FALLOUT 4: Vault-Tec DLC Basic VAULT BUILDING Guide! (Connecting Power, Rooms, and Atriums!)

[@actualtomato3270]

thanks! it was kind of awkward when I brought the first test subjects and they are like "this is a real vault right?" and you can only say yes, they walk in and its just a giant cave...

[@torres6490]

Georgo Lopeez 😂😂😂

[@forge889]

Fr tho

[@inohalajian4151]

😂 even better a room full of geniepug's diamond city newspaper 📰

[@donteasf7465]

@@actualtomato3270 this comment is great 🤣🤣

[@PrettyKitty100]

I just jumped right in and started building. That's how you learn. I had some trouble snapping stuff together at first, but I eventually figured it out. Now one side of my vault looks nice (the part where I actually figured out how to build properly), while the other side of my vault looks like crap, because I started building without really knowing what I was doing. Lol I love to build for hours. It's fun. Of course, not everyone is as patient. Thanks for this tutorial!

[@bullaro59]

The first thing helped me so much. I had no idea you needed the door part to connect the different types of rooms. I was about to give up and just have my vault be one giant room 😂

[@midas1813]

Same

[@best32111]

I usually don't leave comments on stuff like this but you helped me a lot. thank you, kind sir.

[@fritadosebbl9814]

The Doorways, the frecking Doorways, I would have never figured that out. Thanks so much for your tutorial. It's really good.

[@daoyang6055]

took me 5 hours to understand vault building. here's a tip, if the corners don't connect, take off the floor and ceiling and add a corner beam to make it seamless. add everything after, it'll snap in place.

[@TheMagicienWorld]

Just found that out yesterday lol

[@jrviade85]

@@TheMagicienWorld I started this game back when it came out but didn't get that far into it A few days ago I went back to it on my PS5 and I really want to get into it and play it and start building Hope you are enjoying the game I really want to enjoy it as well 🙂

[@talon329]

Hey JV, love the vids and tips. Have to shake my head a little as it seems Bethesda went out of their way to make these workshop pieces really specific in how they function. It took me a few builds, but, I finally figured most of it out thanks to your vids and trial and error. Thanks again.

[@dminer9040]

+JV2017gameplay btw there is a middle atrium roof

[@kylebettey]

Fun Tip: You can extend the width of the atrium through snapping with regular walls. You need to build enough walls to reach the height you want and snap a ceiling piece to it. While the ceiling pieces won't snap to the prefabs, they will snap to each other

[@ShioriDorima]

SUPER HELPFUL. Thank you for this!! I had just about given up on connecting rooms and I didnt have a freaking clue about the power! I can't wait to get home and fix my vault!

[@sublimationman]

I had no problem with snapping rooms after figuring out the door thing but I spent 6 hours trying to figure out the power thing. Thanks for the info.

[@cbow120]

"it just works"

[@AlecazamAlecazam]

Fuck yeah it does......nt

[@trihard7317]

No. It's the polar opposite.

[@adamgray1753]

The Vault 88 DLC would of been much better to me if we had gotten some basic in-game instructions on how to build a Vault at all. Instead we are given everything and practically told, "Have at it already!". I spent more than six hours in total yesterday trying to figure out how to do a proper Vault in Vault 88. I got somewhere that aspires to mediocrity. Now that I know that you are supposed to "snap" rooms via the doorways I feel mighty stupid because I was not doing that yesterday into last night. I was trying to create at least five different rooms for my new vault dwellers to use. Instead I resorted to making a single room with seven or so beds somewhat neatly placed. I will try out what I learned in this video later in Fallout 4.

[@christopherherron6032]

Amazing

[@Davedude9]

When you already ruined your vault before this video :(

[@graywolf2241]

my vault is dark because the lights anent bright at all

[@abtinh867]

ikr, the new vault lights have such dark shadows!

[@jadedlion1001]

Same, I normally just build a giant fucking atrium

[@jamesashler156]

I literally just spent 8-10 hours building a gigantic atrium that takes up the entirety of the first cave. So much butthurt from being unable to properly connect the roof, so many top pieces not working together properly... After all that, I just watched this video and I'm speechless. I don't know whether to tear apart everything I'd just built or give up and keep my imperfect but enormous atrium as it is.

