Fallout 4 Settlement Building Tips and Tricks NO MODS

[@Gwynbleidd_117]

The fact Bethesda didn’t let us just forcefully clip things into each other and the ground like foundations do is just dumb lol

[@shadow_of_thoth]

What's even more ridiculous is that they OBVIOUSLY didn't have the same limitations when designing the game world. There are so many things in the game that would simply not be possible to build in a settlement. Like the raider camps with perfectly snapped fences.

[@jackskellingtonsfollower3389]

That's because they build games with an "it's good enough" mindset instead of being thorough with the programming. They really need to take notes from Halo Reach's Forge mode or maybe Halo 5 at most. It doesn't have to be insanely in depth like Infinite's Forge, but at least give the players a good build feature that doesn't force us to use time consuming exploits.

[@jackskellingtonsfollower3389]

The ability to remove trash and shrubbery would help too.

[@ethanfisher5789]

Did you ever stop to think that this is purposeful? Maybe they made it where we couldnt clip and left the glitches in so we could figure it out ourselves.

[@Barrett_Jesus]

@@jackskellingtonsfollower3389 or 7 days to die, or rust, or any game but halo.

[@EnycmaPie]

The settlement building mechanic was supposed to be this huge part of the game in Fallout 4. But it takes all these bugs and exploits just to build a decent settlement without using any mods.

[@runpullfourskinz6796]

Idk why they give us this activity we can sink hours into but then give us a plot where our son is missing so we feel weird doing anything but tracking him down.

[@after8lover]

Yeah and the building caps are a big turnoff aswell! You can glitch it with the weapontrick but it keeps crashing quite easily…

[@robert_39e]

On your second "Wire trick" if you had stored the new wire you would find that the light still has power and you can place it where ever you want in the settlement. I have all of my generators encased in concrete and no wires in my settlements. This is commonly referred to as the "WiFi glitch".

[@WondrousLanternProductions]

Hey, bud, I appreciate your comment because it allowed me to search for Skooled Zone's video on the "WiFi Glitch". I gave you a shoutout in my latest video's description. I hope you're cool with that, bud. Cheers!

[@NorthNova13]

That first tip is one of the best tips I've ever heard thank you 🙏🏼 Your rug tip is a literal game changer.

[@jonny5777]

Great tips. One golden rule I use when playing any Bethesda game is ABS Always Be Saving 😅

[@MoveTheMouse]

Another update coming Monday May 13th.

[@SebastianGonzalez-wq1tu]

“But what we can do”🤓 the line we hear when we know he’s about to cook

[@niels1t1if]

And bro cooked fr

[@Kangamoos]

I love that rug placement strategy! So easy and allows so much more freedom of placement

[@justinthompson5190]

Rug glitch must have been patched on Xbox I can't get it to work.

[@kaisersloth5524]

@@justinthompson5190same on PlayStation , maybe the new update ? :(

[@feliperomero922]

@@justinthompson5190 I second this, the rug glitch on Series X|S doesn't work.

[@jackwhitetron]

​@@justinthompson5190doesn't work for me either

[@WebOfTwilight]

Just started playing Fallout 4 after a really long hiatus. I never got too into building during my first two play-throughs but I want to focus on it more this time around, see what I can do. These tips are immensely helpful and I'm sure I'll be using them quite frequently. Thanks!

[@jamesstobaugh]

I’ve been playing fo4 since launch, 9 years, and i just learned something from your video. Good job sir!

[@MightyPinecone]

The campfire glitch is new to me, so thanks for that tip.

[@shadow_of_thoth]

I absolutely HATE that you can't snap things together, and there is no grid system for precise distances. I want perfect symmetry sometimes, and it drives me insane trying to do that without measuring where I'm putting things.

[@At0m1cTeddy]

My man! Haven't played F4 since near release. Opened my old world and saw I was obviously exploiting glitches majorly for my base l. Wanted to continue it but was max and couldn't remember any of the methods I would have used. This video was a major help. Now I just need to relearn thr rest of the game haha

[@geekysmoker1528]

The ashtray is a good idea for the pillar glitch if you don’t want it to drop. I play modded with the qwapa post. Best build mod

[@zweaters]

Seems like those have been patched in the latest update

[@Antiwoke77]

It was only today that I attempted to line up some raider fences. Next time I play, I’ll be able to get them looking much more secure. Thanks

[@stormcry8202]

Ashtrays are a good glitching tool as well. Also, one nice thing that you can do is make a metal scaffolding frame, and then place a wooden scaffolding floor piece on the ground. Build a turret on top of the floor piece, then you can snap the floor piece to the metal frame, and avoid the building collision physics. I like to make the turret platform snap so that turret just peaks over a junk wall. You can also snap more metal scaffolding frames vertically( I like taking a 1x1 tall frame, and stacking one or two small 1x1 frames on top. Then make add a turret/floor for each. I will also mix the turret types later on in levels. Having a heavy laser turret on top of two missile turrets is really fun, and the laser will show you where the enemy is, especially in the dark. The KZbinr SarDeliac has quite a number of fun building videos.

