Fallout 4

[Erik Setzer]

Is it?. I found a scrap of paper on a raider saying theres a massive stash of drugs at such and such a location, and it added a mission under the miscellaneous tab for me.

IIRC, I walked in on a fight between the owner of the high rise bar in DC and some other guy, and afterward, the owner wanted me to help with something. He deals in smuggled drugs (to get around the import tax or something like that), but there's some other issue in there (it's been a while, the memory's fuzzy). Along the way you go take out a deal at one of the bridges, and interrogate a female ghoul, who will eventually give up the location of the drug factory. Afterward, the owner decided he didn't want a witness, so he tries to shoot her, and I'm left having to kill him because I said she could go. She did die, though. Later, the father of one of the guys I had to shoot got my attention and asked me about it, I used my Charisma to lie and said Marowski did it, so it's off to Goodneighbor to deal with him for payment from the father who wants revenge for his son. Strangely, despite a lack of witnesses, Marowski knows what I did, and tried to get 2000 caps from me as payment for the harm I caused him. Can't just attack Marowski at his desk in the hotel, so I waited until the middle of the night, snuck into his room, closed the door, and removed his head from his body with a laser pistol at close range. Piper, of course, was not amused by this, though it kept us both from being killed or forking over a bunch of caps. Besides, Marowski was a bad guy, the son was bad, and it was all bad for the Commonwealth.

Bonus quest bugs: I still can't get rid of the Miscellaneous quest to pay Marowski 2000 caps, despite him being quite dead. And the bodies of the people I attacked by the river are still there, continuously restocking their loot, so every once in a while I go through the area and grab some more stuff to sell/salvage.

[Psychosplodge]

I wonder if its the same quest?
I don't know who any of these people are though, Still not been to good neighbour beyond discovering it.

[Erik Setzer]

Aside from going after Marowski, none of it happens in Goodneighbor. Starts in Diamond City, the ambush and drug factory are outside DC, and the guy whose son is killed is also in DC.

I do like how some of the quests tend to spiral out a story. Though in some cases you might not see it until a lot later and you have to be at the right place at the right time (i.e. the asylum quest line where you think you're done and then later it picks up the REAL quest line somewhere else).

[Psychosplodge]

*squee*

http://i.imgur.com/IAYyU13.jpg

I found me some X-01iii armour. But I ran out of aluminium mid upgrade so it's mostly mkvi, apart from the chest and left leg which still need upgrading.
Only had to kill an assaultron and sentry bot to get it.
plasma grenads are awesome btw.

Starting to get some annoying bugs now. Turned up at sanctuary to find half a wall missing from my power armour bunker. Couldn't replace it as I'm at full build there, so had to delete a load of balcony fencing to reconstruct my wall. ¬_¬. There was something else last night that really pissed me off at the time and can't remember what it was.

Rad scorpions keep flying off on death as well.

Also went for a wander round the glowing see in combat armour, which was fun.

[Gotthammer]

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[Psychosplodge]

So I'm playing this playthrough "clean".
But I think I've found my first mod (http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/5032/?) for my second playthrough.

Also I think i'm going to find my spare ssd out to install it on for my next playthrough. While loading times are faster than console, they could still be faster.

[Aegwymourn]

The only mod i've installed so far has been to get around the build limit for towns. I couldn't stand not being able to finish certain parts of my towns (as badly as I did). That being said, xmas time is going to have 1-2 days of just doing that.

The X-01 armor fully upgraded is boss. The only thing I've had to watch out for so far is the level 6? turrets. Things like super mutant masters with miniguns are just irritating =P

[Psychosplodge]

I haven't messed with the build limit yet cause I saw a lot of comments on a reddit thread discussing settlers pathing or something having problems with items placed over the limit.
But second playthrough will be no holds barred :D

[Mr Mystery]

Finally took over the Castle.

Queen Crab thingy? Not a problem, I had lots of missiles.

Glowing Crab Thingy? Always made a bee-line for me, even when someone else triggered it, and I hadn't shot at it....many saves later, job was a good'un.

Currently in Vault 81, looking to flog off some of the stuff I'm carrying around for no good reason.

[Erik Setzer]

I used a console command to tweak the build limit in Sanctuary, but haven't been able to get it to work in other places (in fact, it might have broken The Castle). I just can't find a settlement size mod I feel comfortable with.

I grabbed a couple of the extra item mods, too. Need to figure out which is which, because I'd highly recommend the one that uses building materials that make sense, over the one where you can even set up trees and rocks and cars and such but it all takes cloth (how do you build a concrete wall out of cloth?!?). Still, I used the one with the "realistic" materials to add a little to my settlement. I scrapped the funky building I'd put together for my followers to sleep in (the floors weren't level and it pissed off my OCD) and built a larger wooden building on another empty lot in the cul-de-sac with a bottom floor for lounging, second floor for sleeping, and a covered rooftop with benches and picnic tables (and turrets). In the spot the old building occupied, I set up a single-room schoolhouse with student desks, a desk for the teacher, US flag, and left some room for a "play area." Then scrapped my house and rebuilt it as a nicer two-story home with the bedroom upstairs, and fiddled around some "walls" to try to set up interior walls (why are these not a thing?!?) so there was even a bathroom with a decent toilet and shower. Still have a lot of empty space to fill.

But that now means my Sanctuary has a large bunk house (with resting room); a large meeting hall/dance hall with rooftop bar; a rec room with pool table, dining table, decorations; a covered outdoor "shopping center" facing the river with tables set up (including riverside tables); a metal workshop with power armor stations on the bottom floor and crafting stations, desk, and storage upstairs; a personal house with bedroom and bathroom; schoolhouse; plenty of defenses set up; and a small "farm."

I might be enjoying all of that a bit much.

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Currently in Vault 81, looking to flog off some of the stuff I'm carrying around for no good reason.

If you want to get all the stuff in Vault 81 done, make sure to talk to the girl whose cat ran off... getting the cat back is a necessary part of the vault's quests, but it doesn't really make it obvious that you should talk to the girl and do that.

I'm actually glad I was able to... it's a grey tabby named "Ashes" and I have a grey/orange tabby named Ashley which I shorted to "Ash" so it felt a little close to home when the cat ran out into the scary big Wasteland. Luckily it doesn't run off far, and goes right back when told to.

