| Mummelmann said: You know what would make the entire base building aspect ten times better? Overhead view; the angles are ridiculously poorly suited for placing parts and modules and the angling is rigid and needs more flexibility (the worst is when you're building fences or fitting stairs). Also, I can't seem to get more people in Sanctuary (I only have 7, my CH is 10 with gear). |
I don't know if you already knew this but some helpful controls
L2 or R2 to rotate objects
Hold X + L1 to move the object with the left stick
Hold X + L2 to move the object vertically with the left stick
And you can always build a couple of simple stairs and floors to get higher up and place things below you, scaffolding is your friend.
Advanced tips: Place items on a small rug. Then you can move the rug with the item on top so you can clip the item through other things, remove rug afterwards. Useful to get things close to walls or other items where they normally won't go.
To move entire buildings hold X to select everything connected together.
To clip entire buildings through scenery like trees (build a treehouse!), hold x on a foundation piece to select everything, only the placement of that foundation block (and the settlement boundaries) is being checked while moving it all together.
It's still a whole lot of trial and error, the game can be very picky about the order you try to place things in. For example the standalone stairs only want to snap on the right or left side, unless you place a doorway first, then it snaps in the middle and you can remove the doorway again. It gets easier after a while, apart from some food items. Razor grain is almost impossible to pick back up and always seems to be floating above the ground. Bugged.
Instead of waiting for your recruitment beacon to attract more people, simply move them over from other settlements. with CHA 10, you should be able to fit 20 people in Sanctuary. Recruitment is very slow in Sanctuary, too remote maybe? Abenathy farm keeps filling up to capacity in my game (with a recruitment beacon ofcourse) so I keep sending people to Sanctuary from there.
