into "Strongback" under "Strength" at least 4 points.
Thanks for sharing those tips I appreciate it 😁👍🏻 I've been taking screenshot of stuff I need to remember and I plan to add them all to my growing list at some point later 🤣🙌🏼
Bit jealous to see someone experiencing that game for the first time. Those were good times.
Yeah its awesome so far, really enjoying it!
Wow! You're done more in your first playthrough than I've done in all 5 of mine. I don't even bother with building until late game. Your first intro to the Super Mutants was a laugh. I wondered if you were asking the audience or Dogmeat to shot them. Now to watch the next video.
Not a fan of the suiciders, got to stay away from them 😅
Good video so far 👍
Thanks 😁🙌🏼
Okay, just finished watching as I set this to my bedtime story video. So I decided to subscribe. Also wanted to expand my list from below:
9) There's a button you can use to activate "build mode" rather than activating the workshop all the time. I don't know if you have a settings game menu that lets you configure controls but the button should be shown there. Also, while in a settlement an occasional notification will show up letting you know what button to use.
10) If you build a settlement beacon to attract more settlers to assign to tasks, make sure you have enough beds, food and water. The higher your charisma the more settlers you will attract. Also, wearing charisma perk items will be factored into this. So it may be a good idea to wear those items when you're building if you want to push the population increase. If you're settlement happiness drops below 20% you risk all of them leaving.
11) Prewar money and synth components sell for a good price considering their weight (0 lbs). So I usually store them in my water container as a sort of savings account. Otherwise they just get broken down for components in the workshop.
12) I haven't seen you access the workshop inventory from any of the workbenches so I thought I'd mention that.
13) Build an anti-radiation shower to clean up the rads you accumulate.
14) Now that Carla is showing up at Sanctuary you can sell off unused weapons and armor to her for caps instead of scraping them. Remember to dress up in your best charisma clothes and glasses. You can also trade these items and purified water for junk items such as "shipment of screws... adhesive... gears", etc. Just drop these shipments in the workshop inventory. They'll break down into actual screws, etc. as soon as they're used.
15) "Skooled Zone" TH-cam channel has a lot of no-mods build tutorials and glitches you might like.
16) Building will consume a lot of time (I love this part). The upside is you get XP for every new item you build. It's not uncommon to level up while you build.
17) There's a garden plot of sorts under "Resources->Miscellaneous" you can place on just about any surface. Using this you can build some pretty wild farming structures. I usually make a 3 story open structure with these on each level.
18) Tatos, corn and mutfruit are the things to grow for adhesive. I'd dis the gourds and melons and put settlers on the former unless you're using them for something specific.
19) Scaffolding I think is one the best "quick 'n dirty" ways to make turret towers. Unfortunately I don't think the pathing has been set up for NPCs to walk the scaffolding stairs (or there's some other issue with them) so if I use them for guard towers I use the stairs from some other section.
20) Traffic jambs can occur on most stairs except for ones without rails (like the wooden ones). If you get a lot of these jambs then use the "rail-less" stairs.
21) Collect Squirrel Stew (or Squirrel Bits to make it) as it gives you a 2% XP bonus for 2 hours. I don't remember the exact ingredients but Squirrel Bits and dirty water are the hardest to come across.
22) Higher intelligence improves your XP for leveling. Also check out the Idiot Savant perk. Although it has a stupid-annoying sound effect when it activates, this will improve XP gain regardless how much intelligence you have.
23) I'm not sure if you have the Game of the Year Edition which comes with the Automatron DLC. Once this quest starts you gain the ability to build robots that you can assign to tasks or have as followers. You can build some pretty bad-ass robots too! The downside of them is they tend to push the happiness level down a bit for any settlement they're assigned to as their happiness cap is 50%.
24) Mama Murphy can be regained to assign tasks if you force her to stop taking drugs. But it's been a while since I did that so I assume you need to use the most agreeable responses which may require good charisma to pass.
God, I could go on and on. I don't really want to talk about the storyline itself but I figure simple tips like this would be okay. Let me know if I've spoiled anything.
Also, I have the Game of the Year Edition. If you're using Vanilla Edition then I may have mentioned some build items you don't have access to. If so, apologies for that.
Hope this helps and see you next ep :)
Thanks for those tips! I think I may said previously but I've been taking lots of screenshots and will add any tips I want to remember to my growing list 😅.
The enter build mode shortcut I am aware if but it doesn't always work for me, the prompt comes up a lot but it never seems to want to enter it for me so I've had to walk back to the actual workbench a lot annoyingly
Is Idiot Savant still worth getting even with a high intelligence? I assumed that was a build specific perk.
