Fallout 4 Guide - How to place close fences, make shops & do indoor wiring

Hey all - I've made another tutorial video based on some of the requests I received both on KZbin and reddit. I'm sticking to about three per video (to keep them a reasonable length).
In this video I'm going to show you how to place fences/walls around your settlements that have no gaps, also how to make believable shops for your vendors and finally how to clip wires through walls for indoor wiring.
I hope you find it useful - as before if you have any requests for tutorials, please post in the comments below and I'll try to cover them in an upcoming video.
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[@jethrojangles9541]

Clear speaker, good mic, no pompous-arsed channel ident, useful tips explained well... what's not to love

[@SilntJdGming]

For a 7 year old video this information is revolutionary for me.

[@norespawns]

Just a quick update comment, as people keep mentioning this; all my other tutorials are during the day. This one I shot at night as I received quite a few requests to show sanctuary all lit up (I did mention that in the video, but methinks some people missed it). Don't worry, all day-time and sunny tutorials from now on :)

[@DisslyTD]

Loving the fallout videos man. You really deserve more subscribers and viewers, but keep it up!

[@Papa-G82]

great video man gonna try all this tonight. I noticed that you said you were gonna go search for the guy that works in your armour store. did you know that if you build a bell, when you ring it all your settlers will gather at the bell. it make looking for someone a lot easier

[@csgrambauer5852]

I was literally about to post that, about why this was at night. Could hardly see much of anything and I was watching this on my xboxone via KZbin on it. Another point was, could you please not mumble so much in your videos as I could hardly hear you or understand what you were mumbling about. Besides these two points, I love your videos and I do find your sense of humour enjoyable to listen to, especially you saying how they're taking the piss out of you for your height. xD

[@Crzyman23]

Hey man just wanted so say I really appreciate you uploading videos like this they really help. I've been trying forever to make the shops look better. And FYI the floor mat glitch DOES NOT WORK ON PC!! You have to use the collision command in console commands. Console commands, type tcl, click the item you want to clip into, then tab to release it the take the item you want to clip then move it into the non clipped item. Anyway hope it helps and thanks again. Subscribed good sir.

[@medooganschannel2722]

Question, how do you even turn objects in the workshop? I know it's some kinda bumper, but... Do clarify...?

[@kyearwood3652]

The shops look really sharp! The only downside to your videos is that after watching them, I realize what total shit my own builds are.

[@Mr.Langley]

From the many videos that I have watched of people building in FO4, You are probably the best that I've seen thus far 🎉 even with this being a 7yrs old video 😅

[@WangBacca]

"Poor man's Daniel Radcliffe" - Amazing, haha

[@XxAPartofMexX]

Keep up the content, helps my settlements look less shitty.

[@Harlandgg]

My god your Sanctuary Hills is so great, I want the same. Can't believe you've been able to build all of that on console without any mod

[@temperspace]

As a perfectionist, this video spoke to me.

[@Fifteenth_]

Tested on PC: Works

[@viktorvaughn9927]

+Fiftheenthterror pc already has decent mods for this anyway

[@Masked_Official]

+Viktor Vaughn Not really...most need cheat engine scripts or autokey mods. There is no mod to help add doors to sanctuary either. I have all these mods and it still isn't easy to do - although they are decent as you say. I honestly think the way shown in this video is the easiest way and you don't run a chance of screwing up your save using a third party esp creator.

[@scottenosh4548]

+Fiftheenthterror It isn't very wise to install mods for a game like Fallout for a few months after release. Patches can really mess things up....and Bethesda aren't exactly "quick" with releasing patches.

[@Fifteenth_]

Scott Norris And why are you telling me this? I know mods can damage my save. But I have completed the game twice already, So I really don't care if my save gets broken at this stage.

[@scottenosh4548]

+Fiftheenthterror Just making conversation.

[@AmazingTNT]

part of me thinks that bethesda purposefully left the rug glitch in there... if they patch it i'll be so mad, unless they somehow make their workshop functions better (like a collision/no collision option)

[@silentsixteen]

Patching this would make us not want to play the game. Implementing it would make us want to play the game more

[@lewisner]

In Sanctuary Hills I am trying to make the houses as watertight as possible so I use the Shack>Wood>Wall (actually corrugated iron) to wall off the damaged walls. With care it is possible to get it right against the damaged wall. I am also planting Mutfruit along the grass verge beside the road.