[@LolBoontai]

​@@jamesashler156tear it apart, I didn't wanna tear my vault apart but since I all ready knew the layout the rebuilding took way less time and now electrical is soo easy I love it

[@tjpatton8562]

You actually can extend your atrium ceiling. Just separate them to whatever length you like using atrium floor peices, build up your atrium walls in between, then extend the roof from there. There will be a gap left between the atrium end peices and the ceiling and walls, but if you remove the end peices and place an additional wall or ceiling piece, you can then replace the end peice and it will snap into place and fill in the gap.

[@RelativelyBest]

Recently started playing Fallout 4 again. Remembered having trouble trying to build a vault, but couldn't remember the details. I'm pretty sure this was the same video I found back then, actually, so it's nice that I was able to find it again.

[@hism7769]

It's wasn't easy for JV, he started out at Vault 88, with a small loan of a million caps.

[@stevemacaulay172]

Thanks for solving the "why arn't my lights working" problem many of us have had, keep on doing what your doing. :)

[@mgtfos]

this video just saved my life. I was about to just be over this dlc. thanks dude.

[@Soultsukino]

Thanks for this! The power distribution was a major stumbling block for me. I've got some fine tuning to do and my budget is getting low, but things are looking good.

[@lunashadowblood6258]

Thank you so much for this video! 8 was struggling so much trying to get the rooms to connect and trying to plan how to connect all my radiators to connect everything. You're awesome!

[@alvie1974]

6 years later and I must thank you for this video. Just started replaying this fallout 4 as a mega raider and I wanted to create a "Good Guy" hub using vault 88, but for the life of me I couldn't remember how to get doorways to work lol! Cheers!

[@veronicarogers2483]

I've been putting off rebuilding my vault in 88 because when I initially built it I was a full on noob & didn't really understand it. This is really helpful, I'm in the middle of said rebuild

[@AMikeOnLine]

Great video, Great narrating. Helped me a lot. Thanks JV.:) Edit to Add: The Vault tab and other missing Items/Tabs has been sorted out the latest UPDATE.

[@adamr182]

Omg I wish I watched this video earlier. Thank you so much. I had some much trouble building the rooms and now it all makes perfect sense.

[@vergessenerproduction]

yes it was very helpful, I was really frustrated cause what I've build was an atrium only, for my next char I can create a real vault with the specific vault rooms. thanks a lot

[@brendanallen5869]

That wireless power thing would have been helpful for my first vault, it’s a maze of wires. Well, round two will be easier.

[@lordllama7815]

I think it's safe to say most people would have liked if Bethesda took a more Sims 4 approach to settlement/vault building, haha. It is sad how needed vids like these are

[@grantjannaway7239]

thanks for your time and effort with this, the power situation was driving me crazy!

[@SarahWhelan]

This was so helpful! I just downloaded it and I'd totally misunderstood how to make the atrium, and non of my halls were working because I wasn't using that endcap. Thanks.

[@clancyfancy1273]

Omg the doorways thing help me a lot. Man you ARE a hero, thank you sooo much

[@miklein01]

I just found vault 88 and had some questions on building...10 minutes later you answered most of them. Thanks:)

[@Jamick98Geass]

I just built a farm, crops, and scrap stations inside the cave. Here at vault 88, we are bat people.

[@anthonyrivera4547]

Dude officially the best cause I been playing the dlc since Tuesday and couldn't figure any of that of your the best

[@biostemm]

The vault pieces are very cumbersome - they should have allowed you to snap a doorway between any 2 vault pieces that don't have walls. They should have also added universal vault walls with the different windows.

[@joshuapalmer8780]

The doorway endcaps function in the way you mentioned. It's only the preset doorways that take up space

[@FusionCarbon]

Hi Jv, I watch you everyday and love all the gameplays and info! Thx for being an awesome KZbinr

[@UltraSuperDuperFreak]

So i knew what you showed here allready, but still gj. I played like 16 hours straight hehe. I was hoping you hade found a way to use those "power wall conduit" in the premade vault section with entrance. There is a 150 power source there allready. And i placed a few turret at bridge to protect vs envaders (i hade raiders spawning) But when i tried place the power conduit in order to run a line from it to the turret i cant make it sit on any of the premade walls. Have you (or any one else ) by chance found a way ? I dislike having cables on walls and floor to get power from reactor to the turrets hehe.

[@carlosnavarro8961]

excellent!!!

