Hey there, thanks for giving it a watch. I've done many, many home bases here, it's always my main. So this time I decided to have my Survivor a little unwell in the head. He took his inspiration from Pickman, lol. Building it though, think of it as a collage of threats found in the Commonwealth. A reflection of it's many ways to die. So if one wants to get from one point of safety to another, they have to swim through a little slice of Commonwealth hell to reach it. More of a horror house build just cause I felt like doing something different, and because I know GameTownWalk-thru would be expecting something much more nice in appearance to her challenge. I've always got to twist it somehow, lol. Thanks again, and great build you created at Home Plate as well! I was watching it's evolution as you built it. Great finished work!

Hey there, and thanks for commenting, I appreciate that. Glad you enjoyed it. Was running with the thought of, what if the Sole Survivor thought Pickman had the right idea. The result, a bit of controlled madness on display.

It’s an awesome concept and beautifully delivered. Pickman would be proud.

Hey there, and thank ya'. Glad you liked. And it's okay, had the Marine wetsuit on so no worries about what might be floating around in that water. And sure you can grow tarberry in it, it gives it a little extra kick, lol. Oh, and that ending, I had about 4 more minutes of that storm I cut. Looks cool doesn't it?

@@OctumLXV it sure does look cool! But I’m not eating those Tarberries! 🤣💕

lol, I know what you mean by YT skippin' out videos. And thanks, I appreciate ya'! As for all the walkway flooring and such, was kind of a mix. Everything around the Switch House I placed first, leveled around that base to give me the building heights over the ground slope and to line up everything else behind it, then I just gave it some tweaks and scraps to scrappy it up, lol. In all the other instances I worked the pathways in to work with what was there. It took me about 2 months to get just this side figured out and put together and I gotta say, as mind-numbingly painful as it was to work out this build, it's hands down my favorite out of any other I've done here. And thanks again.

@@OctumLXV Well it is fair to say that two months (!) of hard labour was certainly worth it! The end result is quite exceptional!!

Hey, my friend, thank you for that! Gotta admit, it turned out way better than I had imagined. Gives me something to work off of for future RR base builds. lol, always thinking of the next build.

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I thank you for that, truly. Once I figured out what I wanted to do with the place it came together pretty smoothly. And yeah, those bottle lanterns, I set them all from ground level then later went in with ladders and platforms all over that swamp just to make sure they were all sitting on the branches right. OCD kicking in, but that goes for the whole place overall, lol. Thanks again, much appreciated.

Yo', and thanks! Yeah, the site can be pretty unfun. That expansion mod actually gives you the entire city area to build in, all I wanted was to build that one block, lol. I've wanted to do that forever cause that just makes more sense. For the RR, that's been a hard one cause the game gives nothing of substance to work with. They use what's there and apparently build nothing. That's why every instance of RR presence I've just quietly slipped into an "existant settlement". This one I had to dig for. Had to be self sufficient, guarded and defensible, a touch more advanced looking than the normal hovel. Organized, but not military. Went through a few stages before I got to this but I think it worked out. As for next, just got a new rig and the Jamaica Plains build was the one file I was able to save from the old rig. Was able to match the mods and finish it out but now I need to start a new game and run through the whole main quest. That being the case I'll probably do something up north.

Thank you very much! Was a hell of an ordeal getting Jamaica built but it turned out good so was worth it in the end. Now of course I need to start up a whole new build, I'm thinking I'll do a new version of Sanctuary. Maybe, lol. Thanks again, and yep to the CF, was literally the last item I placed.

Hello, and thank you! I appreciate that, and agree. Murkwater is a pain. Most of the time I'm stuck on why the heck anyone would be out there anyway, lol. Good building to ya', and thanks again.

Thank you very much! That whole build was a lot of playing around with thoughts and seeing what would happen. That bike display was total last minute mainly cause it fit the sign on the roof. All pretty fun to put together, and yes, these guys are a chem settlement. A non-bloody, non-raider chem settlement. For the honest, hard workin' wanderer. And I didn't notice the ladies stance till you mentioned it, lol. Good times! Thanks again for watching. A tap of the tea cup to ya'..

Thanks, man, appreciate that! It's a working start, we'll see where it goes. And that chandelier is from a raider workshop mod, it works towards the look I'm shooting for, besides, trying to glitch all that together with 'live' world parts would have never worked out right. And if I'm counting right there's 6 arms so only 2 Handys were dismantled in the making of that light, lol.