[@gregsteele806]

Thanks for the Floor Mat Glitch. I hadn't run across that one yet, and it's SO helpful! Nice videos.

[@Magmadu100]

I forgot to thank you for the last video, the houses look a lot better roofed in! :D And thanks for this too, I'm building a settlement in sanctuary too and I didn't realize how much work goes into them before I saw your videos, but it's also really fun

[@norespawns]

+Crazen Heh thank you! Sanctuary is quite a time sink, but the end result is very rewarding. I apologise in advance (to everyone in fact) if you loose a few too many evenings using my tips :)

[@Magmadu100]

norespawns Well they'll be hours well spent if our settlements look good in the end!

[@salt5007]

Whenever you do the build limit glitch a lot, does it affect the gameplay any?

[@gamingdaddyxp]

Thank you for existing man. I love the building aspect of Fallout 4...but I feel like I'm not that great at it. You not only have shown me tricks to expand upon my multiple settlements, but you have inspired me to push the bar of my design creativity. Good lookin out, hope you keep it up brother.

[@norespawns]

+Experience Gaming Happy to help :)

[@thedembot]

Finally! A builder who cares about aesthetics :) Subbed!

[@NobleAvatar]

I find these tutorial videos extremely helpful, thanks for doing them! :D

[@mahbu4022]

Thanks! This has helped my enjoyment of the building side of the game a lot! = ) You do a good job explaining stuff.

[@xGettinxMoneyx]

I cant wait to see your channel climb to the top lmao

[@irbz2252]

On PC you can hold E and go into a free mode where you can move the objects any way to you linking, meaning the rug glitch is unnecessary cause you can just hold e then move the shop up and it won't sink into the ground. P.S. I love the way you have your base one of the best I've seen so far.

[@rickywestley6820]

literally the best Sanctuary settlement I have seen so far ,this is exactly what I had in mind .

[@RealRedMonkey]

Loving these tutorials, you have single handedly, most probably saved my sanity!

[@sarahbaldwin626]

yes it does work on PC, and hopefully they never get rid of this glitch :)

[@takenosht2846]

This is great.. I was bothered by how the fences had gaps. Thanks man

[@Mamaki1987]

Thanks for you videos :-) I'm playing on the PC and so far, the rug always worked for me. I bult a lot of things with it, without big trouble.

[@visator]

I'm enjoying settlement building much more after having watched your videos. Thanks for all the helpful tips!

[@SneakyDevil]

Nice Job!~ Never thought of any of this stuff, keep up the good work!.

[@genevievechristie4271]

I like you David, you make me laugh, ha... ha...... ha............. (no sarcastic)

[@daniel7767]

sarcasm*

[@SrMano]

nearby settlement that needs our help*

[@janixDK]

RUG-GLITCH TIP FOR PC: If you type tcl in console you activate no-clip (no-collision) mode. When the collison is off, everything you place is in "no-clip mode" until you active it again with tcl. Whith already placed items, just pick them up and cancel(so they pop back to their original position) -it's now in "no-clip mode" and you can place any item in it. Without this i wouldn't be able to make this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppvEYpKpZ7uWppY

[@RafaelGarlan]

Nice tutorial bro! Did you use the infinite settlement cap glitch for this?

[@norespawns]

I did yes - I would just scrap any weapons I picked up while on my travels. And thanks!

[@bantaydl5667]

I tested the floor mat glitch on the Pc and only one is enough to move the structure but you can't set the fences perfectly there is a gap between them. The game dose not let you ignore collision with this glitch. The small staircase has the same results. Thanks fore the video and keep up the good work.

[@bullbars1822]

Well I can stop pulling my hair out thanks to you! Every time a rad-storm would come through,all I could think of was the piss poor condition the roofs were in and I didn't know what to do to fix them. Now, I will bugger off and try to renovate. Thanks!

[@TheElfay]

It's well thought through and clever and practical-I really appreciate that. But dead of night, lights everywhere *except* where you were shooting and no pip-boy on. Why??

[@Bradtheartguy]

"Poor man's Daniel Radcliff", Lol! That's all I could hear after that. Thank you for the great videos!