[@pshep138]

Extremely useful video! I need to use that store weapon glitch to lower the size of my settlement in Jamaica Plains. I built one warehouse there, and it maxed out the settlement. So annoying.

[@mmadd7]

Great video! One thing, be careful with that wire glitch. I use mods that make things wireless, so its been a while, but I remember reading about how the wire glitch breaks your save from the very first time you use it. It won't crash your game immediately, but over time the corrupted save will crash, and once you've done it on that save, it won't matter if you scrap everything that has been wire glitched, the corruption is already there.

[@icantthinkofaname3884]

I hope this is a haha cause now I'm spooked

[@wolfen210959]

I imagine if you are playing on console that there will be some differences, but I've been utilising all of the glitches here, and many more besides, on PC, and never had a problem with a corrupt save file. The only thing I know that will cause problems down the line, is using the exploit to artificially lower your build limit by storing dropped weapons, and only if you over do it, I only lower the build limit once, and only enough to place what I was trying to build, usually only at the Castle, because by the time you've finished repairing the walls, adding the shops, furniture etc, there isn't a lot of space left for defenses. Corrupt save files are almost exclusively caused by mods, usually ones that mess around with the meshes and precombines, Scrap All and Scrap Everything spring to mind, but there are lots of others too, it's not the mods themselves that cause the problem, it's the people who use them and don't understand what they are actually doing to the game, and who tend to go crazy by scrapping things that should not be scrapped.

[@Tijuanabill]

Great tips. I would only add one detail that storing weapons that have a lot of mods on them, moves the bar dramatically more. Once I have enough wealth, I just keep a stock of 20 or so weapons with long names (because lots of mods) for this purpose. They don't stack, which is less convenient, but they work so much better. In a pinch you can even just drop your own weapons you carry, and put them back on.

[@Mr._Anderpson]

If you're going to spend a lot of time building various settlements, save the gamma guns you find. They drop the build meter by the largest margin per item due to the detail in the wire-covered dish. I drop five at most settlements so I can always grab them from storage and store them. Settlers like to grab gamma guns for whatever reason. Put them in storage the NPCs can't reach. A crate behind a powered door works, since they won't use switches. Or use the pillar glitch to bury a chest in the ground and leave the pillar in place so you can lift the chest above the surface when needed.

[@mccaslinhughes5211]

Your videos are so well organized and clear. Thank you for your work!

[@Makoto03]

Thank you for the tips. I never really understood the settlement feature but i did want to at least get one to 100% happiness for a trophy. lol

[@wolfen210959]

That's pretty easy to get, I used Hangmans Alley with just 3 settlers, 1 farmer, 1 Doctor, 1 Barman, with both the agility and strength boosting furniture items, 'cos they also increase happiness. The more settlers there are in a settlement, the harder it is to get that achievement.

[@Makoto03]

@@wolfen210959 thanks i'll try that.

[@wingedgiant1648]

For as long as this game has been out I never knew about the group select in build mode!!!

[@antoniotecson2659]

I just wished there's a bird's eye view option and even grids

[@StayCoolKeto]

build ladders high up and then you can look down and see sort of from birds eye views some locations are better than others

[@brianmcmeat1306]

3 and a half size limit increase and fairly stable.

[@Tarex_]

Later in the game a lot of gun mods accumulate, they don't stack and are big objects really easy to drop and store

[@KiddLogan]

GOLD ! Thanks for sharing, man ;) Simplifies A LOT of things from other videos

[@prestongarvey3715]

Thank you this will make me ecstatic about you general. Keep up the support while I mark the settlements in your map.

[@willyrodriguez1022]

actually i find it more useful using that one perk which let you get rare materials when u scrap weapons and armor is better imo your getting material that u may be running out plus weapon are plentiful

[@GIJane52]

Wow....awesome info.. I never knew all those little glitches! thank you for sharing!😁👍

[@slavicboi425]

The worst thing here is that I just walled off the movie drive in place and now saw this amazing rug trick.. Still thanks!

