Absolutely my first go to for everything. I'd love to watch all these lessons from the first to the last, sequentially at once. Well, not ALL at once...lol. Gotta have time to build myself!
I know this vid is over three years old, but I've been watching this series for a minute now. Love it. I finally moved beyond the square box and sleeping bag builds a couple of months ago because of you, Draco, Norespawns, and Sardeliac. I'm nowhere near y'all in levels, though. I love the building even if I am terrible at it. I might restart my character...again...just to redo stuff because I have way too much to correct at some of my outposts in the game.
Loved your comment about square box and sleeping bag builds. It's SO RELATABLE😆 Your whole comment was relatable, and I've got a few settlements that are completely off the rails in terms of size to chaos ratio. I'm still working through my sb/sb phase. Not quite there yet, but your comment made me feel not so alone or dumb lol. And thanks for the references to other TH-cam who helped! I need all the help I can get, cuz I suck at this, but I also love it and can't stop trying anyway.
I'm soooo late to the game here, but your videos are too good not to say thank you. Your videos are STILL helping noobs like me 4 years down the road. You're breaking my brain (in a GOOD way) and you are probably the top reason I'm still playing, still trying, and loving it. I'll be real with you tho... sometimes I still wanna tear my hair out and take a nuka nuke launcher to everything I just tried to build, but your videos help me work through that urge and see where I missed the mark so I can try again and do better next time. And who knows, maybe one day I'll graduate from square boxes and sleeping bags to square boxes with TWO whole floors AND lighting AND maybe even some decorations. It really helps that you break down the reasons these things work so I can apply them more effectively rather than just attempting to copy what you're doing and crossing my fingers while hoping for the best. Sorry so long. I hate posting thoughts on the internet, so I put a bunch of comments into one and just hope that one day you'll see it and feel proud and encouraged about what you've created here. A nerdy gamer mom thanks you.
Well put. And it's never too late with this game because of the building element. Makes it an unlimited legacy game. And thanks for the kind comments. Yes, my videos are precisely intended to end the frustration. Bethesda added the building element as a last minute bonus not realizing it would be so popular. So there are a lot of things they can improve upon in the next game. Cheers!
i did the rug glitch not long ago at the nuka world red rocket. I put in a brahmin feeding trough in mid air and whenever you looked at the brahmin it would fall down . When it fell 3 times it would die creating meat for my settlers it was really quite genious of me
@@abstract0014 Very true, but I'm a modder so I don't worry about mundane things like ammo. Infinite ammo and one hit kills are the bees knees! Funny, I used to hate Fallout 4 until I discovered the glorious world of mods. Now if they could only make a mod to allow me to kill Marcy. LOL
Still the best fallout 4 content on TH-cam. I started replaying the game when I got the series X (which you can run in 60fps on the console without mods enabled) so I gotta refresh my building skills memory.
I have been playing Fallout 4 since its inception and have really struggled with settlement building. Pretty much do the minimum just to keep playing. Players like the The Skooled Zone are awesome to tech us old dogs new tricks. I know that this is not a new trick, but it is for me... :) Thank you
What a wonderful guide and playlist of videos detailing ways to have fun with settlement building! In normal playthroughs I almost avoid building entirely. I’m in a survival mode run and I found a deeper understanding and appreciation of settlements in the game and here I am, diving down the rabbit hole of great ways to spruce up a settlement. Thank you for such fun and positive videos sharing this info!
Went back to fallout 4 to finish other endings and replay the game. I forgot how frustrating building can be so I'g grateful you still make videos, my building is way better than before.
Just found this series and it is giving me a new inspiration to play FO4. One thing you may or may not know is on PC we have access to console commands, pressing the "Tilde" key ~ opens a menu, in which we can tell the game what we want. The reason I mention this is because with it we can actually turn off clipping altogether using the code "tcl" then enter it again to turn it back on. The biggest draw back of using this is it also turn off collision for your character and you can walk through walls or even the ground itself, although it is useful for not needing the "rug glitch", the rug "Glitch" seems to be more efficient.
I always try to use this, but when I do I tend to have a hard time getting it to work. The junk fences, getting them to line up without holes between them is a challenge. I would like to see you do it in the next video.
It's pretty easy to do with the rug glitch _unless_ you're on uneven ground. For that, stay tuned for my deep dive into the pillar glitch video coming soon. :)
I'm rather late into PC games - a recently retired dinosaur with a lot of catching up to do. Your 'lessons' are at the very top of the Instructional Genre for quality; planned, prepared, clear, succinct, enjoyable and, most importantly, informative. The explanation of the science behind the game graphics was most useful - the 'why' as well as the 'how'; if you haven't been trained as an educator, you are a natural teacher. I know Fallout 4 is years old now; maybe your won't even see this comment, but regardless, I have to say "well done"! I'll be looking at many more of your lessons. Thanks.
Even though I do build with mods, I am happy that you post these videos, because even mods can be kinda glitchy & need to use vanilla glitches/exploits to get them to work properly, lol.
Thank you for all your help. Your videos are the most concise and adjective tutorials for Fallout 4. Picked up the game again after playing at launch and you've helped to expand the experience into something new and really fun. Thanks for all your help and inspiration for building!
I'm a longtime builder, but I've literally never used any videos to help me figure out the mechanics. I've always just tried to learn the system myself. I'm enjoying your videos immensely, though, and I'm actually learning a few new tricks. Thanks so much for making these!
I know what you mean. I was exactly the same way for the first year or so the game came out. It's fun to figure out the mechanics yourself. But glad you're enjoying the videos now!