[@realgk44]

I'm not sure if anybody else has mentioned it (too many comments to go through), but there's another way to clip wires. If you point to the wire very close to the conduit, and press the "Connect Wire" key, you'll hear the normal noise but won't see a wire. Then you can connect to any conduit through a wall, etc. Just remember to make sure that the wire is highlighted in green, or whatever color your HUD is set to, and not the conduit. There's a ton of tutorials on how to do that, but it means you don't need to use a rug or put a ground conduit in, you could put in wall ones or even terminals, light boxes, etc. The only issue with that method is that the game will decide to highlight all conduits (you did just glitch it, so hey, can't blame the developers), but just exit out of the current menu (or sometimes you may need to close the workshop), and then it'll be like normal again.

[@giovannigrigoretti0]

Placing in Fallout 4 is painful. Thank you for this video man, such relief

[@Rangersly]

Great series! Keep them coming! The only negative: would have been 100% if done in daylight so we can see and appreciate it more.

[@lizard074]

Shit you do sound like Daniel Radcliffe.... Keep this videos up, there really good.

[@primetimeadamline]

Wow, great videos! I am 33 and a complete noob at settlements, mine are sooooo ghetto. Thank you for your great advice, keep making the vids!

[@Athropod101]

Definitely going to completely rebuild The Castle and Sanctuary on the weekend!

[@jtgunner]

BTW bro love your vids i built my sanctuary houses just like yours and made my own variations of the ones you made and learned a lot about building from you thx so much bro!!!!!

[@dimitrikvasha2624]

about the floor platform hight for the store, you coulds till raise it up higher and then just attach some of the small floors to the front with stairs i guess, but it might be tricky to do the rest then, i'll probably try that out myself to see if it works =P Also thanks alot for these vids, they helped me out alot and gave me tons of more ideas for building. Im on PC and can confirm that the rug glitch so far works for fixing the ceiling and walls of the sanctuary houses, i'll try later today if the other stuff works from this vid works too. The fact that that the junk fences would not snap and always had these disgusting gaps bothered me alot, so i hope i can use of this trick too :D

[@joshbrown6562]

this is unbelievably helpful dude thank you so much your a life saver! definitely gonna share this around as I know loads of.people have these issues, especially with fences! earned yourself a new sub thanks again!

[@timblegoorn]

Works on PC just fine, easier to use the "staircase rug" method however.

[@z00m59]

Could you build a Chem Laboratory it can be a house or a room. And I like your Vids they are very helpful! :)

[@ReeceyOMG]

You have my sense of humour, your video's are helpful, subbedddd bruh :D

[@Sawazie1]

Love your videos man. Keep them coming. You're doing an awesome job.

[@Decemburrrrrr]

ur gonna grow so much man, all these 1 mil sub channels dont show anything useful

[@norespawns]

+Decemburrrrrr Ta buddy :)

[@kwalther1]

there are a lot of tutorial building vids on the net, but yours are the best!! that thing with the floormat.......👍👍👍

[@jessetiemissen5547]

Very well done, informative, and an enjoyment to watch and listen to. Thanks for the tips.

[@DarkForestFox]

Great channel keep it coming you're doing a great job really helpful :D

[@laviliterthefirst]

For that fuzzy effect when placing items you can also grab themand then cancel the grab to fix it if yo dont wanna wait to fast travel.

[@Libertarian1776]

Another Fantastic Video, Thank You kind sir.

[@clarebearr5357]

Aaaaand now I need to start again. Thanks for the videos, really helpful.

[@sentinelrhino4169]

dude your videos are on point

[@matthewanderson6769]

You are a fucken genius mate, I'm actually keen on building a settlement now!

[@drmlabs]

Amazing buildings, thanks for sharing.

[@californiasomething]

your voice is like butter

[@MrBuddhason]

BEST GUIDE EVER!!!!! THANK YOU NORESPAWNS THANK YOU

[@JonathanMahadeo]

If you're on PC, it does work and you can just use the console commands.

[@Silberwind123]

Great!!! Thanks a lot, I'll try this immediately.

[@perceids]

love your tutorials, very detailed descriptions, and your base is sooo cool looking. you should do a tour kind of thing of your settlement. subscribed

[@mrnailson8381]

Great video my friend! Helped me alot! Keep up the good work!