[Psychosplodge]

The building's starting to piss me off. I acquired a new marina settlement opposite the scrapyard in the southwest. Scrapped literally everything. Still half full on the settlement bar. They need to patch the hell out of settlement building now the novelty has worn off ¬_¬
Still spend hours doing it. I just want more options, none wrecked stuff, and more space to build.

Mystery I've taken to dealing with mirelurks by targetting their legs from either a narrow gap or an elevated position.

[Erik Setzer]

I just want more options, none wrecked stuff, and more space to build.

Yep. It was a lot more interesting feature than I think they imagined it would be. Now we could use some expansion of it via DLC or something (preferably a free update).

I'd also love to be able to either scrap the homes in Sanctuary, or repair the walls. It's sad to see so many lots I can't build on, and people are constantly hammering away at them, but it does nothing. If I could scrap them at least, I could make a better community setup.

It's one of the features that helps the game come alive as an RPG for me, feeling like you're really trying to set up these points of light in the Wasteland and helping people achieve some level of normality. So yeah, give me more options! Interior walls, better lighting, more ability to scrap stuff, have floors actually cover grass and stuff, items that don't look like you just picked them up from a bombed-out building, etc.

[Aegwymourn]

Yep. It was a lot more interesting feature than I think they imagined it would be. Now we could use some expansion of it via DLC or something (preferably a free update).

I'd also love to be able to either scrap the homes in Sanctuary, or repair the walls. It's sad to see so many lots I can't build on, and people are constantly hammering away at them, but it does nothing. If I could scrap them at least, I could make a better community setup.

It's one of the features that helps the game come alive as an RPG for me, feeling like you're really trying to set up these points of light in the Wasteland and helping people achieve some level of normality. So yeah, give me more options! Interior walls, better lighting, more ability to scrap stuff, have floors actually cover grass and stuff, items that don't look like you just picked them up from a bombed-out building, etc.

+1

I would spend way more time building towns if everything didn't look like ****.

[Erik Setzer]

Something that surprised me was finding a mod with settlement walls and doors and stuff that were "hidden," but the code and all was in the game, and these included much better looking walls (at least the wood walls) and doorways (having a doorway without all kinds of gaps to look into the building and allow air in and out is nice). But then I also read that apparently the settlement stuff was originally only meant to be something for modders to play with, and they only expanded it because it was fun for the people testing the game. So I think they just got surprised with how popular it is and weren't prepared with extra stuff. That said... that's what game updates are for! (And mods, too.)

[Kirsten]

hidden stuff are probably the assets developers used for the existing buildings

[Psychosplodge]

How many bobbleheads has everyone found without internet/guide help?

[Kirsten]

three, perception, repair, and something else

[Mr Mystery]

Three, possibly four?

[Gotthammer]

Ten, maybe eleven?

[Psychosplodge]

I think I've got four but can't remember off top of my head what they are.

[eldargal]

10-12, not really keeping track.

[Erik Setzer]

How many bobbleheads has everyone found without internet/guide help?

Don't know the exact number, but I have the bottom shelf on the bobble head station filled up, and about half of the second shelf.

I'm trying to avoid using the Internet for anything (and keep forgetting to get the guide... the cool version, with map and all), but I tend to wander around a lot anyway. I think I still need to get one at Corvega that I spotted with my second character. I also have a bunch of the magazines, but I think I've still only found the "Megaton" La Coiffe and one Picket Fences.

[Aegwymourn]

I've only found 10 or so bobbleheads and I am fairly sure I have missed some.

Got my int up to get the extended fusion core perk. Bananas. If you like power armor double the time per core is huge (I've taken to not bothering to get out when doing settlement stuff).

[Gotthammer]

There’s a mod on the Nexus (http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/5109/) that edits Nick Valentine’s dialogue to have smooth jazz playing in the background when he speaks. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geoileO61ow)

http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/pink_cobalt/3363125/195877/195877_original.gif

Also a non-mod/console command method to increase settlement sizes:


A little trick that can increase your settlement size (http://needlesslycryptic.tumblr.com/post/134886180885/fallout-4-settlement-size-fix) when you’ve hit the building limit! No need for console or modding either, so it’s a win win

step 1 gather about 15 or more pieces or weaponry, it doesn’t matter if it’s melee weapons or guns

step 2 store all these weapons in your workshop inventory. done? okay now put them back into your inventory. exit your inventory. just bear w me

step 3 now drop all these 15+ weapons on the ground, then start bulding mode and

Very important step select each weapon on the ground and store it in workshop’s inventory again via building mode, don’t scrap it store it!

see that settlement size meter go down aww yeah!

However going close to or over double the size can damage your saves and crash the game.

[Psychosplodge]

Turns out I've got seven according to my data > stats. Can only see five scrolling through my inventory :confused:

I've got a new bug!
Walking across bridge into sanctuary got a message "you're running out of time to complete sanctuary quest"
Checked pipboy, no sanctuary quest. Continued gaming.
Half an hour later go to check available quests there's a selected sanctuary quest that is showing completed but as the active quest and won't let me deselect it :eek: So now I'm stuck with a permanent quest marker pointing at Preston. ffs.

[Kirsten]

I haven't had any game breaking bugs, but I have had quite a few small ones. numbers for plantable crops keeps going up and down. I opened the game, had 70 carrots, next time I started I had seven. certain things like that keep changing. I don't see the issue with building limits personally, there is more than enough for anything I want to do.

[Psychosplodge]

The building limits on some large settlements are quite small for the size. I had a beautiful row of terraced individual shacks at the drive in. I've had to scrap them and replace them with A single barracks building because I had no left build allowance left to run up shops or anything else.

I'm hoping next time I load it clears it. That does seem to clear most of the little bugs like that for me.

[Kirsten]

I keep getting stuck doing side quests that never go anywhere, I need to just push on with the story, after 48 hours I am still barely anywhere on it.

[Psychosplodge]

Same, I'm approaching 5 days of playtime, and most has been exploring or building. I need to go to good neighbour and push on.

[Psychosplodge]

http://orig09.deviantart.net/1091/f/2015/342/0/e/animal_friend_by_daniel_sg-d9jgl5c.png

[Gotthammer]

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[eldargal]

Awesome.:p

[Gotthammer]

Totes :p

And related to that (http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/5336/?):

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[Erik Setzer]

True Storms - Wasteland Edition (http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4472/?) is a mod that might be a bit too much touch of realism. Aside from storms apparently covering much of the map when they happen (which is actually an accurate representation of how storms usually work), the look and especially sound are way too close to the real thing. The first time I found myself in the middle of a thunderstorm I kept running between covered buildings in Sanctuary, just out of habit. I swear I felt like I was getting drenched and cold just from hearing that sound and seeing pouring rain. Have to give kudos to the mod maker for that one.