I thank ya'! Things are going to be changing a little, especially once I start in on the whole site deco. I'm thinking of maybe one more building..., And yeah, that chandelier is pretty nifty, comes from a raider workshop mod, Blood Rust and Bones. Workin' on the lighting vibes with it.. Thanks for checking it out, I appreciate that!

Greetings, and thank you very much! It was a struggle to find the right vibe for this place since there's just nothing to work with here. About 48 hrs into the build though the happiness hit 100% so I knew I was doing something right, lol. Thank you again, glad you liked. And best wishes to you, my friend, may we all get a little 100% now and again.

Thanks, very much appreciated! Gotta say, this one was a struggle. Probably one of my least favorite places to build so it took a while to figure out a reason for any settlement to be there at all. Once I hit on a customer service kind of theme it all came together though. Glad you liked and thanks for commenting. Again, much appreciated.

Thank ya' much, I appreciate!

I just put a mod list up in the description. The hanging meat I believe is in, cVc Dead Wasteland, mod pack. And I think the walls you're talking about come in, New Shack Walls, both I got on Nexus.

I thank you, my friend. I appreciate! That produce store is the only store at Oberland. I figured that their main thing was being a farm, like my Tenpines build, so the only thing the sell here is their crops. Their main business coming from the caravan traders because of the trade route right through the place. As for lower Oberland, I put it out first, a week or so ago, here's the link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWq6cqaagtaSppY It's more spread out so not as crowded. That is where most of the people who work the Upper station live/sleep, and there's a little crop area they work as well. It's where the dirty work of living is, so it's a bar and housing, a little jail cell for the overly strung out folk to sleep it off safely, etc. Being a first time build on that spot I really like how it turned out and there was a couple of fun spots I got to play with angles to build. I had to build it on a separate save from this one to keep the build size limits from affecting each other. Worked out well, I just wish I could pull that trick on other sites, lol.

Thank you so much, I really do appreciate! This was a lot of time spent trying to make a drab place look inviting. I think it works. Thought you'd like the bathrooms, it went from me forgetting about them here to having 2, lol. And yeah, the Cafe is short a box of Corn Flakes, the shipment from Deadpines didn't get there in time, lol. As for Cait, she's picked up the power of teleportation because she appears by me wherever I go. And I think she was eyeballin' that dude for giving me a little lip when I went up, though that spin snub afterwards was like, what up? At the end I wanted to put in a slide down the ladder cause those are always fun, but the fly-out was the better option. The better to highlight the dude on the roof, a RR agent on guard, in the wrong spot, but hey, if he's feeling comfortable with it, well, more power to him, lol. Thanks again for giving it a watch and commenting, you're awesome!

I don't know what fortune was smiling on me but yeah, it stayed remarkably stable for all I was able to put in. The last build I did here crashed the game to desktop if I went the wrong direction along the back end of the site or if I fast traveled in, lol. And damn!, I missed that one, on to watch it now..., and thanks for the comment, my friend, much appreciated.

I had a similar thought for Hangman's, different use but I thought about it, unfortunately, there's no room underneath it. There's a little bit but there's multiple water planes under the surface so there's very little head room to do anything good, plus the many layers of ground pieces they used, they all have collisions and block you. You can do a little bit in Hangman's behind/inside the buildings that line the alley, I did that in my Hangman's build. I had to do it all outside the build zone and use Place Everywhere to do it and Scrap Everything to open the wall up to get in there.

@@OctumLXV man that's too bad, was looking forward to it but thanks for the warning

Hey there, friend, and thanks, I appreciate! That whole lower build came together so smoothly it's one of the more pleasant ones I've done. And that boat, man that was a mind-eff of angles but I've always wanted to do something with that stranded wreck. Only managed to get a few things in there but it works, lol. The hardest part was getting the right axis change on the blue suitcase so I could match the angle of the floor and not have it look stupid, lol. That APC, it was going to be a standard guard post setup but then standing there looking at it, it felt like it needed to be a mini-home instead and so there you go. Gotta say, I do like how it turned out, and yeah, rock it out, bud! And thanks again for commenting, very much appreciated!

