Fallout 4 and other stuff

SSOK wrote: oldsoldier wrote: Ever seen a field 'paintjob' done by a couple of PO's privates in the motor pool? I love to make my vehicles look 'used' and beat up, I even break and bend things as tanks have a habit of bumping into trees and such in the field. These guys that museum paint vehicles? Really? My dad particularly complained that M60 bipods would get stuck and damaged on branches.

They were new once upon a time. Most of my WH40K stuff is showroom but some isn't. Mostly my Guard stuff is worn because they are Guard but about 90% of my Marine stuff is new.

I'm only a level 18 or 19. I have seven or eight farms set up. Sanctuary is my best town with 17 people (50 defense). The other ones I have with over 10 people is the drive-in, trading company, and the greenhouse. The most interesting settlement I've seen so far is Hangman's alley. I haven't made it to Diamond city yet, but I plan on heading that way soon.

Get a central ville, I use Sanctuary, then set up trade routes from Sanctuary to your new villes, supplies will show for building. Dump everything you get at your central wookbench and it will distribute as needed to other wookbenches in you othewr villes

It gradually builds inventory at the out laying settlements, you do not have full access to all supplies until ville has pop of 16 and 80% or so I have found. Get your populations to at least 11 by moving people from the smaller initial outlaying settlements to the larger more secure ones. Then expand out. Remember these supply caravans will be raided and the further they got to go, the less chance they will get there with what is needed.

Also cache (drop) the more hard to find supplies in a 'supply room' not in workbench so your inventory does not get panned out or lost enroute to other settlements. Aluminum, Oil, Screws, Copper secure in a 'supply room' and dole out as required.
Get your settlers armed and ammo'd with good pipe guns and get body armor on them ASAP to defend the settlements and when attacked by the time you get there to help usually problem already solved.

Kayback, the settlements will only get to 10 plus you charisma level. I'd assume you are at level 6.

I built my first missile turrets the other day... supermutants beware.

Found and 'working' with The Institute, kinda undercover till I sort this out. Have my BOS credentials as Knight, as well as met The Railroad. Just trying to sort it all out. Cait is with me, she has some issues...but just having fun.   I have 'fortified villes. armed and uniformed 'security' and a vast trade route network, so all is going well. I know I can end this here pretty quick, but going to keep on going to see what happens.

SSOK wrote: oldsoldier wrote: Found and 'working' with The Institute, kinda undercover till I sort this out. Have my BOS credentials as Knight, as well as met The Railroad. Just trying to sort it all out. Cait is with me, she has some issues...but just having fun.   I have 'fortified villes. armed and uniformed 'security' and a vast trade route network, so all is going well. I know I can end this here pretty quick, but going to keep on going to see what happens. I swear, I'm going to see Star Wars and PM you every spoiler there is. You're killing me! I had a feeling you could work with either the railroad or Institute. Kinda like how you could pick Caesar/NCR/House/Kill House in New Vegas

It all draws to abhead pretty sharply. Suddenly one faction will want you to do something which will go against the others.

I just wish the game was more self aware. Just had someone say theyexpected someone better armed. I'm wearing maxed out modified X01 armour and toting a MIRV Fatman. You don't get much better than this.

Also had a rousing speech to some recruits by the BOS as to how a Knight getsvrewarded with this precious power armour, while standing there in my tricked out T45F armour.

Some of the random lines reflect you're well kitted but not the story lines.

My character's name is Ben Dover. Some people never grow up.

Yeah, apparently you can only have one companion at a time, so if you trade your dog for someone, make sure you send the dog back to your base camp or you'll never be able to find hi again.  Poor fella.