The video below will hopefull help you understand my problem which is half my building needs switches to turn on lights and the other half doesnt.......i want all lights in my building to be able to be turned off and on......so what am i doing wrong and what i got to do?

https://www.facebook.com/jerry.austin.984/videos/1225651350783424/

qwert

Link doesn't work, so can't see what you want to accomplish.

You'll need to explain it or unlock video playback for everyone.

ok i adjusted the setting hopefully that will do the trick

Still no go. Getting this message:

Be mindful, I don't have an FB account, so not sure if I can view unless I've an account, which I will never, ever get.

I got:


"The page you requested cannot be displayed at the moment. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may be broken or expired, or you may not have permission to view this page."

alright i hate to do this but it always seems to work for me.

http://s844.photobucket.com/user/qwert_44643/media/12470127_462945480582438_155236906_n_zpsyoqs1ket.mp4.html?sort=2&o=1

I saw the video and it looks to me the switch turns off the fan, but you want the other lights turned off individually, is this correct?

I'll explain how power works in the game, because it's not as simple as it sounds. You can actually try this out yourself if you want to do more testing.

For understanding the basics, let's assume we have 6 wall panels snapped together and each wall has a light attached to it. This is now our grid, and it's important to understand this because power is applied as a 2x2x2 grid in the game, not by wires.

Conduit placement is critical in order to control the grid. In our 6 panel wall, placing a conduit on the first panel will give power to the 2nd panel as well, but panels 3-6 will be powerless.

If we move the conduit to the center of panel 2, half of panel 1 gets panel and half of panel 3 gets power. As you can see, shifting the power also shifts the grid.

Since grids are minimum 2x2, you can only switch lights on/off on individual grids, not individual lights.

To do what you would like, as close as you could get it, you would need to:

put a switch and conduit on the first wall of our 6 panel wall. Attach a wire to the switch and conduit. Then attach a wire from the switch to the power source. Do this again for walls 3 and 5. Each switch must have its own wire attached to the generator! This is called "parallel" circuitry.

If you attach a wire to switch 1, then from switch 1 to switch 2, then switch 2 to switch 3, this creates "series" circuitry, and it means if you turn off switch 1, you also turn off power to everything past switch 1! You want to avoid this type of wire attachment if you're looking to control more things individually.

Unfortunately, you cannot control lights individually as they do not attach to wires, but to grids. The more grids you add, the more switches you can add to control the grids.

Remember, grids are 2x2x2 as a default and how you place conduits controls the grid placement, which is how power is applied.

Hope this helps.

ok thanks il try it out

The grid it this floor and wall building blocks?

so couldnt i just put the generators a bit away a run cables and then place switches........im still experimenting but thanks for the info.

Wish there were area of effect bubbles in workshop mode...if only for the item you are placing and what it overlaps

hell thats great idea...you ought post that in the mod forum as a request.....

sometimes im pretty dense and dont mean to be but ive been trying to wire my treehouse the way i want and i just cant get it to perform the way i want it to......then it dawned on me....my treehouse is the "prefab" large shack....thats why im having so much trouble huh?

qwert

It depends on the position of the prefab in relation to the tree and if wires are running into collision.

Collision is trying to run your wire through something, turns red, and won't attach. Probably the worst thing about running power because wire sags (especially on roofs) cause collision and won't attach.

While it may appear you have "space" between branches to run wires, most rendered objects have invisible edges which will cause collision. If you've ever tried firing over a wall but it just shoots the top even though the barrel looks to be over the wall, that's an invisible edge getting in the way.

My advice: do a search on YouTube under "Fallout 4 treehouse" and you'll see some great tips on how to make a good one. One important factor is you must run your power before you set your tree house (you'll see how to avoid collisions, which is a fantastic way to build - I do it often myself).

Best I can do given what you want to attempt. Hope it helps.

ok thanks man il search what ya offered on you tube....any certain video come to mind that youd recommend

Lots of people create the same type of video, so any one of them will be helpful. I would also look up "fallout 4 settlement tips and tricks" for more ideas.

The one thing about settlement building is planning. Lots and lots of planning, and these videos really help out because they give you info on things you can, and can't do, in the game that help with the planning.

Stick with non-PC tips and tricks if you're on console.

im on pc