[@steveboutcher80]

Anyone else noticed that the floor mat glitch doesn't work on the new 1,5 survival beta? Love the beta, but hope they get add back in the floor mat glitch. Without it walls just look plain crappy.

[@southernhoodoo6045]

+Steve Boutcher Yeah it doesnt work anymore it seems

[@baggebuilds]

Hi I'm new to the channel good job on ur vids👍🏻

[@ali-492]

nice job dude!! your settlement looks awesome!!

[@TheAntChum]

Thanks for the guides - they've really been upping my settlement game. I can't seem to use the rug glitch to place the Trading Emporium within a shack though; all of the others work like a dream, but the first shop just doesn't want to play ball. Any ideas, or is it just a quirk of that particular stall?

[@norespawns]

+TheAntChum if you watch my latest Fallout video you'll see that I have the same issue (though with the bar) - it seems for whatever reason some of the stalls are being twats. They do work - just with great difficulty.

[@pixelinvader4368]

Whenever I assign someone to a job I equip them with clothing appropriate to that job, farm hand clothes to a farmer or lab coat for a chems vendor. Great vid as well and cool settlement, very organic looking.

[@norespawns]

+pixel invader Same - all of my guards are in the minutement clothes, farmers in farm-style clothes and my provisioners are all postmen :)

[@rahovartiv3464]

thank you for the shop idea it makes them look much better.

[@tommy4465]

subbing for the yellow pages joke

[@WyattSweet15]

Dude your a fuckin hilarious like without trying. Keep it up man, and I'm a 5'5 guy myself, so I feel your pain.

[@norespawns]

+Wyatt Sweet Cheers fellow shortbro :)

[@louisornelas]

u got the the making of a youtuber. keep it up great videos

[@CAOSWOLFIII]

yes the rug glitch works on pc just checked it out.

[@Bali6161]

On PC there is a much easier way to do the close-fence thing. Go into noclip mode, pick up the pieces of walls/fences/whatever you don't want to clip with using 'e' than cancel immediately with 'tab'. Then choose your fence/wall/whatever/ from the menu. And it won't collide with the things you picked up earlier.

[@voidstalker3325]

man I love these tips especially the shops thanks for sharing them, I am a new subscriber now and will be checking out more of your content, keep it up and since it is close to I am going to wish you a merry Christmas if you celebrate it, hope you have a good one.

[@norespawns]

+Adam Mitchell Thanks! and Merry Christmas to you too :)

[@Uneasyboosh]

This is the best sanctuary I have seen great job mate!

[@CyanHoney]

Oh my god, thank you so much! I've subscribed because of how useful the rug tutorial is! Happy Holidays David!

[@CAOSWOLFIII]

you did a great job on your videos thanks.

[@macca3232]

Thanks, your videos have really helped me make my structures look alot less shitty. Keep up the good work :) +1 new sub

[@Tenkster]

For the "Vibrating" when things snap down or up after you remove the rug, I found that if you just select and deselect it when in build mode it stops it.

[@kkcamp02]

Love your videos. Great voice!

[@firstgroupoperations8921]

the best builder in fallout 4

[@neilfield2185]

nice vid m8 very helpfull

[@joeyb21479]

Genius idea on the shops! I'm amazed at how creative people are getting with fallout 4 settlements.

[@ColinSnell]

Firstly - "Davey"?? Dude, that just sounded far too creepy! LOL!! Secondly - Loving the Fallout 4 tutorial videos! Thanks a bazillion! (Every one that I've tried on PC works just fine) Thirdly - Have you copyrighted your Sanctuary setup?? Because I so want to utilise some aspects of it in my own game (that's a polite way of saying "I want to blatantly copy parts of it")... Fourthly - Uh............. Nope, there is no 'fourthly'. Keep them videos coming, Dave!!

[@norespawns]

+Colin Snell (Colon) Firstly - that's my name yo (you have the three options - you're the first person to say it was creepy though). Secondly - Ta muchly. Third - NEVER. Oh okay - steal away (seriously, go for it - that's the point of the channel). Fourthly - Pickles.

[@the4thhorseman840]

How do the supply lines work? Does it mean all settlements share the same junk/inventory?

