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Fallout 4 |OT2| Farming Simulator 2287
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Eel O'Brian
Member
Is there some sort of hidden requirement for building music radios in settlements?Or some sort of special shelving they have to be placed on? I have all the required materials, but the "preview" highlight won't show up when I try to select it. I've walked around Warwick homestead for ten solid minutes and there doesn't seem to be anywhere I can build one. This game is so fucking infuriating. Seems like they couldn't be bothered to explain a goddamned thing about the settlement mechanics.
I just started my second play through as well, and I completely agree! For some reason I stopped exploring around level 30, and the game was not the same. This time I am looking at every nook and cranny of the wasteland.
MirageDwarf
Member
Longneck Lukowski's Cannery
Was very rewarding location for me. Got Level 4 merchant, couple of good legendary armor, Mighty Gauss Rifle, barter bobblehead and issue of Tales of Junkytown Vendor.
v0mitg0d
Member
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Longneck Lukowski's Cannery
Yup, found the dungeon at level 15
So I've been stalking this thread for a while, checking out various settlements and listening to the quest comments. I got Fallout 4 for Christmas and didn't start playing until about three weeks ago. Since then, I think I've put in at least 50 hours -- the vast majority of it building settlements and farming fucking mutfruit and water to purchase more junk to build onto settlements.
A couple questions:
1. I have 15 people at Sanctuary Hills, but a couple of my other settlements are closing in on 20, despite not being open nearly as long. Everything is fine, except the happiness bounces up and down between 79-80. Do I need to do something to bring more people in and/or get the happiness higher?
2. What's the best way to get oil? I've been selling my fucking mutfruit and purified water and using that to buy various things, but namely oil cans, lighters and whatever I can find that has oil in it. Is there a way to just purchase oil by itself?
3. Having just freed Valentine, I'm guessing I'm not all that far into the game. I'm a level 21, I think. Is there a point where I need to quit worrying about settlements and resources and just start pushing forward with the story? Seems rather funny that it starts out with watching your spouse get killed and your son kidnapped, so you end up settlement building for weeks on end.
Still, despite the hatred in Gaming Side, I'm loving the game so far.
A couple questions:
1. I have 15 people at Sanctuary Hills, but a couple of my other settlements are closing in on 20, despite not being open nearly as long. Everything is fine, except the happiness bounces up and down between 79-80. Do I need to do something to bring more people in and/or get the happiness higher?
2. What's the best way to get oil? I've been selling my fucking mutfruit and purified water and using that to buy various things, but namely oil cans, lighters and whatever I can find that has oil in it. Is there a way to just purchase oil by itself?
3. Having just freed Valentine, I'm guessing I'm not all that far into the game. I'm a level 21, I think. Is there a point where I need to quit worrying about settlements and resources and just start pushing forward with the story? Seems rather funny that it starts out with watching your spouse get killed and your son kidnapped, so you end up settlement building for weeks on end.
Still, despite the hatred in Gaming Side, I'm loving the game so far.
disillusion386
Member
1. You would need to build some level 3 shops (you need the cap collector and local leader 2 perks). I think only 4 of the 6 types of shops increase happiness, and the descriptions will tell you which.
2. KLEO in Goodneighbor and I think somebody from Bunker Hill or Diamond City sell shipments of oil. If you google Shipment of oil, somebody on Reddit made a list of all the shops that sell them and other junk parts.
3. I think that's the fun in FO4, you can do so much without progressing in the story at all. The main quest lines do open up more interesting quests though.
unholyrevenger72
Banned
1.Happiness between 85-70 is natural, and don't sweat trying to get it any higher until you want the benevolent leader trophy
2. don't think about trying to farm oil. Do the minutemen quests and pick everything up you can, your companions have effectively unlimited carrying capacity to haul your junk.
3. that's really your choice.
1. Happiness depends on many factors. The more obvious method to happiness is to check your workbench so you can see which part of the settlement needs improving (they usually have downward arrows). You can also check this on your Pip-Boy.
2. You can buy supply of oil which can then be converted into oil on your workbench.
3. That depends. I didn't start main mission until I built about 10 settlements. I want to go with Minuteman for the final act and they need at least 8 settlements or "Form Ranks" will occur and at that point you'll have to do it anyway. Also, some missions trigger point of no return so you need to be careful as the earlier point of no return missions give no warning.
