Lights

[Gromak]

Is there any way to power lights without building a bazillion power pylons and setting kilometers of wires all over the place??? I dont see that in NPC cities and they have powered lights everywhere... Also, the wires should go underground and in the walls etc and all that stuff?

Look for example the non-working street lamps on Sanctuary.. they worked before the war with underground wires most likely?

[ARmodder]

That's just how they made the game. Besides underground wires lead to a power source, which after 200 years doesn't work, and in real life those wires branch off from telephone poles, via conduits and run off from the same transmission lines as other homes and buildings do.

If you use mods, I recommend downloading Homemaker-Expanded Settlements, and Settlement Keywords Expanded, then when you activate the mod(s) select the option that has "Lightpoles use passive electricity" that option will allow streetlights, and other objects such as the recruitment beacon to be powered without needing to be directly linked by a wire.

[DEVOLVE MINHA CACHAÇA!]

There are basically two types of powered objects: passive and active. Passive objects receive power from objects that amplify the energy they receive to a certain radius. Active objects need to be directly connected to a source of power with wires.

Roof lamps, industrial wall lamps and others receive power passively, while lamp posts receive it actively through a connector you link with a power source..

It means some light sources can receive power from behind a wall without using wires, for instance. Also, you don't need to rely only on power pylons. They have bigger radius than power conduits, but these can be used to conduct power without filling the entire place with electric components, and you can even completely conceive it, if you plan how you'll build it first.

[Nellvan]

Yes, as always, there's a mod for that.

Pylon with a huge radius:
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/2996/?
Still works for me, there's a link to a new and more expansive one in the comments though.

For those cases where you want to have wires go directly through walls instead of havin to route around to use holes or windows:
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/20262/?

[wellsoul2]

Well the regular lights you hang from the ceiling and walls don't need wires, just a small power pylon or such on the roof above.