How to make a good Settler vs Settler WW Arena?

[Blue22111]

As the title says I am looking for ideas as to how I can make a good arena, my current one works well for settler vs beast but badly for settler vs settler because the settlers keep getting stuck on the doors leading into the arena because I need to use powered doors so that I can choose when they fight instead of just when I assign a settler into the team platforms.

EDIT: I forgot to ask how to make cover for my fighters so that they take cover and fight instead of just standing out in the open and getting shot in no time at all.


Any reccomendations would be appreceated.

[Cuddle With a STRUGGLE!]

build it on the ground or thay fall throw the flore wich sucks same with robots people some times do

[Blue22111]

Does anyone know how I can fix those issues?

[bLaCkShAd0w]

Originally posted by Blue22111:

Does anyone know how I can fix those issues?

I haven't been able to find a decent solution yet. Honestly I will be giving a negative review of this dlc simply because of that.

Not because its small, Not because it did things mods did before it, But because for such a simple DLC they couldn't even get that right.

Why cant we have a bell to start the fight, what the ♥♥♥♥ kind of gong show arena am i supposed to build when all creatures are instantly hostile to others and settlers jump the gun and start shooting as soon as they are assigned. So fine i made little starting rooms probably much like yourself and now they just get stuck in the doors. Like ffs bethesda, complete idiots.

[Blue22111]

Originally posted by bLaCkShAd0w:

Originally posted by Blue22111:

Does anyone know how I can fix those issues?

I haven't been able to find a decent solution yet. Honestly I will be giving a negative review of this dlc simply because of that.

Not because its small, Not because it did things mods did before it, But because for such a simple DLC they couldn't even get that right.

Why cant we have a bell to start the fight, what the ♥♥♥♥ kind of gong show arena am i supposed to build when all creatures are instantly hostile to others and settlers jump the gun and start shooting as soon as they are assigned. So fine i made little starting rooms probably much like yourself and now they just get stuck in the doors. Like ffs bethesda, complete idiots.

Yeah that is irritating. Hopefully there will be a mod to fix it soon.

[Blue22111]

Originally posted by bLaCkShAd0w:

Originally posted by Blue22111:

Does anyone know how I can fix those issues?

I haven't been able to find a decent solution yet. Honestly I will be giving a negative review of this dlc simply because of that.

Not because its small, Not because it did things mods did before it, But because for such a simple DLC they couldn't even get that right.

Why cant we have a bell to start the fight, what the ♥♥♥♥ kind of gong show arena am i supposed to build when all creatures are instantly hostile to others and settlers jump the gun and start shooting as soon as they are assigned. So fine i made little starting rooms probably much like yourself and now they just get stuck in the doors. Like ffs bethesda, complete idiots.

I just found a good way to make the fight start when you want without settlers getting stuck on doors!

First make a box for your settler/settlers then put a standard concrete doorway (probably any doorway would work but that is what I used) and put a completely solid door on it (I used the bunker door which I think is a part of the homemaker mod but I assume any solid door would work) and in your arena place a siren and have it turned on connected to a switch, when you want the fight to begin you simply flip the switch to start the siren and then the fighters will open their doors, see each other, and start fighting.

[Blue22111]

It seems that only the powered doors have the issue of settlers getting stuck in them.

[Curry Phantom]

Quick alternative is to give them melee weapons. Makes the fight a bit more fun to watch anyway :).

[loverevolutionary]

Huh. I've done settler vs settler battles and not had them get stuck on the doors. It was actually bot vs bot, so maybe the bots fit better? But I have seen settlers go through the doors without any issues when they are open.

I also use scavenger benches in the holding cells, that way I can assign settlers or bots to the cell without worrying about them fighting each other. Then when they are inside, I can assign them to the arena team markers. They walk through the doors to get inside, no problem.

How are you snapping the doors? Maybe that has something to do with it? here are some screenshots of my fight pens that have worked for several bot vs. bot battles:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=665032794
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=665032867

UPDATE: In the very next fight I saw the issue happen. Tried the trick of attaching a regular door to the outside of the concrete door and that did seem to work.