[@workrestandplaysnooker]

Use the gamma gun for the SSG, something to do with pixels and layers.... Stuff I don't know about, anyway they take up a lot of on screen space/memory? so they bring that bar down really quickly. Do 20 guns and half the bar is gone 👍🏻

[@raedjibrail]

Some great tips there. Very useful - thank you,

[@darrenriverol6340]

This has been extremely helpful well explained going to help a lot

[@nathanielnadeau6501]

Use mods if you can, especially scrap everything and place anywhere. I can't stress how miserable building without these is, especially when you want to build complex machinery or housing units. I love Fallout 4 and think it's an incredibly underrated franchise title, but trying to accomplish anything with the base game settlement building system is one of the worst and most infuriating experiences I've ever had playing a videogame.

[@wolfen210959]

Be careful of how you use scrap everything, it will break your game by allowing you to scrap things that should not be scrapped. Some of the debris is a part of the game code in such a way that removing it will cause problems with meshes and precombines, and that will bork your save.

[@boxheadzombie3400]

Dude out of all of my games and I have a million gamerscore I enjoy the hell out of fall out 4

[@PeterKJRichterIMHO]

Ya, I found the conduit/mat trick on another channel, but buddy said he got it elsewhere, but forget the person etc... guessing that was you 😮🙃 I really luv the mat trick, and nice to see it can be used on other objects, because the clipping issue is a pain right now for me.. will try this later today. Thanks for sharing! and sub'd !!

[@MoveTheMouse]

I got the mat trick from NoRespawns back in early 2015 I think.

[@carinakaarli4784]

Omg!! I am sooo going to try that matt trick out for fencing!

[@anonw3829]

Clear and concise, excellent! Thank you.

[@casualchaos2414]

its a shame i cant get this to work no matter how many times i follow this video exactly.

[@AirBoi]

same lol

[@KaiseroftheBlade]

If you’re on PS5, you have to hold the supporting rug/pillar for longer to grab all attached items. I couldn’t get them to work, but you just need to hold select for longer.

[@iNowHateAtSigns]

I'm wondering if it's a version issue. I'm running 1.10.163.0.1 through GOG, are you? Nothing I've tried so far is working.

[@zeemmarax]

This old house 2287.

[@G_Veluwe]

Tip for the settlement building hack: use gamma guns! it goes way faster 1 or 2 gamma guns will do the trick

[@petrsafar1660]

This guy deserves like and subscribe for sure 🌞

[@dustincrager2832]

Awesome video. Great tip about the junk fences bc I always thought they were complete shit to put together. Even went as far as alternating walls and junk fences bc you can usually place a wall closer to a junk fences than more junk fences

[@Arasteele]

Nice tutorial, clean, clear and to the point. Well done. I'll add just one thing here, that being the rug & pillar *techniques* aren't glitches. Glitch denotes a kind of malfunction. There's no malfunction with the rug or pillar. These are just you or I making use of the innate properties of those build pieces. Note that tables, shelving, certain ladders as well as other items in the workshop also have those same properties. I doubt even the word exploit is correct but it fits better than glitch. They are simply building techniques. At any rate I look forward to seeing more of your stuff. Always like checking out new builds and the ideas and creativity of others.

[@CJ77777]

Oh My God! I just shot over from one of your other videos. The rug trick! THANK YOU 😅

[@GeneralSantucci1st]

I absolutely downloaded a limitless building mod . Thankfully I’m playing on ps5 and I built a city in starlight

[@zuckerhut8707]

Great video with easy yet very useful tips that are simple to implement, thanks!!

[@Axceroom-pd7ub]

idk why but for some reason storing gama guns with the inf build space bug is 2x more effective then normal, i used only 7 of them and went from full to half.

[@IncriminatedAntelope]

Thanks man! Really started losing my shit at building in this game

[@PhoebeJackson-t6o]

You just saved my builds- bless

[@daniel.cabbage]

great video full of usefull tips, thanks for video!

[@Barrett_Jesus]

oh my god, thanks so much. If only bethesda and the makers of the fallout games did a better job, I wouldn't have to look for tricks to make building settlements easier and better looking.

[@Dj_CanS]

Warehouse then Posts can do a lot of tricks too👍🏾

[@83HC]

Imagine having to be aware of which pieces glitch out other pieces so that you can place things where you want to, instead of pieces just being able to be placed where you want them.

[@Naptimefordays]

Can i ask how many times you did the size up glitch for your settlement before you couldnt go into it anymore.😅😅

[@Frankel-Grafix]

amazing tips, thank you!

