Fallout 4 - Rebuilding Hangman's Alley (No Mods)

[@notforwantoftrying1]

Always my favourite settlement in hardcore Fallout 4. Of course, you elevated it to a level far above what I could do back then. However, I prefer the style of making this into multiple floors, a lot more enclosed to make it feel like a cozy but buzzing city backalley.

[@redwind5150]

I prefer open location like Oberland. Got a view not far from diamond city, and it's close to starlight.

[@Neskess]

My deadass still runs all the way to dead rocket 🤪

[@redwind5150]

@@Neskess , why not starlight, or the boathouse. I ove that location, because it's close to the baseball stadium and bunker hill.

[@caj5140]

This is giving me Bob Ross painting video vibes

[@WestonUlbrich]

Yes, and it's a pommel horse

[@kadenhays2331]

Borderline asmr

[@IronwolfXVI]

Sure if Bob Ross lived in a nuclear wasteland.

[@mr.g42]

My first Hangmans Alley build is pretty much like slums. Four stories of slums that include a ton of housing, small farms on each floors, wonkey catwalks, a sketchy bar in the darkest parts of the lower floor to hang out in and, can't belive I almost forgot about it, an immigration office. There's more but thats the main parts

[@emeraldmaster5388]

I decided to put a random train car on top of that platform where you put the prison. I love it solely because it makes me think of a new settler walking in, seeing it and just asking "how the fuck did that get there?" and everying one just say they having no fucking clue.

[@shabbadookie]

genuinely looks just like an unedited city straight out of the game, probably my favorite build ive seen

[@BABYFACEBEASTIE]

17:58 😂😂😂 I was not expecting that out the window! Great job

[@isaiahgadberry]

This is my favorite build you’ve done so far. It feels so much more ‘Fallout’ than any I’ve seen. Great work Shaw!

[@psyedk]

big agree! the build fits in so well with the existing layout

[@TheInsaneShecklador]

1:16 The double pillar in the ball track tab also sinks here and it has a much smaller footprint. You still can't sink items deep into the ground with it but works well for raising things high. 2:56 I like how you followed the angled roof line. 11:20 Nice idea with the planter. 17:35 Good job repurposing that broken bit of wood. Great job on the crappy and scrappy vibe and I also like how it feels open and not overbuilt like most people do here.

[@robertkolb2288]

you can build outside of bounds using a method similar to the rug or pillar glitch. If you have multiple items selected, you can move portions of them outside of bounds and afterward, just scrap the excess. I built a bridge from Warwick to Spectacle Island, using this method.

[@olbrin123]

Amazing build! Apparently if you put a firepit down, you can sink pillars into is as it registers as dirt. It means you can use the pillar glitch indoors as well.

[@VKNGofficial]

Mate, the attention to detail in your decorations is sublime. I've built here numerous times, and the way you have done it is brilliant 👏

[@ginyuraiyuden1104]

Jeez, everytime I watch these videos there’s always a “There’s no way he does something I haven’t already seen before..” and you always blow me away. Super creative! 🎉

[@morganh6525]

Fantastic work as always, I LOVE how you added the planters in front of the building!

[@a1racer441]

yeah, that was probably the best part will be stealing that.

[@BoomDowg]

Good to see ideas for Hangman's Alley, since it's probably the most popular Survival difficulty spot in the game

[@alexmoller5657]

The detail on this is absolutely nuts 👌🏻

[@dukerider0319]

Great work in a difficult settlement, cracked me seeing the settlers using the gym equipment 😅

[@benhull7066]

Love the different open look to this one instead of the usual cramped together, filling up the area look

[@Vaucks]

Just discovered these videos today, and this one is by far my favorite! So many creative ways to use what I always felt was such a limiting space, definitely going to try and update my own Hangmans Alley

[@Pigpugborj]

I was just about to start my Hangman’s Alley! This is awesome, thank you for the inspiration! Funny thing, I have mods that add more enemies in the city area so every time I fast travel to hangman’s there’s a group of Gunners/BoS/Railroad/Raiders attacking my base! I made a save as soon as I got there and got spawn camped by a Railroad Heavy with a Minigun, lol. I guess I’ll just have to add more turrets to my base! Thanks again for all of your content. You have great ideas, and a great voice! (Audiobooks when?)

[@Mamaki1987]

Nice rebuilding. Never saw it done like this. I like the simplicity in it. And that you used the extisting structures without a mod. That is awesome

[@disciple1381]

Alot of people hate this place but its the most challenging always liked it.

[@tamlandipper29]

It's just in a good place on the map. As well as being interesting.

[@andreasi.2750]

After a day of work nothing is more relaxing, thank you mate! Cheers!

[@shadyopps9284]

I really like this hangman alley, I feel like your builds aren’t over built like many builds you see. Not to hot, not to cold, but just the right amount.

