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x Princess Leliana x has Fallout 4

Nov 17, 2017 @ 3:14am

Good settlement location mods?

Just trying to find somewhere nice to build a museum type thing for my stuff. Tried a bunch, northland starlight, samishi, and salem island are all too small, a bunch of others have too much other clutter (unremovable buildings), spectacle island revamps are mostly terrible and look awful, etc etc. I downloaded one for outpost zimonja that makes it flat but for some reason the fps TANKS in that area, so just looking for anything else people like using that adds new areas?

Last edited by x Princess Leliana x; Nov 17, 2017 @ 11:00am

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Dirty Dan

Nov 17, 2017 @ 5:44am

I haven't ever used mods, but I hear that "PlaceAnywhere" and "Spring Cleaning" are a must when it comes to settlement building.

x Princess Leliana x has Fallout 4

Nov 17, 2017 @ 5:54am

Originally posted by Dirty Dan:
I haven't ever used mods, but I hear that "PlaceAnywhere" and "Spring Cleaning" are a must when it comes to settlement building.

Thats not what I meant, I meant ones that change them, not just clean them up.

Lem

Nov 17, 2017 @ 5:57am

'Scrap Everything' is more comprehensive than 'Spring Cleaning'. I believe Spring Cleaning is discontinued. I agree that one of those with Place Anywhere is absolutely critical for settlement building. Scrap Everything lets you demolish a lot of buildings. Others can actually be selected an removed with console commands. Be warned though, if you remove some buildings, you can get into strange places that you'll need to patch over with new stuff.

There are several mods that expand the available area of the normal settlements. If there is a normal settlement you like that's too small, that would likely solve the issue for you right there. Do make sure that 'Scrap Everything' or 'Spring Cleaning' sit after any other settlement mods in the load order. Very important. I forget which one I'm using offhand, but a little nexus searching for a settlement expanding mod with high endorsements should get you going.

There is a mod 'Conquest' that will let you build a settlement almost anywhere. You have to be careful with that so you don't break any quests, and junk objects in areas outside of settlements are unlikely to be scrappable, even with Scrap Everything, due to meshes being combined to help performance in most areas. Even so, there are a lot of areas where it would still work well.

One of my favorite settlement additions is the Nuka Settlements mod. It adds each of the Nuka World parks and a few extra spots in Nuka World as settlement areas.

Last edited by Lem; Nov 17, 2017 @ 5:58am

Dirty Dan

Nov 17, 2017 @ 6:07am

Originally posted by x Princess Leliana x:
Originally posted by Dirty Dan:
I haven't ever used mods, but I hear that "PlaceAnywhere" and "Spring Cleaning" are a must when it comes to settlement building.
Thats not what I meant, I meant ones that change them, not just clean them up.

You said there was too much clutter.

Serpoman

Nov 17, 2017 @ 6:10am

Scrap Everything, Sims Settlements and All Settlements Extended! Sweet for building

Lem

Nov 17, 2017 @ 6:17am

Originally posted by Serpoman:
All Settlements Extended

I think that's the settlement expanding mod I'm currently using. If so, it's been very kind to me. Sanctuary includes across the bridge in the front and all the way up through the Vault 111 in the back. HUGE! I've had enough space to do everything I want to do in every settlement. More space than I can use really. The only downside is that settlers can wander quite far in some settlements. That's easily solved by building an attractor like a bar.

x Princess Leliana x has Fallout 4

Nov 17, 2017 @ 6:32am

No, this isn't what I mean guys haha. I mean mods that add NEW places to build, not give me more to build with, not expand existing ones, not allow me to make settlements anywhere, things that ADD. New terrain, new areas, new locations, etc.

Lem

Nov 17, 2017 @ 6:41am

Originally posted by x Princess Leliana x:
New terrain, new areas, new locations, etc.

Ah, you should have said that form the start! You gave us a bunch of reasons the existing settlements didn't work for you, so naturally we recommend ways to fix that. I can't personally recommend any mods that add entirely new areas BUT, there is a whole category on the nexus dedicated to that. You should find the most endorsed at the top as a good place to start. I expect most of those don't add new settlements, but I'm sure some of them do. You could always combine one with Conquest to get a settlement in a completely new area if you can't find one you like that comes with new settlements included.

I do have a word of warning regarding those mods. As Fallout 4's DLC's tend to expand past the normal edge of the map (Far Harbor and Nuka World both add their travel points past the original edge), several of the big name 'new area' type mods that were in the works before the DLCs released now conflict with the DLC. Be sure to read the whole description and a lot of the comments on any of those mods before you try them.