I'm glad you showed this. I learned of the rug glitch from a video a while back, but I don't think that I was doing it correctly the first time. Now I know the correct way and this will help me in the future. Thank you!
Newest fan, seen a few and decided to start from the beginning. i created a new game to utilize "glitches" my first glitch is the neverending junk supply, that i seen elsewhere. after 2days and 8 hours of gameplay, im level 273. Ive accomplished very little other than making 10s of thousands of plasma grenades and maximizing my perk chart. before i venture in to the wasteland, i will be building the Sanctuary into a fortress using your methods. its a lot of fun now being able to break the physics. thanks!
Really great explanation, and wonderful examples. I've never used the rug glitch building anything and that's after about 500 hours of gameplay with large, but basic, structures for casinos and homes and gyms. But now that I've watched it in slow-mo I'll have to try it in difficult building locations like Ten Pines and Coastal Cottage. If only every settlement was like the Nuka Red Rocket-a large rectangular plot of land with no interferences.
I thought I knew what the rug glitch was from a video i saw a while ago but it wasn't like this. It involved placing a rug as close as possible to the object you wanted to place from what i recall and selecting the rug outside of workshop mode . It often didn't work right for me. Can't wait to try the technique in this vid.
I just started playing this and your vids have helped so much. Looking at your channel it looks like you're not posting much anymore but I REALLY hope you come back for Starfield. Thanks so much here...4 years later. I hope life is good.
Okay, I must say, I absolutely love your videos. As a scientist, learning is very important to me. But next to learning, my next love is teaching. You are an excellent teacher...educator. You are engaging and enjoying to listen to. I say that now because I have been building in Fallout for about a year and a half, a little more actually. I figured I would give your videos a try and learned much even in the beginner videos. That’s when I was hooked. I grew up in the 1980s, we didn’t read directions to anything. Trial and error all the way. I thought I knew a lot about building, picked up a lot over the year but really learned a lot from you videos. Not many videos actually *teach* but just show. So. Thank you. I am looking forward to backtracking and catching up on your previous videos and maybe getting my name on your sign after becoming a Patreon sometime soon. Looking forward to your video series and learning more. *Cheers!*
I really appreciate the kind words, SciGuy911. I almost became a teacher actually, but I found my calling on TH-cam. You might like my Trivia Walkthroughs (one of the mainstays of my channel). You mentioned you're a scientist... much respect to ya! 👨🔬
Skooled Zone Thank you my friend. It’s appreciated. Being a scientist is why I really appreciate your channel...next to science, I have been training in martial arts for most of life and the founder of our system once said “He who knows how will be the student, he who knows why, the teacher.” And that resonated with me because our martial art system is a very scientific system as well. I really enjoy your explaining the WHY not just the how. Most channels explain the how and only the how. I will be honest, I have a few go-to channels for the last two years roughly since first playing Fallout 4. Sadly, I only recently came across yours...but, without a doubt, your channel has become my favorite. You inspired me to create a new play-through mod-free! “Glitches” yes, Mods no. And I forgot how much I love this game when you have to actually “survive” :-) Thank you! Looking forward to your next videos.
I'm not sure if you know this already but when doing the rug glitch I use 2 rugs. When I get the item in place I store the rug farthest from the object, it drops down, then I store the rug closest to the object and it auto corrects to the right height. This works 80% of the time. Sometimes it does fall through the floor though. :)
You are correct in general terms regarding Clipping. It is, simply, any surface that could be rendered but isn't - either by design or through error. The best example being the design of game engines clipping every surface that is not facing the player, so that the game can be played at all. Without that type of clipping, no computer on the market today would allow you to play the game beyond leaving the vault. The processing requirements to render all sides of every tree and rock and blade of grass would just be too much. I should point out though, clipping and collision are not inherently related. I could make a spherical object mesh, texture it so that half is visible and half is not, and have an example of clipping within that mesh once it is in the game environment. But I could apply a Box collision to it 3x its height above or below it, just as easily as making a spherical collision that occupies the same space as the mesh. I would note that this is a trivial point, and has few examples, but it is actually an important aspect of a lot of games - where hitting the 'right spot' on a target is vital, etc.
You do put an excellent video together... I use mods but its the creativity you show in using basic mechanics that helps inspire me and I always seem to learn a bit of something. So thanks for your uploads 👍👍
I don't have NEAR the items available to me for no mod building. I read that I need to get the game of the year version of Fallout 4 + Far Harbor, etc. would be nice to have access to all these items now that I'm picking the game back up with more building and creating in mind
I just found your channel and I love it best fallout tutorial channel out there I’m playing fallout 4 again bc I’m ready for fallout 5 and wanna go back and do everything all over again
You can avoid the object sinking into the ground sometimes by not placing it directly on the rug. If you place the rug near the object and hold down the select button or key it will highlight and pick up both things. Then you place the rug and when you store/scrap the rug the object doesn't sink.
It's 2020, who else still plays this? I love the game and have played it through a dozen or more times! I always side with the minutemen and I love my mods!
@@daveyishere55 I've considered siding with BoS but their deep seeded hatred of Synths stops me. I just know I could never kill Paladin Dance just because he's a synth. He's always been completely loyal to the Brotherhood and had no idea he was a synth. As for the Railroad, I just think they are too far the other way. The Minutemen are a good balance, but they know all Synths aren't bad. I have never even considered siding with the Institute, they are just too evil.