I'm mildly annoyed by the dialogue tied to the repeating settlement quests. Yeah, it gives me stuff to do with the main quest over (ditto Railroad quests, which I just got started on, but I have had to defend a bunch of their checkpoints). And I'm okay if people say "There's a group harassing us, please kill them." But no way do I believe a guy claiming Super Mutants came into Sanctuary Hills and wrecked or took just about everything and "we'd all be dead if they caught us by surprise." After the last Gunner attack where they hit SH from the main road, the cul-de-sac, *and* from behind the homes on the curve of the main road, I went around putting up turrets behind all the buildings and hedges (especially after seeing the ones on the main road mulch an attack on their own, and the turrets in the cul-de-sac did well there). Sanctuary Hills has over 400 defense, with just one artillery piece and the rest being turrets. There's literally no way to get in without turrets covering it. So HOW do Super Mutants get in and tear up the place? And why is nothing damaged?

Minor gripe, but it does annoy me when I'm putting all that work into defense.

Also in the world of modding: SSEx settlement stuff mod uses cloth for everything, so probably not ideal, even though it lets you make a lot of stuff. If the immersion issue doesn't bug you, well, go for it. Homemaker is much better, but I need to check if there's an issue with the update, because while it organized stuff better, I also can't find most of the stock tables and couches, which kind of sucks.

[Mr Mystery]

Found me a new suit of Power Armour.

Have also levelled up my Haxxorz and Lock Pixxorz skills to Master.

Now to remember where all the stuff I couldn't nick previously is....

[Kirsten]

The defence is quite irritating, I fenced off the entirety of Sanctuary and left only the bridge approach open, guarded by turrets. Yet when super mutants attacked they spawned inside the settlement.

[Mr Mystery]

16691

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=16691&d=1449835230

[Gotthammer]

Yup, but the spawn points seem to be fairly static at least, so can just defend those areas most of all.

http://40.media.tumblr.com/0d1e9d3def85ff8860113e6c79d40fb4/tumblr_nyy9sxNbu31sw23nio1_1280.jpg

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16691

The full set is much better (http://aatkaw.tumblr.com/post/134373900235/how-to-romance-piper-wright) (and animated!)

[Mr Mystery]

It is indeed bettars.

WY U NO SHR B4????

[Gotthammer]

I thought I did. Oh well.

Also this is hilarious (Kleo has, of course, my favourite reaction):


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtBG1Uqg9_w


And I listened to them all:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT_7jfsgRkk

[Mr Mystery]

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Wook at his widdle face!

[Erik Setzer]

The defence is quite irritating, I fenced off the entirety of Sanctuary and left only the bridge approach open, guarded by turrets. Yet when super mutants attacked they spawned inside the settlement.

Ah, now I can confirm that theory to my friend. He was telling me yesterday about how he did that to his Sanctuary, but I had the feeling it wouldn't help. Last time I was attacked there were guys inside houses, I doubt they walked into them. I just put a ring of turrets around the area, as "hidden" as possible so it doesn't ruin the feel of a peaceful community rather than a military base.

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The full set is much better (http://aatkaw.tumblr.com/post/134373900235/how-to-romance-piper-wright) (and animated!)

Given her comments, I always felt like that was what was being hinted at.

[Kirsten]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=XZeCvNfQmps

[Mr Mystery]

Tsk!

Loaded up last night, was with the Brotherhood peeps, having just cleared somewhere out with their bossman.

Donny No-Legs, who was already injured when I saved them from being overwhelmed by Ghouls, started mouthing off at me for not joining them. He said I was a coward.

I SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD WITH A LASER.

And the reloaded. It was cathartic, and he said nowt to me when I next walked past him.

[Kirsten]

I shot a bloke in Goodneighbour, he threatened me when I arrived, so I blew the ****er's head off. I was expecting retaliation, but some other bloke watching laughed and said he liked me.

[Mr Mystery]

Ace!

'Don't give me no jibba-jabba, fool. *KERBLAMMO*'

I think that's the guy the Mayor of Goodneighbour murderised in front of me.

[Kirsten]

probably. you have to establish yourself in these places, make sure they know you are not to be messed with.

[Mr Mystery]

Speaking of which....I've got me a Junkjet.

Haven't used it yet. That may be tonight's highlight.

Once I've packed for Edinburgh.

[Kirsten]

I picked up a syringer but not tried it yet. I was very excited to get the broadsider, but it is total rubbish, so that was disappointing.

[Psychosplodge]

Got all three, used none...

[Mr Mystery]

Got one, sold one. Got another. Still haven't used it. I'm happy with my shotgun, submachine gun, Missile launcher, super-duper 10mm pistol and automatic laser pistol.

Oh, and the back-up 'oh you? EAT IT' Fat-Boy.

[Kirsten]

I use a .50 hunting rifle, drum magazine combat shotgun, Righteous Authority laser rifle, and Kellogg's pistol, with fat man for entertainment.

[Mr Mystery]

Raiders really don't like my 10mm.

One clip of 24 bullets jobbed four Raiders in extremely quick succession.

It's an automatic, and the recoil has a knack for stitching it up people's faces. Which is nice. Not to mention efficient. It's also armour piercing, so does over Crab People really quick too.

[Kirsten]

I don't like automatics, they use too much ammo, all my guns are single shot or semi auto

[Psychosplodge]

I bought the fatman in diamond city that launches two nukes for shiggles.

[Mr Mystery]

I don't like automatics, they use too much ammo, all my guns are single shot or semi auto

I have no accuracy. So very much a case of the more the merrier.

I'm tempted by that Fatman....but I think I'll be ok without.

Though I do need to seek more mini-nukes. I'm running low.

[Kirsten]

you need to practice then :p

I have found quite a few mini nukes, done well.

[Psychosplodge]

I'm currently carrying about fifty. And that's only from finding them.

[Kirsten]

I have collected probably twenty so far

[Mr Mystery]

I think I've got through about 9?

[Gotthammer]

Last time I was attacked there were guys inside houses, I doubt they walked into them. I just put a ring of turrets around the area, as "hidden" as possible so it doesn't ruin the feel of a peaceful community rather than a military base.

