Connecting Generator, devices, lights etc Problem!

[Avendt]

I have spent 6 hours trying to connect Generator with Broadcasting/Recruiting Station in order to get the power and I have to abandone this game!!! Whoever designed this part of game mechanics must had forgotten about ``intuitive`` part of the design!!! I cannot get the damn thing to connect...In my real life I had fixed many electrical appliances and have wired the house myself (have not connected the cables to the switchboard/powerboard, it is called differently in different countries) and here in this game the concept is so abstract that it does not make sense to me!
I paid for this game $20 but so far my frustration tells me I should have waited until it was $5!
I wish there was a mod that makes this far less frustrating part of the game.

[Wolförian Garmdomia]

Maybe you should stop being an electrical engineer and be an intuitive mind instead. This might solve your first world problem. This game will never be $5.

But really, you quit Fallout because you couldn't connect a wire from A to B. That's petty.

[Avendt]

Originally posted by Wolförian:

Maybe you should stop being an electrical engineer and be an intuitive mind instead. This might solve your first world problem. This game will never be $5.

But really, you quit Fallout because you couldn't connect a wire from A to B. That's petty.

Maybe you should stop being a troll! Where in my post did i say I am electrical Engineer??? I have no trade in electric field but have been able to wire up my house which was inspected by licenced electricians, approved and connected to main power by a licenced electrician! Do you like to put your own words into other people post??? You must be such an intuitive mind when you guessed how i was to respond to your trash!
I woild like you try and wire a 4 Bedroom house with 2 Bathrooms, 2 Loungerooms, Double Garage and on a split level....but no, you don`t have to because you are good at connecting wires in a game!!! You must be a very proud troll!

[Park_Ranger]

Originally posted by Avendt:

Originally posted by Wolförian:

Maybe you should stop being an electrical engineer and be an intuitive mind instead. This might solve your first world problem. This game will never be $5.

But really, you quit Fallout because you couldn't connect a wire from A to B. That's petty.

Maybe you should stop being a troll! Where in my post did i say I am electrical Engineer??? I have no trade in electric field but have been able to wire up my house which was inspected by licenced electricians, approved and connected to main power by a licenced electrician! Do you like to put your own words into other people post??? You must be such an intuitive mind when you guessed how i was to respond to your trash!
I woild like you try and wire a 4 Bedroom house with 2 Bathrooms, 2 Loungerooms, Double Garage and on a split level....but no, you don`t have to because you are good at connecting wires in a game!!! You must be a very proud troll!

I think Wolförian was just trying to have a little joke, damn, people are so techy these day's.

Lighten up.

Anyway wiring thing's together in Fallout involves moving about on screen and pressing the space bar, much easier than wiring up a real house.

[The Extreme Potato]

Yeah, the game doesn't explain settlement building very well...

You connect those things use wires. Press space over the generator and a wire should appear. Take the other end and connect it to the device that needs power. If it doesn't connect and the wire is red then it's either too long or their is something in the way. Use the pylons to correct that.

[Avendt]

Park_Ranger I am playin this game on a laptop and cannot play for more than 15-20 minutes before it gets too hot! For some reason the conduit does not want to be placed where I want it and cannot be manipulated in both x and y axis...it only moves on one axis. It cannot be stretched like you can in real life by rolling it of a cable drum and it is realy hard to see where it is supposed to be connected when I have my video on lowest possible quality due to my nVidia 650M card and overheating....sadly for me, it is easier to wire a house in real life than do it in a video game...

[Avendt]

Originally posted by The Extreme Potato:

Yeah, the game doesn't explain settlement building very well...

You connect those things use wires. Press space over the generator and a wire should appear. Take the other end and connect it to the device that needs power. If it doesn't connect and the wire is red then it's either too long or their is something in the way. Use the pylons to correct that.

THANK YOU! I appreciate your help!

[The Extreme Potato]

Originally posted by Avendt:

Park_Ranger I am playin this game on a laptop and cannot play for more than 15-20 minutes before it gets too hot! For some reason the conduit does not want to be placed where I want it and cannot be manipulated in both x and y axis...it only moves on one axis. It cannot be stretched like you can in real life by rolling it of a cable drum and it is realy hard to see where it is supposed to be connected when I have my video on lowest possible quality due to my nVidia 650M card and overheating....sadly for me, it is easier to wire a house in real life than do it in a video game...

You really shouldn't be playing this game on a laptop, especially with those specs...

As for the conduits, it's best to use the small ones and place them of the walls and ceilings. It keeps the wires out of the way and gives you slot more freedom when placing them.

[Xyzzy]

The recruitment beacon can be on or off, see that the switch is in the down position (on) and the lefthand light is lit.

[MageThis]

Clean the vents on your laptop and only play corded not off the battery. A laptop cooler also might help.

[Avendt]

Originally posted by Xyzzy:

The recruitment beacon can be on or off, see that the switch is in the down position (on) and the lefthand light is lit.

I finally managed to connect the Recruitment beacon with wind power generator but it still keeps saying ``needs power``...Wiring looks good, wires are not going through any obstacle but it just won`t work! The wind power generator is working ok. I have no udea what the hell is wrong......PS: I used power conduits to keep extending reach of wires from wind power generator.

[Avendt]

Originally posted by MageThis:

Clean the vents on your laptop and only play corded not off the battery. A laptop cooler also might help.

Done all that you mentioned and still gets hot very quickly. I know I need a desktop if I want to play games but I need to keep saving money one more month to afford it.

[a Hippobottomus]

Originally posted by Avendt:

Originally posted by Wolförian:

Maybe you should stop being an electrical engineer and be an intuitive mind instead. This might solve your first world problem. This game will never be $5.

But really, you quit Fallout because you couldn't connect a wire from A to B. That's petty.

Maybe you should stop being a troll! Where in my post did i say I am electrical Engineer??? I have no trade in electric field but have been able to wire up my house which was inspected by licenced electricians, approved and connected to main power by a licenced electrician! Do you like to put your own words into other people post??? You must be such an intuitive mind when you guessed how i was to respond to your trash!
I woild like you try and wire a 4 Bedroom house with 2 Bathrooms, 2 Loungerooms, Double Garage and on a split level....but no, you don`t have to because you are good at connecting wires in a game!!! You must be a very proud troll!

By the way you type, i find it hard to believe you even own a house of your own.

[Xyzzy]

Originally posted by Avendt:

Originally posted by Xyzzy:

The recruitment beacon can be on or off, see that the switch is in the down position (on) and the lefthand light is lit.

I finally managed to connect the Recruitment beacon with wind power generator but it still keeps saying ``needs power``...Wiring looks good, wires are not going through any obstacle but it just won`t work! The wind power generator is working ok. I have no udea what the hell is wrong......PS: I used power conduits to keep extending reach of wires from wind power generator.

well.. did you look at the lights-on/off switch? cos you don't say, so why u quote me?

[Avendt]

Xyzzy, yes i did switch it on but the light is not lit.

[Avendt]

Originally posted by a Hippobottomus:

By the way you type, i find it hard to believe you even own a house of your own.

By the way you type, I find it hard to believe that you are human.