[@Zerbey]

Still haven't decided if I want to get into this DLC, but a bit of a change of pace might be fun. Glad I watched this video after seeing all the frustrated reviews.

[@storytellerdavis]

Thank you! You are the first video I had that helped out on how to do the atrium. You're awesome. Loved your factory vid too.

[@haschism]

Keeps Cait as a companion. Good Man.

[@rainmanslim4611]

not often that I see exactly the question I had being answered when I click on a video, I needed that door endcap info! now my reactor power can reach the rest of the vault

[@SkifGoStab]

The end cap tip alone turned my crap vault design around. Thank you so much for the video!

[@gluify9324]

You're the only person with a decent titled video even after 5 years

[@Razgriz_01]

This was very helpful. I decided to use floor 0 (the one on dirt ground) as a utility and maintenance corridor to connect each section. Never knew the stairs were that useful (well, to get to elevated areas in the cavern)

[@novachannel1981]

this video was a life saver i was pulling my hair out trying to build rooms thanks

[@drewp7879]

Thank you so much for this. Fixed my structure issue and taught me how to fix rooms. Both were problems for me and I was so mad at the game.

[@urnansflipflop7894]

After you're done building your vault, there's a settlement that needs your help, here, I'll mark the location on your map.

[@trihard7317]

Helping more helpless villagers?

[@trda]

Fuck up garvey

[@ncrtrooper6289]

IMPOSTER EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NO LONGER MY TWIN

[@urnansflipflop7894]

@RM Mussolini Who hurt you?

[@barbaraelliott3510]

You can extend the width of your atrium by putting in the roof pieces first and then snapping the atrium pieces around the roof pieces. There is some overlapping/clipping of the atrium pieces to the roof but it looks pretty good.

[@sebastianvranicky8864]

Thank u so much i wanted to build a vault for so long but i didnt know how to connect rooms ur the best, take care❤😊

[@captainbewil8323]

I'm glad I discovered your channel, great video's, always well explained and interesting to watch :) keep up the good work!!

[@lukus22]

Thanks for making this video, you've earned a sub! :D (The youtube kind, not the subway kind.)

[@silentphoenix0544]

Thank you so much I've been getting really annoyed with my overseer room not connecting to the hallways so thanks for showing how it is done

[@truetothegame0969]

Any chance you got some tips on how to connect to different zones like the east wing to the west

[@HKy0uma]

And then even with no mods never resolved the missing categories issue. This is pretty helpful as always.

[@jonathoncollins7969]

After hours of frustration, you are a beautiful person

[@dumbgames4933]

Thank you for the endcap point. That was the key piece I needed to figure this damn thing out :)

[@daleadler1776]

you can use the main generator that was already there, you just have to place the new box wall conduit on a wall in the atrium, no wires no nothing but people don't realise you can use the existing generator from the room before you even enter the main vault

[@Enkis_rage]

I indeed had given up on building with the vault pieces, after watching at least 5 other videos and still being lost. Thank you I can now attempt to build again, try anyway lol

[@Davedude9]

Make a video that explains how to get power from the existing reactor

[@Kashma]

vault power comduit

[@dminer9040]

Really????

[@donlej7499]

the conduit is under switches and connectors. it snaps onto a vault wall

[@ImpactedWhisper]

It'll only snap on to newly placed walls though, if you want power to the main entrance you'll have the wire it up like you normally would with wires and conduits stretching out from the power plant, the VT conduits that you can place emit power up to a 500m range and will power anything that doesn't require a direct connection, if it does you can still place a wire from the conduit to the object you're trying to power, there is a mod that'll increase the passive power range up to 1,500m so if you're having issues with placement I'd suggest downloading it =) Hope this helps!

[@man_eating_monkey]

If you use TCL you can see that the original generator is actually connected to the first "snap-able" vault floor via a series of regular conduits below the ground. you could do something similar to hack power to the old part of the vault.

[@wolfoftheblood9260]

Thanks man. The power thing was driving me nuts!

[@kylemcgrath6590]

This was very helpful, thanks! The power had me really confused for a bit.

[@CGmobile95]

This helped me immensely! Thank you! I can actually build with the new stuff now! :D

[@almosthadit5054]

I don't have to string a million wires and pipes for power anymore? sweet!

