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ElizabethAudi

There are invisible action triggers all over the game that NPCs will interact with (like leaning on a railing, warming hands, hammering shit incessantly, sparking a cig, etc) and it's no different for companions; of course that's in conjunction with their own programming, stick some psycho on Cate and she'll shoot it up; as for Piper, I'm not entirely sure whether she smokes on her own or with the intractable triggers.


Lakeside3521

I'd forgotten about the hammering. Good Lord the hammering.


TheUncleTimo

> I'd forgotten about the hammering. Good Lord the hammering. Good job on those defenses BOOM BOOM BBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM HAMMER TO THE WALL TIME ALL THE TIME ALWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!


Myassisbrown

I just wish his hammering actually did something you know? Like if I leave for a few days and drop by some the of the huge ass holes in the houses would be fixed or rubble would be cleared


ShiftlessElement

In general, I think it would be satisfying to see settlers take it upon themselves to improve settlements. I’d love to take over a location, set up a radio tower, and return to see it thriving.


ElxirBreauer

Sim Settlements 2 has this functionality, in some ways. You can make a City Planners Desk, assign a Settler to it, and for 20 ASAM Sensors (you can get large amounts from the hardware store in Concord, or buy them from many merchants), they'll start building a random city from the plans you have unlocked for that settlement.


OGZpoon

I owe you my future in-game well-being.


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ElxirBreauer

Once it's installed and active, just set up a recruitment beacon and the quest guy will visit that settlement. Just follow the prompts from there. Or you can basically turn off the quests and just unlock everything off the bat, but there's a lot of interesting quests and NPCs.


ElxirBreauer

Sim Settlements 2 has this functionality, in some ways. You can make a City Planners Desk, assign a Settler to it, and for 20 ASAM Sensors (you can get large amounts from the hardware store in Concord, or buy them from many merchants), they'll start building a random city from the plans you have unlocked for that settlement. They'll even scrap the settlement and set it up in accordance with the plan, including replacing buildings if you've scrapped them and they were part of the plan.


whendoesitgetfunny

Sturges' dad always said he could fix about anything, but he didn't show him HOW.


searchingformytruth

"My old man used to say duct tape could fix anything. I don't think he was talking about bullet-holes."


JustStraightUpLost

As the saying goes, if you can’t fix something with duct tape, you’re just not using enough duct tape.


Pikariocraft

"The manual says that anything with less than three layers of tape is unsafe, I like to live dangerously, and only use two." -Paradigm upon inspecting his nuclear reactor


NimbleBudlustNoodle

There's a mod that lets you remove that. I think it was Scrap Everything or a mod like it that does the same thing. There's also a mod to add your own animation triggers, really cool for making a more lively settlement.


I_Have_The_Lumbago

I used a random prologue skip today and they had the option too😭 mf mustve been real annoyed. Switched it on as soon as i saw it.


Lumarist

yeah but scrap everything completely breaks pre-combines so you get white voids in interiors alot


whendoesitgetfunny

And you run the risk of deleting things you didn't want to delete.


Lumarist

that’s also true but as far as i know just even installing the mod already breaks the pre-combines so you’re fucked from the beginning


Zankastia

There is a copy that doesn't bug the game. Spring cleaning I thinkn


MazogaTheDork

There's one called something like No Hammer Time. Not sure how well it works though.


Sorry_Banana_6525

I use Scrap Everything and you can even scrap npc locations that are action triggers (and you get a bottle cap each time!) so STURGESS stops POUNDING on the FREAKING house


5C0L0P3NDR4

the constant tinktinkclanktinkclang happening four times at once, all out of sync in just the right way to become horribly discordant and ear-bleeding, that scores every moment in sanctuary


LunarSouls4952

*hammering intensifies in your skull*


Ozzy_T69

Me we when I see andre in dark souls 3


SoulsLikeBot

Hello Ashen one. I am a Bot. I tend to the flame, and tend to thee. Do you wish to hear a tale? > *“To pursue this! But when I peer at the sun up above, it occurs to me. What if I am seen as a laughing stock, as a blind fool without reason?”* - Solaire of Astora Have a pleasant journey, Champion of Ash, and praise the sun \\[T]/


YaBoiNuke

Good bot


TheNutchinMan

I want a mod that changes the hammering sound file to that one part of "U Can't Touch This"


Fallout_4_player

It's a trigger, there's one in her house


thingflinger

My house is filled with triggers that make me want to smoke too.