[@todaes335]

the weapons shop is amazing. real nice design

[@abysmal2740]

I appreciate how you show how you built everything. It's helpful, thank you.

[@kittykittyredcat]

It truly looks like a real city from above. So impressive that you thought of those glowing pictures!

[@thesenate5291]

I personally would put a hot plate beneath the teapot so it is clear where it gets heated up, but great build, I'm definitely taking notes

[@IonicBeard]

Love the build. Its simple and not over done. My favorite part is the small garden next to the stairs. I never knew the clipping was so forgiving in that area.

[@wickedcrayon6022]

Absoluetly one of the best builds I’ve ever seen for Hangman’s Alley! I love this channel.

[@patrickedwards2173]

Awesome build! The detailing is just perfect, and I love the tight buildings up against the walls. Everything with a purpose and it all works. Great stuff 🤘

[@randyftobias]

If you are very careful, you can actually position stuff so that, from the ground up, you can build in such a way that you can get a floor right on top of the areas that you can't build on and then remove all of the stuff built to get that height. Settlers with be able to use shutting you build up there, but it lets the fire escapes look more practical. Great video!

[@davidbracey5636]

One of my favorite settlements! I’ve been playing survival mode and this has a great centralized location. Even though it’s small it only has two entrances making defense super easy.

[@ricosuave6285]

Sometimes less is more and I think you’ve given a perfect example of that, with this build 👌🏽

[@stevie_blunder344]

What have i just stumbled upon? This is...... Really nice to watch. It makes me wanna build along.

[@ACertainSaffron]

These vids have got me playing FO4 again and I'm having a blast trying to be more creative with my building, thanks for the inspiration!

[@TazzyRHM]

Legitimately one of my favourite content creators at the moment! Keep it up with the Fallout builds

[@JayR-ct8pv]

Cracking build mate! I've just started my FOLON playthrough and am refamiliarizing myself with the building mechanics, coming from 76 I forgot just how much freedom you have in FO4 using pillar glitch and decorating with junk. Gave me some great inspiration here, appreciate it.

[@Mr._Anderpson]

That's an awesome job. I only picked the game up in 2020 and I have struggled with this settlement. Its always a haphazard nightmare. There is one thing to keep in mind for people who copy this. The location of the power house is a spawn point for hostiles. I usually wall it off just before that point & throw some turrets up high to eliminate them before they can move. They'll disable generators. Learned that the hard way when they shut off the power to a beta wave emitter & my pet yao guai turned hostile.

[@ariadneraynor]

You did a great job with this! I usually end up building straight up several floors. You can even hang some floors over the edge of the settlement and put up turrets that point at the door for safety. But, you did such a good job here, keeping it in the budget isn't easy.

[@SackusSchmackus1]

absolutely love your builds, great work mate!

[@coffinboy556]

Saw a lot of potential for Hangman’s alley and you really did a fantastic job and I really appreciate the kind of building tutorial I’ll definitely be following it

[@BorgWolf359]

You Sir are a true building Master! I absolutely love this! I love that you made something different from everyone else!

[@last2nkow]

that was really cool! im here for inspiration for my FO76 megaton build and this is perfect for that! really innovative mate!

[@Doktor_Etti]

I once used a Mod to extend this ones size, so i could build to the near by Tunnels and bridge, and its actually really cool when being bigger

[@disciple1381]

Agreed the one I used only allows to the streets but even with the sandbox fix they stay in the ally mostly so it really didn't change much you can really build alot in this settlement if you learn to compact it.

[@marsbearmcw3050]

I like the cooking area. What you did with the spit is perfect

[@Lancer_Lott]

Great use of the space and existing structures. Keeping it simple and open works nicely.

[@claudinha8864]

Very creative build. So much different from all the others I’ve seen. Loved it!

[@jackharland2022]

Eyyy! Nice work bud! We need somewhere where the community can show eachother their ideas and builds for inspiration I think that would be cool 😎

[@Shawzzo]

Thanks! Yeah I am thinking of making a discord! It would be cool for everyone to share their creations in our community

[@jackharland2022]

@@Shawzzo Sounds like a sick idea to me mate! I would deffo join 👍

[@thjage]

r/falloutsettlements is a good place for exactly that, you just have to shift through a lot of posts

[@nancydavis7392]

Awesome build that I'm going to copy. Thanks so much. Please do Outpost Zimonja next!

[@Dreamscape_Immersions8420]

Hangman Alley is also a really great settlement to get the Benevolent Leader achievement/Trophy. Great work on your settlement 👍 it looks great

[@Tryo707]

Damn he's very good at this, both at the building and the video making. Quite impressive. Thank you for all I've gleaned from your videos.