It is most frustrating that with a larger settlement it's often better to have all your turrets facing inwards than outwards.



On the subject of weapons the missile launcher is quite OP at higher levels as the heavy weapon expert and explosives perk stack on it so can do like 650 damage a shot with seeking rounds.

[Psychosplodge]

Concrete sentry towers, two foundation high. Rocket turret battery at the top. Kill everything quickly.
Too quickly at the fortress, I had to move them inside the wall to successfully trigger the defence success.

[Mr Mystery]

Meh to base building.

Cheeky sods can build it themselves. I've stuff to shoot and a son to find - even though I think it's totes obv how that story is going to end.

[Erik Setzer]

Ace!

'Don't give me no jibba-jabba, fool. *KERBLAMMO*'

I think that's the guy the Mayor of Goodneighbour murderised in front of me.

Yep. If you don't take him out, Hancock will. I'm not sure the guy was really that much of a "threat" to people, but I guess it's better to keep anyone who might have been a threat from thinking they can try to shake people down.

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I picked up a syringer but not tried it yet. I was very excited to get the broadsider, but it is total rubbish, so that was disappointing.

Junkjet: Fires valuable "junk" you need for settlement building and crafting. Only thing I'd ever try with it is killing someone with a teddy bear, or firing a skull to explode someone's head.
Syringer: Fires syringes you have to craft, and you basically have to fire it and then quickly swap weapons to be effective. At that point, why not start with the other weapon?
Broadsider: Can be fun, but very limited in ammo. Really just there as a joke.

Meanwhile, the Overseer's Guardian is just insane.

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Meh to base building.

Cheeky sods can build it themselves. I've stuff to shoot and a son to find - even though I think it's totes obv how that story is going to end.

Maybe you're not into that kind of stuff, but when you're getting toward the end of the main quest, at least give it a go. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I have, maybe just a bit of added bonus fun, but it's become really fun setting up what I like to see as points of light in the darkness. It's another aspect for me to role-play a character who's trying to clean up the Commonwealth and establish some semblance of sanity and civilization again.

But then, my second character, a more direct bloke, isn't doing so much settlement building. So I guess I can see how the personality of your character might also lead to less settlement work. (Still built a nice two-story "core" building in Sanctuary, though. But that's nothing compared to the other character having a two-story bunkhouse, two-story meeting and dance hall, bar, two-story workshop, schoolhouse, two-story house, and built up marketplace. Trying to figure out where to add a church, too.)

[Kirsten]

broadsider only does the same damage as my shotgun, but with terrible reload time. it doesn't even make naval noises.

[Mr Mystery]

'Build me a chair'

'There's chairs inside, you old baggage'

'Build me a chair'

'Fine. Whatevs' *builds chair*

'build me a chair'

'Sod this, I'm off to shoot something'

[Kirsten]

'hey, buy a house here in diamond city'

I already own half the commonwealth...

[Erik Setzer]

At this point, I should be the person in charge of Diamond City...

[Mr Mystery]

'hey, buy a house here in diamond city'

I already own half the commonwealth...

I bought a house in Diamond City. It had ammo in it.

[Psychosplodge]

So I've added two more settlements last night, then spent time building them.
Had a failed defence at Oberland as too efficient at defending again and didn't trigger the success state again. Also first synth infiltrator revealed in the attack.
Got a quest to clear some supermutants out for another settlement to join me. I will be a successful water baron :D

[Erik Setzer]

Working for the Brotherhood is kind of weird. So far they've asked me to hit up two (maybe three now?) of my own settlements for crops. Unfortunately, the options are:

1. Convince them it's the best idea (Charisma test)
2. Imply a threat (Cha)
3. Pay 1000 caps
4. Pay 500 caps (Cha)
5. Do nothing

Since my BoS-loving character has a whopping Charisma 2, I have a nearly impossible time even on "easy" Charisma checks. Alcohol doesn't help. I might be able to convince someone while using Grape Mentats (+5 Cha), but I need to get more hubflower to make more of them. So far I managed to convince one it's in their best interests, but the other I ended up paying, and I don't have enough caps for that to become a thing, especially as the quests only pay just under 100 caps.

[Mr Mystery]

I think the Brotherhood might just have a little visit from the Fat-Man and his little 'Elves'....

[Psychosplodge]

More settlement building last night. Currently experiencing extreme aluminium shortages.

[Erik Setzer]

I finally got the hot pink flames power armor paint job last night (looks pretty cool, too). I was probably spoiled on entering the maze by knowing about all the traps from an online video that mentioned the place, but given how paranoid I've gotten I probably would have been fine. Helps that I found another half-suit of X-01 power armor before I went in.

On the power armor note, I'm bummed that I forgot a warning with one of the settlement mods, I think it's the one that changes the settlement limit. IIRC, there's a note that it'll reset power armor frames to what they were when you got them. As a result, I've had three or four frames revert back to having next to nothing or even nothing on them. I don't think any of them were X-01, so losing the pieces of armor on the frames shouldn't be too huge a blow (I still have nearly 30 sets of BoS T-60b in a cabinet), but I did lose any mats used in repairing and modding those pieces, so that sucks.

[Mr Mystery]

Having withdrawal.

Up at my Bro's, and not back home until the 28th.

[Mr Mystery]

And last night?

Last night I cracked on with the plot.

Have now found the Mutie guy out in the Glowing Sea, which was nice.

And on the way, I did over Vault 95 in a oner. Most pleasing!

[Gotthammer]

https://41.media.tumblr.com/fac9ee070a06e6fe67c302a7c01cf508/tumblr_o01bvk3wkM1uhzl3ho1_1280.jpg

[Mr Mystery]

The settlements can fend for themselves.

I've got a sprog to find.

[eldargal]

https://41.media.tumblr.com/fac9ee070a06e6fe67c302a7c01cf508/tumblr_o01bvk3wkM1uhzl3ho1_1280.jpg

So accurate.

[Erik Setzer]

That meme is terrifyingly accurate. I've decided to complete the settlement quests to the point of talking to Garvey, and then letting them sit in my list. I might turn off tracking so he isn't walking around with an icon over his head.

If you don't have a full queue of three quests lined up, listening to Radio Freedom (even just by being near the Castle) will end up automatically assigning you quests as well.

[Psychosplodge]

I went back on after a week of for alcohol consumption, and playing at being a pirate, with every intention of moving the story forward, but I just needed to loot these things and build put artillery in all these new places, and shuffle some settlers around and extend my water empire and my food production.

