

You can’t scrap everything, but systematically removing every broken toilet and fallen tree from a clearly demarcated area is one of the most satisfying feelings I’ve ever had in video games. The most immediate method to gather the components needed to construct the various objects that make up a settlement is to scrap what was there when you arrived. Oh, and the inbuilt settlement size limit. Once you’ve figured out the basics of object placement, no doubt you’ll have loads of ideas for the kinds of settlements you want to build. Thankfully you can move objects after you’ve placed them, so if you notice you’ve placed your guard post facing into rather than away from the town you can just pick it up and turn it around. Move your cursor around until it lights up, which shows there’s enough space to place it, and you can set it down. On selection, you’ll see a ghostly version of the object appear in the world.
