

The really great thing is, you can still use the vanilla settlement system at the same time, even inside the same settlement. They aren't just standing around waiting for you to place every last door, bed, or stick of furniture. Each time you visit a settlement, you'll be able to see their progress, which gives your settlements a feeling of real life, and gives your settlers some agency.


As your settlement grows the NPCs will add on to their buildings, adding more props and features and even second stories. Designate zones for residential, commercial, or industrial buildings, and then sit back and watch your settlers erect their own buildings, randomly pulling from pools of assets so each building is a unique. It gives Fallout 4 players an entirely new way to build settlements by, essentially, allowing NPCs to build their own. Chris Livingston: Sim Settlements is sort of astounding to me.