@@OctumLXV I try to avoid situations like your boat interior simply because the angles man. The angles do my head in too. 😜

Hey there and thank you! The CF looked right at home there, didn't it? The swimmer was actually Cait. Fast lil' thing ain't she? lol. That's a sign the pathing is all jacked up down there. And I was pretty sure you were going to notice that cat, sitting there perfectly lit up out of the storm. That billboard tease was one of the things I had to build for this section of build to match the file save build of Upper O. I'll be working on finishing that one up now. The fun never ends, lol.

@@OctumLXV I can’t believe that was Cait!!!🤣💕

Well, the Super Mutants weren't too thrilled but have been since, 'persuaded', to vacate the area. They were followed by BOS who were summarily dispatched. So yeah, any neighbors, not so happy, lol. And thanks for commenting, much appreciated!

Just exemplifies the settlements motto, Behave or be dead, lol.

Hey there, and yes, very much so. Though I didn't realize how underutilized it was until I got the expanded site. Sorry for the late reply, have been busy working on this. Just released the full tour of Lower Oberland today, lol. Thanks for commenting, I appreciate that!

Hey there, and thank you! The sites coming along pretty good so far, we'll see how all the deco work goes. As for mods, I've looked into it but I think I prefer designing with them more than making them, lol.

Yo', and thank ya', I appreciate! Spent a long time just walking around the whole area getting a feel for it. It did work out pretty good though. The struggle is gonna be that boat at the back, working deco to look right with all the off angles. A good challenge, lol. Still have all the deco work for the other side to work on too. We'll see how it all comes together...,

@@OctumLXV looking forward to seeing more 😎

Hey there, and thanks! Yeah, I took it to the full size available with the expanded site. Doesn't change much N-S, it's all on that W side, out to just a little beyond where my water purifiers are. I was hesitant to do it big because of those spawn points as you know, but honestly, in the end, it's really not that bad. One attack from a common BOS patrol spawn. It's fly by triggered my defenses and that was it. Blew it away of course, on the second part fly thru I pass the first bonfire I moved and on the ground by it is the body of a BOS soldier that survived the crash but then sucummed to steel poisoning, lol. So yeah, I just said screw it! The only way the build was going to work was to build it spread out and big. So I did. And so far, nothing has popped up that the turrets haven't taken care of before I can even exit build mode. As for more, the structural work is pretty much done so it's basically all down to the deco work and how hardcore I want to push the site, lol. Maybe test how far I can push the upgrade, lol.

Howdy and thanks! Since I got the hotkey trigger for the free cam movement I've been playing around with it, flying around the sites, lol. And nope to the CF, that's a movie poster/picture, but yeah, I had to ask myself if I put one in there, but no. There is one in the settlement though, but which side, hmmm, lol. And, so you're saying, spam the cram? lol.., Thanks again, and loving your builds too!

Thanks, brother, I appreciate! I'm guessing you mean in the gun store. Pretty sure those are in, Snappable Clutter and Display. Various calibers of stacked ammo boxes, cause yeah, that would take forever, lol. Though, in my Tenpines build, in the underground shelter, I built a pallet of Corn Flakes boxes that I had to place box by box. Like 90-something boxes. Only took about half an hour I think..., bigger boxes, lol...

Yo', thank you, my friend. After doing several pretty big builds I wanted to do something simple here and this worked out well. Of course I've got plans for future work on the overpass section, lol.

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Hey there, and thanks! The logs, yeah, I didn't want to do the same fencing around the whole place and there were logs around so I gave it a shot, turned out pretty good. Thought about it before when doing MM, colonial style forts but never got around to trying it. Since this update I should try going to FH. That DLC has always been a glitchy mess for me on the PC version to the point where I just stopped going there. As for the other side of the tracks, I have an idea but I don't know if I want to do it. That area is a main enemy spawn point so anything I put there is going to have that spawning into the build..., so yeah, not sure...,

Hey there, thanks for that! That mod is called: Woody's Wasteland Stuff. On Nexus. Has a lot of of cool wasteland, scrappy looking items to use for home building.

