

Once I pull the trigger, they literally knock the whole place down. There is warning box that literally tells you this is going to happen. Problem #1: The Settlers scrap all my shit There are a few problems though and they lead me to loading more mods. The results are these awesome looking post-apocalyptic junk-towns full of crazy little nooks to explore. In ROTC you select a settlement leader and the settlers go to work scrapping things and building stuff. Once I have those two trading hubs going, I’m in business, and the other settlements pretty much fall into place. The two hubs are linked together by a trader (usually Sheffield) and as I pick up new settlements, I send one settler to the closest hub to make building out the settlement that much easier. It’s kind of reminiscent of The Walking Dead. I eventually build out all of the settlements with vendors and work benches and hit them up as a traverse the ‘Wealth. In the eastern half, traders go to The Castle. In the western half, all trade goes to Sanctuary. I basically divide the ‘Wealth into two hemispheres. My two main trading hubs are Sanctuary Hills and The Castle. This has nothing to do with the quality of the mod, and everything to do with the way I play Fallout.

ROTC isn’t quite the optimal build experience I was hoping for. The theory is that now I can spend less time building shacks and more time rolling down the streets of the Commonwealth shooting people in the head. All I have to do is supply them with food, water, liquor, and drugs. ROTC puts the settlers to work building everything themselves. Also, I am not super creative with settlements, so I end up building the same things over and over. They are also a quick way to spend 40 levels or so building shotgun shacks for people who complain all the time about not having any beds. Settlements are an important part of the game, because they are a source of money and materials that I need to progress through the game. It’s a kind of autopilot for building out settlements. I loaded up ‘ Sim Settlements: Rise of the Commonwealth‘ over the weekend, and it’s pretty cool. Now that I am at the 2 month mark of quarantine, I have gone more than a little crazy… with Fallout 4 mods.