[@ColinSnell]

+norespawns Sorry, I honestly meant no offence with the 'creepy' comment - it's merely the way you said it that made it sound a wee bit creepy... Anyway, I love the videos, sir!! Fantastic!! Your realism is amazing, as is your decorating of the houses!! I'd like to take this opportunity to inform you of another way to have no gaps in your fences & give your settlers a way to see out without having to look over the fence - I was experimenting this morning with my Sanctuary fences and discovered that, by alternating between the junk fences and the chain link fences, there was no need for the rug/mat glitch to be used (I'm not sure if the chain link fences are from a mod I downloaded or not). I'm not entirely finished with Sanctuary yet, but will attempt to upload a video tour once Sanctuary is complete.

[@AK4TsEv3N]

Holy shit, I thought my settlement was pretty well built and advanced until I saw this. Now it looks like a bunch of shit mixed together randomly by a four year old.

[@bigvimfuego]

Fantastic. Cheers Dave

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

8 years old and it's still got really fuckin good info; I've been playing since release and I never knew about that wire trick. I always used the open windows to hang upside down conduits for inside power, but that looks so much better! For my suggestion, I would put flatten the walls on the shops so you can display relevant items (OCDecorator iirc). Armor would be tough, since a lot of it is flat, but I think there are armor stands or mounts so maybe that could help? I'd personally put up some Diamond City guard armor as a bit of a posh "check out the neat shit we got here, eh??" As for a metal bunker shop, I never use those big ass, annoying metal structures, since they look so bulky and ugly; I'm 100% taking this tutorial and making a junk shop out of them. Gonna put down a fuckin pony, dumbbells, tons of obscure garbage.

[@cieransinclair207]

You just got a new sub bro :-)

[@futuristicbus61]

Unlike basically all my friends, I absolutely adore building in this game. I started a new character so I could expand on my ideas, but from a blank canvas.

[@MorbidGames666]

How do you unlock more crafting objects? Like the Flamingo and stuff.

[@norespawns]

+MakeShiftHero There are magazines called picket fences which add more items - plus one of the wasteland survival guides (i believe that one adds the flamingos).

[@MorbidGames666]

+norespawns hmm I have actually found one of those magazines and they gave me some prewar white fencing.

[@skillnhonour]

I think its good to show some at night aswell, even mix it up. really liking how you've setup sanctuary and thankyou for the top tips with re-building houses in your previous video, just putting my back doors on now. i have all my women in different dresses but still gota dress the rest. anyway, good stuff, subbed and liked.

[@simonwatts8338]

They need to fit the floor glitch into the controls of the game. They way the walls and fences leave gaps is a real shame and obviously avoidable.

[@laviliterthefirst]

Funny thing is at Bunker hill this is almost exactly what they did in the way it looks. lol

[@tazdonet]

+Mojokilljoy ricklesmits they made bunker hill with the CK - the CK does not take collision into account when placing stuff

[@laviliterthefirst]

+tazdonet Yeah exactly this glitch ignores the collision so how am I wrong and why are you wasting my time?

[@simonwatts8338]

The last update completely nerfed the glitch, it doesn't work anymore. I mean, how petty! Need to find a games convention so I can ask the Bethesda people if they get up early in the morning to practice being pricks! Luckily, I'd already walled Sanctuary, Starlight drive in, Tenpines bluff, Jamaica plain and Oberland station.

[@ThatOneGanyuMain]

Bro, this video was immensely helpful to me! I get so annoyed when things "float;" it's the worst. Also, I didn't know the magazine racks actually WORKED. Now I know. Now I know. Thank you so much!

[@bloodywolf247]

Thanks man, this is absolutely helpful! I was working on my entire settlement and it gets difficult figuring out what to build without console command.

[@Deakonavory2002]

GREAT VID! Only complaint: Build during the game's day time. Easier to see the awesome details your putting into your structures! Other than that, SUPER helpful! I can't wait to use these tips!

[@PanzerRanger]

Super =) The most anyoning thing about fence is the gaps. All gone now =D Cheers =D

[@ttt-rq3vs]

I didn’t notice in the first video, but since it was pointed out... Harry Potter and the Vault of Secrets? 🙊😆 I’m sorry this became the cannon fodder algorithm comment.

[@lastnamefirstname2390]

Dave, you rock! :D