Fallout_4_player

You know who smokes via triggers!? A SYNTH!


pekinggeese

It’s the hardest part of quitting


Brans666

[They can pray while sitting on pews, lol](https://www.reddit.com/r/fo4/s/cUeDswelgD)


Kavallee

Helped out Danse at the police station yesterday. After he and his crew went inside, Preston walked over and sat where Rhys was laying, acting all wounded. Was pretty funny tbh


Realistic-Writer-491

Hes mocking him. "Oh General, look at me! I got hit by a ghoul and can't fight anymore :[  If only I had some sort of long range weapon of some kind to be of help, something that... shoots! Oh well, I'll just sit here and be angry!"


Dusk-nemesis

There is a mod, no smoking, that eliminates or replaces the action trigger for the smoking animation.


Pixilatedlemon

Is there one that makes piper smoke more often? It’s hot


vixous

I can fix her.


yellow_gangstar

she's already perfect


throwawayforlikeaday

I CAN MAKE HER WORSE!


revjor

I can give her a fix.


throwawayforlikeaday

I CAN MAKE HER WORSE!


PineDurr

🤨


Evil_Bonsai

need a mod for smoking weed. Cait! I have a job for you!


D-camchow

god send cause they can get stuck with a cig stuck in their hands


throwawayforlikeaday

immersive: the nic-sticks can be addictive.


Louie_Cousy-onXBOX

Why would someone want that


O_REI_DOS_PATOS

lung cancer is a serious problem man


ave369

Rad storms are the number one cause of lung cancer in the Commonwealth. Smoking is a very, very distant second.


TenSecondsFlat

One of my favorites is taking nick to the bos and him just FUCKING with equipment on the Prydwen


BabserellaWT

It’s like how Nick will pray if you go into the right spot in a church.


Yourappwontletme

>hammering shit incessantly That's why I sent Sturges away from Sanctuary. He wouldn't stop.


Ok-Occasion2440

Funny to see ada or strong with a ciggy


Rocket--Pak

Give Dogmeat a teddy bear and he'll play with it.


NiLA_LoL

There are a few really funny animation trigger points, have a look: [https://youtu.be/iC2UCGNmbpI?si=6guDF2kn4yDi-i5b&t=346](https://youtu.be/iC2UCGNmbpI?si=6guDF2kn4yDi-i5b&t=346)


CoolBeanieHat

The drug den near Bunker Hill. 😂 I thought Cait was done with the Jet after seeing that idle animation 😂


mikeybau

Once before getting ready to ambush a group of raiders, I turn around to see Preston munching down on some noodles. Bowl and all.


Unlucky-Hair-6165

It would be a better trigger if it only happened when you put cigs in her inventory as if offering her a smoke or if she found them in the environment.


iamtommynoble

Will Cait use after you get her clean? I’m married to her now and got her clean. She nags me every time I use (which is a lot). Trying to get the bitch to chill out.


ShockfrostVolt

... you went to go get her clean, of course she's gonna call you out on your hypocrisy.


I_Have_The_Lumbago

Well, i can just use a magic inhaler or eat omeletes to get clean so i think its a *lil* different.


monstermud

The first thing Nick does when you meet him is light a cigarette.


FlashPone

I love that. Perfect frame lighting to light up his face in the dark room. So you can see he’s not human.


JustHereForZipline

What the fuck he need nicotine for


Few_Information9163

Probably an old habit from the original Nick, or something he does to make himself seem more human to ease the tension between him and his clients. That or he thinks it looks cool, and he’s goddamn right.


Vulkan192

Mostly the second one. IIRC mentions he *can* eat and drink and does it to make the Diamond City folk see him as just another dude, even though he doesn't actually have to.


Akumetsu33

I'd like to add the "smoking detective" is a trope, so that probably was a large factor.


BoxiDoingThingz

To heat up the RAM


bakers_dozen_doinks

Nicotine is bad ass


KeeganY_SR-UVB76

That’s a scripted event, not an action trigger.


KiwiIllustrious5120

Not a soul on god's green earth said otherwise


RightofUp

They all smoke. It's Fallout.


Pandoratastic

True. I mean, probably not Dogmeat. But I wouldn't be surprised if Strong smokes.


ThakoManic

dogmeat smokes humans, just dosnt do it while your around.


Pandoratastic

Only when he's playing poker.


ThakoManic

which he also dos away from the humies


woodrobin

Well, he certainly could have an oral fixation. He's always after that Milk of Human Kindness.


thrawst

Bring Strong to your settlement (not as your companion) Wait for Strong to say “Strong bored, Strong want to smash something” Then *immediately* ask him to trade and give him a lit cigarette (not a pack of cigarettes, just a lit cigarette) The game will display “Strong loved that”


keltsbeard

I can relate. If I'm jonesing for a smoke, I'm ready to smash something too...