Lol along with making this a feature in the next game, having a locking feature for items would be great. That way you don’t accidentally knock over your bar you spent hours on. Placing and organizing bottles so labels face the right way than KABAM!! Bottles all over the floor and you start to get salty lmao. Just simply being able to lock a object, build able or junk, would be great. Ps sorry to ramble. But thanks for all the content. It’s a great help
I tried using this to access the castle armory before I got there with the minutemen (they're a lousy faction anyway) and I didn't really know how it worked, thus only using 1 rug and not group selecting. Thx for the help now I can get the delicious lewt
Skooled Zone yeah, actually that's where I got the idea for doing that, it's just I didn't really understand your explanation for it in that vid, now I do tho, thx!
So we need like an option to turn objects from normal, static, and phased? Static being like unmovable but sitting on the floor and Phased being like with no collision and can be placed mid air and through any other object. Like Halo’s newer forge mode? Maybe?
I did this by accident in croup manor on the second floor there is a hole in the floor with some wood slabs what I did was I placed blue plywood and some little brown plywood and when I got rid of the blue plywood the brown plywood went into the hole and made it look like there wasn’t a hole which is pretty cool
Occlusion culling is a draw method that eliminates unseen polygons and objects behind obstructions, such as walls or trees to improve performance this isn't that at all you're just clipping one object into another you won't gain any performance doing this because the object is still loaded even if it isn't displayed, that said clipping an object through another object usually has no performance loss either unless they have complex transparency techniques applied to them, such as transparency anti-aliasing on spell effects but it can cause Z-fighting on some flat surfaces where small parts of one texture clip through another and they flash or shimmer as you move around them. and yes it's perfectly safe technically speaking, but it can look ugly if done wrong!
I did this when trying to place a cash register on a small table so I move the table and placed the register on then moved it back in place Ps. Love your videos as you probably already know . Half the time you use phrases I've never heard of and now I know that and knowing is half the battle
so i used your video to creat a super second floor, solid, to the abernathy farm, it turned out amazing, i would love to send u pics, maybe get some advise
I have noticed that some of the objects that have unexpectedly large collision boxes, particularly on the back, are objects that are interactive in some way. That trash bin, for example, but also file cabinets and Nuka Cola machines. At least the bin and the vending machine have small animations they perform, such as the small glass door in the cola machine opening. However, these animations happen at the front of the object, not the back. It would make more sense for them to have an "empty space" in front rather than in the back, but you can usually place them with the front flush with a wall. I have no idea why this is, unless it is a mistake that the developers haven't fixed. If it is a deliberate effect, I have no clue why.
Skooled Zone In real life, a drinks vending machine is essentially an extra fancy refrigerator, so it needs some space behind it for air to circulate, but I doubt that this is what the developers tried to simulate here >_>
I once glitch blocked the workshop at sanctuary with a huge build so I couldn't get to any deposited resources without basically dismantling my settlement, so watch out for that.
I have used this to sink electric into walls. a couple times, after a few in game days, the electric disconected from at item and I had to redo is thus leaving stuff in walls.
Probably a better way is to sink it into the ground outside using the pillar glitch. That way you can use the pillar glitch to pull it back out if it needs repairs or reconnections.
@@SkooledZone I started sinking it just until the wires were still showing a little then putting a plank over it, like a separate used on walls when they board the bottom and paper or paint the top. Or I put the wires down first then the floor so I can just lift the floor boards.
ive been playing fo4 for a month. i just tried to build my second walls and a roof building. I wanted to use wood intead of just the wearhouse pieces and IT WAS SO HARD. I can't get most pieces to snap which sucks.
Will you talk about lag and crash fixes? Cuz my Xbox one S seems to be crashing CONSTANTLY in downtown Boston, and when it isn't crashing, it's just single digit FPS which is VERY annoying considering how powerful the console is
TheGamingBiscuit Sadly that is a vanilla problem and is really only fixable via a mod but I'm working on trying to get a modder to remove alot of the trash piles and flat trash decals on the worst areas of Boston which are between Haymarket Mall and Goodneigbor. I used a mod to manually scrap the trash and such which cleaned up my lag crashes 100% but if someone can make a mod that removes it then alot of ppl could benefit from it including PS4 users.
You can rug glitch all vendor stores except for the ones that snap. The beige counters snap, so you can't rug glitch those. As for the others, you just have to use a really wide rug because they have a tiny spot where they pop up onto rugs. It's easiest to see if you do it on a street curb. As for the beige counters, you can still pillar glitch them. Check out this video: th-cam.com/video/jNNZX1NI03E/w-d-xo.html
firstly let me say a big THANK YOU your classes are very informative, but let me ask ,why have i no concrete building materials, and other such items in my workshop, i only seem to have wood and metal,, is this because i am low level ?? ( 15 ) at the moment,, thanks for any advise,,keep up the great work..
@@BillyBob-xr8hq No worries. DLC means downloadable content. They are official add-ons that come out after the game is released. Usually _Game of the Year_ editions of a game come out a year after the original and contain all the add-ons. For Fallout 4, there were 6 add-ons: fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Fallout_4_add-ons ...You can buy them individually from Bethesda but it might just be cheaper to go to your local game store and buy a used copy of the _Game of the Year_ edition. The DLCs contain all kinds of new building elements if you like building in the game. Hope that helps!
You mentioned how items such as walls and stairs are always defaulted to the bottom item but I want to rug glitch some stairs into a certain place. How do I get around that?? Nothing I've tried works
You usually can't rug glitch stairs because most snap. Items that snap can't be rug glitched. But they can be pillar glitched: th-cam.com/video/M9OQAseCIcg/w-d-xo.html
Skooled Zone see I've tried that multiple times but I just can't get it in place. I'm trying to put the smallest wooden staircase on the edge of the deck in one of the sunshine tidings co-op buildings.
