Transfer Settlements - Somerville Place a Farming Community 1.0.1

Somerville Place is defined not only by its convenient location near the Glowing Sea and a Gunner vault, but also by its unforgiving terrain and the lone Destroyed Home structure. This blueprint builds on that to create an expansive, thriving farming community. The added barn, homes, and structures form a layered defense strong enough to make even a legendary alpha deathclaw will think twice.

 

Details on this build:

 

Settlement Features

 

Requirements

 

Downloadable Content

 

Hard Requirements

 

Note. Transfer Settlements will not add items if the mods are missing. Mods listed below are not required but will remove associated elements.

 

Soft Requirements

 

Nice to Have

 

Unrelated But Useful

 

Setup

 

Clearing the area can be done quickly. Still, save often just in case scrap the destroyed home. Be sure to maintain:

 

Note. To make scraping less risky around the Damaged Home consider using Disable during the scrap and  Enable when done. Be sure to note the home's Reference ID in case you click on another object by mistake.

 

 

Build a Transfer Settlements console from Power > Miscellaneous facing the workshop.

 

Note. Import should be done with Workshop Mode enabled.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Updates

 

Version 1.0.1

 

Version 1.0.0