15:02 for some reason my brain kept using the words "floor" and "door" interchangeably... sorry about that...

This is good info, especially for new players. The different materials seem more interchangeable at first, but they don't play nice together. Plus there's really no in-game guidance on how the system works. Kudos!

The size and snapping of the concrete walls is precisely why I hate using them (they end up sticking out on the outside, you need to use the little pillar wall pieces to fill corners, etc) but maybe with some of these tips I can make better use of them at some point. I generally build with just the warehouse and barn sets because they play nice, they've got all the pieces you need, and with two sets that are basically reskins of each other you can have some variety. And I just like the look better for structures I'd invite people to live in. I use concrete for my industrial and security spaces. Plus I think about how much work mixing and pouring concrete would be...

That double thick floor tip really helps. Thanks.

If you're going to stick with either wood or metal for multi-floors, you can move the stairs to the "middle", instead of going on the edge. What I have taken to doing, because of the ways the floors snap, is to use either the barn or WH for the bottom floor. You can then put the stairs any where you like, because you have the long half floor to fill the gap, and there will be no air gap. By "in the middle", I mean that if you're 3 wide, put the stairs on the second tile. Also of note, the concrete walls will go on top of the concrete floors instead of on the outside, but it's a PITA to get to work, sometimes. I can't count the times I've gone around a large section with concrete, only to have them not line up because one wall actually snapped on top, instead of on the outside, or vice versa. For metal, you can snap one of the double floor/roof tiles in a corner, build the structure from that with metal, remove that tile and replace it with a roof and then one of the prefabs.

I have tons of hours of settlement building but rarely used concrete walls. Started watching your videos and decided to make a castle with them. Made four awesome towers with the 1/4 tube ones, but when I started making stairs for them I realized the damn stairs snap at both ends but they are a hair shorter than the walls. Triggers me so hard!

I definitely found this helpful! It explains why my buildings have so many speed holes.

I really like to use concrete for the ground floor of my structures. Then, you attach upper floor pieces to the concrete walls, which can take either standard height shack walls, OR extended height barn or warehouse pieces. It makes it look like the builders were conserving resources, using sturdy concrete for the lower floors (which also won't rot or rust in wet ground like wood will) and flimsier construction on the upper levels. A lot of these buildings aren't pretty, but... you use what you have. There's some nice stuff in the Creation Club; in particular, the Slocum Joe's build set includes brick walls in both red and whitewashed. Which actually makes some lore sense, since settlers could disassemble old brick buildings and construct new ones.

Thank you! Very happy to see someone putting out FO4 content! I'm back playing it as I look forward to the next Gen update next year.

I really thank you for this video; I found it extremely interesting and informative. When I first started watching some of your videos, showcasing your settlement builds, I thought - WHAT!? How the hell did he build that? I just didn't think such settlements builds were even possible. I had scruffy, scrappy little run-down, falling apart shacks in my settlements - mainly the pre-build ones under, "wood>prefabs" becuase they werfe quick and easy, and I didn't really know how to do much more. I never used concrete in my builds before watching your vids; I now use it much more. I never used multi-storey buildings before; I have now started to build them - thanks to you. This video was particularly helpful as I seek to improve my building techniques. I know this video it hasn't received too many views yet, but for those of us who have watched it, it has been really helpful and appreciated, and even though much of it was 'at night', it didn't really bother me - I still learnt a lot. Thanks again.

A key component to making individual rooms in the wood and metal build sets is the prefab units available at the left side of each menu - there are rooms, hallways and even doorways already assembled for you to simply put together in your multistory designs. They're not perfect, but better than nothing. Those pieces are my go to parts for putting together my bunkhouse that sit on top of my Red Rocket garage and for the market buildings with upstairs living quarters for the vendors that I build in Sanctuary Hills.

My favorite sets to build with are the barn and the concrete sets. This is mostly because the other sets don't have any completely holeless walls. Anyone who has been in Massachusetts in winter knows how cold it can be.