[@Poonguinn]

You’re a goat

[@MoveTheMouse]

🙏

[@matthewgodwin6688]

You leave a gap enemies will rush in Almost need seal gaps If they spawn inside and you walled in you got sthy I use cement or diffent walls they click

[@donnyindrapura3890]

Wow i need this one, thank you

[@tonyb2109]

Great video! Thanks!

[@Morbazan125]

I always scrap weapons for the size thing, it’s the only reason I pick up non legendary weapons and there’s no reason not to scrap, you get absolute tons of weapons during a playthrough

[@mr.puppycat9019]

Thank you man😊

[@LeytonGilliam]

Can you put a foundation block on the rugs they are huge and the annoying bushes in sanctuary are making my mega wall unable to go all the way around thanks.

[@BETMARKonTube]

2:52 Where did you find (or how did you unlock) that *"Diner Wooden Floor"* ?

[@MoveTheMouse]

It's DLC. If you like the building I think the season pass is worth it. Each of the 6 DLCs have some objects. But 3 of them are heavily focused on the workshop. Vault, Contraptions, and Wasteland Workshop are worth a look.

[@BETMARKonTube]

@@MoveTheMouse I don't have the season pass, but I bought all the DLCs, but "creations". Is it maybe in that one?

[@wolfen210959]

@@BETMARKonTube Definitely Creation Club content, not DLC.

[@BETMARKonTube]

@@wolfen210959 thank you. Too bad for me, then.

[@carlmayne3519]

I can't seem to get this first trick to work, with the rug. I still can't merge the wall or even get close to the second wall .. Have they changed anything recently in a patch?

[@ItzABnorma1]

How do you unlock the concrete options to build? Mine has none

[@MoveTheMouse]

It's one of the Workshop DLCs.

[@Portawolf]

Man! Your good! Fine intel.But I got no patience for all that building! I prefer to only build what is absolutely neccessary and preferably as quickly as possible! Any suggestions or maybe you can make a tutorial about it.Something for lazy players! Lol.Keep the good work! Solder!

[@JJourdenaisART]

How do you have so much choice in your inventory?

[@donaldbell2554]

thanks

[@Die__Brad]

So it won’t let me fix roofs in sanctuary using your truck did they fix it?

[@MoveTheMouse]

This video was made on the latest update on an Xbox Series X.

[@Die__Brad]

Does it only work on that one house? I’m on ps5

[@tenchu3770]

Hello, I hope u can answer this. Let's say you build 4 floors, and now I want to build walls around it(2x2). a lot of times at 1 of the corners it will not snap and just try to go straight. instead of a 90 degrees corner, its really annoying then I remove all walls and try again and hope for RNG to snap. I cant figure out the logic. any tips?

[@dmstites80]

Have you tried the rug glitch shown in the video and just try really hard to line the wall up?

[@wolfen210959]

Simply change the position of your character, or put a roof in to give it 2 places to snap to, or press the button to rotate the wall, any one of these tricks will work.

[@wolfen210959]

@@dmstites80 The rug glitch is not needed for this, he just wants a snappable object to naturally snap to what it is supposed to. Simply pressing the rotate button will often solve the problem, or just moving the character slightly.

[@SanDmaNTheFreakTrucker]

They should have given us the ability to rebuild everything with new parts…

[@ChantzTerrell-xf4eg]

i can follow this step by step and no item i set on the stacked mats will attach and allow me to move it along with the rug

[@MoveTheMouse]

Try the default junk fences. They're one of the most commonly used objects for that glitch. The rug glitch does NOT work with any piece that snaps to another.

[@anonkang315xi8]

What am I missing here? Im doing exactly what he says in pillar glitch and it will not build through any objects.

[@kianadoescod6402]

Has anyone tried to do this on PlayStation? I’ve tried and it only highlights the mat or the post it doesn’t grab both items 😅

[@MoveTheMouse]

It definitely works. I've played the PlayStation version as well around the time of this video.

[@Lala-he5pn]

The first glitch doesn’t work for me😢😢

[@BigDaddyDelliott]

It’s so annoying trying to snap or fit stuff and it just won’t go

[@raedjibrail]

I'm playing on the PS5, around level 11 in survival mode. However, I can't access items like concrete walls etc. Is that something that comes along later on?

[@MoveTheMouse]

That might be DLC. The season pass is great if you're enjoying the building. Some other items show up once you've done certain things in game. Keep an eye out for "Picket Fences" magazines as these unlock buildings as well.

