Fallout 4 shelters. How to repair power armor

Have you always been bothered by the fact that enemy NPCs can take cover behind objects and peek out from behind them to shoot back? You don't like peeking from behind a wall in first person, staring at the wall most of the time? All you could do was sit down behind some kind of stone or furniture, occasionally peeking out and hoping that enemy bullets don't hit you. Now you will have the opportunity to take cover behind objects and shoot back from a third person!

Update:1.3beta
- Improved side turn switching sensitivity
- Improved camera in sitting pose to the right
- Significant improvements to the side switching controller
- Support for direct integration of FO4Hotkeys
- Minor improvements

How to use:
Option 1. Automatic and integrated system.
- Run to the object of cover in a sprint to take cover behind it.
- [Beta] Double tap forward to enter cover.

Option 2. Hot key.
- Approach the shelter object and press the shortcut key, having previously installed the "Hide" item on it.

More:
When installing the plugin, two items will be added to your inventory, in the "Help" section ("Help" and "Settings - Shelter"). Add the "Hide" item to the shortcut menu as you see fit.
You have two options for using cover - standard standing cover, and crouching for use with small objects.

How to hide:
- To get into standard cover, press the "Cover" button while looking above eye level with the scope.
- To get into cover while crouching, press the "Hide" button while looking below eye level with the scope.

How to exit:
In order to get out of the shelter, start moving back. You can also set the key to exit cover (default) or to change cover posture between standing and crouching.

How to jump over a small object:
Only from a sitting cover position.
- Hold the forward key and press hot key"Hide".
- [Beta version] Double press the forward key (Enable this option in the settings menu).

When upgrading from 1.2b to 1.3beta:
No special procedures are required - just replace the files.
After installing 1.3, be sure to open "Settings - Shelter" to upgrade before you enter the shelter.
Version 1.3 will apply new default camera settings that will override your custom settings (if you have changed them). If you have them, reapply your settings after the update.

Known issues:
- Weapons selected via hotkey will be invisible during cover.
Solution: To fix this, choose a weapon through the pip-boy.
- Impossibility of movement to the right during cover.
Solution: Move forward-right/back-right or you can turn right and move forward.
- Not fully compatible with sniper rifles.

Requirements:
Fallout 4

Installation: (can be done manually or through the NMM manager)
Download the archive, take the TakeCover file - Main.ba2 and TakeCover.esp and throw it into the Data folder in the game.
- If installing manually, then open the plugins.txt file along the path "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Fallout4\plugins.txt" and add the line *TakeCover.esp to it
- How to install mods read

Mod for Fallout 4 adds the ability to take cover behind objects. Probably everyone dreamed of this opportunity? Hooray, now it is available to everyone. New items to customize the mod and activate the hideout will appear in your inventory.

Usage:
Option 1: Automatic/Integrated Mode
- Use sprint and run to the nearest cover to get into position and take cover in automatic mode.

Option 2. Hot key
- Use the hotkey to enter the hideout.

Both modes can be used at the same time.

How to choose a shelter
There are 2 position options in cover:
- Aim down (sight below eye level) to enter low cover mode.
- Aim up (sight below eye level) to enter high cover mode.

How to get out of hiding
- One press of the hot key, which is responsible for exiting the shelter. An activator can be used to toggle its meaning (stance change, cover exit and entry).

How to jump over cover
- Press go forward (W key) and activate the hotkey. Can be configured in mod configurations.

Installation: via or follow the instructions below:
1. Along the path "My Documents / My Games / Fallout 4" find the file Fallout4Prefs.ini and edit it: add "bEnableFileSelection=1" (without quotes)
2. Go to the folder C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Fallout4. Open plugins.txt. Add a new line to it with the name "NAME.esp" after "Fallout4.esm" (without quotes)
3. Save and close.
4. Select plugins.txt and right-click on "Properties" and mark "read-only".
5. Add your chosen esp to the Data folder, which is located in the root of Fallout 4
6. Do whatever the page says

Description:

Version:1.2b

Description:
Have you always been bothered by the fact that enemy NPCs can take cover behind objects and peek out from behind them to shoot back? You don't like peeking from behind a wall in first person, staring at the wall most of the time? All you could do was sit down behind some kind of stone or furniture, occasionally peeking out and hoping that enemy bullets don't hit you. Now you will have the opportunity to take cover behind objects and shoot back from a third person!