[@Divide21]

I couldn't seem to snap a wall or floor or hall on the corner of the 2nd floor atrium. Any ideas?

[@joeyj6808]

I know I'm late to the party, but this was helpful to me! Thanks!

[@JingleJangle256]

One issue I had was where's he Overseer woman's AI navigation couldn't tell that certain points of interest for her was on a higher or lower floor. In one case, she was headed to her desk, which for me was on the third floor. Instead of finding the stairway and going to the higher floor, she just went either below the location or above it, depending on the floor she was on. It was extremely annoying.

[@dylangarnett9303]

I definitely appreciate explaining alot if the different stuff it helped out alot,now just gotta figure how I wanna build my valut,Because I've done few build with settlements, with this isn't easy

[@devanthomas6693]

Thank goodness power is easier than I thought. I was linking up wires from the outside to power my lights.

[@Rankbaajin]

this was actually very helpful. thank you for posting.

[@BrianTChamberlin]

thanks for the clarification on atriums JV

[@theboogster2]

I'm not sure how well it's known, but you should make a video on expanding vault 88 by fixing the other sectors, and how to get the vault Tex water purifier in the east section working.

[@CarvilleHernandez]

10/10 I really needed this video. Many thanks.

[@christianortiz9947]

My issues that I been running thru lately is connecting some vault pieces together. For example coneting a 3 tier wall then adding a single tier some times it connects other time it dosent even doing the floors or ceiling. Then I have to take everything down and figuer a good combination to get them together

[@thatoneguy4515]

Damn I already made a massive atrium room not knowing about the other stuff 😂

[@1ClusterChuck]

You 'can' widen the atrium with a little work. Set the pieces like JV did and put as many floors pieces down as how far you want to widen it. Put the other side on. Now you have a gap. Take ladders and keep tweaking them until you get a floor of you choice to line up above. I used the warehouse mesh floor and it made for a cool look on top. It will be slightly sitting above the Atrium tops.

[@thejuicyorange8526]

When you finish the Quest, you two options Make an underground town, or a property vault

[@levincelestino6762]

Thank you so much! I was having a problem with snapping the rooms haha.

[@douglasdobson8110]

Correction to atrium width, the Atrium has it's own special roofpiece and the atrium can be as wide AS WELL AS long as you like, both directions by using the roofpiece under the atrium component list. You would totally love my 3 story vault gymnasium, but I have no idea how to copy and post videos lol. Also worth a note: pieces can and do sometimes snap slightly off the invisible grid, watch closely to make sure there are no gaps in your constructions and that it all is lined up right or you will have trouble down the road. and LAST TIP: when snapping pieces that intersect with the cave roof, sometimes once the item is snapped into place it will no longer highlight and thus becomes a permanent part of your cave ceiling so make sure you are IN EXACTLY THE RIGHT POSITION BEFORE YOU SNAP IT IN PLACE, or you could be like me and wind up with areas that are permanently screwed up lol. . . . . . just makes it more challenging lol. I'm available for Q&A's any time (REGARDING FALLOUT 4 construction only, thx) [e-mail]

[@ckopen7192]

thanks a bunch. id always try this mod then give up cuz i had no idea where anything is supposed to go, but this is a massive help.

[@Heloboiye]

Hey dude! For people looking to fix their menus: Home Maker and Settlement Keywords from Nexus Mods have holotapes to fix the menus of settlements. Just install, select "Fix Menus" and youre done!

[@vexedin-7091]

Thanks this really helped me because when i startend i kinda rushed ahead of myself And this summed up THE bacics

[@RaikenXion]

Im luving the Vault Tec dlc, only just started it what with all the other games Ive been working on lately. But I just dont know where to start and how about to lay it all out. Im the type that like to make all my settlements look proper and organized. I feel I need somekind of blueprint to work from or something.

[@scottdavis7793]

you can add a centre ceiling to the atrium mine is 6 by 6 and the very top for ceiling tiles

[@TheHappyCamperPSN]

If you have Homemaker Expanded Settlements, update it to version 1.36 if you want the Vault pieces to appear in the Structures category.

[@dustinkelley383]

I had the homemaker mod installed and the structures tab didn't show up but as soon as I disabled it everything worked fine. it's a pretty common mod so if you have it and are having issues try this.

[@ChangeTheChannel.]

im having trouble building walls around the atrium, can you do a showcase of you buidling an atrium other than the roof?