[@stanettiels7367]

It’s either DLC stuff you haven’t bought, or it’s something you’ll unlock when you collect the required Picket Fences magazine. There’s guides for all locations of said magazines.

[@raedjibrail]

@@MoveTheMouse Great tips, thank you.

[@raedjibrail]

@@stanettiels7367 Good to know, thanks.

[@stanettiels7367]

@@raedjibrail No worries, brother.

[@leonvanwyk184]

Good day people. Are there ready made settlement builds that i can download?

[@MoveTheMouse]

Look for NoRespawns mod creator and KZbinr.

[@leonvanwyk184]

@MoveTheMouse where do i find it

[@NekoTheGrimmSage]

You sound similar to School Zone in voice

[@jakegomm5917]

The amount of time ive spent trying to get those junk fences close to eachother 😂 really wish you could scrap the stupid ugly bushes that stop building in sanctuary

[@LifeAccordingToMatt]

There's a mod that will allow you to get rid of them. Brute force scrapper

[@jakegomm5917]

@LifeAccordingToMatt yeah I've heard of that. I'm worried mods will mess up my game though and I'm like 50 hours in now 😂

[@Morbazan125]

I absolutely hate the way the building menus are layed out

[@Tyrannosaur6265]

Me when building in Fallout 4 😮 Me when the items turn red, eliminating half the utility 😢

[@matthewdeavitt9888]

Are these glitches or is this how the team Made the game?

[@MoveTheMouse]

@@matthewdeavitt9888 glitches, they are unintentional otherwise they would just make it easier to place things without using these techniques.

[@Vinyl-Sloth]

How do you group objects on Xbox x

[@MoveTheMouse]

Hold A instead of just pressing it when you pick something up.

[@Vinyl-Sloth]

@@MoveTheMouse thanks

[@NCR_vet_ranger2347]

Its just dumb that we cant snap junk walls together

[@MoveTheMouse]

There's a mod for that though. PC and Xbox for sure, not 100% about PS.

[@carlotes1]

Ayo i saw that cheat terminal holotape

[@MoveTheMouse]

I only cheat for materials. It's the only "mod" used here. 9 years ago I had time to grind. But not anymore.

[@carlotes1]

​​@@MoveTheMouseits ok bro i was just joking. I use that mod too😅

[@FreeMan4096]

i shouldnt have to do this Bethesda!

[@menacer5879]

This was already covered by the Skooled Zone (and in more detail)

[@MoveTheMouse]

Thanks?

[@Joshwa04]

@@MoveTheMouse all quality tricks to know, thanks! Should check out the Skooled Zone video on wireless power, saves from having to run wires around and clip them through walls.

[@-flavz3547]

If this was by Skooled Zone, it would be a 45 minute video with 7 minutes of talking before he starts, instead of getting straight to it like this one.

[@clintjmilne]

Having things explained by different people at different times who have potentially different audiences is all valuable and helpful. These tools aren't and shouldn't be limited to specific creators who may or may not have explained it first.

[@MathewMorris-tl5fx]

Thank you that was so damn frusterating lol

[@insertname7750]

Pro tip get a pc because console commands give you more options

[@MoveTheMouse]

Pro tip, people play on console too. I have a PC and am well aware of the differences in platforms. I create console focused content primarily.

[@sirTAFFvanBAS]

The gliches are not working for me anymore not xbox nor pc and even easy building has become a nightmare and the game is more buggy..... i just deleted the game. It is so hard to understand why the did this.

[@MoveTheMouse]

I can confirm they are working, Just used them not more than 10 minutes ago on Series X on the latest update.

[@boxheadzombie3400]

If I was able to delete everything I'd probbly play this game for a few years even with new dlc that comes out😂 so far we only got far harbor and nuke world😂

[@wolfen210959]

Automatron, Wasteland Workshop, Contraptions, Vault Tec, are the ones you're missing.

[@boxheadzombie3400]

@@wolfen210959 I have those dlcs

[@xBzG1]

Not working for next gen 😢

[@MoveTheMouse]

This is recorded on Next Gen Update. Latest update on Xbox Series X.

[@MoveTheMouse]

If you're trying the rug glitch it only works with non snappable items.

[@xBzG1]

Got yaaaaaa

[@boxheadzombie3400]

I wish I could delete everything on the map😊

[@wolfen210959]

You can, there is a mod that allows you to scrap anything you want to, but it'll break your game, because it allows you to delete the "floor" of the game, which is not a good thing.

[@IronAceSUB]

Noice! Thank you! Will be using these!