But I will get to it eventually....honest.

[Mr Mystery]

I'm not bothered with the building.

I'm currently just acting the hired gun. Which is fun.

[Mr Mystery]

This really is the game that just keeps giving.

Pretty much finished the Railroad missions, and now caning the Brotherhood missions.

[Learn2Eel]

I've been playing this a lot lately and it really does scratch that Bethesda open world game itch in the way that only Bethesda knows. Doing pretty much anything you want, taking the story at your own pace and having a massive playground at your disposal never gets old even if it is just a new coat of paint when each of their new games releases. I'm loving the game but lord knows I wouldn't give it a Game of the Year award over Bloodborne or the Witcher 3 for the quality of experience. Still, neither of those have Fallout 4 beat for pure fun which is the most important thing anyway! The glitches only add to the charm of Bethesda games.....unless an NPC you are trying to do quests for randomly decides to start walking off into the sunset and getting mauled by a pack of Deathclaws because of a random AI subroutine. Dammit Piper!

[eldargal]

I love Piper.

I was enganged in a prolonged firefight with Gunners recently and as a missile whizzes overheard Piper whispers 'I don't think we're alone'.:rolleyes:

[Erik Setzer]

I'm loving the game but lord knows I wouldn't give it a Game of the Year award over Bloodborne or the Witcher 3 for the quality of experience. Still, neither of those have Fallout 4 beat for pure fun which is the most important thing anyway!

Okay, but if the most important thing is fun, and Fallout 4 is the most fun, then wouldn't that make it your "game of the year?"

I might be applying too much logic here...

[Psychosplodge]

I love Piper.

I was enganged in a prolonged firefight with Gunners recently and as a missile whizzes overheard Piper whispers 'I don't think we're alone'.:rolleyes:

She's definitely observant like that. Had her do that as a suicider charged us :D

[Mr Mystery]

Erm......I think I may have committed a faux pas....

Mission for the institute where I need to reclaim four Synths from the Underground (whom I was still working for at the time)....

Well, it all got a bit confusing and I wound up shooting everyone. A lot. In the face. Three mini-nukes may or may not have been involved.

Teleported back to the Institiute, where everyone attacked me. So I killed them all.

Then went to report to Desdemona. Wound up having to kill the entire Underground as well.

Silly me!

[Kirsten]

hate it when that happens

[Erik Setzer]

Reminds me of the battle for Bunker Hill, when I was still friendly with everyone. I wanted to bring down the Institute, so had to stay in their good graces, which meant offing the Courser, but I also wanted to keep the Railroad alive to help fight the Institute, and here comes the Brotherhood of Steel (uninvited, mind you) to join the attack. I'm left killing so many synths and Knights. Got a lot of power armor that day, shot down a lot of vertibirds. One of the traders (Lucas, I think?) got caught in the middle, got one of his guards killed, I managed to use Pacify on him to get him to stop shooting (which saved him from the Railroad pasting him, because he was shooting everyone). It was such a glorious Charlie Foxtrot.

[Mr Mystery]

Yep.

That's the one where it all went tits up!

[Erik Setzer]

Yeah, that battle is a giant mess. Worse if you throw mini-nukes around.:D

[Mr Mystery]

When I was outside, the only thing to attack me was a random Ghoul.

The rest I totes shot with complete immunity.....oddly, it didn't show me any health bars, so perhaps it glitched.

Much looting followed.

[Psychosplodge]

I've advanced the story! I finally got enough of a break from settlement quests to get round to visiting good neighbour. And then went to find Virgil. Dropped Danse off so I could take Nick with me. No longer scared of deathclaws as shooting them in the legs with explosive bullets seems rather effective. I suppose if there's more than one of them I might be a bit ****ed.
Also acquired Mcraedy and sent him off to red rocket to stand arouns with all the other followers. Though I've now lost the doctor you can have work for you and codsworth.
How do you misplace a mr handy when he spent 120+ hours happily wandering round sanctuary, but when you want to give him a bowler hat he's nowhere to be found?

[Psychosplodge]

Also I think I need this (http://madqueenzelly.tumblr.com/post/136786539504/n30nnights-im-so-glad-the-skyrim-modders-are) mod

[Psychosplodge]

Just seen these (http://www.brother-vinni.com/shop.htm#!/Nuclear-sandlot/c/5965003/offset=10&sort=normal) on tumblr omfg :eek:

[Kirsten]

they are quite nice

[Psychosplodge]

Some of them would make nice necromunda gangers :D

[Kirsten]

yeah not bad

[eldargal]

Just seen these (http://www.brother-vinni.com/shop.htm#!/Nuclear-sandlot/c/5965003/offset=10&sort=normal) on tumblr omfg :eek:

I prefr:
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--1GZ_0oJ_--/usc106yjq77apfnvccdh.jpg

[Psychosplodge]

That's nice. Are they for sale?

[eldargal]

They will be, from ThreeZero.:) I'll get one if they include Nora, if its just dull Chad or whatever his name is meh. 12" tall and articulated though so very nice.

[Psychosplodge]

Oh a bigger model. Still might have one anyway. He can stand next to Jaina and confuse people...

- - - Updated - - -

https://41.media.tumblr.com/e6d9e8e0a55f690444f3a24b1535539c/tumblr_o0gf1xox1P1uhzl3ho1_540.jpg

Maybe I should quit the story quest and let him come to me?

[Erik Setzer]

Also I think I need this (http://madqueenzelly.tumblr.com/post/136786539504/n30nnights-im-so-glad-the-skyrim-modders-are) mod

Better than "Atom Bomb Baby," which replaces mini-nukes with baby Shaun models. (And then add the John Cena intro replacing the nuke sound, and it creates a nightmare scenario.)

- - - Updated - - -


Just seen these (http://www.brother-vinni.com/shop.htm#!/Nuclear-sandlot/c/5965003/offset=10&sort=normal) on tumblr omfg :eek:

A friend who is seriously into Fallout pointed those out to me... while almost fainting from excitement. It'd be awesome to have some rules for a small skirmish game these could be adopted for.

[Learn2Eel]

Okay, but if the most important thing is fun, and Fallout 4 is the most fun, then wouldn't that make it your "game of the year?"

I might be applying too much logic here...