Thanks for checkin' it out! It's more the upgrade to performance that let's me run it at a higher graphics setting. That log fence, at first I was thinking about stacking up some cars there, but then with all the dead tree's around I was like, oh, log fence, duh! Turned out half-azzed looking enough to look like the settler's could do it, lol. And yeah, I have a mod that expands the build size of the settlements. Here, it's expanded from East to West. So the North/South boundaries are the same but I can now build out to the water on that West side. Unfortunately that's area is an active enemy spawn point so I'm not sure what I'm going to do about that..., . The feed trough, well that whole spot is for the Caravan traders so I figure it's up to them to take care of their own, though they do have turret protection from the main settlement so they're fine, lol. I think that pie shaped building is going to be a med vendor. All those front caged counters are going to be vendors. From the pie building down, Meds, weapons/armor, then further down, food/bar/ maybe some general goods. Sitting on a main travel route it's the perfect place for a strip mall setup, lol. And the HUD, lol, I wondered if you'ld notice. I've got it set up on a hotkey now so I don't have to go into console command everytime to turn it on and off. Much easier to play around with. And hey, thinking about the West side of the tracks just now popped an idea that could work..., thanks for that, and for commenting, I really appreciate the input!

@@OctumLXV can’t wait for the strip mall! Aptly named for the dual purpose bathing area! Until you put in another bathtub we’re roughing it with the Brahmin! lol💕

I appreciate that, thank you! My usual here is a big fort with a high concrete wall surrounding the place so this is a departure for me. I started to put up some high walls on the S. side and was immediately like, nope! lol. That log wall was a whim. I couldn't find anything that was working over there, saw some logs and wondered if I could make a log fence. It worked and looks like something the npc's would do so there you go. In my head-lore for the site it's along a major travel/caravan route so the settlers are mainly traders backed by the farm, independent of any faction support. So a make-place settlement with reasonable defenses. The number of settlers yet to be determined, lol. I had to tone down that mist in the back, was way to prominent on review and made it more a low-hanging ground mist. That light is a big reason I like those Rust Devil looking torches, a brighter glow than the vanilla street oil lamps and with more body to it than the usual stark white lights. More natural. I agree with you on the rail stations, especially with this one. Even knowing what it looks like I still expect to see more when I go there. So I'm building on that thought a little bit, giving more of a foundation, as it were, for an expanded settlement on the other side of the tracks, lol. Still not sure about it though since that area is a big enemy spawn point. And yeah, I have an expanded settlements mod. I find that even if I don't use all the extra area, having it available really does a lot for sparking the imagination with new possibilities. In all, for this, I wanted to show the bones of the place before I put the skin on it, to show what I built to start with. Now it's a matter of figuring out everyone's lives and how they're living them. Easy, lol. Thanks again, we'll see where it goes...

@@OctumLXV I couldn't agree more. Having the extra space to build and not using it is better than not having the space and needing it, as they say. 😉

Thank you much! With this wasteland run I've left the MM untouched in Concord and my char. is full RR so in my head I've taken the Survivors modern building sensibilities out of the equation. He sets up where ever he's living but otherwise it's all a reflection of what the settlers might do depending on the area. Or basically, an active, working mess, lol. Thanks again, I appreciate!

Hey there, and thanks for checking it out. I've never had a request before, I'll see what I can do. Made a little start over there before I moved to Graygarden so was thinking about going back and fleshing out that start. I'm dealing with the new patch to the new update right at the moment, but I'll be getting there, lol.

Hey, thanks, buddy, I appreciate that. I try my best. With the greenhouse, yeah, that's my standard goto setup with the roof. Gives you the high ground with the turrets and isn't obnoxious looking up there, lol.

Hey there, and thank you, my friend! High praise. My goal with this run has been to make the builds look exactly that way, like they were there long before my guy came along, so I really appreciate that! For the TP, lol, I don't even know why I started that, just sometimes I feel like they need a roll next to their chair or something, lol, ya' know, to blow their nose maybe, lol. The cryo box, yeah, I did that 1st at the RR grill build and thought it would be perfect here. Have to sink the bottles into the case so it looks like it's really holding them. Would be a nice bed side accessory wouldn't it? lol.

I thank you kindly! A mag, drinking an' smokin', gotta cover all the bases, lol. I had to sink those bottles into the cryo case cause otherwise it doesn't show what it's holding. I spent some long nights getting this place together so thank you, and yep, Cait loves the bench, she's on that every chance she get's, lol.

Hey there, and thank you! I had a fun time putting this one together. Not an easy site but this build worked out pretty good.

Hey there, and thank you for that! I'm running PC and with this one definitely pushed the build limits. I think it was about 6x over, it didn't kill the FR though so I'm happy about that. I think my One X would have given up at about the halfway mark, lol. Thanks again for commenting, I really appreciate that!