Yeah I have the GOTY edition so should be okay with those build items 😁
The Idiot Savant perk is very good, With high intelligence is "trigerred" less, but when it happen you get a lot of XP.@@mike-thegamingdad
Amazing builds in Sanctuary! I've only done a little actual building in the vanilla game. Usually, I use what's already there and add some prefabs. Talk about rabbit hole, but in a good way, wait till you play the game with mods. Building is easier and can become addictive! BTW, I like your settlement defense plans. Also enjoyed the way you created the video.
Thanks a lot, I got there in the end, there were a lot of curse words and head scratching trying to work it out 🤣. Yeah I've heard mods making building far easier, might have to invest in those once I've done a few playthroughs mod free 🤣
You can start with a foundation when you build. The cement foundations are great because you can sink them into the ground and match them up with the existing foundations or just link wood floors to them. I always build a giant two story warehouse to store my collection of power armor. I put the crafting benches for the power armor, guns and armor in the warehouse as well. I start out using one of the house foundations and add onto it.
For weapon/armor mods: if you already HAVE the mod, then BUILD command will change to Attach Mod
Okay thanks for the heads up 😁👍🏻
Jun and Macy Long are in a bad mood because they lost their child to the raiders.
Thanks yeah I thought that after when I overheard them talking about it. Feel bad for them now thought she was just being an ass!
Wire to the safe should have been your dead giveaway 😅
Well at least you didn’t wander into the Giant Super-mutant near the plant. Was half hoping you did as that would’ve been fun to watch 😎👍🏻
I don't know this giant super mutant you refer to but I'm also glad I've not encountered it yet 🤣🤣
@@mike-thegamingdadthe water treatment plant is a tough one early game, lot of Super Mutants outside then inside it’s Mirelurks (the giant crabs)
@basby76 good to know thanks 😁
@@mike-thegamingdad one more tip, if you end up carrying too much and your companion is carrying too much as well, drop the items on the ground that you want to give them, then command them to pick the items up and that’s the way to get rid of items from your inventory.
Stealth boy let’s you go invisible for a short time
Another PSA - you can modify leather armor to add pockets. You can pockets to chest, arm and leg pieces. This will give you a slight increase to your carry capacity and in some cases increase your damage resistance. 😎
Nice thats awesome! Will have to look into that 👍🏻
Trashcan Carla is a good vendor. She often stops at Sanctuary, Drumlin Diner and Bunker Hill
Yeah since my first encounter she seems to turn up in Sanctuary most evenings, and then stays the night 😅
Hope to see more fallout gameplay. waiting for part 5 and so on
planning on recording it this evening 😁
Tip: I dont think youve gotten the mods off those weapons you scrapped at 1:08:45. They don't show up when you store your (other) mods afterwards, so I think you just scrapped the lot of it.
If you want to pull the mods off, convert the armor or weapon to the basic version first, THEN scrap it. In the case of weapons, it' ll often cost you some components (for crafting a standerd receiver, for example), but you'll get most of those back once you scrap it afterwards.
Also: If you ever want to scrap items that dont show up in the workbench (like those piles of raider leathers or other clothing), you can drop them on the floor, switch to workshop mode, and scrap them there.
Thanks yeah I've seen a similar comment regarding weapon mods. I assumed I was getting them but it was probably all the base versions of stuff (as the better mods were attached to thr weapons). Oh well I know for future
Thanks for the tips regarding clothing! 😁
Fallout hoarding. Love it. Great video.
Oh man it doesn't get any easier 🤣 I'm 14 episodes in now and still get overencumbered, I'd be crippled on survival mode 🤣
Dogmeat can also wear bandanas, when you come across one! Also, my favorite convenience tip is to change the names of your weapons and armor when you modify them to add a space in front so the ones you want to keep always are at the top of the list even when not favourited! Loving this playthrough!
Thank you 😁
I see you figured the bandana part later on haha. Dogmeat's sytlin' now!
@juliao9146 yeah I am told he can also wear welding goggles 🤣
Your weapons do not only improve at the weapons bench, but also by putting points into the type of weapons you want to improve, such as rifles or non-automatic pistols, etc.
Thanks yeah I plan to invest in weapons perks eventually, been holding off as I cant decide which type I want to stick to yet. As its my first time I want to try all weapons 🤣
what you can do when you get a new settlement workbench (like starlight drive-in) is just scrap the whole place and take everything back to sanctuary and unload the junk there 👍
Good to know thank you, I'll definitely need more wood 🤣 cqnt believe how much I've used so far and I've barely built anything!
This game holds a special place for me. I live near Boston, more or less right where you start out, in a town next to Concord.