You also try adding a pipe conduit between the stairs and the pillar before you pillar glitch it. That usually works for me. If that doesn't work, make sure you're not using any terrain altering mods. Those sometimes interfere with the vanilla glitching techniques.
Paul, I'm having difficulty creating tri-fold American flag displays. The flags don't sit on ANY surface correctly, but instead snap into place in the middle of a shelf, stand, or case. By the way, the same issue is present trying to display the Vault Tec lunchboxes. Any ideas or solutions would be greatly appreciated.
I tried using this to put a bar inside the already existing bar-like structure at the starlight drive-in but it doesn't seem to work. The bar stays hovering in place when I move the rugs. Am I missing something? Does it not work on stores? Did they fix it on PC?
I don't have Fallout 4 so I have no idea how the game progresses, but...how come some of the furniture in your videos look cleaner and vibrant unlike all the others that look old and rusted/faded? Do you acquire them later in the game, or...what? It's something I can't wrap my head around, sorry if it's a dumb question.
There are no dumb questions on the Skooled Zone. ;) The newer looking items come from the various dlc, like Vault-Tec Workshop for example. I used a lot of that in this epic build: th-cam.com/video/P6n1-POCUrM/w-d-xo.html
Oh, nice! Thanks for replying! I really enjoy your videos, by the way. I never gave much attention to Fallout 4 until I came across your channel and saw how much personalization you get to do. Your videos really made me want to go and get a copy of the game to try it out, so thanks again. Keep up the great work! :D
I've watched this video 3 times now, along with the pillar glitch and several of your other beginner-level videos. I can't seem to get the rug glitch to work with wall sections. I'm playing FO4 for the first time, so I'm trying to build walls around Starlight Drive-In. I'll lay out 3 or 4 rugs on the flattest piece of land I can find, drop a wall on top of it and when I pick up the rugs the wall just sits in place. I've also had this happen at Ten Pines but the ground there is much more uneven. I can't figure out why it doesn't work. Does the rug glitch not work with walls? I'm playing on PC, btw, which reminds me... I also can't figure out which keys move "grabbed" items within your Workshop view forward/back and left/right. :-/
Absolutely my first go to for everything. I'd love to watch all these lessons from the first to the last, sequentially at once. Well, not ALL at once...lol. Gotta have time to build myself!
I know this vid is over three years old, but I've been watching this series for a minute now. Love it. I finally moved beyond the square box and sleeping bag builds a couple of months ago because of you, Draco, Norespawns, and Sardeliac. I'm nowhere near y'all in levels, though. I love the building even if I am terrible at it. I might restart my character...again...just to redo stuff because I have way too much to correct at some of my outposts in the game.
Loved your comment about square box and sleeping bag builds. It's SO RELATABLE😆 Your whole comment was relatable, and I've got a few settlements that are completely off the rails in terms of size to chaos ratio. I'm still working through my sb/sb phase. Not quite there yet, but your comment made me feel not so alone or dumb lol. And thanks for the references to other TH-cam who helped! I need all the help I can get, cuz I suck at this, but I also love it and can't stop trying anyway.
I tried to put a chair in the back of a pickup truck so I could sit in it and it caused the truck to explode
Little Slime i will have to try that my self and see if i can repeat it
omg i’m most definitely going to try that 😂😂
Lol..too funny
A few students died testing this.
Hangman's alley doesn't exist anymore. 😂
I'm soooo late to the game here, but your videos are too good not to say thank you. Your videos are STILL helping noobs like me 4 years down the road. You're breaking my brain (in a GOOD way) and you are probably the top reason I'm still playing, still trying, and loving it. I'll be real with you tho... sometimes I still wanna tear my hair out and take a nuka nuke launcher to everything I just tried to build, but your videos help me work through that urge and see where I missed the mark so I can try again and do better next time. And who knows, maybe one day I'll graduate from square boxes and sleeping bags to square boxes with TWO whole floors AND lighting AND maybe even some decorations. It really helps that you break down the reasons these things work so I can apply them more effectively rather than just attempting to copy what you're doing and crossing my fingers while hoping for the best.
Sorry so long. I hate posting thoughts on the internet, so I put a bunch of comments into one and just hope that one day you'll see it and feel proud and encouraged about what you've created here. A nerdy gamer mom thanks you.
Well put. And it's never too late with this game because of the building element. Makes it an unlimited legacy game. And thanks for the kind comments. Yes, my videos are precisely intended to end the frustration. Bethesda added the building element as a last minute bonus not realizing it would be so popular. So there are a lot of things they can improve upon in the next game. Cheers!
i did the rug glitch not long ago at the nuka world red rocket. I put in a brahmin feeding trough in mid air and whenever you looked at the brahmin it would fall down . When it fell 3 times it would die creating meat for my settlers it was really quite genious of me
Nice, but wouldn't it have been easier and quicker just to shoot it?
@@reneekittycat Use swords, axes, knives or hammers to kill it that way you save ammo
@@abstract0014 Very true, but I'm a modder so I don't worry about mundane things like ammo. Infinite ammo and one hit kills are the bees knees! Funny, I used to hate Fallout 4 until I discovered the glorious world of mods. Now if they could only make a mod to allow me to kill Marcy. LOL
@@reneekittycatI agree on killing Marcy. she just only complains
@@abstract0014 I don't kill her. I make her a provisioner and send her ass to Spectacle Island, and never see her again.
Still the best fallout 4 content on TH-cam. I started replaying the game when I got the series X (which you can run in 60fps on the console without mods enabled) so I gotta refresh my building skills memory.