Hey there, and thanks! As for getting Bunker Hill, it's a process so here's the Nukapedia blurb "Upon completing the quest The Battle of Bunker Hill, the player character can unlock this settlement by speaking to Kessler. Alternatively, the settlement can be unlocked if the Sole Survivor gets banished from the Institute, or simply refuses to consider joining the Institute during the quest Institutionalized; this method also requires Kessler's quest Prep School to be completed. Talk to Kessler after both conditions are met." In this case though I wanted to buff up the defense here before doing Battle of Bunker Hill so I used a no quest mod to get it early. 'No Settlement Quests All DLC'.

@@OctumLXV thank you! I knew it was towards the end of the gameplay. Although, I might have to check that mod out if I get impatient. Thanks again!

@@mmadd7 No prob. I'm doing a no Minute Men run so that's mods the way I'm getting all my settlements right now, lol. Makes it so you can take the workshop without having to do a side quest for it first.

Hello, my friend, and thank you! I tried to limit the structural adds just so I could work the finer details more. That was the main focus, getting it to look like those people actually lived and worked there. A little behind the build info on this one for you. I usually don't do much here either, but for this game run I've got going I have the Battle of Bunker Hill quest up next and more than anything else I really wanted to see this place kick everybodies azz! Which led to wanting to make the place like it could defend itself. And then to alive and thriving, You never know what's going to kick off a build, lol. I haven't run the battle yet, but I'm going to record it.

Gave a look at Jamaica Plain, sweet build, love your clutter.

Hey, thanks, and how'd the game go? lol. The only big probs were mostly any mods reliant on the F4SE. For me that was the Place Everywhere mod. It's a full on inspiration for me. Other than that the update was/is pretty cool, except for the usual Bugthesda fun and games.. lol. Prob for me is that the mod author for PE hasn't been around on Nexus for several yrs so the odds are low that he will be around any time soon to update the mod to the new script extender. That's alright though, I've got my work around. I would imagine that you should be okay, hopefully...

@@OctumLXV The game won't even open they've killed my game. I looked up how to 'roll back' the game version and for some reason i can't copy paste to steam console and im not typing out all those super long code things get one number wrong and mess it all up, so i guess its just dead for me now. I wanted to have a fallout day and make some build content but rip to that! Why do they make these pointless updates killing everyones games with no option to opt out or stick to a game version, scum bags.

@@DigitalNomad.1 I totally feel you, seriously. I wanted to shoot my face off when it all went down. Then I found this last mon., www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/81630 This is what I used to roll back my game. It's easy, just download it, unpack it, let it run and that's it. It's trusted, I removed my billing info and changed the pass after the program finished. You'll know what I mean. And then there is this one that tricks steam into thinking that you have an updated game and wont trigger an update again. www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/81471 Doing all this I just have to use my old version F4SE launcher through my vortex mod man. I hope this helps you out, my friend because I know I almost lost my mind..

@@OctumLXV thanks brother I'll check it out how long did it all take? I'm back to busy work schedule from tomorrow!

@@OctumLXV did you Downgrade By Patching Files.bat or Downgrade By Downloading Depots.bat ??

Thank you, my friend, I appreciate! The goal going into this was to enhance the vibe they hinted at with the vanilla, and add just a little extra to liven the place up, lol. I don't do many builds here either because, yeah, it's very limiting with what you can do in the space given. On this one what really drove it was while trying to figure out how they would logically get up on the roof to build. The scaffolding. At that point I went with it, lol. Thanks for checkin' it out and good building to ya'!

Thank ya', buddy! I appreciate that. You know me and vibes, lol. Going into this my main idea was as you say, to enhance what the devs hinted at with the site. I didn't want to do too much just because Bunker Hill is such an unstable site anyway so it came down to more deco than any major structural building. I seriously pushed the limits but I'm just glad I was able to do as much as I did and only had the game crash once on me, lol.

@@OctumLXV The new pointless auto update has killed my game and entire modlist. Bethesda has murdered my mojo for this game.

Thank you very kindly!! I would have put up more shelving but I knew I'd be pushing the stability of the place. Lucky me it only crashed once, so far, lol. The pic.s in the main hall are small size billboards that I blew up to fill the space. Figured it's the trade hall so why not billboards and yep with the CF, ya know, I almost forgot to put it in the build. Totally last min., lol. Thanks again, friend!