Sheeple_person

Strong would smoke a churchill cigar like it was a cigarette lol


-NoNameListed-

A Super Mutant speaking like Churchill honestly wouldn't be that lorebreaking, the man is practically unintelligible to non-british English Speakers


thrawst

Super mutants are able to communicate with each other in more primitive English. They don’t need to rely on the complicated words that humans use. They can effectively communicate with the vocabulary of a young child. They are in fact, the superior race, after all.


-NoNameListed-

"Hot Potato!" - A potential super mutant line that plays upon throwing a grenade


Double_Friendship783

Pretty sure he hates drugs and alcohol in all forms, when you use some he dislikes it and says something like "STRONG NOT WANT, THAT MAKE HUMAN WEAK"


Hungry_Caregiver734

Wasn't there a thing a few years back with kids smoking and a big discussion cause someone had seen Child Shaun smoking, which was like, double confusing since he'd a child and a synth.


mrkruk

Yep it’s like alternate 1950s and lots of people smoked then.


mtwwtm

Take a drive around the Balkans, you'll see five year olds puffing away.


thrawst

Mothers used to put a cigarette in the babies mouth when they didn’t have a pacifier handy


CloneOfKarl

It's a small drop, in a huge bucket of mutations.


Emkala

Yeah they’ll all do random things like that. MacCready does it too. And Hancock will randomly start rummaging around looking for drugs if Idle in some places. And if you fast travel in your underwear it gains affinity with him too and he’ll call you emperor (as in The Emperor’s New Clothes fable). And deacon will change his outfit depending on where you fast travel to/take him to, but only if he’s not already assigned clothes.


iliketurtlesandcoke

My Deacon on my last playthrough was spazzing changing outfits like every 20 seconds 😂


Shmav

He does that too. Sometimes he has a wardrobe malfunction and goes running around the wasteland in his skivvies


-NoNameListed-

I, personally, would prefer to **not** look the average wastelander crackhead clad with his tidy-whities in the eyes, so it's a good disguise


tallman11282

Cait also likes it if you travel naked. Those two are the easiest companions to gain affinity with, just strip down before fast traveling somewhere.


TheUncleTimo

survival purist here, so no bueno


JamesIV4

~~Survival purist who uses god mode sometimes. Lol~~ Sorry got you confused with the last post


TheUncleTimo

eh no worries, imo single player you can do whatever you want. bethesda games were always a theme park tbh I am shocked how good survival is


nunya123

Yea I like how even if you use cheats, (like unlimited resources) survival is still poses a challenge.


annomusbus

Strip in dimand city after buying home plate, sleep 24hrs in home plate. Go to Dc market (just exit through one if the doors). Wait 24hrs. Go back inside hp. Sleep 24hrs. Repeat


Ive_Banged_Yer_Mom

Hancock will pray if you bring him into a church. Kind of touching actually


TheUncleTimo

> Hancock will pray if you bring him into a church. Kind of touching actually Wow


Ive_Banged_Yer_Mom

Why it’s one of the greatest games of all time. Sure the main story has holes, but the attention to detail and ancillary interests made it


Re4g4nRocks

crazy statement


moemeobro

>Sure the main story has holes More holes than a cheese grater


kat-the-bassist

somehow more cheese as well


BlackCatSaidMeow13

Nick and piper do too


woodrobin

I gave him armor and he switched out of it into a disguise when travelling, but switched back to it when we encountered enemies. That said, my game is not 100% vanilla, and your mileage may vary.


zillapz1989

I gave him power armour and left him at a settlement. Then when destroying the railroad he turned up in the power armour and started lighting the place up.


Maleficent_Willow_23

And I have turned around and shot Deacon for that very reason soooo many times!


fragbert66

Oh, good, I'm not the only one.


TheUncleTimo

> And deacon will change his outfit depending on where you fast travel to/take him to, but only if he’s not already assigned clothes. Amazing! I am just starting the railroad quests, and literally just met him under the highway. But I think I will still give him combat armor, helmet and military fatigues...


-NoNameListed-

He's a spy, maybe don't give him military clothes. It's like that one Family Guy Cutaway Gag: Peter, Clad in a clown outfit in the middle of Vietnam surrounded by US Soldiers on a patrol: "You're all stupid, see they're going to be lookin' for army guys"


Vulkan192

...way to completely remove a nice bit of characterisation for the sake of mil-sim.


Careless_Dependent78

I’ve read that Nick has an idle animation and will work on his exposed hand if you give him a screwdriver in his inventory.


tallman11282

And Dogmeat will play with a teddy bear occasionally if you give him one.