That's why I almost exclusively use the warehouse/barn assets. Easy rooms, easy stories.

I found for building a regular home, I like using the barn and warehouse sets together. The barn for the walls and doorways and warehouse for unbroken windows and stairs. Building rooms is still a little finicky but, in the end, I was happy with how my farmhouse on A. Farm came out.

Thank god. I havent played this game in years and couldnt remember how to make multilevel buildings without big gaps between floors 😂

Good info! The air gap and and stairs were driving me crazy.

Video was a lot of help, would like to see one that shows more detail building with the concrete build set, ie. interior walls, rooms, hallways, stairwells. Love your videos they give some great ideas and help, please keep them going

Everything you do is worth doing. 😁 Whether simple or not, there is always more to learn as far as building in this game goes. As far as the concrete set though, the 1x1 and 1x4 piece walls can sometimes be invaluable for creating extra snap points. Also, the elevators in the warehouse section can be quite the pain to enclose as part of a structure. Sometimes walls snap, sometimes they don't. I'd love to see how you tackle them sometime.

It's insane how user un-friendly the base building is in this game

The Fallout 4 build system is really flawed. I hope that they add the build sets from Fallout 76 when they do the next gen update, because that is so much easier to work with. Wall sizes are standardized, everything is interchangeable, and it’s just so nice.

great vid thank you for sharing

Great video series. I love Fallout 4 mainly because of the settlement building. I would love to figure out how to do massive structures with the metal pieces--but I don't see others doing it much, so it's probably not possible?

Use Console Command to stop time, so that you don't have to worry about it anymore.

I like concrete but has to be some planning for interior walls since they can snap on one side or the other of a floor. Can have a set of rms that seem cramped and others that are spacious or hallways thatbmight look wonky if younarent careful

Oh my god bro thank you

What do you mean "fireproof" when talking about the metal walls, etc?? Since when can the place be set on fire and burn down?

is there a way to make these buildings look more organic?

I'd love to be a top notch electrician in the Commonwealth, any tips?

3:36 could we use this concept to clip a metal door through a floor by replacing one of the concrete foundations with one floor panel at 15:25

Great content. Would be good to record this in daylight for better visibility. Could you do a video on wiring electric doorways so they can be opened using switches from both sides?

Cracks me up. You apologize at the end knowing people will dislike the video because you did it at night but yet you still post it? Why not just redo it? And by the way I couldn’t see what you were doing.

Every time I try to build with the concrete build set I can’t get anything to line up. My floors and walls are fine but the moment I go to add another floor, no matter if I use floors or ceilings, that top floor will not line up with my first floor walls. I’ll always end up with a gap on either end. Never have that issue with the wood, barn, or warehouse set. I don’t know how you manage this because you seem to avoid explaining how you do it but judging by your choice of building textures it seems mods are at play.

Trying to demo the techniques at night makes it difficult to watch.

Where did you get the concrete set? Is it something you unlock later in the game or is it from a dlc/creation club?

Some what helpful u need rc in daytime or have ur fialigth on when u do these videos

Where did you get the build sets, DLC? Thank you.

Why on earth did you record this at night?

I too prefer to build with the concrete set, not only is it easier to use, it has windowed walls too, or that metal mesh screen wall segment that has a use mainly as a room separator. My other reason for using the concrete set is it doesn't look like children with downe's syndrome were trying to build a treehouse in the back yard. Both the wood and metal sections are useless for properly providing shelter as they both suffer from the forced Fallout aesthetic that everything new has to look like it was bombed in the war, so stupid holes, gaps, and misaligned boards and sheet metal pieces just make everything look like junk. Then there's the issue of the snap points on those wall parts that aren't technically what I would call a wall, with their angles outward and semi-roofed sections that will destroy any chance of roofing because of the collision system. Once again, MODS to the rescue!

Please do something with your sound compression/loudness. This is a torture for ears to listen to.