For "quality of experience" I'm talking about art style, visuals, soundtrack, sound design, world building, story, characters, challenge, depth to gameplay, etc. Think of it like this; Citizen Kane is a phenomenal master-piece of film-making and deserves to be at or near the top of "Best Ever Film" lists, but I enjoy watching - for example - Guardians of the Galaxy more as it is a "lighter" viewing that is highly entertaining, even though quality-wise it simply doesn't belong in the same breath as Citizen Kane (though GotG is a great film and my favorite MCU film but that's neither here nor there.)

[Erik Setzer]

Eh... That's all subjective, though. People think Citizen Kane and movies like it are "better" just because they focus on some super-serial plot and trumped up drama. A movie like GotG replaces some of the drama with fun and effects. The characters aren't necessarily shallower, the movie just decides not to spend as much time on drama as a means of "character development" or anything like that.

It seems that only super-serial drama-filled movies can be considered "great" movies, which is just ridiculous.

But hey, that's just my opinion.

[Gotthammer]

http://41.media.tumblr.com/3e2a1147f6afb6da4ab12c602c55eaa2/tumblr_o0ltjeL2CE1v2v75fo1_1280.png

Elder Maxson's been at it again :/

[eldargal]

*supports the Railroad out of spite*

*remembers that she killed them all already*

><

[Gotthammer]

Oh dear...

[eldargal]

I did feel rather sad about it though.

[Mr Mystery]

*supports the Railroad out of spite*

*remembers that she killed them all already*

><

Done over both the Institute and Railroad.

Does that make me Libertarian, or just The Daily Mail?

[Erik Setzer]

Does that make me Libertarian, or just The Daily Mail?

As a libertarian, I actually helped the Railroad because I believe people should have their liberty. Didn't have a problem taking out the Brotherhood and Institute (well, aside from the family connection) because both of them looked to control people, and that's not cool. Don't have to be an "SJW liberal" to be in favor of people having the freedom to do what they want as long as it doesn't harm anyone and be treated equally (again, so long as they're not being total *******s).

Then I decided to play a character who isn't myself (okay, the first character *was* different because that time I saved the Commonwealth as a woman, and I'm not a woman in real life), and made a hateful SOB who likes to smash people up close and will help the Brotherhood destroy all Synths, and a goth nerd who's totally proud of her son because he's leading the biggest group of scientists around. Those have both been amusing (and less urges to murder Preston).

[Psychosplodge]

Still not met the railroad, or the institute.
Already decided I'm going for a BoS ending this playthrough. Though before I have to choose I'm going to copy my save so I can start again at my current level :D

[Mr Mystery]

Main story now completed.

All that's left is a lot of 'go and save these people and build that stuff for them they can't be bothered to do themselves'.

Also known as Mr Mystery goes on a rampage.

[Psychosplodge]

Last night I put in a couple of hours finishing MaCready's quest. Acquiring Abernathy farm. Retrieving a robo-beer-tron for my bar at the drive in. Wondering why I now have three people missing at the drive in. I think the drive in might just be a bugged settlement.
Tonight I intend to finish getting MaCready's perk.

[Psychosplodge]

Also discovered two bears drinking, smoking and playing chess.

Two ****ing in a fridge surrounded by booze.

And one being flushed down the toilet.

[Horncastle]

A friend who is seriously into Fallout pointed those out to me... while almost fainting from excitement. It'd be awesome to have some rules for a small skirmish game these could be adopted for.

There were rules for a fallout miniature games included with one of the collector's edition compilations of the games prior to fallout 3 called fallout warfare. You can still find them online if I'm not mistaken.

[Psychosplodge]

http://41.media.tumblr.com/fd5e45a9e35999c62eeec8a6a600bdda/tumblr_o02zppeHZj1s8gq0go1_r1_1280.png

[Erik Setzer]

I think we got what we "expected"... and then some. The bottom part of the image is pretty accurate, though. I like it.

Have to admit, I've probably made my game insanely unstable with some of the mods, probably the settlement ones, but it's nice to clear the rubbish out of some settlements, and be able to build more varied settlements. Problem with the scrap mods is that they're using some trick that apparently causes you to be unable to sprint through the area any more (and they reset your bloody power armor... think I might clean up Red Rocket more and set up a power armor bunker there). The sprinting issue means I think I'll leave the island as it is, rather than clean all the remaining gunk from it, because it's way too big to run across.

Hmm. Speaking of the island, I think I forgot to wire up the main building there. Set up a four story "main building" with a floor for sleeping, a floor with a classroom and prayer room, a floor for relaxing and workbenches, and a floor I haven't decided on what to do with. And a top deck to check out the view. But that's a lot of lights, and I ran out of copper somewhere.

I'd be worried about how much effort I'm putting into settlements, but then I read the comments here and I feel better.

Speaking of prayer rooms... I set up a church in Sanctuary Hills across the street from the school, with pews facing a lectern, an upstairs area with a small desk and two chairs and a quaint living space, and candles for lighting. Preston walked in, sat down, and started praying. So far it seems Piper and Preston are both at least mildly religious. Think I'll assign a settler to the bed and give him a preacher outfit I got from a vendor, label him "Pastor" if that's an option in the settler renaming mod. (I was wondering where there was even a preacher in-game for there to be an outfit, then finally met the one in Diamond City.)

[Gotthammer]

Sneak peak at the Brotherhood's training manual:

https://41.media.tumblr.com/bf4dcfb960c59c6230a4fff19d6d764d/tumblr_o0r8hvBNrC1uey4ojo1_540.png

[Kirsten]

Lol

[Psychosplodge]

Found the railroad last night. One of their NPCs made me lol "you followed the freedom trail all by yourself?" :rolleyes: like it was hard.

Did their joining mission whic was fun as Declan was bugged and wouldn't start the mission. Had to go do other stuff and then fast travelled back towards him to get it to work.

Also the missing doctor at sanctuary? Never appeared and the population count dropped so I put her there with the console, and she counted straight away as being part of the settlement so it knew she was supposed to be there, so where the bloody hell was she?

Codsworth also reappeared at sanctuary. Still don't know where he went, but he now has a hat.

Also the worst session I've had in terms of framerate, at times I was getting console levels of slowdown, I'm blaming the windows update.

