+Dakota Perry Exactly my thoughts! I thought I was the only that placed generators on raised platform.

+coffee table We can't do it in the game most of the time, but in real life you would actually want the generator below ground for noise concerns.

What's the point of an RPG if you're not doing the RP?

+garmtpug Thank you! I'm glad you like the builds and hopefully find the guides useful :)

Yes.

​@@norespawnswhere is that house u build aka what settlement

+Jamie Gibbons Cheers :)

+8 bitfrenzy +1

+norespawns I wished i could even decently place a object in Fallout 4, for some reason AZERTY keyboards are not supported in building mode so now i can only move backwards and to the right.

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What mod is this island from? Hang on, what DLC's do you use?

That One Homie It isin't a mod. It is an island called Spectacle Island in the bottom left of the map near the castles

+Gnomesmusher Thank you :) Back in the day (like way back when) I used to be that kid who drew all the time. And I did take quite a few classes. Since then I think I've been a closet creative, so it's through games and non-traditional means that I've been making use of that part of me. However that's changing in 2016, as I'm going back to doing what I enjoy - rather than my soul crushing corporate job. Glad you liked the guide - hopefully I continue to make content people find useful and enjoy.

+norespawns you definitely should! You seem very passionate about it :) Good job bro

+Gnomesmusher as an architecture student, I can say that perfection and absolute symmetry is very austere to the human eye, our brains are designed to seek differences in the landscape, if you see something too "unnatural" you can become stressed and weary without even knowing why, it's engraved in our instincts

Gnomesmusher bruh you should see my settlements they look the same as Bethesda if not better. My tip(s)? Try to keep your shacks small and open. Also add supports (if there are mods on consoles) and try to angle pieces (if not on consoles)

@@NicolasPetrali93 That is fascinating, learn something new everyday! 😮

+Accio ah good :) - I was a little worried this video might come across as nonsensical, because it is heavy on the theory side (and I might be doing a terrible job of putting it across).

GiRayne Whenever I play any RPG (Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age, Fallout, etc.) I prefer to make my character as much like me as possible. So I give them my morals, values whatever and then I put them in the "what would I do" situation. Because other than that, the character is a blank slate. For example, in Fallout 4, there is nothing substantially there that would tell you that the character given to you would choose one faction over the other: it's left up to us, the player. In my experience, it makes the game more enjoyable because I can relate more closely with the character therefore I get more immersed in the story. I am the type of person that always asks things like "What would I do in the apocalypse? What would I do if I have superpowers?" and these games are a way for me to explore those questions.

GiRayne I disagree. If anything it removes the limits of being just yourself. Placing your mind in that of the character does anything but limit the story. The character I'm most interested in is exploring myself and not every choice I make is what I thought I would make. Going into playing Fallout I thought I would definitely be on the side of the Railroad yet once I dove into the story, I surprised myself and discovered I believed the Institute was the better decision. I found I'm not always on the side everyone thinks is "right". Me as a person who always believes in equality of race, sex, and gender; it was shocking to me that when I projected myself into that character and into that situation, I didn't believe synths were worth more than a tool meant to save humanity. That's what I think is the beauty in projecting yourself into characters. Of course it is fun to create characters opposite from the real you and explore the different views and sides of the world given to you. But in my case, it proves to be more enlightening to my real self. I can take what happened in a fictional world and apply that to who I am in the real world. Some use these games as a way to explore other personalities, I choose to explore my own personality.

@GiRayne thats a very well thought out comment i actually really enjoyed reading. thanks!

+Jason Flieger thank you, that's really appreciated :) - I'm trying to get more structure over the coming weeks (mainly because I way more subscribers than I was expecting at this point and want to give you quality content) - expect more walk arounds, more detailed explanations of how I went about building each settlement, as well as letsplays of me playing other games (if that's your thing of course). Also as one commenter suggested the other day (which I'm going to try out)- a 'Let's Build' series - where I record me building a hopefully interesting structure and you guys can see the process in real time. I'm going to use Spectacle Island for that, as I thought would be nice to see a time-lapse over several episodes.

+norespawns That's exactly what I'm looking for. I've really enjoyed the Hangman's Alley portion of GenerikB's let's build, so it would be extremely nice to watch someone who knows a few more tricks and glitches, and Spectacle Island is an insane canvas to work with. Your rug glitch tutorial improved my Sanctuary settlement immensely. That glitch can be rather frustrating at times, though.

+Live Music Fan Heh glad you find them helpful - I was the same when I started, no idea what I was doing and honestly left the settlement side for quite a bit. But it is rewarding - having these nice looking areas to revisit (especially quest hubs like Sanctuary) just adds a little more satisfaction to whole experience.

+csgrambauer Cheers - I was very conscious with this video that it might come across as either very confusing or just plain pretentious. That's I kept repeating myself and used multiple examples. I hope you found it helpful :)

norespawns It wasn't pretentious or confusing. As I said I understood what you meant within seconds of you explaining it. I remember thinking: "Ah, of course. That makes perfect sense!"

Lol

Baleur LOL

I didn't even knew youtube had a character limit for comments, lol. Anyway i'll wrap it up by saying awesome video and i can't wait to see more!

+Dimitri Kvasha yeah it was a little odd video and I'm happy people understood the concepts I was trying to put across (and more importantly, didn't think I was being a pretentious twat). We are limited, which does such somewhat. However I';m hoping next year we get a Hearthfire-style DLC that expands our options.

+Michael T. Bhatty thank you! And I hope they find it insightful.

For walkways and supports I usually threw in a couple of Bridges under floaty stuff to give it the look of support.

+Daniel White There are two ways around this. One is when building floors, you can stack another floor on top of the original layer at an angle, so then you can build into any direction you want. It's gonna be difficult snapping walls together this way if you build walls on two different floor layers simultanously, but the small side-section walls as well as junk fences allow you greater freedom to fill any gips you might get stuck with. Secondly, you can work with those wooden bridges under Wood -> Misc, where the railing segments also are. You can place items across its walkway, and there's no snapping involved. The bridges themselves do snap together end-to-end, but there are ways to prevent this if you have them approach each other at the flank or diagonally.