DaveBoynton

Giving power to each settlement is the easy part, at least it is for me after figuring it out lol. The harder part, at least for me, is doing the quests, scripting etc. What about having substation buildings where you have to go into them and clear out the enemies where the player finds a quest to find parts are needed to get it running, Then the player would set out to gather those parts allowing the player to fix the substation which in turn brings the local power grid online for the settlements that are close by. I like the idea of using the Poseidon Energy location as the main power station which has to be fixed and started back up too.

Working on a basic set up at the moment for you. Lore wise I would look for a powerstation in the commonwealth and put the workshop and generator there... under the ground so they cannot be seen by the player.

I mean that's the plan, to re-build the electric infrastructure in the commonwealth; but only to the settlements. I have managed to create this in a test mod I use to figure all this stuff out that there are no tutorials on. I created a way for the player to tap into the power generated. The only thing you have to account for is making sure you provide enough power for all the settlements. It would be a massive job just placing all the power line poles and the splines in between but it is totally possible. Edit: I could rig up a simple version and send you it to work from if you need it. Basically you will need a WorkshopWorkbenchWireOnly and a Conduit (Placed in each settlement area) for the player to connect to. from that all you need to do is link the conduits to the workbench using the keywords "WorkshopLinkPower" and "WorkshopItemKeyword." Then in the Conduit base object window you need to add the actor values PowerGenerated and PowerRadiated. For the PowerGenerated you will have to add a high value so that the player doesn't run out of power for their items. You'll need to make a note of which "Cell" you place your workshopWorkbench in so that when you Loc Ref the conduits you can just add it easily. OH, and then in FO4Edit you have to add all the conduits in the PowerGrid section of the WorkshopWorkbench.

Sounds like a really neat idea. Best part is that the only power line pole you would have to actually have power at is the first one that's within the settlement area of which you would just ramp up the actor keywords "PowerRadiation" and "PowerGenerated" numbers in CK. You could then use a "WorkshopWorkbenchWireOnly", hidden in the ground so it can't be accessed by the player, and link all power line poles to that with the "WorkshopLinkPower" and "WorkshopItemKeyword". This is basically how I have created power in my mods so that I have things like conveyors, builders, turrets etc running as the player goes through the mod. Edit: All you would need to do is add in somewhere one of those conduits that the player can attach wire to and that's your connection. The rest, poles, would just be there for cosmetics.

Hi Ferogain, I have got a PowerConnector working in FO4 and have images showing what to do. It won't let me add them to the post even though they are only .JPG and small file sizes.

Here you go, I have managed a WiFi Heavy Laser Turret using no splines/cables. I don't see why you couldn't do the same with anything that uses power.

No probs, let me know if you need help.

Hi there, I managed to get builders and powered conveyors working without using splines. I still had to use xEdit to connect each item to the "WorkshopPowerInteriorFuseboxNoEdit "Fusebox" [ACTI:000CFF77]" Either Way seems to work as I used the exact same method implimented at the home plate cell and it worked but I thinked connecting everything in CK using both the "WorkshopItemKeyword" and "WorkshopLinkPower" works without having to put splines in CK. I also created a new formID and added "WorkshopStartPoweredON" to all objects I wanted to be powered. Image one shows my Fusebox power output links which all powered objects have the same keywords. Image two is my workshop worksbench power grid connections. Edit: If you use splines in your cell for powerlines then just add them in the "Line" section in the power grid.

I found that you have to use xEdit to shange the item to persistant instead of temporary. Thank you for the reply though. Just trying to figure out how to get none powered conveyor belts running now as the "WorkshopSnapTransmitsPower" doesn't seem to work.

Well after days trying all the stuff I could find about power things in CK I finally used FO4Edit and followed the same layout as they used for the home plate power set up. I now have all the items I want powered (conveyor belts and builders) all working, although the builder belt doesn't take the object created to the end of the belt so I have to work out why this isn't working. Dave Edit: The item created now moves along the belt and goes off the end :) CK and FO4Edit can give you some right headaches, lol.

Hi there, Being that this was posted, almost, a year ago I suspect you have sorted this question. I have only been on this form and modding Fallout 4 for less than a month but would say you'd have to use a 3D modeling program such as 3DS Max or Blender after working out the floor hieghts so it ends up the right hieght. A new texture would be needed to as you would be extending the model beyond it's current UVW layout. I hope you have worked this as I feel it is a great idea and saves linking multiple conveyor lifts to get up higher. Dave

If you want to read the entire thread go to Manipulating Power State with Papyrus Hope this is somewhat helpful. Hi there, I am trying to get this power thing sorted but in FO4Edit I have no idea how you change the "spline" from Temporary to Persistant. I would really appreciate help on this. Thank you in advance, Dave

Well, after persisting, I have managed to cure the issue above... No idea why it happened but I deleted both the "CreationKitPref.ini" and "CreationKit.ini" files, found in main Fallout 4 folder and it seems to have sorted it. See below.

I have also deleted the "CreationKitPrefs.ini" file and restarted the CK but I'm still having the same issue.

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