Transfer Settlements - Graygarden Institute Surveillance Station 1.0.1

A Transfer Settlements blueprint that answers the question on how a bunch of relatively unprotected Mister Handys could survive for over two hundred years. This build specifically makes use of the overpass to create an Institute fortress that observes the Commonwealth as their experiments carry on below.

Details on this build:

• Replaces every element of the greenhouse with intact versions.
• Adds additional greenhouse tables and food.
• Builds a large structure into the overpass, with a tower leading down to the ground level. This houses settlers, shops, and medical facilities, keeping Graygarden mostly intact.
• Increases the amount of available bunks to boost food production.
• A series of stairs allows you to access the topmost deck of the overpass. If you travel along and jump the gap you will reach the crashed vertibird above the military checkpoint.

Settlement Features

• 19 bunks.
• 120+ food.
• 750 defense.
• 200 power.
• 60 water.
• Tier 3 Medical, Restaurant, Clothing, and General Store.
• Dedicated gym area.
• Vault-Tec drink dispenser and slot machines.
• Working sinks and showers.
• Power mostly runs through conduits to minimize visible power lines.
• Settlers occasionally fall through the floors but can move throughout.
• Cat and dog included in the build.
• No visual glitches observed from this build.

Requirements

Downloadable Content

• Contraptions Workshop
• Vault-Tec Workshop
• Wasteland Workshop
• Automatron

Hard Requirements

• Transfer Settlements. To import this blueprint.
• Scrap Everything or an equivalent. To clear out the area as per Setup Instructions.
• Settlement Objects Expansion Pack. Primary build components for most of the settlement, fusion generators, railings, pools, foundation liners, cooking station, and water pumps.
• Homemaker. Decorations, furniture, and miscellaneous objects.
• Advanced Bubble Turret Set. Unobtrusive defensive elements that fit in well with the theme of a heavily armed fortress. Turrets are either Heavy Institute Laser or Gauss Rifle turrets.

Soft Requirements

• Craftable Working Sinks and Showers Redux. Working sinks and showers.
• Erotic Art. Frames and pictures used throughout.
• Working Fridges. Simple mod that adds working fridges, ice machines, and vending machines.
• Working Washer and Dryer (Immersive Laundry). Player functional laundry machines and dryers with sound effects.

Nice to Have

• Armour and Weapon Keywords Community Resource. Additional types of workshops, namely power armour.
• Videos of the Wasteland. Working televisions and projectors.
• Invisible Furniture. Adds invisible markers that are used as idles for settlers and pets.
• Crazy Sex Animations. Invisible mats that make settlers happy through masturbation, done without using the Advanced Animation Framework, and additionally places assignable gurneys that increase happiness.
• Sex Toys of the Commonwealth. Adds the random placement of sex toys throughout.
• Bad Dragon Dildos. Adds more extreme dildos throughout.
• Companion Ivy. If you happen to have Ivy as a companion, one of her broadcast towers will be added in an out of the way area.

Unrelated But Useful

• Place Everywhere. Allows you to make minor adjustments if necessary.
• Armour Rack Female Mannequin Fix. Fixes the armour rack to support alternate bodies like Fusion Girl.

Setup

Clearing the area is relatively straightforward. Clear out the floor and greenhouse elements of Graygarden. Be sure to maintain the water pipes, existing food, and tables that support them; clear the rest of the clutter.
 

Remove eroded cliffs, trees, your new car, and brush. Remove clutter from the platform supporting the settlement workshop. Remove the fence surrounding it, as well as the smaller platform located nearby.

Clear out the middle overpass level; you can walk up the damaged portion. Remove clutter, trash, vines, and vehicles. The car at the edge of the build area will need to be pulled towards you to scrap using the MoveTo command.

Build a Transfer Settlements console from Power > Miscellaneous in front of the settlement workshop.
 

Tasks After Import

No additional requirements other than to confirm that all power has been restored as expected.

Notes on Imports

Transfer Settlements recommends leaving the area after import and to not return for 1-2 game days. However, I found that saving on site always crashes the game.

The easiest way to get away and save is to coc Vault111Ext from the console. Wait a couple of minutes before heading into the vault. Once you arrive at the bottom it is safe to save.

I recommend that you import/export Blueprints using Stable defaults. Using other methods has caused ladders, walls, and flooring to appear without collision. In many cases the collision effects are found elsewhere leading to interesting behaviours among the NPC population, and leading to a snap back effect as you push through an area and are forced back by the invisible wall.
 

Lastly Import wired power connections should always be selected as part of the import process. It will reliably re-connect all wired connections. This saves you the trouble of linking up floors, turrets, and in some cases re-establish connections for hidden or buried runs.

Notes on Power and Performance

These blueprints utilize ambient fill lighting to provide a pervasive glow. I use Naked Bulbs to create a lived-in atmosphere for statues, fountains, and roof voids.

Warning for Dynamic Lighting Users

If you use mods that turn all lights into dynamic, shadow-casting sources, the sheer number of these bulbs will severely cripple your framerate. I strongly recommend using the Transfer Settlements Blueprint Editor to strip out all instances of 306F1 before importing.

Optimization for Complex Builds:
Because of the heavy use of conduits to reduce visible power lines, these settlements have high object counts. To steps below may improve performance.

• Enable Faux Power in the Workshop Framework's workbench settings.
• Use the Transfer Settlements Blueprint Editor to strip all conduits from the .json file.

This can reduce build complexity by up to 40% without losing the overall aesthetic of the settlement.
 

A Special Thanks To

Thank you to Caladon for creating the template that makes blueprints installable.

Thank you to PiCSeL for the magazine and painting retextures seen in the screenshots.

Updates

Version 1.0.1

• Added washers and dryers from Immersive Laundry.