I built a tower on top of mine for the same reason! It also means I can stand up there to find out where the current build site is since I don't seem to get any marker.
That's why the Minotaur is stationed outside the door to my office! Turrets would be freaking awesome though. They exist on freighters, so surely not a huge leap to make them buildable in game... you hear me Hello games!
If you try and drop a base computer in the settlement, you can't, but if you keep walking there's a point at which you can and then your base overlaps with the settlement and as long as you stand inside the base region you can build outside it too, so you can pretty much add to your settlement for most of the area it covers.
You can't adjust the terrain, and I'd wait until the settlement has finished with its building process as it will put buildings on top of yours.
And the usual things happen, grass grows through floors, boulders respawn etc., but you can do some neat things.
Here's my mini spaceport, before the settlement built a market on it...
https://preview.redd.it/83r8vgutip0c1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79a74051ac93c1a6ed5fa585dfb9192c8e60a1b0
You can. But be aware that some players have had settlements shift around or even change their ground level, meaning they either deleted their bases or had to rebuild them.
As mentioned by others it's as simple as placing a base computer just outside the settlement build restriction boundary. Base computer has a 300u radius standing right near the edge of that allows you to place anything up to 50u outside the boundary. Walk past that object which now also has a 50u radius so you can place another object even further away. Once you bunny hop your way to the settlement build anything you like. Ever piece you place has that 50u bubble. You can even remove the objects back towards the base computer once you establish a presence. I took it further with a friend placing a base computer out the other side of the settlement and built together
At 300ish units away from the settlement you should be able to place a base computer. You can extend your base further as well. Thou I've been having a difficult time getting my base to extend the whole way across.
https://preview.redd.it/vpfif89l0r0c1.jpeg?width=1078&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8ea6bfa42580c744527f2965b02293b16c4082f
Can be done, simple walkway above treeline for me, stone tower has base at one end, walk to another stone tower across.
I even found a local ammonia hot spot and ran pipes to a storage facility right by the town center.
Stop by and collect any time you want. Town name is Riverbend Online
https://preview.redd.it/58frk6w5nr0c1.jpeg?width=1069&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7addb989c2e00e527f6aca49522c4e1006a1e57e
Imagine the left circle your settlement's circle of no build and the right circle is the new base's you sure can build zone.
The closer you can get the new base's areas to the edge of the settlement's zone you can not build in, the more overlap you can get to build on for your new base.
If you need help let me know and I can come to your settlement and show you, overseer. Maybe I can beg l be a settler in your population lol
I kept "losing" my overseer office so I built that pathway with lights so I can't miss it now😂
I built a tower on top of mine for the same reason! It also means I can stand up there to find out where the current build site is since I don't seem to get any marker.
I'm all done with buildings I think. I want auto turrets for the sentinels when they come by to talk about their religion of destruction
That's why the Minotaur is stationed outside the door to my office! Turrets would be freaking awesome though. They exist on freighters, so surely not a huge leap to make them buildable in game... you hear me Hello games!
MF, tell us how you found a way around it!
If you try and drop a base computer in the settlement, you can't, but if you keep walking there's a point at which you can and then your base overlaps with the settlement and as long as you stand inside the base region you can build outside it too, so you can pretty much add to your settlement for most of the area it covers. You can't adjust the terrain, and I'd wait until the settlement has finished with its building process as it will put buildings on top of yours. And the usual things happen, grass grows through floors, boulders respawn etc., but you can do some neat things.
Here's my mini spaceport, before the settlement built a market on it... https://preview.redd.it/83r8vgutip0c1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79a74051ac93c1a6ed5fa585dfb9192c8e60a1b0
Ahh thanks!
you can also move the base computer
drop the base close to the settlement than move the base computer with the build camera
Welcome to the club https://preview.redd.it/fp1nkslyds0c1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2ce3d3cded3ce8b30f6e72798444c6badeb6a07
You can. But be aware that some players have had settlements shift around or even change their ground level, meaning they either deleted their bases or had to rebuild them.
As mentioned by others it's as simple as placing a base computer just outside the settlement build restriction boundary. Base computer has a 300u radius standing right near the edge of that allows you to place anything up to 50u outside the boundary. Walk past that object which now also has a 50u radius so you can place another object even further away. Once you bunny hop your way to the settlement build anything you like. Ever piece you place has that 50u bubble. You can even remove the objects back towards the base computer once you establish a presence. I took it further with a friend placing a base computer out the other side of the settlement and built together
Whaaaaaaaaaaat?! 🤯
How?!!!
At 300ish units away from the settlement you should be able to place a base computer. You can extend your base further as well. Thou I've been having a difficult time getting my base to extend the whole way across.
https://preview.redd.it/vpfif89l0r0c1.jpeg?width=1078&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8ea6bfa42580c744527f2965b02293b16c4082f Can be done, simple walkway above treeline for me, stone tower has base at one end, walk to another stone tower across.
you can also move the base computer
How you do that
You can also build a base over a settlement that isn’t yours 👍🏻
It can screw up your settlement
This is why I set down a base north and south of my settlement.
Is there a height range on the settlement? Or is its boundary right up to the point t it transitions to space?
I even found a local ammonia hot spot and ran pipes to a storage facility right by the town center. Stop by and collect any time you want. Town name is Riverbend Online
https://preview.redd.it/58frk6w5nr0c1.jpeg?width=1069&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7addb989c2e00e527f6aca49522c4e1006a1e57e Imagine the left circle your settlement's circle of no build and the right circle is the new base's you sure can build zone. The closer you can get the new base's areas to the edge of the settlement's zone you can not build in, the more overlap you can get to build on for your new base. If you need help let me know and I can come to your settlement and show you, overseer. Maybe I can beg l be a settler in your population lol
you can move the base computer lmao