[Erik Setzer]

I've run into some more bugs from mods... which sucks, because I like them. I think the "clean up anything" mod does a bit more breaking than just removing the ability to sprint in an area when you use it. I went through the Castle cleaning up junk on the floor and in other areas, then couldn't build anything inside the hallways (and if I tried to move something already there, it wouldn't let me place it anywhere). So to get some beds for my Minutemen, I had to go outside and find some space to build a bunkhouse. Unfortunately, the best location I could find that I could actually build was in front of the closed "door" leading to the armory. Then I had to do the quest to get my artillery plans, and the woman leading me tried walking through the bunkhouse repeatedly and would get confused and keep trying to walk through a wall. Finally got her to follow me where we needed to go, came back out, pressed the button to open the door, and it opened up so that it was inside the building I'd set up. Not sure if it'll bug me enough to scraped the parts of the building it's "inside" and modify the building.

I also decided to do a playthrough of a complete jerk who wants to kill pretty much everyone (that the game will allow). While scrapping stuff in Sanctuary, I accidentally scrapped a part of the road, so I just went through and scrapped everything I could, leaving a very uneven mostly brown landscape, which now has a large building in the middle, populated by one man. I even walked around Concord, skipping out on saving Preston and gang, so that I wouldn't deal with their annoyance in Sanctuary. Actually have three areas for settlements now (Sanctuary, Red Rocket, and that one house by the river), but no settlers, because who needs 'em? I also found a suit of power armor in the middle of nowhere, T-45 just missing the helmet, out in the woods. I finally got around to going to Diamond City, and it completed the main story up to the point of telling me the next step is to find someone to talk to about Shaun. So Preston and company? Yeah, they can stay in Concord a while. I'm tempted to go see if I can track down Kellogg on my own, and kill him just because.

[Erik Setzer]

http://i.imgur.com/GaOohHB.png

[Psychosplodge]

Set up more food production, and more artillery last night. It's quite annoying when you throw a marker grenade at the feet of a queen mirelurk and find you're out of range :rolleyes:

Also that doc really is bugged. I've put her back in the drive in four times and she disappears everytime I return.

[Psychosplodge]

https://49.media.tumblr.com/77a8c4f702dc91226e4baa329ea93e95/tumblr_o071hdaLZx1v1aewco1_500.gif

[Psychosplodge]

Went chasing bobbleheads last night, as I've explored that much of the map I must have missed them. Already had eight. Got two more and got distracted with housing and the like again.

[Erik Setzer]

I'll end up killing hours at a time working on settlements. But downloading all these mods has my items messed up again... I'm thinking of redoing the market in my main character's Sanctuary hills, but I can't find the store items. Probably will re-do my workshop, too. And I need to find a settlement I'm not prone to build anything at, and set up a "proper" power armor bunker there. The Airport might be a good choice, since I can't build a recruitment beacon or send anyone there. Clean it once, then shuffle the power armor there (will take forever), and fix it up again. I think I might have permanently lost some pieces of X-1 somewhere, though, which shouldn't be possible. :(

[Psychosplodge]

The airport was my planned synth prison, mostly because of it's lack of building options.. If I banish all the infiltrators there they can't do any real harm.

Got one more bobblehead last night, then got distracted doing Nick's quest, and building shops and outfitting shop keepers at settlements.

[Erik Setzer]

I got distracted by Wasteland 2... It's been pretty fun so far (about four hours in). It's an old school style RPG, and given that Fallout was basically a Wasteland sequel that had to be renamed and changed a little because EA is EA, they feel pretty similar in theme. Wasn't as prepared for actions to have consequences and timed objectives, though, or quests that don't really tell you exactly what to do. I.e. a guy's house was burning down and I couldn't find a way to turn on the water valve above it (though maybe I did, just too late to save the house, because the fire ended?). Two people were running for mayor of the town, I helped the nicer one, and the jerk still got the votes, promptly telling my people to get out of town. Fixed a generator that needed fixed, but it was in a guy's shop, and he was so pissed off at the noise and smoke that he refused to trade with me any more. Biggest thing, though, was being told two places need help, and as you're trying to help one, you're hearing reports over the radio from people at the other location being wiped out, as they're told, "We're sorry, we only have one team to send out, and they're helping with an emergency elsewhere, but we're sure they'll be there as soon as they can." No way to avoid it. It's realistic, it makes sense in the story, but it still makes you feel awful when you're hearing people dying on the radio.

I love the way I can use different means to do things, too. See a locked box? Either pick the lock or bash the lock. Ditto for gates. Had to get someone out of a cage, which involved finding a way to get rid of the kids harassing her (not as easy to sort out as you'd think) and then unlocking the cage (which, if you fail, would have to be fixed by someone with mechanical skill). So you need a well-rounded team and it pays to loot everything, continuously sell junk (easy "Sell Junk" button helps) and gear you don't need, and have the puzzle-sorting skill of an adventure game veteran.

The quirks are kind of fun, too. Gave the doctor a quirk that means he's even better at healing other people with med kits, but can't use them on himself (but others can, just not as effectively). Had a character set up to be melee specialist (who also bashes down doors and intimidates people), I gave her "Psychopath" as a quirk which gives her a base penalty but gives stacking bonuses as she gets in more hits. Can't remember what I gave the shooting specialist. My leader has a variety of leadership and talking skills, don't think I gave her a quirk.

The result of having such a varied set of characters is that I can do a lot, but they end up being very different in combat. The leader is best in the middle of people and can hold her own. The doc isn't awful in a fight, but I usually have to hide him and pop him out to run and heal someone when they need it. The psychopath runs at people as fast as possible to chop them up. And the gunman finds some cover and shoots up the enemy.

It's on sale for $20 right now at the Humble Bundle store. Definitely worth it if, unless you're really opposed to old school style RPGs. (I know some people who are. Usually at least a decade younger than me.)



Sorry, this was meant to be a quick, "I've been playing this game and I like it!" Ended up being a mini-review.:eek:

[Gotthammer]

http://36.media.tumblr.com/159fcc9e351ac9d7f8e56f814a401ea5/tumblr_o2nebyivL11qcxzu2o2_500.png

http://40.media.tumblr.com/261e7481a8fb390117420f655abd6529/tumblr_o2nebyivL11qcxzu2o3_500.png

http://40.media.tumblr.com/ee140f72b94b032af989b94e780f4161/tumblr_o2nebyivL11qcxzu2o1_500.png


• Wasteland Workshop | Release: April 2016
↳ With the Wasteland Workshop, design and set cages to capture live creatures – from raiders to Deathclaws! Tame them or have them face off in battle, even against your fellow settlers. The Wasteland Workshop also includes a suite of new design options for your settlements like nixi tube lighting, letter kits, taxidermy and more!