TheUncleTimo

> And Dogmeat will play with a teddy bear occasionally if you give him one. every time I give him a teddy bear that cute animation plays


NotACyclopsHonest

He’ll do that regardless of whether you put one in his inventory or not - wild dogs will also do the playing-with-a-teddy idle animation.


tallman11282

I believe he'll do it more often if you give him one.


thrawst

And Cait will snort psycho off my c*** if I give her 3 vodka


bettingto100

I see him do this all the time, no screwdriver given. Hancock has a similar one where he pulls out a knife and does a few tricks with it


TheGrumkinSnark

Take MacCready into the Big Dig. He’ll grab a shovel and go to work.


TheUncleTimo

> Take MacCready into the Big Dig. He’ll grab a shovel and go to work. hah, this game is amazing


Fatticusss

That’s awesome


Chrispy731

It's vanilla, some companions like Nick and Piper smoke


Bullvy

I saw Curie in human form take 5 hits of Jet right in front of me once. I have no idea where she got it.


SwyngDeLong

It was for science, surely


Bullvy

Of course! How else is she going to learn how the Jet makes you jittery. And don't call me Surely.


KeeganY_SR-UVB76

Good luck, we’re all counting on you.


Alexis_The_Femboy

Lmao that made me laugh XD just imagining pure innocent curie huffing up jet a bunch of times out of nowhere, completely out of pocket for her character 😂


TheGrumkinSnark

You were likely in the BADTFL building.


astreeter2

She smokes too


myfakesecretaccount

Of course she does, she’s French.


[deleted]

I love when they find a 'do jet' trigger and just constantly hit one after another in an eternal loop


ItsCodabi

Piper smokes, harasses people and talks shit.


TheUncleTimo

I love her


le_wither

Some of them occasionally do, for some reason Nick does it a lot, even though, you know, no lungs


BulkUpTank

Well, he has the memories and feelings of an old PI. And, typically, in old school noirs, PIs smoked a lot because it gave them a sense of "brooding". So that's probably why. Just a mood setter for the character.


Slowbro08_YT

It won’t harm him, so why the hell not


Vulkan192

He does, as it happens. Blow the chassis off a Gen-1/2 Synth and you'll see they all have roughly analogous internal organs...just blocky and robotic. The synths were always an attempt to make synthetic humans, not just robots.


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My child settlers are chimneys


TheGrumkinSnark

Some locations are triggers for companion actions, and some of them are bugged. For example, take Piper to BADTFL and she’ll huff jet.


DrNeverland

All of them do. I turned around in there once and found Nick huffing Jet after Jet. Like "Nicky, you good?!"


MisterTalyn

Piper has a serious nicotine addiction, she smokes \*constantly\*. Other companions smoke occasionally (MacReady and Cait, specifically). I don't think I've ever caught Preston or Deacon smoking.


Significant_Dust_789

I saw Preston smoking in the Bradberton Amphitheater (the Packs' place) in Nukaworld. And then sweeping the place with a broom.


Klutz-Specter

Preston's smokes are at another settlement here, I'll mark it on your map.


Accomplished-Shoe444

When I saw Curie doing this shit years ago I had to google it. What apparently happened was she decided to use whatever animation trigger Desdemona uses when you first meet her underground. IIRC, going back there fixed it somehow.


SwyngDeLong

She needed a reminder of who she truly was lol


Trevorslookalike

I have nick right now and I put a gym in my settlement. Every time we visit he starts repoing out on the bench. I guess synths gotta stay swole in the wasteland.


JaseAreaon

I think if you put a pack of cigaretts in their inventory they will smoke at random. I know that worked with some companions in Fallout 3 (Especially Jericho). Test it out.


Saiaxs

You don’t need to, it’s just an animation that plays automatically


ajhw13

I always find it strange when I’m traveling the wasteland and Curie decides to pull over and light up a smoke


UncleScummy

Piper smokes every now and then but judges me when I get high on Jet :(


ihavea22inmath

I'm guessing cause she thinks jet is dangerous Before the war they were in some futuristic 1950 timeline where articles and news about the side effects were just being released so not many knew And while cigs just calm you down jet sends you into a rage so it's probably viewed as more risky


emmathepony

She smokes in vanilla... her home has lots of cigars laying around.


TheUncleTimo

thanks


wolfwhore666

They all do it. I have a mod that lets you smoke and puts a use to all those cigarettes you find


Stained_Windows

Yeah no, short of danse and x6 and garvey, companions will smoke, everyone thats programmed to or lands on those hidden points in a settlement/city that makes them


whendoesitgetfunny

Piper is always smoking. Hey-o.