Ah thats amazing 😁🙌🏼
Wow, you are doing amazing, building and everything 🎉😊
Thanks a lot 😁👍🏻
When you scrap a weapon (or armor) you don't get the mods unless you specifically removed or replaced the mod. You do get some resources from it though, but definitely less than the mod costs
Ah okay I assumed it took them off, I'm guessing it's only the basic mods it's saving for me then as I was accruing a lot and sold a load at the diner
@@mike-thegamingdad The mods you have in your inventory are those that were replaced by those you've built. You have the "10mm Standard Grip" in your inventory because you've built the "10mm Comfortable Grip" which took out the Standard one - If you were to build a "10mm Hardened Receiver" it would then remove the "10mm Standard Receiver" that's currently on it and put it in your inventory.
If you see a mod you want on a weapon, simply build a lower-tier of that mod to replace it - the stronger one will then be taken off the weapon and put in your inventory - when you'll "build" it on your weapon it then won't take resources, only the mod from the inventory.
That's why you shouldn't sell lower-tier mods, to use them to switch around more powerful mods. You can test how that works next time you build an upgrade on a weapon: take notice of the one you had, build the stronger one, and now you can simply switch between both without having to spend resources to build either one of those.
@groovemoustache that makes sense thanks! 😁
Bit of useful info. You'll want the glowing fungus, it can be used for crafting healing items and I rhink you missed the geeen ricksack on tje shallow depression in the main room of the molerat cave main room.
Good to know thanks! 😁🙌🏼
Yeeessss a new lets play letttsss goooooo
Hope you enjoy 😁
You can use those armor/weapon benches to scrap the armor/weapons to reduce weight...
Not entirely sure, but I think once you build Mama Murphy's chair either the next drug you give her or the one after that, kills her. And I believe it's either Psycho or Buffout that does it. I like keeping her around, makes the world feel "fuller"
Oh damn! She's asked me for mentats since then but I've not given her anything else
2:13:17 im glad thickets excavations isnt glitched in your playthrough will be a good mission when you do it
Yeah I'm looking forward to that, I've heard there's a few surprises waiting for me 😅 not sure what but I've been told to brace myself 🤣
You can walk around while listening to holotapes you don't have to be in your Pip-Boy screen
Okay good to know thanks 😁
Keep an eye out for the teddies, they get up to all sorts of fun.😀 Also don't forget your pip boy light in the darker locations
Rugglitch, pillarglitch and wireless powerglitch are great for building tips. I realise I have too many hours in this game since your hours of gameplay feels like home.
2:07:29 mirelurk faces seem to be the softest part of any but you can cripple them too by shooting there limbs
I put some serious hours into this game, one of the best gaming experiences I’ve ever had. Enjoy
Thanks yeah its been great so far 😁👍🏻
51:48
It was that safe in the same room. The wire from the terminal leads to that safe. Lol.
Thanks yeah I worked it out shortly after 😅
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I noticed. I got a bad habit of commenting before watching entire episodes - especially when they are long form videos. Great to see you enjoying this for the first time. Thanks for the videos, mate. I’m about halfway through your latest episode. Love it.
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Also, underneath the counter where the tills are in that shop there’s a cap stash you missed.
@stanettiels7367 no problem at all and thanks for the tip I'll go back and get that at some point (think I missed a game as well upstairs I'm told)
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Yeah that’s sort of the allure of these games. You won’t get everything first time around but, like Skyrim, “dungeons” are randomly chosen for some quests and you’ll go back there at some point for another settlement mission.
One thing: if you’re going somewhere for a quest (like Corvega) with named characters, be careful you don’t miss anything. Some of these have unique, one off weapons or outfits that you won’t get again. I’m sure you could type in the name of a quest you’ve been given and search “any missable items” and get a spoiler free idea if there’s anything missable like weapons or armour. None of the magazines or bobble heads are missable so you’ll always be able to go back.
Your followers are essential - they can't die. They will catch up eventually.
Thanks yeah I know they are essential now, was more confused where the sound had come from, guessing dogmeat walked off the side of the bridge and the yelp was his fall damage
Stealth boy allows you to be invisible for a brief amount of time you can also find armor with chameleon trait that will do the same too
It's mad seeing how much Betheada took with them to Starfield as they used chameleon in that as well 🤣
I'm all caught up 🎉 I've ducked your Skyrim let's play. I'll go back to it, but I took a break from Fallout 4, decided to give Skyrim a chance (I didn't make it past the beginning the first time), and I couldn't put it down. I can't go back yet. I need to finally "finish" Fallout 4... don't get me started on my Dead Island 2 break 🤦♂️
So I'm not going to spoil things. A few tips though. 308 ammo is scarce early game. It's my choosen round, so I buy it. Dogmeat is like a suitcase 😂 Clear the area, load up, and then fast travel back n forth until you strip it clean. If you buy stuff at vendors and sell stuff you don't want it will help load caps. The vendors sell various shipments of junk. It's a higher cap purchase but Carla sells a shipment of 25 oil for 500ish caps. Shipments have no weight, just deposit them in your workshop.
