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Gonna make a mess in Jamaica Plains

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I got no clue what I'm doing. I've never done anything remotely like this before. I've only built in the plains once before. But I'm gonna take a stab at making a city plan for Jamaica Plains!



PS: I'm not promising i'll even finish, but right now I have good intentions and the rosiest of glasses!

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Part fortress, part entertainment center of southern Boston, part moonshine brewer. Jamaica plains biggest threat is also it's greatest defense as no one wants to wade through feral ghouls just to destroy the one fun place left available to them. So Jamaica plains turrets keeps the ghouls away from the town and the ghouls keeps the raiders away.

the town supports 11 settlers right now but I might squeeze a few more in. It has 1 commercial plot, 2 industrial 3 agricultural, and four entertainment. The main thing left to do is decorating, although with building mostly with plots I'm not entirely sure how much decorating is needed/wanted since it can easily look out of place depending on how people end up using the plots.

But mostly it's just small tinkering left, combined with trying to understand how some of the blue print specific stuff (spawners, camera markers, etc.) works that is going to take some more time.
 
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Thanks Coots!

So stupid question but I just got done placing animation markers and they go invisible in build mode for me, how do I go about picking them up/changing them for my deconstruct/city level creating phase?

EDIT: Same question goes for the project blueprint navmesh blocks actually. Or do I just have some sort of bug/conflict making things invisible for me? *hopes I just missed something very obvious*
 
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animation markers and they go invisible in build mode for me, how do I go about picking them up/changing them for my deconstruct/city level creating phase?

There's a setting in the holotape: Options/Visual/City Marker Objects. Set this to WS Mode, and they should show in workshop mode. You may have to toggle it on and off a few times for the setting to change.

Good luck!
 
Thanks Klepto! This is taking lots of squinting at the screen and "what do you mean those lights don't have collision?! UGH!" moments right now but I'm getting it done.

Also I loved your January blue print, i'll definitely be using it once I get to nuka world. :)
 
Wow thanks! Glad you like it! The player bedroom (captain's cabin) is my fav part of it. Though, I did the original Red Rocket, not the Nuka World one.

Don't stress too much, just have fun with it. I like to walk around the city and find some real world ideas and inspiration, then try to see if I can make scrappy versions of them. So if you find yourself getting annoyed, maybe have a walk around and step away from it. Never know, an idea might sprout! Anyway, Jamaica Plains is one of my fav spots to build actually cause it's like a puzzle and I bet you'll come up with something awesome!
 
Gah sorry not sure how I got the two mixed up. My brain just short circuits at times. But yhea the captains cabin was amazing, the whole thing just reminds me of a giant ship, very cool vibe.

Sadly I live like 10 miles past Nowhere so my sources for inspiration are the neighbors farm, the forest, and the suicidal deer that likes to attack cars. XD But taking a google maps tour might help a bit. Hmm...
 
Oh no worries! lol

Yeah google might work too! You can take ideas from anything. My mentor always said to me, "Ideas are free. So take them."

Crazy deer for you and crazy crackheads for me lol.
 
So I think I have the main structure(/engineering nightmare) hashed out so here's a wip shot.
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Don't Forget ,when you are done post your Final 10 pics in the first post of this thread :)
 
Only a few days to go ;) Don't forget to put your 10 screenshots in the 1st post of this thread
 
I might not make it to be honest. Real life decided to show up and drain all my time and motivation. We'll see though, if I somehow find both I'll put it towards getting this done.
 
If you miss the cut off we can still have your city plan in the contest mega pack.
Takes a few weeks to get that ready
 
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