[@crossvg]

Please make a video about how to light up the vault! I have lights all over but there are places where there's spots of darkness and it's aggravating!

[@AlexaBosse]

I'm having the same issue

[@HeadingleygEE]

i am having same problem, power conduits dont go far like he says.

[@PrettyKitty100]

I just put a shit ton of lights on every inch of my vault ceilings. That worked for me.

[@Monoxim]

ofc the power conduits works, maybe you have to put more on the walls, that worked for me. And yes you need tons of light in your vault, every part of my vault got a light :D

[@crossvg]

+Monoxim it's just a problem Bethesda should fix lol, that's all.

[@Draguardian]

OK, that bit about the door endcaps is really helpful and the trick I need to really start building my own vault. My question is how does one go about building in the tunnels? Is there some sort of trick that I'm not thinking of or will you have to do some sort of 'airlock' setup for them? Another question is how to close off the actual vault doors, I keep ending up with this open space between the gear and where the next piece clips together

[@CaptIronfoundersson]

I'm having trouble with the vault entrance. There's that big reactor in the room off to the left of the workshop, but I can't get the vault conduit to snap anywhere in that area. Am I missing something? I want to build a wall of laser turrets to protect the entrance, but why build a gas generator when the 150 power reactor is right friggin' there?

[@joshuapalmer8780]

yeah it's tricky as fuck.. I've figured the entrance doesn't count as built 'tiles' that the conduit can stick to.. the best I can figure is lining up conduit pipes along the ceiling, and connecting it to the generator with wires.. It's tricky but I've been successful so far, doesn't get in the way all that much. Hope this helps.

[@UltraSuperDuperFreak]

I tried aswell to get power from premade reactor. i found no solution except drawing it with cables in the premade section. I played about 16 hours on release day, and i have build basicly anything and not found a better way. The same way with the water plant i think, i hade to build a small generator near it to get water in vault. It surely didtn draw power by itself sadly.

[@PrettyKitty100]

+UltraSuperDuperFreak I did the same.

[@anoraashman4706]

I know im late to this party but seriously thank you so so much!

[@dogsmile100]

how about stacking rooms, i have found that if you want to make a room then stick a clinic on top it wont snap so its just like guessing if it is strait or not.

[@MisterMeaner3000]

thaaaank you for the conduit explanation I was getting so ticked.

[@detritusofseattle]

I ended up building my vault 88 more like a typical city, with a long road of atrium floors making a kind of road through the vault. I like it. On the other hand, I am now creating a vault on the surface at Starlight Diner. That's part of the reason I came here. I got really frustrated with it because I couldn't get the rooms of different kinds to snap on to the residential vault parts. Made me rage.

[@korvo3427]

Thank you so much. I had this room connecting issue.

[@hunibuni]

What corner pieces allow stacking? I tried the Atrium Prefab Corners (2 tier) they won't stack on each other vertically. I also tried stacking Domestic Prefab Corners (1 tier) and those also won't stack on each other vertically. So I am at a loss of how to do the corners after the first layer since they won't stack.

[@PaulJones-dz5jr]

The doorways is what held me up. I built a concrete building in the cave because of bloody doorways lol

[@AlexaBosse]

do you HAVE to have that vault conduit on every wall because when I do it it only extends one or two floor pieces and then then I need another

[@STARPHASE]

The floors actually don't have to be connected to the generator. I put the one with 500 power in the room with the water filter, and didn't connect floors to it. You just need the conduits. I've had issues with railings. I had set up stairs in my attrium, and wanted to put railings around the open areas, but I couldn't get 3 rails to snap, and even the one U shaped piece wouldn't snap, and I have no idea why. It just kept snapping backwards, it'd face the floor, instead of the stairs. I ended up just redesigning the area to make things work.

[@MrJonboy1236]

only problem I'm having is withe the lighting in the atrium. I've put lights almost everywhere I can but there's still dark shadows in spots and I carn't light the bridge I have properly as the light from the roof doesn't reach it

[@aurumone_exe]

How would I connect the different sectors..? And, if I can, which do you reccomend connecting?

[@LuciferDemonNetwork]

thanks for this video, i REALLY needed it

[@fatboyjohnjohn9926]

I was confused your vids are helpful👍

[@clarehudson8582]

Great explanatory video, thank you!