Sim Settlements Tutorial - City Plan Basics 

I enjoy being the “Wasteland Babysitter,” lol. Certainly, from an in-universe perspective, it would be pretty ridiculous for SS to be building all these settlements on his or her own, but it doesn’t stop it from being fun, Imo. That being said, Sim Settlements makes it more fun.

Hi Gopher. I'm already back at it lol. This mod is great.

Can you use this mod on a couple settlements not all like I want Sanctuary to be my project

I would soo love to see you play through one more go of Fallout 4 playing with this mod Gopher!

Losty419 Late response so you probably figure it out by yourself by now but ... yes, you can. Actually, it’s exactly what Kinggath is doing in his current Let’s play.

Same here, spent hundreds of hours building settlements back in the day, but had to stop playing before finishing a huge project, due to a big change in my life. As things settle down I might go back and build something. @kinggath would be really cool if you could post a video about how to contribute city plans although by now I assume even Spectacle Island has some

Lmao I always send strong to jamaica plain on every playthrough wtf hahaha

My meter set is mostly off screen :(

@@kenf1otthey, I know this comment is a couple years old but I found a possible fix if you still need it. If you’re on console or using a TV for any other reason go ahead and set your tv to computer mode. This will usually be in the aspect ratio and graphics menus. For some reason the computer mode will actually zoom your screen out a bit and will allow you to see everything properly.

Sim Settlements is better than many of the official DLCs, Bethesda should really take notice

@@afz902k Thats prob why they made a mod section, so they dont have to work on the game anymore lol.

@@freemarketmexican4871 Yeah that's pretty clever lol, create a buggy half-assed games and let other people fix and fulfill it for free.

@@blackwersus So you then have satisfied customers for less work Ok that's really clever

Agreed! If you're a very hands on builder maybe you'd be interested in creating your own city plans. I think that's something I'd do if I had a little bit more free time

Speaking of Hangman's Alley, is there a city plan compatible with the HA Interior Apartments mod?

Nobody likes tenpines Bluff... Is in an awful location, Preston Garvey sends you there from fucking sanctuary (it's a long way) and the stupid settlers send you on the death trap that is Córvega

You can! The Town Meeting Gavel has an option to have the settlers tear everything down.

@@kinggath Awesome!

Pc or console i need help in party

I love the feature, so so much, but yeah, there should be an option so that the Settlers will build settlements themselves.

We actually have the support built in for that, but building the actual drawings or 3d models isn't something we have a good way to tackle accurately. Maybe one day we'll do something like that if an artist comes along who wants to work on such a big project.

@@kinggath maybe create like an concept artwork which kinda shows the mood or broadstrokes of the city plan. Not like a detailed drawing but just something so that people know what theyre getting.

@@kinggath even a page on the wiki with screen shots would be useful

Yes. Holotape might be overkill with options... I'm a sucker for freedom of choice. Would rather just let players tweak the mod themselves than have a ton of random mods released that break my code to do those things. Your best bet to get help with the mod is to join the simsettlements.com forum, tons of helpful people around all the time! Whereas I'm a one-man army on YT comments most of the time.

Complete bethesda games are still in beta...the mods just complete them under toddy boi's nose

@@lilduckyisopod9448 i hate this take. obviously we all know there games are not perfect and riddle with bugs. but name another game on console that allows you do do as much as their games do with all the elements and the same graphics level. you cant

@@CorviustheCollector Yes but 1. it isnt the only base building game (I'm assuming that's what you meant) 2. Majority of the game is empty and bland 3. The mods add more to the game than the game offered 4. The story, gameplay, enemies, and settlement system are all either complete and utter shit or ripped from some other game's trope and cliche I'm not saying you're entirely wrong as this game did bring to light some good and some bad game elements, but those little things dont make the game good

Roguechicken 47 I just completely disagree with your take. It’s not as if it doesn’t have any merit. It’s just extreme. You didn’t say fallout 4. You said “Bethesda games”. They obviously (pre 76) were doing something right. Remember people owned there games on consoles prior to mods and thoroughly enjoyed them pre mods. Just saying you can shit on them which is fair in some cases. But give them credit where it’s due. Don’t jump on the Bethesda hate band wagon which really started with fallout 4. Prior to that there were as many complaints about there stuff as any other AAA title maker.

Roguechicken 47 also name the games that you are claiming the ripped off. That’s a strong indictment to make.

Xbox is running at it's limit.

Thanks for the reply, @uituit baker !

Same

Have u figured it out?