• Automatron | Release: March 2016
↳ The mysterious Mechanist has unleashed a horde of evil robots into the Commonwealth, including the devious Robobrain. Hunt them down and harvest their parts to build and mod your own custom robot companions. Choose from hundreds of mods; mixing limbs, armor, abilities, and weapons like the all-new lightning chain gun. Even customize their paint schemes and choose their voices!

• Far Harbor | Release: May 2016
↳ A new case from Valentine’s Detective Agency leads you on a search for a young woman and a secret colony of synths. Travel off the coast of Maine to the mysterious island of Far Harbor, where higher levels of radiation have created a more feral world. Navigate through the growing conflict between the synths, the Children of Atom, and the local townspeople. Will you work towards bringing peace to Far Harbor, and at what cost? Far Harbor features the largest landmass for an add-on that we’ve ever created, filled with new faction quests, settlements, lethal creatures and dungeons. Become more powerful with new, higher-level armor and weapons. The choices are all yours.

AND MORE !!! (https://bethesda.net/#en/events/game/fallout-4-add-ons-automatron-wasteland-workshop-far-harbor-and-more/2016/02/16/77)

[Psychosplodge]

yes I will have a pet deathclaw, and I will name her fluffy.

[eldargal]

I'll be in my post-apocalyptic bunk.

[Psychosplodge]

Not without dlc/mods.

[Kirsten]

I never bother with Fallout dlc, I am always sick of it by the time I finish the main game.

[Psychosplodge]

forgot we had a dedicated FO4 thread.

Here we have a supply robot. Missile arm, gatling laser arm, shoulder launchers. Big, Very Red, and connecting my new settlement (mirelurk construction)

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/510405794957223164/001167483B69D171CDD767F2B488409116D9F858/

and here is said settlement.

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/510405794957222969/1888618550B0CDC7BB1DF1518C5E8385A888CA8A/

Four stories of junk. Construction was near lethal.
Ground floor shopping experience ( that's bugged so for some reason despite there being three shops only the clinic works) first and second floor are filled with beds. The third floor is a rooftop beer terrace and connects via a bridge to a security tower with two guards with fully tooled up legendary hunting rifles and an artillery piece.
Or three hours of no real progress :D

[Psychosplodge]

A sneak peak of the workshop dlc

https://36.media.tumblr.com/1ec71067dc7e771df9f6c2d0c26b8714/tumblr_o5jb9mKJ5c1qm736no2_540.jpg

[Gotthammer]

http://41.media.tumblr.com/29baf592caf274eed89c7ad991a69d47/tumblr_o5im2rEfmw1u9qaplo1_540.jpg

[Gotthammer]

Okay maybe there's a second mod you need. (http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/9009/?)

https://40.media.tumblr.com/30163a323d13e8068ffabef229b15164/tumblr_inline_o5gm6itWyM1s6ebyq_540.png

https://41.media.tumblr.com/71324dc0c2f45bcb38709a10a3d2d79e/tumblr_inline_o5gmjrQmzl1tj141f_540.png

[Psychosplodge]

That's terrifying.

I wish they'd hurry and get the creation kit and the rest of the dlc out, then I can start modding without constantly worrying about updates breaking mods.
I'd have to finish my vanilla game though then.

[CoffeeGrunt]

That poor monkey... (https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/7/75/Announcer_sd_monkeynaut_end06.wav?t=20120701060916 )

[Erik Setzer]

That's terrifying.

I wish they'd hurry and get the creation kit and the rest of the dlc out, then I can start modding without constantly worrying about updates breaking mods.
I'd have to finish my vanilla game though then.

Oof... Yeah, the least favorite part last night. Finally had to uninstall Settlement Keywords, which then required downloading versions of mods that weren't rigged to work with it (I think I still need to replace one or two). Then I had to turn off and on some mods to find which one was crashing the game on load (and it was something I don't think I actually used). As it is, my game works fine now, but a LOT of options are missing from my settlement building stuff, like pretty much all of the metal foundations. Guess that's what I get for going so far off the reservation. But whatever, my nightclubs and swanky clean metal buildings look awesome! As does my Old West inspired Sanctuary (only about 1/5 built, if even that).


As for this DLC... I'm still trying to figure it out. Built a nice concrete area with metal grating to hold in combatants, built a platform around the edges with railing and seats for people to watch, a small bar, a surgeon, and lots of red lighting. No meat so I just set up Gunner cages, took a while to figure out how to use them (forgot to attach them to power, d'oh!). Caught four, released them with the beta wave emitter going, they still attacked me. That's a bit of a mess. I'll figure it out.

However, I think I did a good job rigging the system to release the captured specimen... I set up switched pylons on the raised platform by a microphone (for the announcer, of course), so I can open up sets of cages using different switches from the safety of the platform.

[Psychosplodge]

****. I bet I booted my game before giving it time to update. I could have used the new materials but nooooooooooooo :(

[Psychosplodge]

So I discovered the wasteland is woefully lacking in concrete. But if you give Sheffield a level 3 traders stand he had a shipment of 100 and a shipment of 200 available.

[Erik Setzer]

So I discovered the wasteland is woefully lacking in concrete. But if you give Sheffield a level 3 traders stand he had a shipment of 100 and a shipment of 200 available.

Sheffield's a trader too?!?

FFS... That's three now, at least, that I had without realizing they were traders. (Still need to get Vault-Tec set up. Had to send him to a different settlement before I could assign him to a shop, and he was taking his time getting there, so I got bored and forgot while hunting for stuff to do fights.)


I set up a second arena, but I'm not sure if the switches are wired properly on this one. They keep registering as having power, then not having power, without me changing them. Won't know until I wait for them to catch some people. I tried to go out to find radstags so I could try to catch a Yao Guai (so I can use its meat to catch a Deathclaw), but ended up coming across every other kind of created (radscorpions, bloodbugs, bloatflies, mutant hounds, etc., an amazing number of which were the "glowing" variety). Even stumbled across settlements I forgot I had. (Probably would have been more successful if I spent more time, but half my evening went to assembling some new Pestilens models.)

[Psychosplodge]

Yeah I want to catch a cat. Can I find softshell mirelurk meat now that I need it?
I sent the vault 81 wilderness trader to my settlement. Never appeared. the doc turned up three times and vanished every single time. Can't get her back now even with the console commands.