How to use:
Option 1. Automatic and integrated system.
- Run to the object of cover in a sprint to take cover behind it.
- [Beta] Double tap forward to enter cover.
Option 2. Hot key.
- Approach the shelter object and press the shortcut key, having previously installed the "Hide" item on it.

How to exit:
In order to get out of the shelter, start moving back. You can also set the key to exit cover (default) or to change cover posture between standing and crouching.

How to jump over a small object:
Only from a sitting cover position.
- Hold the forward key and press the "Hide" hotkey.
- [Beta version] Double press the forward key (Enable this option in the settings menu).

Requirements:
Fallout 4

Installation: (can be done manually or through the NMM manager)
Download the archive, take the TakeCover file - Main.ba2 and TakeCover.esp and throw it into the Data folder in the game.
- If installing manually, then open the plugins.txt file along the path "C:Users%USERNAME%AppDataLocalFallout4plugins.txt" and add the line *TakeCover.esp to it

Spoiler

Gamers have been enjoying the post-apocalyptic adventure for almost two weeks now. However, the game has a whole list of small but useful mechanisms, the secret principle of which is not described in detail anywhere.

As it became known to the site, fans of the series have independently compiled a whole list of secret gameplay features. And this list Fallout secrets 4 can make life much easier in post-nuclear Boston.

Fallout 4 cover system

If you press against the wall and switch to the aim shooting mode, the character will peek out from around the corner. This will allow you to conduct a firefight much more efficiently than exposing the entire body under enemy fire.

Pick up an item

You can take almost any interactive object in your hands. Just press the "E" key.

Torch

In the dark, you can use your Pip-Boy as a flashlight. Function shortcut key - "Tab"

caravans

The developers of Fallout 4 have officially stated that the game has the ability to establish caravans with provisions between their settlements. However, gamers were never provided with instructions. To send loaded brahmins, you need to get the first rank of the Local Leader skill, available to characters with 6 points of charisma. With this secret skill, a "Supply Line" option will appear at the bottom of the Pip-Boy's screen.

Put away weapon

By holding down the R button, players can stash their character's weapon. This may be required to take a screenshot or talk to an NPC who doesn't like talking at gunpoint.

Extra inventory space

Supplies collected in the wastelands of Fallout 4 can be transferred to your companions in trade mode. An unofficial option is to order a companion to take an item. He will execute the order even if the space in his inventory is over.

Companion Clothing

In the game, you can dress not only your hero, but also companions. To do this, you need to give them things in trade mode, and then press "T" to order them to put on the selected item. It is worth noting that some types of armor and clothing in Fallout 4 are suitable for Doggie. Companions can also be equipped with power armor.

Search for crafting materials by tag

This or that material for crafting can be marked for its subsequent search in the wasteland. This is done at the crafting workbench. Then, if the player encounters an object containing the marked material, a corresponding tooltip will appear.

Holding your breath while shooting

Like real snipers, gamers in Fallout 4 can hold their breath before firing. This will make it easier to catch the target in the crosshairs and make more accurate shot from a rifle with an optical sight. To do this, press "Alt".

Extra point to the main skill

Immediately after leaving Vault 111 in Fallout 4, you can return to your house and carefully explore the children's room. According to Gamebomb.ru, here you can find the secret book " You Are SPECIAL", reading which will give the player an extra point.

There are many things in Fallout 4 that you only understand after long hours of playing, so we decided to ease your pain and give you a few useful tips. In everything from trade and arrangement to service power armor and management of the ill-fated settlements, has its own wisdom and obligatory details for mastering. Only green beginners do not know about something, and some facts may surprise even those who have not left the game since the release. And don't forget to check back often - the guide will be supplemented.

