Settlers - Wood gatherer job

[KhaosPT]

Hey,

i don't know if we already have the tools for that, but it would be immersive and cool if we could assign settlers to gather basic materials, like wood for instance. Something like a chopping block where the amount of wood gets stacked near it, so we can tell where THAT wood came from, from what settler, and have an idea how much each guy is producing instead of just showing up in the settlement inventory.

 

This would be awesome to setup specialized settlements as well as add to the game immersion. I dislike using the console for materials and having 100+ hours into the game, with lots of caps to spare, we have got nowhere to get basic materials like this in large quantities.

[tommygun999]

Cool idea, I think this could somehow be also implemented into the thing I'm suggesting. Check this out please: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/3541675-send-settlers-on-missions/

[Flyzakifm]

On a similar idea i considered the possibility to assign settlers to scavenge locations you clear... and the settler would collect a bit of what possibly is in that location...say you clear a junkyard/library/camp of some kind ... you could send a settler to collect some of the metal/cloth/wood .. (that way you always have a way to get the common materials but not without the necessary work)

[brainchild]

My idea is to have a way to tag objects anywhere for settlers from the closest settlement to gather. Of course taking a certain amount of time to do so. And maybe you'd have to make sure the path between settlement and object is free from dangers and so on so the settlers aren't ambushed and killed. The arbitrary settlement boundary makes little sense. Of course a settlement would start gathering materials further and further away as the need arises. This way you would be able to get more materials and still keep realism and immersion.