supply lines not working for food or water

[kabhes]

so i made 2 settlements into farms for the food and water.
but the problem now is all of the sudden does none of my other settlements have food or water.
i tried to make a ton more but it doenst seem to help.
i made up to 240 water while i have roughly 130 settlers but it didnt help.

[BlazeD]

The settlements that don't produce food or water will get those from your supply line. They won't stock up food or water at any particular settlement, they just eat / drink as they need. As long as they are connected by your supply lines don't worry about it.

[kabhes]

Originally posted by BlazeD:

The settlements that don't produce food or water will get those from your supply line. They won't stock up food or water at any particular settlement, they just eat / drink as they need. As long as they are connected by your supply lines don't worry about it.

but thats the thing i have a full supply line to almost all my settlements.
all going to red rocked truckstop

[ForevaNoob Wonemorturn]

Euh... how do you make supplies lines? 'didn't even know there was such a thing...

[watchdog79]

Originally posted by ForevaNoob Wonemorturn:

Euh... how do you make supplies lines? 'didn't even know there was such a thing...

You need to have the Local Leader perk. Then enter the build mode, select a settler you want to run the supply line and press Q, then select the target settlement.

Not every settlement needs to be connected to every other, it is a network, just connect them to the network.

You may want to read through this: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_4_settlements
And the rest of the Wikia too, while you are at it.

[Plake]

Originally posted by kabhes:

Originally posted by BlazeD:

The settlements that don't produce food or water will get those from your supply line. They won't stock up food or water at any particular settlement, they just eat / drink as they need. As long as they are connected by your supply lines don't worry about it.

but thats the thing i have a full supply line to almost all my settlements.
all going to red rocked truckstop

That usually means the settler you made running the supply line died...

[Park_Ranger]

Originally posted by Plake:

Originally posted by kabhes:

but thats the thing i have a full supply line to almost all my settlements.
all going to red rocked truckstop

That usually means the settler you made running the supply line died...

They don't die, your the only person who could kill them.

I have 72 supply lines, nobody ever died.

[ForevaNoob Wonemorturn]

Originally posted by watchdog79:

Originally posted by ForevaNoob Wonemorturn:

Euh... how do you make supplies lines? 'didn't even know there was such a thing...

You need to have the Local Leader perk. Then enter the build mode, select a settler you want to run the supply line and press Q, then select the target settlement.

Not every settlement needs to be connected to every other, it is a network, just connect them to the network.

You may want to read through this: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_4_settlements
And the rest of the Wikia too, while you are at it.

Thank you so much. Usually I dig for that kind of stuff just by myself, but I don't remember a game being as complicated as F4, the only game I decided to try to solve only one problem a day. Since they are so many, and most of them unintuitive.

[Shahadem]

Originally posted by Park_Ranger:

Originally posted by Plake:

That usually means the settler you made running the supply line died...

They don't die, your the only person who could kill them.

I have 72 supply lines, nobody ever died.

Actually Provisioners can be killed. They can be killed via actions you've taken such as by rocket turrets you've placed. I've also lost a provisioner to I don't know what when they were traveling between The Castle and Spectable Island.

Robot provisioners can be killed by just about anything I believe.

Also, what the heck do you need 72 supply lines for? That is a huge waste of settlers.

[watchdog79]

Originally posted by Shahadem:

Also, what the heck do you need 72 supply lines for? That is a huge waste of settlers.

That is one point of view.

The other point of view is that well equipped and armed Provisioners can act as a kind of a militia patrol network and can often stand their ground quite well against what the Commonwealth tries to send against them. If they are defeated, they recover after a while (provided that you did not shoot/blow them up yourself) and carry on fighting, eventually defeating the enemies and resuming their task.

As a bonus, if you are near the fight, you get XP for their kills too.

[Park_Ranger]

Originally posted by Shahadem:

Originally posted by Park_Ranger:

They don't die, your the only person who could kill them.

I have 72 supply lines, nobody ever died.

Actually Provisioners can be killed. They can be killed via actions you've taken such as by rocket turrets you've placed. I've also lost a provisioner to I don't know what when they were traveling between The Castle and Spectable Island.

Robot provisioners can be killed by just about anything I believe.

Also, what the heck do you need 72 supply lines for? That is a huge waste of settlers.

I already said that you can kill a provisioner.

72 supply lines, a waste of settlers, just lol, it's just something I can do in the game, I have them going everwhere, Far Harbour, Nuka World, human and robot provisioners, so what, does it bother you.

And I have never seen any of them die ever, including robot ones, I don't use rocket turrets, but I do use laser ones.

I have watched them from a distance fight enemies when I meet them on their travels, they might get downed for a while, but they don't die, I have not equiped any with armour, many still have basic pipe pistols, although the robotic ones are pretty tooled up.

Vanilla game btw.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=848998864

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=848999034

PS. The bridge into Sanctuary gets busy.

[kabhes]

Originally posted by Shahadem:

Originally posted by Park_Ranger:

They don't die, your the only person who could kill them.

I have 72 supply lines, nobody ever died.

Actually Provisioners can be killed. They can be killed via actions you've taken such as by rocket turrets you've placed. I've also lost a provisioner to I don't know what when they were traveling between The Castle and Spectable Island.

Robot provisioners can be killed by just about anything I believe.

Also, what the heck do you need 72 supply lines for? That is a huge waste of settlers.

that might be it i have rocked turrets at the entrence of my main farm settlement.

never mind just checked he is still alive

[mainer]

Originally posted by Park_Ranger:

Originally posted by Plake:

That usually means the settler you made running the supply line died...

They don't die, your the only person who could kill them.

I have 72 supply lines, nobody ever died.

This is actually a unique idea, it gives you your own MM force of 72 out in the field. I only lost one in the hours I've played, and that's because I accidently killed him with a grenade, I've seen them get absolutely brutalized at times, but they only take a knee, then get back up and continue on. Maybe not very realistic, but can you imagine trying to keep supply lines running if they could get killed (they aren't the brightest bulbs on the string to begin with)? I always arm my provisioners with the best spare weapons/armor that I have.

[MageThis]

Originally posted by dransaw:

Originally posted by Park_Ranger:

They don't die, your the only person who could kill them.

I have 72 supply lines, nobody ever died.

This is actually a unique idea, it gives you your own MM force of 72 out in the field. I only lost one in the hours I've played, and that's because I accidently killed him with a grenade, I've seen them get absolutely brutalized at times, but they only take a knee, then get back up and continue on. Maybe not very realistic, but can you imagine trying to keep supply lines running if they could get killed (they aren't the brightest bulbs on the string to begin with)? I always arm my provisioners with the best spare weapons/armor that I have.

Fun scouting the provisioners, sometimes. Learned some cool routes and get to watch then engage in firefights along their supply line. Give them excellent h/w including 1 plasma or fragment grenade. Nuka-grenades will be their next upgrade.