I have been playing Fallout 4 since its inception and have really struggled with settlement building. Pretty much do the minimum just to keep playing. Players like the The Skooled Zone are awesome to tech us old dogs new tricks. I know that this is not a new trick, but it is for me... :) Thank you
Never miss a Skooled Zone video ever, I'm so happy i found this channel, I always love these videos
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Thanks to you, I am back in Fallout 4 building my post-apocalyptic summer home, or my mad max home stead.
You're a beast. Thanks for all the helpful information. I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos.
What a wonderful guide and playlist of videos detailing ways to have fun with settlement building! In normal playthroughs I almost avoid building entirely. I’m in a survival mode run and I found a deeper understanding and appreciation of settlements in the game and here I am, diving down the rabbit hole of great ways to spruce up a settlement. Thank you for such fun and positive videos sharing this info!
Dude your descriptions are wonderful. Thanks for your dedication to this community.
Went back to fallout 4 to finish other endings and replay the game. I forgot how frustrating building can be so I'g grateful you still make videos, my building is way better than before.
Paul, this video series is the best. I'm still learning neat facts and getting better at the game at the same time. Keep it up!!
That's awesome Steve!
Just found this series and it is giving me a new inspiration to play FO4. One thing you may or may not know is on PC we have access to console commands, pressing the "Tilde" key ~ opens a menu, in which we can tell the game what we want. The reason I mention this is because with it we can actually turn off clipping altogether using the code "tcl" then enter it again to turn it back on. The biggest draw back of using this is it also turn off collision for your character and you can walk through walls or even the ground itself, although it is useful for not needing the "rug glitch", the rug "Glitch" seems to be more efficient.
This is absolutely the best video on this technique. Truly exceptional work on the skooled zone channel.
" Those pesky vending machines,
*Cue Flashbacks*
I always try to use this, but when I do I tend to have a hard time getting it to work. The junk fences, getting them to line up without holes between them is a challenge. I would like to see you do it in the next video.
It's pretty easy to do with the rug glitch _unless_ you're on uneven ground. For that, stay tuned for my deep dive into the pillar glitch video coming soon. :)
I'm rather late into PC games - a recently retired dinosaur with a lot of catching up to do. Your 'lessons' are at the very top of the Instructional Genre for quality; planned, prepared, clear, succinct, enjoyable and, most importantly, informative. The explanation of the science behind the game graphics was most useful - the 'why' as well as the 'how'; if you haven't been trained as an educator, you are a natural teacher.
I know Fallout 4 is years old now; maybe your won't even see this comment, but regardless, I have to say "well done"! I'll be looking at many more of your lessons. Thanks.
Thank you. I really appreciate you taking the time to make this series. I'm really enjoying it.
Even though I do build with mods, I am happy that you post these videos, because even mods can be kinda glitchy & need to use vanilla glitches/exploits to get them to work properly, lol.
Very excited for the more advanced videos, but as you say there is sometimes a new morsel of info for everyone. Great series.
Thanks for these videos, cause that's how I am learning about settlement builds. My platform is ps4 and the glitches don't always work.
This normally isn't a problem with mods enabled, but when I'm playing this game without, I always do this glitch. Thanks Paul :D
Thank you for all your help. Your videos are the most concise and adjective tutorials for Fallout 4. Picked up the game again after playing at launch and you've helped to expand the experience into something new and really fun. Thanks for all your help and inspiration for building!
I'm a longtime builder, but I've literally never used any videos to help me figure out the mechanics. I've always just tried to learn the system myself. I'm enjoying your videos immensely, though, and I'm actually learning a few new tricks. Thanks so much for making these!
I know what you mean. I was exactly the same way for the first year or so the game came out. It's fun to figure out the mechanics yourself. But glad you're enjoying the videos now!
I'm glad you showed this. I learned of the rug glitch from a video a while back, but I don't think that I was doing it correctly the first time. Now I know the correct way and this will help me in the future. Thank you!
Awesome!
Newest fan, seen a few and decided to start from the beginning. i created a new game to utilize "glitches" my first glitch is the neverending junk supply, that i seen elsewhere. after 2days and 8 hours of gameplay, im level 273. Ive accomplished very little other than making 10s of thousands of plasma grenades and maximizing my perk chart. before i venture in to the wasteland, i will be building the Sanctuary into a fortress using your methods. its a lot of fun now being able to break the physics. thanks!
I've always had problems doing this "glitch", but now on my no mod survival play through, this is helping greatly. Thanks!
Awesome! And you're welcome.
You deserve more than 75k
Really great explanation, and wonderful examples. I've never used the rug glitch building anything and that's after about 500 hours of gameplay with large, but basic, structures for casinos and homes and gyms. But now that I've watched it in slow-mo I'll have to try it in difficult building locations like Ten Pines and Coastal Cottage. If only every settlement was like the Nuka Red Rocket-a large rectangular plot of land with no interferences.
Thanks Glen. Glad the videos are helping. Happy building!
Great video easy to follow
I thought I knew what the rug glitch was from a video i saw a while ago but it wasn't like this. It involved placing a rug as close as possible to the object you wanted to place from what i recall and selecting the rug outside of workshop mode . It often didn't work right for me. Can't wait to try the technique in this vid.
I just started playing this and your vids have helped so much. Looking at your channel it looks like you're not posting much anymore but I REALLY hope you come back for Starfield. Thanks so much here...4 years later. I hope life is good.
I'm still here. :-) And I'll definitely be playing Starfield (as long as it's good, hehe)!
Okay, I must say, I absolutely love your videos. As a scientist, learning is very important to me. But next to learning, my next love is teaching. You are an excellent teacher...educator. You are engaging and enjoying to listen to.
