Sim Settlements issue with automation

[planrawsto]

Hello,

 

I installed the Sim Settlements mod and everything seemed to work except I didn't get the initial popup asking me questions that are supposed to dictate how I'd like to interact with the mod. I even restarted my save when I first got the little items in the history museum and it didn't pop up.

 

I thought nothing of this, but when I assign a manager to a settlement and come back after a few days, nothing happens. Am I mistaken in thinking assigning a manager means that the settlers will start using my resources to do what they want with them?

 

Any help would be appreciated, especially if I missed a step somewhere :)

[Moldy]

Kinggath,the mod author,has a YouTube channel and a whole host of tutorials,which he adds to every week. On Tuesdays,I think. He makes these tutorials under the assumption that the user has zero relevant information,and explicitly references other sources if that's impossible. As for the City Leader system,once you assign a Leader,you then need to assign a City Plan. Both of these are done by the City Planner's Desk,by activating the visible blueprint on the desktop. By default,your available City Leaders are the vanilla game's available follower NPC,such as Cait,Preston,and Ada. Now,you don't need to assign a City Plan,but that's how you get the most bang for your buck. Each City Leader has their own traits that,when assigned as a City Leader,will be imposed upon the settlement. If you do not select a City Plan,then you're the one in charge,building everything. With a City Plan,then control is taken out of your hands.

 

In short,if you want the system to do the building for you,then you need to both assign a valid City Leader,and a City Plan. It takes a significant amount of time for cities to level up like this; There's a minimum Happiness level per level,the settlement's primary needs need to be met,the settlement needs to collect enough scrap,the plots in the settlement need to be mostly the right level (Typically the level of the city plan that's next),and finally,time needs to pass. Loafing about for a fortnight should be enough... Assuming all of the above is also true.

 

EDIT: Since my BBCode failed,here's a link to Kinggath's tutorial playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2g2oK5KhZT2GB7CbkCHtY9xjldm1sazU

Edited April 5, 2019 by Moldy

[planrawsto]

Kinggath,the mod author,has a YouTube channel and a whole host of tutorials,which he adds to every week. On Tuesdays,I think. He makes these tutorials under the assumption that the user has zero relevant information,and explicitly references other sources if that's impossible. As for the City Leader system,once you assign a Leader,you then need to assign a City Plan. Both of these are done by the City Planner's Desk,by activating the visible blueprint on the desktop. By default,your available City Leaders are the vanilla game's available follower NPC,such as Cait,Preston,and Ada. Now,you don't need to assign a City Plan,but that's how you get the most bang for your buck. Each City Leader has their own traits that,when assigned as a City Leader,will be imposed upon the settlement. If you do not select a City Plan,then you're the one in charge,building everything. With a City Plan,then control is taken out of your hands.

 

In short,if you want the system to do the building for you,then you need to both assign a valid City Leader,and a City Plan. It takes a significant amount of time for cities to level up like this; There's a minimum Happiness level per level,the settlement's primary needs need to be met,the settlement needs to collect enough scrap,the plots in the settlement need to be mostly the right level (Typically the level of the city plan that's next),and finally,time needs to pass. Loafing about for a fortnight should be enough... Assuming all of the above is also true.

 

EDIT: Since my BBCode failed,here's a link to Kinggath's tutorial playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2g2oK5KhZT2GB7CbkCHtY9xjldm1sazU

 

Thank you! I realized I was actually missing the Rise of the Commonwealth addon! But this helped a ton, so cheers for that.