Any way to cheat settlement happiness?

[cardsfanbj]

Trying to finish up my last achievement, and I'm having trouble getting a settlement to 100% happiness rating. I started an unmodded game after the next gen update so I can get that last one, but I'm getting frustrated with settlement building without mods like scrap everything and place anywhere.
I've already unlocked the Vault-Tec Workshop mood enhancing soda fountain, eye care phoropter, and lost revenue slot machine, I've put down 1 of each of the shops, and I've spammed out a bunch of decorations that state they add happiness, and they're barely affecting my settlements' happiness rating.

I'm ready to give up and try console commands, but I've already found out that just using the command 'setav 00129157 100' will set it to 100% but won't trigger the achievement.

[steventirey]

Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

I aint questioning the method to get 100% happiness. There is literally a dozen ways to do it without mods and console commands.

I am pointing out that a settler working does NOT inflict a happiness penalty.
Usually it is the opposite, people try passing the myth idle settlers create unhappiness.

You posted something wrong, someone corrected it. How you handle being corrected is a you thing, take the learning experience or argue and hold a grudge, I am fine either way.

it does in fact inflict a happiness penalty but only if the job is manual labor.

if it's a job that provides happiness like working at the bar, then you're correct.

but farming and scrap collecting both attribute a penalty you can see in the games console stats right after assignment.

can literally watch the number drop before the actual settlement number updates.

this is actually why there's a tut video showing how to get 100 happiness and all you need is a supply line and a bar, because supply lines supply the food and water that they would ordinarily have to farm for, that's literally the purpose of the supply line in the tutorial.

No, it does not in fact inflict a penalty. Happiness changes do not happen immediately in any case, and any change you are seeing does not come from something you just did. At best, what you would be seeing is the settlement correcting the numbers because of a display error.

[The Inept European]

Originally posted by PeaceMaker:

Originally posted by cardsfanbj:

Trying to finish up my last achievement, and I'm having trouble getting a settlement to 100% happiness rating. I started an unmodded game after the next gen update so I can get that last one, but I'm getting frustrated with settlement building without mods like scrap everything and place anywhere.
I've already unlocked the Vault-Tec Workshop mood enhancing soda fountain, eye care phoropter, and lost revenue slot machine, I've put down 1 of each of the shops, and I've spammed out a bunch of decorations that state they add happiness, and they're barely affecting my settlements' happiness rating.

I'm ready to give up and try console commands, but I've already found out that just using the command 'setav 00129157 100' will set it to 100% but won't trigger the achievement.

Achievements in games are pointless, but even MORE pointless when you cheat to get it. So how is it an achievement if you cheat?

Pointless question; pointless thread.

Excellent point.

[The Inept European]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Originally posted by Empukris:

Make sure none of your settler is working. Working reduce happiness.

Wrong.

Yeah it's almost the opposite in fact. Too many not working stalls recruitment.

[The Inept European]

Originally posted by cardsfanbj:

Any way to cheat settlement happiness?

'player.Achievements(unlock("ALL"))'

[The Inept European]

I'm joking, but literally what is the point?? It might as well be what I typed above.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by The Inept European:

Originally posted by PeaceMaker:

Achievements in games are pointless, but even MORE pointless when you cheat to get it. So how is it an achievement if you cheat?

Pointless question; pointless thread.

Excellent point.

It depends on the game and the achievements. Achievements are like a goal to make you want to play for some games. For some game it can require you to learn and use a totally different playstyle.

As for the cheating....well some game mechanics are so obnoxiously wrong and bad it encourages the cheating. The happiness system in Fallout 4 is one of those things. Yes, it can be cheesed with a settlement of 1 or 2 settlers, but that aint really a settlement either. The achievement description also does not really help either as almost everyone tried it with a large settlement.

[The Inept European]

That is true.

[Charon]

tldr but you can simply use a settlement with only robot settlers and use a mod like Workshop Framework to set robot happiness to 100. Beats flooding your settlement with cats, restaurants and whatnot.

[Ffabbia]

You can cheat it with a cheat mod
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/11134

[Jack Jester]

The fastest way is in a settlement with 6-7 settlers. Now just catch a few cats and you're done.

[steventirey]

Originally posted by Jack Jester:

The fastest way is in a settlement with 6-7 settlers. Now just catch a few cats and you're done.

No, the fastest way is with a single settler and a single level 2 food stand. If you want to use cats and you have 6 or 7 settlers, you would need to capture a dozen cats. Or only 2 cats if you have a single settler.

Getting cats also requires a DLC (Wasteland Workshop). If you don't have any of the DLCs, you need to use the stores or get lucky and come across the guy selling his dog. Having the Wasteland Workshop DLC (for the dog, cat, and gorilla cages) or the Vault-Tec DLC (for a number of happiness producing items) makes the achievement easier to get.

[dtt.scanner]

There are a lot of things in the Vault DLC that add happiness. Try building out Vault 88 and use the accessories. Without the extras, you can build a bunch of extra clinic stands, which I think have the best happiness adds.

[The Inept European]

Originally posted by steventirey:

Originally posted by Jack Jester:

The fastest way is in a settlement with 6-7 settlers. Now just catch a few cats and you're done.

No, the fastest way is with a single settler and a single level 2 food stand. If you want to use cats and you have 6 or 7 settlers, you would need to capture a dozen cats. Or only 2 cats if you have a single settler.

Getting cats also requires a DLC (Wasteland Workshop). If you don't have any of the DLCs, you need to use the stores or get lucky and come across the guy selling his dog. Having the Wasteland Workshop DLC (for the dog, cat, and gorilla cages) or the Vault-Tec DLC (for a number of happiness producing items) makes the achievement easier to get.

One Settler, one supply line and ten - twenty pieces of exercise equipment (costing ~4 steel each).

Admittedly if you have no DLC your way is best.

[tank16365]

I've been seeing alot of people saying having robots makes people unhappy for some reason.

[cardsfanbj]

Originally posted by gregnewman2022:

Why not install the '' Happy Radio 9000 '' from Nexus . if you have start with a settlement
like Sanctuary , you'll get 100% happiness right off the bat . If you build a settlement
( EG: sommerville place ) with settlers already it'l reach 100% in a couple of days . Also the showers from the B.Y.O.P. mod and the toilet '' Useful toilet '' mod will also give happiness .

Because enabling mods disables achievements