I say that now because I have been building in Fallout for about a year and a half, a little more actually. I figured I would give your videos a try and learned much even in the beginner videos. That’s when I was hooked. I grew up in the 1980s, we didn’t read directions to anything. Trial and error all the way. I thought I knew a lot about building, picked up a lot over the year but really learned a lot from you videos. Not many videos actually *teach* but just show. So. Thank you. I am looking forward to backtracking and catching up on your previous videos and maybe getting my name on your sign after becoming a Patreon sometime soon.
Looking forward to your video series and learning more. *Cheers!*
I really appreciate the kind words, SciGuy911. I almost became a teacher actually, but I found my calling on TH-cam. You might like my Trivia Walkthroughs (one of the mainstays of my channel). You mentioned you're a scientist... much respect to ya! 👨🔬
Skooled Zone Thank you my friend. It’s appreciated. Being a scientist is why I really appreciate your channel...next to science, I have been training in martial arts for most of life and the founder of our system once said “He who knows how will be the student, he who knows why, the teacher.” And that resonated with me because our martial art system is a very scientific system as well. I really enjoy your explaining the WHY not just the how. Most channels explain the how and only the how. I will be honest, I have a few go-to channels for the last two years roughly since first playing Fallout 4. Sadly, I only recently came across yours...but, without a doubt, your channel has become my favorite. You inspired me to create a new play-through mod-free! “Glitches” yes, Mods no. And I forgot how much I love this game when you have to actually “survive” :-) Thank you! Looking forward to your next videos.
I'm not sure if you know this already but when doing the rug glitch I use 2 rugs. When I get the item in place I store the rug farthest from the object, it drops down, then I store the rug closest to the object and it auto corrects to the right height. This works 80% of the time. Sometimes it does fall through the floor though. :)
Good tip, Victory. I also made a follow-up video to this one that might interest you: th-cam.com/video/2Uk9kAyIqSo/w-d-xo.html
You are correct in general terms regarding Clipping.
It is, simply, any surface that could be rendered but isn't - either by design or through error.
The best example being the design of game engines clipping every surface that is not facing the player, so that the game can be played at all.
Without that type of clipping, no computer on the market today would allow you to play the game beyond leaving the vault. The processing requirements to render all sides of every tree and rock and blade of grass would just be too much.
I should point out though, clipping and collision are not inherently related.
I could make a spherical object mesh, texture it so that half is visible and half is not, and have an example of clipping within that mesh once it is in the game environment.
But I could apply a Box collision to it 3x its height above or below it, just as easily as making a spherical collision that occupies the same space as the mesh.
I would note that this is a trivial point, and has few examples, but it is actually an important aspect of a lot of games - where hitting the 'right spot' on a target is vital, etc.
You do put an excellent video together... I use mods but its the creativity you show in using basic mechanics that helps inspire me and I always seem to learn a bit of something. So thanks for your uploads 👍👍
I don't have NEAR the items available to me for no mod building. I read that I need to get the game of the year version of Fallout 4 + Far Harbor, etc. would be nice to have access to all these items now that I'm picking the game back up with more building and creating in mind
Yup, I say that here :) th-cam.com/video/q6LGkOONZuI/w-d-xo.html
I just found your channel and I love it best fallout tutorial channel out there I’m playing fallout 4 again bc I’m ready for fallout 5 and wanna go back and do everything all over again
You can avoid the object sinking into the ground sometimes by not placing it directly on the rug. If you place the rug near the object and hold down the select button or key it will highlight and pick up both things. Then you place the rug and when you store/scrap the rug the object doesn't sink.
Did you see the follow-up video? th-cam.com/video/2Uk9kAyIqSo/w-d-xo.html
i'm a little late to the fallout party but loving your videos. and you have the cutest voice and laugh
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It's 2020, who else still plays this? I love the game and have played it through a dozen or more times! I always side with the minutemen and I love my mods!
I always side with the brotherhood!
I have a very strong love/hate relationship with this game, but I always keep coming back.
@@daveyishere55 I've considered siding with BoS but their deep seeded hatred of Synths stops me. I just know I could never kill Paladin Dance just because he's a synth. He's always been completely loyal to the Brotherhood and had no idea he was a synth. As for the Railroad, I just think they are too far the other way. The Minutemen are a good balance, but they know all Synths aren't bad. I have never even considered siding with the Institute, they are just too evil.
@@reneekittycat2024. Picking it up for the 3rd time.
Even with mods thank you for an awesome channel and knowledge into some background of different techniques! 😀
Lol along with making this a feature in the next game, having a locking feature for items would be great. That way you don’t accidentally knock over your bar you spent hours on. Placing and organizing bottles so labels face the right way than KABAM!! Bottles all over the floor and you start to get salty lmao. Just simply being able to lock a object, build able or junk, would be great.
Ps sorry to ramble. But thanks for all the content. It’s a great help
I tried using this to access the castle armory before I got there with the minutemen (they're a lousy faction anyway) and I didn't really know how it worked, thus only using 1 rug and not group selecting. Thx for the help now I can get the delicious lewt
Skooled Zone yeah, actually that's where I got the idea for doing that, it's just I didn't really understand your explanation for it in that vid, now I do tho, thx!
I have used the rugglitch in my settlements. Ty for explaining it to me.
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I always love your positive attitude
Really appreciate that! =)
these videos are relaxing...
So we need like an option to turn objects from normal, static, and phased? Static being like unmovable but sitting on the floor and Phased being like with no collision and can be placed mid air and through any other object. Like Halo’s newer forge mode? Maybe?
That would awesome if they implemented that into the next Fallout or Elder Scrolls game!
Getting a How it's Made vibe from these vids. Really enjoying them.