It is not very clear whether the mechanics are so muddy, since there are so many little things in it that need to be explained, or whether it is a philosophy that encourages self-acquaintance with the basics - they say, learn to swim or go to the bottom. We're leaning towards the first option, given the number of undocumented features you won't stumble upon while experimenting. However, the further text is devoted not only to them - we will try to tell about everything, although not immediately.

How to use the perk menu

This fits under the "help for newbies" category. The perk table looks like one humble screen, doesn't it? No arrows, no scroll bar, no hints - it actually scrolls down to where the rest of the skills live. Among them are quite important "Hacking" and "Science", as well as the favorite of the public "Bloodbath". To see them, just hold down the right mouse button and drag up - or move the cursor to the edge of the screen. You can also turn the wheel and slightly scale the window without a visible target. Unfortunately, there is no way to organize and filter perks.

How to effectively upgrade a character

reforms role system in Fallout 4, to put it mildly, they are taken by surprise. Perks and skills in one bottle, and even tied to SPECIAL parameters - it is quite understandable that many are lost and do not know where to start developing their alter ego.

In our opinion, first of all, it is worth taking a closer look at the perks "Hacking" (requiring 4 points of perception), "Hacker" (4 intelligence) and "Beggar" (2 luck). With the first two, you'll avoid a lot of the hassle of clearing buildings and gain access to a huge number of rooms and chests of valuables. The third one will make sure that there are always a few cartridges among the loot, which are sorely lacking in the first hours.

It does not hurt to learn crafting in at least one of the industries. "Crazy Shooter" or "Blacksmith" is a priority direction for modifying firearms or melee weapons, respectively. Gunsmith is equally useful for all builds, as it unlocks armor upgrades. And finally, the Science! perk is associated with all three, without which you will not master even half of the list of modifications to your equipment.

The rest is up to you. Do you prefer close combat and oversized inventory? Download strength and related perks. Do you want stealth gameplay or, conversely, turn the game into a shooter? Agility will help you. Leaning on VATS? It's better to hit the perception. Don't be afraid to experiment - just in case.

How to find your power armor

In the fourth part, the power kit can no longer be stuffed into the closet. So what to do if you have nothing to recharge your suit or just feel like walking around the area without a bulky exoskeleton? Leave it where you want - the location of power armor can be tracked by a mark on the map.

How to repair power armor

If you often wear power armor, you have already noticed that, unlike regular protection, it wears out easily to the point of complete unusability. It needs to be repaired regularly at the appropriate stations - they are easy to find by the yellow vertical frame, similar to the disassembled loader from Aliens. Get out of the suit somewhere nearby and call up the upgrade and repair menu by pressing the action button on the station. Just don't forget to stock up on steel for repairs.

Where to put rubbish

Since we are talking about stations, did you know that you can put things in them? Where you frequent, workshops make great storage for items you don't need. In the case of garbage, this is doubly convenient: you have no idea how many hours we spent packing toasters, phones and microscopes in a backpack, because we were afraid to forget them in some drawer.

There is even a function to quickly transfer all junk that is not weapons, armor, food or quest items to the crafting station. Just press R to activate the transfer mode, and then T to dump all the garbage.

How to free up space in settlements

When it comes to settlements, there are a few not-so-obvious tricks to be aware of. You probably mastered two of them on your own, but for the record we’ll put them here anyway. First, b about Most of the junk on the territory of the settlement (lampposts, beds, cars and even some buildings) can and should be processed by pressing the R key in build mode. This gives you a small amount of resources - mostly steel and wood - that are automatically transferred to the village storage. This storage is accessed through crafting stations as described above. In addition, communication between stations can be established, but more on that later.

All household and decorative items, as well as armor and weapons, are suitable for processing. True, the latter must first be dropped to the ground and only then scrapped in build mode if you do not want to go to the nearest workshop.

How to move and remove objects

Secondly, existing furniture and workshops can be moved or stored in storage. To do this, just go to the construction mode and, while looking at the desired item, press E to move it or Tab to put it in the warehouse. The objects stored there are available at any time, so you don't have to build a new one.