[@dwarf_nz483]

Great looking build! Placing the weapons store (my favourite) where you have makes clever use of the vanilla workbench and I really like the look of it overall (gives me a few ideas for an upcoming build in that location). A great tip that SarDeliac taught me is that if you use a campfire, you can use it to sink a pillar wherever you want bypassing the issues you found in this location. It even works for upper floors (if you're building them) allowing you to sink pillars through floors etc when using that glitch. I recommend taking a look at his build videos to get a far better description of how it works than I can possibly give here.

[@vbmdsm]

Thats a really good build, I like some of your ideas. I love building in Hangman's Alley as its such a challenge. Several things I seem to always do is to use the Doorways as Lavs - stick a door on and its just big enough for a toilet. I also surround the junk wall entry you can't scrap with the curved concrete...

[@Karrot001]

another fun video as ever friend. The detail is superb and as for the fishing bobs, You are right next to the water so it makes sense to me. Also it is worth pointing out that the area where you built the genny, that is the 'raider/enemy' spawn point for when your settlement gets attacked.

[@kooger888]

i like this series. i learned how to do more things with settlements and build walls with the rug glitch and what not. thanks man

[@travishamman1660]

Amazing work with the build! ❤You should try something out of the Commonwealth. Maybe Echo Lake Lumber Mill next?

[@ew3rivera112]

You are a settlement building genius.

[@granolafan7186]

So creative, never thought hangmans alley could look so neat and cohesive (relatively speaking in a nuclear wasteland) - think im going to need to spend the day redoing mines on my current survival playthru Love a decorative beer bottle as well, pairs nicely with a dirty ashtray and lit cigarette 🤣

[@cleo1867]

just discovered your channel and omg. im so happy i found you !! my fo4 is screwed atm (heavily modded and the ng update killed it lmao) so im getting my fix playing new Vegas/watching videos (i have major ADHD/autism and am hyperfixating on fo4 so not being able to play it is miserable tbf). also as a fellow brit i find it frustrating how many youtubers are american so your voice is nice to listen to lmao. (i'd guess you're more of a southerner?) anyway keep it up man, your builds are super creative and i love watching you do them

[@BPL-KromBob]

easily one of my favorite channels atm

[@mechanicalcyborg87]

New here, Love the builds and excited to see a Hangmans alley build! Arguably my favorite place to make a settlement TBH

[@ElimRawne]

Love it. Great job keeping it real. Building settlements is the real fun in FO4. Cheers.

[@MrJimneale]

Some great ideas there! I was struggling with the pillar glitch too, I will have to try using that elevated walkway instead.

[@TheInsaneShecklador]

If you have the DLC with the ball tracks try the double pillar in that tab. It is much smaller than the walkway and sinks just as well here. That was a trick I learned from SarDeliac.

[@psyedk]

@13:18 that minigun aimed at the bed tho 😅😅

[@Flippokid]

For that extra bit of spice in the bedroom 😂

[@BrogulWatcher]

The builds you make are amazing!

[@remdaug1876]

Been binging your settlement builds and i only just noticed that you have a Ratchet & Clank 3 poster frame in the background of your office big W!! that aside, i really been loving your settlement builds, and seeing you use the Metal Pole glitches along with the Bridge and Carpet is really awesome defo need to practice more and have patience do something fancy like that aha

[@Shawzzo]

Thanks! The good old ps2 days

[@Emily_W98]

Love this idea for this area! Very creative another great build!

[@grahamnu1529]

I always get so many ideas from watching these videos.

[@Shawzzo]

Glad to hear!

[@MrNeon-wy5ib]

Got to say, Your tricks of building in settlements and your creativity on decorations is just crazy, try to rebuild Jamaica Plain's, if you haven't done it already.

[@markchristy9704]

Nice job. One issue I've found with Hangman's Alley is that area where you have the weights and target area is a spawn point for attacks on the settlement. It makes me think twice about building anything out there.

[@JoMcD21]

A tip for pillar sinking: Use a campfire. You can group select like normal with your pillar and the campfire tricks the game into thinking it's dirt! Just place the campfire in the area you need to sink into before you bring the pillar and object over.

[@TheInsaneShecklador]

He's still fairly new to building but improving very rapidly. It seems like not long ago he used the rug for everything and only recently learned of the pillar. Once he masters the fire his builds will be even more amazing.

[@JoMcD21]

For sure. I'm loving his builds!

[@TheInsaneShecklador]

@@JoMcD21 I agree. He has that scrappy vibe all figured out.

[@derecho7926]

You have great building ideas, even at this settlement. Only thing I went !!! your power source spot at the one end of the alley I do not recommend due to enemy spawn when it gets attacked. I'm on X1 and with 80% build limit filled (not scrapping abuse either, a flat 80%) and 10 settlers it is a crash haven. Only thing I can think of is I went slightly over the height boundary, otherwise, the place is cursed for me. I think next time Garvey wants to take this over it might as well be 2 settler max and, what I prefer, just a workshop to work at that is connected to other settlements from Home Base. Hangman and Jamaica are my worst two settlements to really build anything without freeze/CTD. Yes even w/o mods, I have issues in HA and JP.

