anyone know how I can locate my companions?
I got to the BOS hovership and had to take on danse, sent piper to the castle.
but now I cant find her anywhere....any ideas? the other games had ways to locate them

There's not a way without a mod... very easy with a mod

PC?
http://fallout4.wiki/forums/general/1688-console-commands-for-finding-lost-companions

She went to Diamond City.  She'll be in Valentine's office or maybe Publick Occurrences.

I had the same issue.

It's also possible she could be at the mayor's office if the quest timelines are right.

I looked everywhere I thought she may be, then used the PC warp command and there she was!

tonight's random "defend the settlement" mission that popped up while I was doing another settlement quest resulted in me getting to the co-op not seeing any hostiles and then eventually my settlers open fired on a brahmin
the brahmin wasn't hostile to me so I just watched, took them forever to kill it but when they did I found a synth component and institute pistol on the body

I checked public, will have to look in Nick's place.
Xbox 1

Had a strange thing happen with Piper too.  I sent her to Starlight Drive In, my main hub where I store all my power armor.  She stayed there for a couple days, then randomly walked off in west/ southwest direction.  Found her later at Sunshine Coop.

I found her at nicks place. automaticly started me on the next part of his quest, must have snapped her over for that.

It appears that my fallout 4 on Xbox is totally bugged.  At level 240 my settlers could not be assigned to do anything. I couldn't make them work crops,stores, or defense. They could not be assigned at all. I deleted mods and started over with a new character. Now I can't even assign Preston and crew to do anything.  The game has been shut down, restarted, uninstalled, and reinstalled both with and without mods. All save data has been deleted too.  It appears that I will have to join reality again.

LEVEL 240!!!
I'm like a level 70 and walk the wasteland with ease taking out anything that bothers me.  Is there a ceiling to levels?  
Your perk chart must be full.

240 is not quite a full perk chart. And yes, it's almost god mode. I didn't bother with armor. The only time I bothered with power armor was to hunt legendary crap in the glowing sea.

I jut hit level 75 and finished the main quest.  Blew up the institute for the Brotherhood of Steel.  I have about 10 fully loaded power armor suits.

I'm liking Far Harbor so far.

Any one have any issues with the Far Harbor quest The Great Hunt?  
My screen goes black after I board the boat and head for Red Death Island.  Reloaded and restarted the quest several times with the same effect.  I can hear my character moving around and hear the ambient game sounds but the screen stays black.

I had the same thing happen to me.  Had to look up the fix.

You'll need to swim to the island (follow the marker).  When you get there, and the Harbormaster (I think that was her name) starts to talk, go into VATS.  This will lock onto her, clear up your screen, and you will be able to slay the fearsome beast.

Good luck...

Thanks for the info.  I'm gonna give that a shot.

Has there been any new DLC?  After I blew up the whats-it-called I haven't played much.

New DLC Nuka World dropping 8/30

https://bethesda.net/#en/events/game/fallout-4-take-a-tour-of-nuka-world/2016/08/18/179
https://youtu.be/DIneiOpuS2M

https://youtu.be/5VnstMDTujc

I am enjoying playing with mods...

the settlements are keeping my interest.

i would love some mods.

i switched form an 360 to a ps4. now they are both coming out with upgraded consoles.

i blame sony for this Mods debacle. i'm not understanding the bethesda hating on this subject.

was hoping for skyrim mods this fall also.

PC is looking more likely in my future.

http://i.imgur.com/ZJuQXLe.mp4

Updated the prison

https://www.reddit.com/r/falloutsettlements/comments/4ym7o0/commonwealth_correctional_institution_at/
UPDATED: 08/22 PHASE TWO CONSTRUCTION - I added a level all the way around the perimeter and added an additional section to separate the secure side from the admin side of things, added the water purifiers, added the large blue building at the bottom left is the market place, and I added a 2 story guard structure in the center with catwalks. I also added a tower with my apartment at the top. First view in the gallery below is from the roof of that apartment.

I have over 22 years working in a State Prison system and thought I would build a prison in the Wasteland. The premise being that the Minutemen needed a place to put those ‘enemy combatants’ that weren’t killed on the battlefield. Starlight Drive In was the logical place, although Spectacle Island would have been another good location and I may try for one over there with the lessons learned from this.

This was done on Xbox One with some mods for specific items, like the institute light floors from the SOE mod and the industrial buildings from Snap'n Build, and of course ElvenBlossom’s Items mod.

I spawned in some BOS soldiers to be prisoners, thinking that they could have went rogue and killed a settlement thinking they were synths. Worked great until I tossed in a few gunners and then all hell broke loose. So my prisoners are now armed and remain armed because I am using Open Carry Settlers. So now the story is there was a revolt and a third party threw arms over the wall. Now I am negotiating until I get a shipment of Deathclaws in to eliminate the problem.

Please feel free to chime in with comments/suggestions/critiques…
Lengthy Video Tour of PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION - https://youtu.be/5VnstMDTujch
Gallery of PHASE ONE & TWO - http://imgur.com/a/vvjdR

JUST FYI - passing on info for those playing Nuka World with Mods

https://www.reddit.com/r/fo4/comments/508e60/warning_if_you_have_a_ui_mod_like_keynuker/

I just started the game. Had a glitch where I was glued to the vault elevator on exit

Typical Bethesda

LOL... well you are going to love the rest of the game

Simple Tower at Abernathy Farm

A boy's best friend is his mother.

Anyone know a good mod for getting better versions of the prefab wood floors, walls, and ceilings. The default ones look like they were assembled by a 4 year old, actually a drunk 4 year old. The fucking boards are all nailed on crooked and shit.

I'm sure theres others but I go with snap n build.  in addition to a handful of new structure types, it also includes better versions of wood/metal and i think concrete



 

Settlement Objects Expansion Pack is what you seek.

Snap N build is the titties! I couldn't get the settlement expansion because it requires all the DLC's which I don't have or want.

No DLC required for this version https://mods.bethesda.net/#en/workshop/fallout4/mod-detail/1031768

http://kotaku.com/bethesda-says-sony-wont-allow-skyrim-or-fallout-4-mods-1786431292

bethesda's statement
 
" After months of discussion with Sony, we regret to say that while we have long been ready to offer mod support on PlayStation 4, Sony has informed us they will not approve user mods the way they should work: where users can do anything they want for either Fallout 4 or Skyrim Special Edition.

   Like you, we are disappointed by Sony’s decision given the considerable time and effort we have put into this project, and the amount of time our fans have waited for mod support to arrive. We consider this an important initiative and we hope to find other ways user mods can be available for our PlayStation audience. However, until Sony will allow us to offer proper mod support for PS4, that content for Fallout 4 and Skyrim on PlayStation 4 will not be available.

   We will provide an update if and when this situation changes."

Blew up the Institute - game got boring with very little missions
Killed Desdemona - game got boring with very little missions
Blew up BOS ship - game got boring with very little missions

Complete anyone of those missions and the game gets boring fast. I went back about level 60 and started from there again in case I missed something.

What do you think??
Conquest Mod Settlement

[youtube]http://youtu.be/e7oxI3UPb44[/youtube]

Best weapon Mod yet

This adds the full line of AK-74's complete with animations

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/19497/?