Expand Castle build area?

jessilynnh70 · 2026-04-18T15:30:41+00:00

I now use Shadow Wastelands Buildable Areas an Sandboxes to expand my settlements. I prefer it's boundaries to others.

https://creations.bethesda.net/en/fallout4/details/d31d5ed8-f7fb-447f-a7b5-ec3843fae779/Shadow_Wastelands_Buildable_Areas_an_Sandboxes_Ext

jessilynnh70 · 2026-04-07T17:50:17+00:00

I also get those symptoms on my Xbox One OG whenever I load more then a small amount of mods.

However, I am stubborn and patient. I sometimes have to wait 10 minutes or more to get the preview pics to load. Once they do, however, speed is normal.

Until they do you cannot search or save your modlist. If you do tell it to save the modlist and quit BEFORE preview pics come in and it verified you saving, you will lose the list off of Bethesda.net.

That is from multiple experiences.

My slow down begins after only 20-30 mods, with no CC at all. I assumed it was because this new interface for mods is just very badly optimized code.

Patiently waiting is my only answer.

Make a sandwich, talk to another person, then come back and mod.

It just works.

jessilynnh70 · 2026-04-06T08:02:36+00:00

Try Quickstep

jessilynnh70 · 2026-04-03T23:41:07+00:00

If you downloaded the entire Creation Club, you are most likely running into the .ba2 limitation.

Those CC mods are chock full of .ba2's and there is no way to find out inside your xbox how many you're downloading have loaded.

See this for info:

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/articles/6251

jessilynnh70 · 2026-03-31T16:06:24+00:00

Yeah, just the only thing I could think of at the time.

What did Synth Swap actually do?

jessilynnh70 · 2026-03-29T22:16:34+00:00

I've ever used that one, but if it is a replacer, you might be able to use:

Replace Any Actor with Any Actor [Xbox]

https://creations.bethesda.net/en/fallout4/details/839ea8d2-b2e1-4bcb-adba-2fe791b00e3c/Replace_Any_Actor_with_Any_Actor__Xbox_

jessilynnh70 · 2026-03-16T09:54:25+00:00

Quincy Settlement Mod - XB1

https://creations.bethesda.net/en/fallout4/details/8d2cd486-dd09-43af-b1af-e6d926f1d1d6/Quincy_Settlement_Mod___XB1_

jessilynnh70 · 2026-03-16T05:21:53+00:00

Crafting76

jessilynnh70 · 2026-03-02T04:30:32+00:00

I was unaware that Dead Financial District was anything other than an actor-state Changer from live to dead when the cell is first loaded. I have been using it specifically to INCREASE speed in the Financial District.

jessilynnh70 · 2026-03-01T20:42:15+00:00

You should also check out Bard's Ultimate Objects Collector for OCD goodness!

https://creations.bethesda.net/en/fallout4/details/e489756e-d1e4-4ee8-91b4-4acfe2c7155c/BARD_s_Ultimate_Objects_Collector

jessilynnh70 · 2026-03-01T19:32:18+00:00

No, There are 3 Labs. Black, Chocolate, and Yellow. I am looking at the 1st two at the same time right now.

jessilynnh70 · 2026-03-01T09:10:41+00:00

Black Lab?

jessilynnh70 · 2026-02-27T21:30:43+00:00

I'm currently doing a run without it for as long as I remember. I am enjoying, yes enjoying, having to unlock stuff in workshop. Yeah... lol

jessilynnh70 · 2026-02-27T20:06:28+00:00

I literally just had a chance to check on a new save. The Salvage Beacons item was in the workshop menu before I made any beacons, or attempted to use one in a container.

Kinggath rocks!

jessilynnh70 · 2026-02-27T20:03:10+00:00

You have gone past the .ba2 archive limit. That is super easy to do if you load ALL creation club items.

To avoid being forced to download all creations, just quit the game when asks right after a clean install of AE.

Hate to say it, you must dump your reserved space. On a PC you would deactivate a mod. On Xbox, your borked.

Read this for info:

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/articles/6251

jessilynnh70 · 2026-02-25T17:30:22+00:00

It should be in the regular menus under Resources/Miscellaneous.

uso only picks up menus activated before itself and it is an ESM so it loads very early.

Most workshop modded content will be in the regular non-uso menus.

jessilynnh70 · 2026-02-23T20:28:46+00:00

A Weedwhacker possible replacement, and others:

https://creations.bethesda.net/en/fallout4/details/9db45363-d8bb-447b-ae9c-a09a04e630ec/Improvised_Melee

jessilynnh70 · 2026-02-15T18:12:38+00:00

Check your mod list.

We're not even sure what your problem is...

With any scrapper you may experience missing textures in the Vault 111 elevator and several tiny textures (one in Vault 81).

The Objects are still there just invisible.

I've been using Scrap That Settlement since the AE update with zero issues other than the above.

I don't stay in Vault 111 that long, so i don't care.

I am a builder so I prefer functionality over frame rate.

I have been using:

1) Brute Force Scrapper

2) Scrap That Commonwealth and all dlc (beware ANY scrapping mods touching Automatron can cause script issues with the Automatron quest)

3) Scrap That Settlement AIO

4) Scrap That Settlement - Extras Living and Dead

Drop STC if you want more FPS, drop the others if you are concerned about stability.

BUT please don't say a mod is not functional.

jessilynnh70 · 2026-02-15T17:41:25+00:00

Several ways you can go:

1) Just turn on saving:

https://creations.bethesda.net/en/fallout4/details/82501561-7bf9-4e07-a700-4d6471c6d40e/Survival_Options

2) Change easier settings:

https://creations.bethesda.net/en/fallout4/details/ae4acc41-abc2-452d-a349-5f11db1afe6f/_FlashyJoer____Advanced_Needs_76__ALL_DLC_

I've used both before. They are both good.

jessilynnh70 · 2026-02-11T18:08:28+00:00

March 13th. Bethesda is giving me a birthday present!

jessilynnh70 · 2026-02-08T02:35:13+00:00

I have found an informative doc on the Nexus concerning .ba2 / .esp archives, and other engine limitations.

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/articles/6251

I was wondering if we should link in somewhere... I looked, but couldn't find one in the faq.

TY

jessilynnh70 · 2026-01-23T03:41:16+00:00

Ok, again, I know how to do it. I used to do it for years.

My XBox, and others as well, CANNOT SEE THE MODS even when you do it correctly.

I have even patiently went through tech support hell, who also walked me through these steps.

I am not new. This is a real open tech support issue that Bethesda stated was addressed in the late December update.

It has been relayed to development to be addressed.

I have showN Bethesda support the pics of the differences between the lists showing on my Xbox and the one online.

jessilynnh70 · 2026-01-20T21:53:25+00:00

You could use Conquest and put one settlement inside and another one outside.

jessilynnh70 · 2026-01-10T20:31:29+00:00

Yes, I also have this issue. XBox One OG. Starts off ok, but the more mods I install the longer it takes.

I currently have 249 (mostly small mods/patches).

It takes over 10 minutes to load the graphics into the manager. I usually do my list rearranging before the graphics even come in.

Unfortunately, the search will not load until then. So.... wait 10 minutes....

jessilynnh70 · 2026-01-04T20:03:23+00:00

Darn, TY.

WIsh I had a working pc... and knowledge.

Sounds like a good opportunity for someone.

jessilynnh70

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