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i have a tough challenge! how do you glitch a nixie tube into a wall so i dont see the power coduit on the back !
Because nixie tubes snap, you can't use the rug glitch. You'll have to use the pillar glitch instead: th-cam.com/video/M9OQAseCIcg/w-d-xo.html
@@SkooledZone Video helped out alot. I appreciate the help 👍🏽
Thank you , Paul .
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I did this by accident in croup manor on the second floor there is a hole in the floor with some wood slabs what I did was I placed blue plywood and some little brown plywood and when I got rid of the blue plywood the brown plywood went into the hole and made it look like there wasn’t a hole which is pretty cool
Great video as always!
Occlusion culling is a draw method that eliminates unseen polygons and objects behind obstructions, such as walls or trees to improve performance this isn't that at all you're just clipping one object into another you won't gain any performance doing this because the object is still loaded even if it isn't displayed, that said clipping an object through another object usually has no performance loss either unless they have complex transparency techniques applied to them, such as transparency anti-aliasing on spell effects but it can cause Z-fighting on some flat surfaces where small parts of one texture clip through another and they flash or shimmer as you move around them. and yes it's perfectly safe technically speaking, but it can look ugly if done wrong!
Thank you this lesson is a total game changer for me, wicked awesome bro
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I did this when trying to place a cash register on a small table so I move the table and placed the register on then moved it back in place
Ps. Love your videos as you probably already know . Half the time you use phrases I've never heard of and now I know that and knowing is half the battle
"knowing is half the battle" Love it. _Go_ _Joe!_
Skooled Zone Lol
You are amazing...stumbled across you by chance! Love your videos, keep em coming!
Really appreciate it, Mustang Sally, and will do! :)
so i used your video to creat a super second floor, solid, to the abernathy farm, it turned out amazing, i would love to send u pics, maybe get some advise
Cool! Feel free to send me links from my contact page: skooledzone.com/contact
I have noticed that some of the objects that have unexpectedly large collision boxes, particularly on the back, are objects that are interactive in some way. That trash bin, for example, but also file cabinets and Nuka Cola machines. At least the bin and the vending machine have small animations they perform, such as the small glass door in the cola machine opening.
However, these animations happen at the front of the object, not the back. It would make more sense for them to have an "empty space" in front rather than in the back, but you can usually place them with the front flush with a wall.
I have no idea why this is, unless it is a mistake that the developers haven't fixed. If it is a deliberate effect, I have no clue why.
Interesting observation Patrik!
Skooled Zone In real life, a drinks vending machine is essentially an extra fancy refrigerator, so it needs some space behind it for air to circulate, but I doubt that this is what the developers tried to simulate here >_>
I once glitch blocked the workshop at sanctuary with a huge build so I couldn't get to any deposited resources without basically dismantling my settlement, so watch out for that.
This is going to help so much!
5:40 the leaving and returning used to work perfectly but one of the patches ruined it. I don't remember which patch number it was though.
Ah, so that's why it's not working for me anymore. Thanks for the heads-up!
I have used this to sink electric into walls. a couple times, after a few in game days, the electric disconected from at item and I had to redo is thus leaving stuff in walls.
Probably a better way is to sink it into the ground outside using the pillar glitch. That way you can use the pillar glitch to pull it back out if it needs repairs or reconnections.
@@SkooledZone I started sinking it just until the wires were still showing a little then putting a plank over it, like a separate used on walls when they board the bottom and paper or paint the top. Or I put the wires down first then the floor so I can just lift the floor boards.
The mid shelf are my problem, I am using the rug glitch thanks:)
Using the left thumbstick click method, you can do this: th-cam.com/video/Lu1Vp9XGcEA/w-d-xo.htmlm49s
I can NOT thank you later, I'm thanking you NOW! ;) Great video, so glad I found this series!
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ive been playing fo4 for a month. i just tried to build my second walls and a roof building. I wanted to use wood intead of just the wearhouse pieces and IT WAS SO HARD. I can't get most pieces to snap which sucks.
I know how you feel. This video might help a little: th-cam.com/video/Emv1ZfOOFdQ/w-d-xo.html
This video changed my life, thank you 😀
Right on 👌
This dude is awesome he's cool and all of his videos are useful
In what video do you discuss how to place snappable objects or is that not possible without mods?
If you mean how to bypass the snapping, then this is video you want: th-cam.com/video/M9OQAseCIcg/w-d-xo.html
How do you get stuff on the shelves other than the top shelf and the bottom sometimes
That's actually one of the tips I cover in this video: th-cam.com/video/sDza5oblD1g/w-d-xo.html
There's a mod called OCDECORATOR that could help you out
Can you build at general atomics and make it a Bass
I just used this to place a fire barrel in the furnace at sanctuary in our house
Thank you!!
Lmao the thumbnail is
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hey im back again sorry ive missed some of your previous videos but i found rthis extremely helpfull
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great vid! keep it up
Thanks. Will do!
Will you talk about lag and crash fixes? Cuz my Xbox one S seems to be crashing CONSTANTLY in downtown Boston, and when it isn't crashing, it's just single digit FPS which is VERY annoying considering how powerful the console is
TheGamingBiscuit Sadly that is a vanilla problem and is really only fixable via a mod but I'm working on trying to get a modder to remove alot of the trash piles and flat trash decals on the worst areas of Boston which are between Haymarket Mall and Goodneigbor. I used a mod to manually scrap the trash and such which cleaned up my lag crashes 100% but if someone can make a mod that removes it then alot of ppl could benefit from it including PS4 users.
I humbly say...
Thank you teacher.