By default it randomizes the plot buildings. If you want to use the designer's building choices, you can turn on the Designer's Choice option

Uh, I'm using starlight drive in because it's a completely open large area apart for the big drive in projector building and the screen, I would recommend that for building fairly large cities/builds

Install Rise of the Commonwealth or the City Plan Contest Entries mod to ensure you have a good number of city plans available.

Same I'm on Xbox one

@@kinggath Hey Kinggath, i have a problem with auto-building in Sanctuary: the settlement is completely stripped down and clean by another mod, and whenever i initiate auto-building it glitches out so random clutter and broken structures appear and clip with all else. Also the plots are never finished. Some have furniture floating around, no walls, roofs or doors, and most of it is just floating, there's no foundations. Hope you have some tips since i can't find anything on the forum, youtube or reddit. Btw: awesome work, this is the single best mod ever for the game, you made many a wastelander enjoy the Commonwealth again!

@@whitewolf7156 I think the problem lies in the fact that Sanctuary and also any settlements should be left alone because at 4.48 minute in the video above it has the option of "Yes, tear it all down" - when it tears down the structures and removes any items and rubbish it is converted in materials that is used to recreate Sanctuary and also the other Settlements (using Sim Settlement City Plan). E.g. Wood, metal, rubber, concrete, etc . This saves you the hassle of looking for any necessary materials.

@@whitewolf7156 you gotta delete the other mod dude

I absolutely love our Hangman's Alley design!

kinggath i agree. It makes great use of the surrounding buildings to create kind of a cross cross bridge system sorta

Only of the design has slots remaining. Generally each design was created for a specific number of settlers and by L3, all of those will be in position.

Yeah, the sanctuary plan is pretty .... useless. Its a spagetti mess of paths made to look a certain way, but nothing practical to it. There are simple plans you can find to use instead, or dont use a plan at all and just make your own and let the plots upgrade on the side without a city plan pre-set. They tend to overload and destabilize your game anyway with so many scripts running at the same time.

The OG Box cannot handle Level 3 Cities.

@uituit baker planning to get fallout for Xbox so been mod shopping since unlike PS4 the mods don't suck and this looks very impressive. You got me worried about crashing the game though ^^

You can turn off auto upgrade I. The asam sensors on plots

Go to Museum of Freedom in Concord. You need the holotape and ASAM sensors stashed in there.

Im having the same issue. Like every 30 seconds

Nvm you tell me about 3/4 through the vid

Hudframework it’s on pc and Xbox

Did u ever figured it out?

just replying cuz i wanna know too

The mod auto-scrap all thing but i dont know if settler remains

City Plan built items are self-powered, though the switch might be in the off position on the beacon. Check it in WS mode for the power icon. You can wire things in the CP if you like, but if they get replaced at a higher level you can end up with wires stuck in the air.

If you have Automatron, just make basic, cheap robots to lead the settlement in place of valuable companions. I haven't tested it, but I think it might work.

The leader requirement is optional now, if you turn it off, you can run all of the settlements without using companions. If you want to use the leader feature, after your city reaches level 3, they no longer need a leader so you can release them from their duties and start another city plan with them.

I use another mod, Sim Settlements Mayors. Gives you another 33 people that can be leaders. It's a good stop gap if you don't want to turn off the feature entirely.

Yep! After placing a beacon and choosing the location, you'll be asked if it's for you, or a donation.

No, nothing special. Sounds like something bugged out or got stuck.

@@kinggath I've tried it 3 different times now and still no Conquest FH or NW settlements were spawned. (Maybe the Xbox version doesn't instantiate those settlements until the story lines begin? Just a wild guess, but it would make sense if they're conserving system resources.) Or I am doing something wrong? I bypass Jammer and the Holotapes (sounds like an 80s cartoon) and go straight to FH or straight to the NW gauntlet run. For NW, I have tried killing all the raiders and turning the power back on before going to NWRR, and I have tried just going straight to NWRR without doing any other quests. For FH, I go straight to the Nakano's, follow the quest up through defending the wall, then loop around the island to where the settlements should be. Also, weirdly, the last time the NWRR didn't even show up in the Select Settlements list for the startup setup. I had CQ and 3-in-1 loaded, but no other SS mods and very few other mods (Cheat Room, Cheat Terminal, Full Leather Bodysuit, and its requirement Girly Animation.)

If you have a not really good pc you need to wait 15 second or something

You can configure it to only display in workshop mode in the holotape.

They are placed automatically as people move into the settlement.