[@oxzhy3341]

I use Concrete pillar, that should sink in there ❤️ Great build ❤️

[@gregqn1755]

Vraiment du super travail. Beaucoup de nouveautés jamais vu ailleurs. Que des bonnes idées. Ville très réaliste. Bravo, bravo, c'est toujours beaucoup de plaisir à regarder.

[@okNiko]

Your builds make me wanna reinstall fallout 4 but then I remember I don't have the patience or creativity so I'll just continue watching these masterpieces instead 😂

[@melonlab80]

Always my HQ in survival mode/Frost, so nicely located.

[@TheOriginalJphyper]

I do have some mild criticism. That's not a great place for a generator because that's where most of the enemies spawn during attacks. You'll have to fix it every time. Those weights are going to get scattered, too.

[@jeebusmcfries8114]

Shawzzo: "This is one of my favorite bits" also Shawzzo: "I'm gonna turn it into a prison"

[@Shawzzo]

😂

[@Flippokid]

Amazing build! Once I unlocked it I immediately started looking out for cool spots to work with, but I stayed too hung up on the existing stuff there. Removing it seems better. Now I only wish I had unlimited building materials on console..

[@paranormalgambler2814]

That's awesome man ! I stoped building here every time I'd start tryin didnt kno u could do that much gonna have go bak an build ther also. I kno the buliding is glitchy in this game but I love it !

[@karemelskares]

16:11 This man put Nuka Cola in a Vim! machine and thought we wouldn't notice.

[@Shawzzo]

Shit you caught me out!

[@exilestudios9546]

cant wait to see what you do if/when you try fallout london.

[@JoMcD21]

This guy has gotta be one of the best builders out there.

[@thee_morpheus]

I hope they allow settlement builds in Elder Scrolls 6, and hope they step it up in Fallout 5....and absolutely forget Starfield's system.

[@Bergen98]

This is always my favorite one - because that's how world of Fallout should look like (if Bethesda updated their engine and started to think). Not some open-space village, not some town built out in the cave with only kids or on top of a literal Atomic bomb - but in the small alleys of city, protected by old building from all side which could be used as housing too...

[@Leo-br2dk]

Legend! Nice work as always.

[@josephohrablo4866]

Hangmen’s alley and croup manor are two of the best Settlements I’ve ever done .

[@scottishcheese13]

Awesome build. At 13:45, might wanna turn the pump around so people can use it better

[@sohandas8342]

that guy really said let me show off my gymnastic skills.

[@nasferatu8461]

HGTV for the Apocalypse! "Let's flip this settlement!"

[@RaccoonRecluse]

I love the bounter hunter outpost feel!

[@gorillaz6399]

I'm getting back into Fallout 4 but from what I remember (and what I just looked up) during raids, enemies will spawn inside the settlement right where the generator is.

[@Shawzzo]

Oooo target practice

[@Arasteele]

Exactly. I always like to sink a few shotgun turrets into the ground in that area, mostly in corners out of the way but positioned so they can tear apart any enemy spawns. Great build, though. Excellent use of space @Shawzzo.

[@MissyLovesWOT]

Excellent! This one is always a challenge for me.

[@oliverdobson3761]

Commenting before watching the video: I just know this is gonna be unreal

[@oliverdobson3761]

Yeah, it was unreal! Nearly fell over when you said you were actually scrapping most of the stuff though 😂 who are you and what have you done with the real Shawzzo?!

[@DeneuveYT]

A shame they didn’t let the player place even more items like the sandbags for custom cover. Great build I think just having access to those high spots is just the kind of thing we’d all do in a world with no building codes and the jail is really funny. Using the farm patch like that in smaller spaces is very creative and practical

[@RadishDoctor]

Probably my favorite use of Hangman's because everyone else just tries for the squatter's building and yours keeps it nice and open... an alley

[@FalloutTributeMusic]

Really cozy! I could see myself settling here after the Fallout! Love building videos because I totally suck at it! what is the crazy acrobatic moves around 20:00 xD Never seen it before!

[@darkohm1379]

Amazing build. I wish we didn't have to learn all these glitches to have our own locations looking like this, Bethesda could've done better but at least we can make settlements

[@JUNIsLuke]

I always leave the doors locked and just put stairs over them for the player to enter exit I also did similar with a little shack above the verandas but I built a bridge going across to both sides using scaffolding and the grate kinda wire floors And I turned the bottom part of the veranda opposite the stairs into a pantry/food storage I also did the garden plot thing a while ago when I built here :))

[@gurl5496]

ok but like how are you so creative 😭