Hoya Destroyer
Member
Last night I saw a Behemoth fight one of those tough 3 wheeled robots. I love seeing these random battles in FO4. Factional battles really make the environment seem more alive.
N° 2048
Member
nooo why did you jump before it hit?! =D
Instant death from a deathbox
N° 2048
Member
Damn haha, gonna try that next play through.
Hoya Destroyer
Member
Found a second piece of leg armor that reduces fall damage by 50%. Combined with the other, I now have 100% fall damage reductions and can jump from the highest buildings and land unscathed. The game feels a little Saints Row-ish with that kind of ability.
BizzyBum
Member
I finally got the Broadsider and can report than NPC settlers can use it infinitely with only one cannonball in their inventory. Next person to Raid my settlements is getting a surprise.
Another pro-tip, give NPC settlers and linked provisioners a Nuka Grenade, equip it in their inventory, and watch the fireworks!
Another pro-tip, give NPC settlers and linked provisioners a Nuka Grenade, equip it in their inventory, and watch the fireworks!
unholyrevenger72
Banned
I thought Settlers didn't have infinite grenades...
Grenade made of Nuka Cola is my guess??? Served me right for rarely touching the chemistry table. I think I only use it for the occasional syringer creation.
only thing i use it for is purified water
Big bada boom
I didn't have anyone attack a settlement yet, but the settlers you set provisioners have unlimited grenades with one equipped in their inventory.
Toytown Assassin
Member
Did you close your pipboy with the radio playing? That should trigger the correct broadcast. If not you could always try talking to Hancock and see if that advances the quest.
Talking to Hancock fixed it, thanks!
backflip10019
Member
Yeah, this was my reaction too.
Watched the airport blow up in the distance with a random Courser and that was it. What a terrible ending.
Was there a patch on PS4 today? I just saw some tweet about a patch...
Edit
https://twitter.com/bethesdastudios/status/694191474574020608
Oh later this week.
Edit
https://twitter.com/bethesdastudios/status/694191474574020608
Oh later this week.
Finally.
Hoya Destroyer
Member
Is luck worth investing in?
I like the look of the perk that randomly fills my critical bar when I hit stuff in VATS, but I need 9 luck to unlock it.
I like the look of the perk that randomly fills my critical bar when I hit stuff in VATS, but I need 9 luck to unlock it.
unholyrevenger72
Banned
It's basically a Mini Nuke that you throw. Children of Atom are the only enemies i've seen using them, which sucks because you would normally just put on your hazmat suit and laugh maniacally as their Gamma Guns become spit wads, then you stop laughing when some asshole starts tossing Nuka Grenades.
MirageDwarf
Member
Definitely worth investing if you are type of player who uses VATS all the time. All perks from level 6 to 10 are pretty good.
aygomyownroad
Member
Building wires no longer uses up copper? Finally!
RageWaffles
Member
Those are some mighty fine fixes.
What's the reason behind this one, anyone know? I guess I'm going to have to rearrange my settlements to accommodate for this.
If you assign a settler to a weapon stand, for some reason they'd wander off elsewhere (loitering around) instead of standing behind their stall like everyone else with a stall job. Those lazy bums! They're probably selling off the weapons to the black market behind our back.
It pisses me off to no end because it looks like this lazyass undermines my authoritah! Stand behind your stall and do your job, FFS!
unholyrevenger72
Banned
I didn't see that in the patch notes.
Probably didn't want to admit it existed in the first place. I tested it as soon as the patch finished. Instead of being able to pick up something while Dogmeat is in the pickup animation, it now gives you that little noise for when you can't do something.
unholyrevenger72
Banned
unplugging my ethernet cable now
So I was chugging along every faction's main quest lines as far as I could, but now I've reached
. I guess this is about as far as I can go before I have to kill somebody off? Is it also probably the best point for just running endgame quests to get the achievements fast?
Mass Fusion for the Institute, Tactical Thinking for BoS, and Underground Undercover for Railroad
disillusion386
Member
The only point of no return for Mass Fusion is between the Institute and BoS. The split-off point between the Institute and the Railroad is a few quests down the line. But yes, I decided to get all the trophies before going ahead with Mass Fusion.