Oh and you mentioned a suggested channel about building. I personally have 2 favorite FO4 content channels "Skooled Zone" and "Wasteland Dovahkiin". I learned too much from them. If you want a rabit hole of everything from stats to lore, Oxhorn is probably the absolute go to on Fallout. I'm digging the series, look forward to the next installment, and wish you all the best in your journey ✌️❤️
Query; Did you build the recruitment beacon for this settlement? I suggest that when you make a settlement make sure that you build at least 10 beds and more if you have room to place them at all settlements. I play this game on my PC and if you are looking at your menu from the workshop look in the drop down menu under wood/floors and there is a floor that has a lower and an upper floor on one item and it will allow you to add lower and upper flooring from that piece and that allows you to add upper and lower floors with walls all around that gives you many different possibilities to explore. Happy building!
Hey yeah I have added that now, a lot of my settlements I've not done anything with yet though so maybe I'll switch it off until I'm ready 👍🏻
Just a small suggestion...Make a couple storage containers to put in your extra weapons and armor....I would not recommend putting any Weapons/Armor in the workbench(s) as they may get broken down when building stuff in the settlement.
Thanks yeah I will do, another commentor said settlers also take stuff like weapons as well, so I may find one of them carrying my rocket launcher 🤣
Care to guess what to do with Overdue books? That's right, you return them to Boston Public Library (they have book return machines)
Ha that's interesting, I think I might have sold a couple to Trashcan Carla when I was trying to take all her caps
1:16:06 pipe bolt action riffle is cheaper , easier (less perks needed) to modify and bit weaker alternative to hunting riffle. you can eventually modify hunting riffle to use .50 cal (second strongest riffle ingame after 6 crank changed laser musket) , while i doubt if pipe bolt rifle can be modified to use .50 cal
Okay thanks 👍🏻
It's pointless to wall up your settlement bc enemies will spawn inside. If you leave weapons and 1 of each ammo for the corresponding weapon in the workbench, your settlers will use them and have unlimited ammo.
Yeah was worried that may be the case, I may do it still purely for the aesthetics, I do enjoy games that have some form of 'build mode', can be cathartic when you need something different to shooting ghouls 😅
Sorry to keep commenting lol. But its a long video with interesting things to discuss. The part at the end is a random event location. They are scattered around the game and can produce some funny encounters, some pretty scary ones as well as some important ones. I forget how many are around but there are plenty. In this case its the eye bot that shows up. I have had it be all sorts of things, and you can go back to it and it will be different theoretically each time.
If you have a safe that can be unlocked by a computer, If you manually unlock the safe and then hack the computer you get XP for both. If you hack the computer and use it to open the safe you only get XP for the hack.
Okay that's good to know thanks 😁
You can talk Mama Murphy out of using chems, then she will return to her regular job, but she will lose the Sight for the rest of the game (not that it's important)
51:50 the wire! there is a wire going from terminal to that wall safe
Yeah I worked it out a bit later in the video
A combat tip: if you're right up against a corner or a walls edge, press the aim button and your head will actually peek out to look out of cover. As for junk stuff obviously, you want to pick up as much as you can but those that you want to pick up are stuff that has electricity associated with it like anything you plug in like lamps, hot plates, light bulbs, fuses, circuit boards, alarm clocks and so on.
Thanks for the tips! Yeah circuitry seems like a good component
When fighting Mirelurks, try aiming for their heads - less resistances
Okay good to know thanks 👍🏻
Another good build video guy is called Skooled Zone.
Thanks yeah seen that name come up 👍🏻
And a woman named Wasteland Dovakin.
And Wasteland Dovakhin.
Two future perks to think about when you level up are 1, Fortune Finder (find more Caps in the world) and 2, Scrounger (find more ammunition in the world). To improve weapons damage another two perks to think about are 1, Gunslinger (pistols do more damage) and 2, Rifleman (non-automatic rifles do more damage). When you were improving the Hunting Rifle at the Weapon Workbench you should have improved the receiver to a Powerful receiver as that takes the weapons damage to 55. Best regards Gary.
Thanks for the tips! I appreciate it 😁 I've started taking riflemen perks but haven't done stuff like scrounger yet I don't think
you can combine armor in pip boy to up grade condition there for carrying led but better armor
Thats great thanks for the tip! 👍🏻