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Can you rug glitch shops? I'm trying to put a restaurant through the counter in Red Rocket but can't get it to work
You can rug glitch all vendor stores except for the ones that snap. The beige counters snap, so you can't rug glitch those. As for the others, you just have to use a really wide rug because they have a tiny spot where they pop up onto rugs. It's easiest to see if you do it on a street curb. As for the beige counters, you can still pillar glitch them. Check out this video: th-cam.com/video/jNNZX1NI03E/w-d-xo.html
Holy moly thanks man this is going to help me so much.
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firstly let me say a big THANK YOU your classes are very informative, but let me ask ,why have i no concrete building materials, and other such items in my workshop,
i only seem to have wood and metal,, is this because i am low level ?? ( 15 ) at the moment,, thanks for any advise,,keep up the great work..
Glad you're enjoying the lessons. You're probably missing the DLC. I use everything that comes with the _Game of the Year_ edition in my videos.
@@SkooledZone I do apologise but you are speaking to a TOTAL novice, whats a DLC??
do i have to upgrade the game some how?? regards.
@@BillyBob-xr8hq No worries. DLC means downloadable content. They are official add-ons that come out after the game is released. Usually _Game of the Year_ editions of a game come out a year after the original and contain all the add-ons. For Fallout 4, there were 6 add-ons: fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Fallout_4_add-ons ...You can buy them individually from Bethesda but it might just be cheaper to go to your local game store and buy a used copy of the _Game of the Year_ edition. The DLCs contain all kinds of new building elements if you like building in the game. Hope that helps!
You mentioned how items such as walls and stairs are always defaulted to the bottom item but I want to rug glitch some stairs into a certain place. How do I get around that?? Nothing I've tried works
You usually can't rug glitch stairs because most snap. Items that snap can't be rug glitched. But they can be pillar glitched: th-cam.com/video/M9OQAseCIcg/w-d-xo.html
Skooled Zone see I've tried that multiple times but I just can't get it in place. I'm trying to put the smallest wooden staircase on the edge of the deck in one of the sunshine tidings co-op buildings.
You also try adding a pipe conduit between the stairs and the pillar before you pillar glitch it. That usually works for me. If that doesn't work, make sure you're not using any terrain altering mods. Those sometimes interfere with the vanilla glitching techniques.
Alright, thanks for the info, and no I'm not using any mods, in spirit of the contest.
Building my settlements will be SO much easier now!
Paul, I'm having difficulty creating tri-fold American flag displays. The flags don't sit on ANY surface correctly, but instead snap into place in the middle of a shelf, stand, or case. By the way, the same issue is present trying to display the Vault Tec lunchboxes. Any ideas or solutions would be greatly appreciated.
Try placing them manually. It's the second part of Tip #3 in this video: th-cam.com/video/sDza5oblD1g/w-d-xo.htmlm11s
Thank you sir, I will try that again. I don't believe that Tip #3 addressed my particular issue, but thank you.
Awesome video always love em
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I always liked putting the trash bin above doors it looks funny.
Where did you get those plants in miscellaneous section I have never seen those in my workshop.
You need these first: th-cam.com/video/k4q9psEJUNE/w-d-xo.html
You need the picket fences magaxine
astoundingly awesome, as always!!! Great job Paul!!!
Much appreciated Jason!
where did you find the chain link fence? I have never found that
It's a Nuka World game machine turned backwards. ;-)
Great video!
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I tried using this to put a bar inside the already existing bar-like structure at the starlight drive-in but it doesn't seem to work. The bar stays hovering in place when I move the rugs. Am I missing something? Does it not work on stores? Did they fix it on PC?
Check this out: th-cam.com/video/jNNZX1NI03E/w-d-xo.html
How are you using the glitch on floors? If I did that it would pick up the whole structure?
You can just tap the rugs instead of holding down the button and it'll just select the rug and everything on it. Is that what you mean?
I've been waiting for this for so long.
I stop the dropping by not using a rug for the rug glitch, I use an ashtray. I am pretty sure that it stops dropping of the object.
Good job man you helped me a lot so thank you 😊
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I don't have Fallout 4 so I have no idea how the game progresses, but...how come some of the furniture in your videos look cleaner and vibrant unlike all the others that look old and rusted/faded? Do you acquire them later in the game, or...what? It's something I can't wrap my head around, sorry if it's a dumb question.
There are no dumb questions on the Skooled Zone. ;) The newer looking items come from the various dlc, like Vault-Tec Workshop for example. I used a lot of that in this epic build: th-cam.com/video/P6n1-POCUrM/w-d-xo.html
Oh, nice! Thanks for replying! I really enjoy your videos, by the way. I never gave much attention to Fallout 4 until I came across your channel and saw how much personalization you get to do. Your videos really made me want to go and get a copy of the game to try it out, so thanks again. Keep up the great work! :D
I've watched this video 3 times now, along with the pillar glitch and several of your other beginner-level videos. I can't seem to get the rug glitch to work with wall sections. I'm playing FO4 for the first time, so I'm trying to build walls around Starlight Drive-In. I'll lay out 3 or 4 rugs on the flattest piece of land I can find, drop a wall on top of it and when I pick up the rugs the wall just sits in place. I've also had this happen at Ten Pines but the ground there is much more uneven. I can't figure out why it doesn't work. Does the rug glitch not work with walls? I'm playing on PC, btw, which reminds me... I also can't figure out which keys move "grabbed" items within your Workshop view forward/back and left/right. :-/
Yeah, the rug glitch doesn't work with anything that snaps.
As for your other question, check out this video: th-cam.com/video/sDza5oblD1g/w-d-xo.html
@@SkooledZone Thanks very much for the response. I'll be checking that video out... now! 🙂