Transfer Settlements - Echo Lake Lumber Mill Redux 1.0.1

A Transfer Settlements blueprint that transforms the dilapidated Echo Lake Lumber Mill into a viable settlement. In addition to the repairs, buildings have been added to increase defence and food production. This blueprint adds to the tourist nature of the site, which includes concession stands just outside the buildable area.

 

Details of the Build

 

While the build looks like a working fishery and farm with tourist elements, the end effect is that the Daltons' luxury home overlooks those who work for them. That in itself is rather fitting for the site.

 

Key Statistics

 

Requirements

 

Downloadable Content

 

Hard Requirements

 

Note. Transfer Settlements will not add items if the mods are missing. The following are not required but will remove associated elements.

 

Soft Requirements

 

Nice to Have

 

Unrelated But Useful

 

Setup

 

Clearing the area is relatively straightforward. Clear out the area of clutter, trash, foliage, and deadfall, including the stands.

 

For the main structure:

 

The exceptions to this are:

 

A few elements cannot be scrapped normally, in this case you will need to do the following:

 

Note. Disable first in case you selected the wrong object. In that case Enable will recover the object without consequence.

 

Build a Transfer Settlements console from Power > Miscellaneous in between the Echo Lake sign.

 

Note. Import should be done with Workshop Mode enabled.

 

Tasks After Import

 

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.

 

Note. This blueprint was tested with Transfer Settlements working under Stable.

 

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.

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

 

Note. I cannot guarantee the above will work.

 

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