How to assign roles to residents

Third, the most important and least obvious. We hope we're not the only ones who couldn't figure out for a long time how to give settlers jobs like farming and protection. When it appears new resident, he asks how he can help, but if you missed this remark, he will still be wandering around doing nothing. To eradicate parasitism, you need to go into build mode, find a lazy person and press E. After that, you can command him to go somewhere or attach him to one of the structures. Hooray, no more wilted tomatoes!

How to merge settlement warehouses

This function of reassigning residents, in our opinion, is one of the most useful: with its help, workshops of different settlements merge into a single array of resources. Roughly speaking, it saves you from having to run back and forth, because you did not have enough, say, aluminum at the desired station.

This will require the Local Leader perk, which requires 6 points of Charisma. Once you have it, enter build mode and press Q on the worker - a list of settlements under your control will open. Select the one you want, and the connection between it and your current location is established. Just keep in mind that this action will actually exclude the "connector" from the inhabitants of the settlement and tear him away from any work that he did before.

Companions, by the way, can also be assigned to the supply route, if there are very few wards.

Where to find energy cores

Probably, this advice borders on cheats, but in general it can be used as an interesting and fun experiment. For anyone using power armor, the most important resource is energy cores - the little glowing things that make your suit work at all. You can find them somewhere in the very, very depths of abandoned buildings or in the assortment of merchants who drive them at exorbitant prices. And yet the best source of "batteries" is, without a doubt, the Brotherhood of Steel. However, not everyone will be willing or able to join the guys with techno-fascist habits - so how about stealing a couple of cores?

You don't have to fight a faction. Simply raise the thievery perk to level three and look for fully stocked Brotherhood soldiers. Sneaking up on them and pulling the energy cores out of their suits is a trifling matter. A flagrant design blunder, in our opinion, especially considering that after your actions, soldiers jump out of their exoskeletons and throw them unattended, allowing them to get hold of extra modules for armor. Or even the armor itself, if you don't have your own yet.

A good strategy is obtained for the enemies of the Brotherhood: they crept up, pulled out the cores and shot the unfortunate ones without their "shells".

How to filter items when trading

A little hint about shops. While trading, you can switch categories (weapons, clothes, ammo, etc.) instead of endlessly scrolling through a long list that is sorted only alphabetically, damage, price and weight. See the little arrows to the left and right of "My Inventory" or the merchant's name? They just scroll through the sections of things. If you still don’t see it, still click on the inscriptions, this also works.

How to remove weapons

Many people who played Skyrim or Fallout 3 already know this, but it doesn't hurt to repeat it for newcomers: hold R (or whatever you have in charge of reloading) to hide your weapon. This not only makes some NPCs more friendly, but also removes the giant gun from the screen, without which the role-playing becomes easier and the screenshots are prettier. And without a weapon, the character runs much faster, don't forget.

How to get experience points easily

Apart from battles and quests, you get experience for any craft. Therefore, visit scientific and culinary stations more often and check what you can concoct from dirty tricks in your inventory. Usually there are enough ingredients for some recipe, whether it is cooking scorpion meat or mixing drugs, and after long wanderings, crafting will bring you a lot of experience.

What are everyday clothes for?

Charisma affects more than just your chance of success in conversations and access to perks: the higher your Charisma score, the better the prices at merchants - both when selling and when buying. So do not turn up your nose at chic outfits and strict suits without protection. Wear one of these before your shopping tour and the infamous +2 to charisma will do the trick.

How to shoot from behind cover

The game has some kind of cover system. When you are at the edge of a wall or in front of open door, just hold down the aim key ( right button mouse by default) - your character will automatically peek around the corner and provide good review from a safe point. However, this only works when viewed from the first person, “from the back”, as usual, you will bury your nose in the nearest brick blocking the whole picture for you.

How to change companion equipment

Some companions can be changed. They can wear almost anything, except, of course, power armor, and use any weapon. Just give the companion the equipment when exchanging, select the desired item and press T. This will instantly be reflected in his appearance. In this way, you can increase the effectiveness of companions in battle or simply adjust their appearance to your standards.