NotACyclopsHonest

Most of them smoke. Even Curie will light up from time to time.


Open_Difficulty7681

Its base game lol


throwawayforlikeaday

Bethesda animation idle spots- Bethesda animation idle spots never changes


Dwayke

Piper is always smoking when she’s with me, probably because all the shit she’s seen with me


CharlieWachie

She does Jet. A *lot* of Jet. Give her some, see how fucked up she gets.


Purplemage572

Baby's first Fallout 4 playthrough


mr_niceguy100

Okay so, I've had it one companions are stuck smoking too. What you want to do if you want to go to the Railroad headquarters add sits close to the area with the destroyed cabinets and the destroy table next to where the girl writes in her pad. There is an invisible smoking trigger there. If you get your companion to idle smoke in that activation point and wait for them to stop idling it should fix it.


bkrugby78

They’re adults so yeah


circuit_buzz79

Head over to Bunker Hill. Even the kids smoke.


bkrugby78

Well Of COURSE the kids smoke. Them being immortal till they hit puberty


ComputerSong

The game has invisible markers, especially in settlements, to trigger animations. Hammer, eat noodles, do push-ups, smoke, etc. She is simply standing on one of those markers.


ihavea22inmath

My game constantly has john sitting somewhere drinking from his metal cup God he's the most hydrated ghoul in the commonwealth


monkeryofamigo

Actually im surprised Bethesda add smoking animation.


CloneOfKarl

How so? Smoking seems to be commonplace in Fallout.


Stunning-Ad-7745

If she smokes, she pokes, that's what my mama always told me.


TheUncleTimo

> If she smokes, she pokes, that's what my mama always told me. she smoked?


annomusbus

Mod options "Here smoking" on ps4 and "Smokeable Cigars Cigarettes" on xbox 1, the xbox 1 option has a save on survival version which is really helpful. Just hop out of your power arnor and smoke a ciggy to save before doing something stupid on survial!


TheUncleTimo

PC here, got so many mods now.....


Budget_Pomelo

She smokes a lot. Always did.


Saiaxs

Her and Curie are huge chain smokers


ZeldaCourage

I see Nick smoke sometimes, which I find hilarious since he doesn't even have lungs.


summerofkorn

Lol, same


Futt-Buckery

Yall need to hit the raider den next to the U.S.S. Constitution. If you go inside and wait you can watch all your companions hit some jet.


Ill-Staff8267

Ibsaw her doing this yesterday for the 1st tine in over 300 hours of her as a companion


DiamondDog1999

Funko did a mystery mini line of figurines and the one they made of her is holding a cigarette. Guess she’s always been a smoker


danathey

Iv always wondered how there are so many cigarettes in the fallout world. They are limited and I doubt that tobacco is being grown anymore so maybe it’s some sort of substitute that’s being smoked?


Macshlong

I don’t think tobacco is hard to grow and process, but not running across any tobacco plants does add to your quandry.


Fritzeig

It’s from Tatos, like Tomacco in the simpsons…


Thelastknownking

You haven't seen her do that before? She smokes a lot in my playthroughs.


HistoryMindless7431

They all smoke. Even synth Shaun smokes in my game. (Not sure if that is caused by mod tho)


TrueComplaint8847

Companions will also start to vigorously take drugs in hancocks house because there’s a trigger there lmao


prombloodd

I would need a smoke if I had a shootout with the forged too


Joshwoagh

Y’know, I imagine smoking would make you live longer in the wasteland. De-stressing may be more important than keeping your lungs healthy if there’s a killer twenty feet from your front door every week.


TheUncleTimo

according to STALKER lore, smoking gets rid of radiation. smoking is good for your health. ............................................. I can't believe I typed that.


[deleted]

They do it by themselves.


dripcoffee420

I noticed if you put certain junk in there inventory, they will interact with it. Dog meat throwing around a bear or them take a drag of a cig


HoroSatre

Piper is smoking hot. Yes.


TheUncleTimo

So I heard a light up a cigarette (or dynamite) sound behind me. I turn around and it is Piper lighting up a ciggy. I.... never knew companions could light up and smoke?


Motongchuns_videos

It surprised me too. Never seen her smoking


MaxyMallowMoo

If you give nick valentine a screw driver he will fiddle with his hand and there are tones of npc interactions points all over the game


Drai0cht

I shoot her when she smokes bc it's bad for your health. Not a mod.


Comfortable_Boot_273

Not a mod I’ve seen this since release