Building settlements is just awful

[Adam__86]

On paper the premise is awesome unfortunately on delivery it's just tedious and frustrating and that's due to the build mode controls. Such a terrible feature could be made so much better. Personally my issues are these:

It's difficult to see where you're placing big buildings. Personally I feel this could've been made easier with a top down camera option.

Clipping issues. The number of buildings that annoyingly float on uneven ground makes it look ridiculous

Rotating items. I'm a perfectionist and like stuff lined up nicely unfortunately that's virtually impossible due to how sensitive items rotate. A grid like option would've being awesome so I could neatly place items.

Player moving: I wish in build mode I wasn't limited to my characters movement. As mentioned an option to look down from the sky or freely move about would make things less tedious.

Lack of houses: Now perhaps more is unlocked but currently the building list is very small. I understand it's post apocalyptic but damn, the preset houses are absolutely horrendous compared to what other settlers are living in!

Unfortunately change is unlikely to ever occur but as it is I wish building settlements just involved choosing what to build and the items automatically placed somewhere realistically :(

[Breitmacher]

Precise object moving and rotating
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3615/?

OCDecorator
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/4270/?

stackable concete
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/6362/?

elevators
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/6053/?

alternate settlement
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/5118/?
or
Settlement Supplies Expanded 2.5 - Safe SSEx
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1145/?

and finaly: popable houses
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/5634/?

so, looks like are problems are solved

[Jeff Kaos]

If you're not interested in running mods I suggest using the "concrete floor" in the "wooden structures" menu. These clip through uneven terrain and can be built quite high which will let you build evenly. As an added bonus walls (at least wooden wall) snap right to the edge of this floor making building your own house easier. there's also a floor in the same wooden floor section that has a stairway connected to it. Use this to make second stories to your houses and lay wooden floors rather than roofs. Also build a ladder or stairway to climb for better "birds-eye-view".

These are just a few of the little tricks I've uncovered when building settlements. There's also a neat trick to making settlement sizes bigger: drop items on the ground, go into "build mode" and then click on each object and select the "store item" option.

I'm not a big settlement building guy but using these tricks I've made the Castle look pretty cool and expanded the livable area into the water.

[Breitmacher]

Originally posted by Jeff Kaos:

snip

yeah, forgot about the good old snapping tower.

showcase in here 2 or 3 min from start.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHreruKty9I

[Chips?]

I have completed the whole game on hard and still no raiders attack my settlements

[Nite69]

Stackable concrete can be done without mods, use the floor piece with the built in stairs to set each level the concrete piece will snap to it, then remove the stairs

[Adam__86]

Precise object moving and rotating
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3615/?

I can't get this working

[Adam__86]

Hmm I can't get any working

[Xyzzy]

It's like Beth thought we wouldn't have enough to do already. I think settlements is over-egging the pudding, plus its mostly broken and Main game isn't. They are very fun but time not available for it all.

[T22Gaming]

here's your fix
Force Object Rotation via Console Command
Force Object Position via Console Command

[Dio]

Originally posted by Adam__86:

Precise object moving and rotating
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/3615/?

I can't get this working

Try running the script as admin. I had it stop working recently, but that fixed it.