Of course, this only works with human companions, although special armor for dogs comes across from time to time.

UPD. Time and do not blush, is called. The faithful dog can wear bandanas, collars, and welding goggles (well, the ones that Riddick wears), and Codsworth lets a funny bowler hat be hoisted on top of his head. Massive customization!

Where to find legendary weapons

Fallout 4 denotes the strength of enemies in several ways. The first is names. For example, among the raiders there are both harmless scum and psychopaths who can give a serious rebuff. The second is the icons that appear next to the names of some opponents. If you see a skull, then you are fighting a big and strong reptile. Don't be surprised that all your ammo and stimpacks went into it - it's probably better to get away and prepare better for the battle.

Enemies with stars next to their names are considered legendary. They are also quite strong, but they are not that difficult to kill, so it's worth a try. These drop legendary items - weapons and armor pieces with special bonuses. Some are unique (most often given through quests), while others appear to be randomly generated. One way or another, among them come across very, very worthy things.

Fact for the most confident: the higher the difficulty level, the more legendary enemies will be on your way.

Where is the best power armor

As in the case of character clothing, different sets of power armor differ from each other in characteristics and protection indicators. Yes, any of them feel like being in a tank, but the X-01, the most powerful set in the game, is like a tank inside another tank - just right for raiding legendary enemies. In addition, it will pleasantly diversify your collection with its enclave design, so every self-respecting wanderer should have it. And we just know how to acquire such beauty without the need to assemble it for parts.

Keep in mind that your character must be not lower than level 25-30 to make the armor appear at the specified location. Otherwise, there is a high chance of a T-60 or other mediocre set spawning.

Head east from, ahem, Goodneighbor until you come across the Custom House Tower. Looking at the building with the flags, turn to the alley on the left. You need to find a green building, at the entrance to which is written "35 Court" - it will not be marked on the map, so keep your eyes peeled. Two hanging turrets will tell you the way, firing at you directly from the right porch. Greet them back and go inside.

If you're here solely for armor, go straight up to the top floor. There you will find a difficult battle with an assault gun and a security robot, so you should prepare stimpacks, grenades and more powerful weapons in advance. Especially, however, you should not worry: dealing with the assault gun is quite easy, and the big man can be meanly fired from the ramp along which you climb into the room.

As soon as you manage, press the buttons in the niches where the enemies came from. The center chamber will open, showing you the best Power Armor in Fallout 4. Congratulations, you're successful! Take it, use it, improve it.

By the way, do not rush to panic if you see something else in place of the long-awaited X-01. In one of our scenarios (level 42), an offensive T-51 appeared there, but as soon as we got into it and went home (we can’t leave empty-handed), it miraculously turned into an X-01. What can I say, Bethesda.

Of course, there are other places where this set appeared, but personally we were lucky only in 35 Court.

How to change the character's appearance

Yes, we know how it is. They hit the slider for the distance between the eyes, accidentally kept the hooked nose and forgot to remove the scar all over the face. Anything happens, but not everyone has time to notice before taking on the final appearance of your character. One way or another, there are two ways to correct your own sins (well, or correct them).

The first one is the fastest, the most free and the most dishonest, because cheats will come into play. To access the character editing menu, just open the console with the "~" key and enter "ShowLooksMenu 14" (without quotes). Just first switch to a third-person view and turn the camera so that you can see what's going on with your protégé.

The second is completely legal and provided by the game world, just not everyone can find it. If you've followed the loading screen tips, you already know that the plastic surgeon works in Diamond City. Go there and look for the red door to the right of the robot chef's stall - you will recognize it by the logo of the surgical center. Inside you will be offered to twist the face for only 100 caps.

But the hairstyle needs to be changed separately. But with this you will definitely not have any difficulties: the hairdresser is located immediately behind the editorial office local newspaper, and you run into it almost immediately at the entrance to the city. Well, or go to where a couple of NPCs are constantly chattering incessantly, you won't get lost.

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