Hangmans Alley Optimized

This mod expands the build area, improves performance, and cleans up the Hangman's Alley player settlement located near Diamond City in downtown Boston.  It does so by removing all kinds of clutter, debris, and decorations that the default game has present in a greatly expanded build area in the 4 cells centered around the workbench.  For the non-technically minded this can be thought of as the large city block that Hangman's Alley is located in the middle of, from the Charles River to the street with the Diamond City Security vs Super Mutants battle when you first reach that location for the North and South borders with the main roads to the East and West for those borders.  See the screenshots for better information and overhead and ground level views of the new borders for the settlement.

Normally, removing objects and debris can have a negative influence on performance and FPS as this will disable the Previsualization and Precombination systems that Bethesda implemented into Fallout 4 specifically to improve performance.  This mod solves that issue as all objects were removed and then the necessary previs/precombine files were regenerated so that performance is returned to what it was before.  Considering that many objects I deemed unnecessary were removed for cleanliness and performance reasons, these regenerated files should in theory lead to even better than default performance in this area of the game, but naturally YMMV on that point.

For an in depth look at these systems and how they can affect your game, see here:  Fallout 4 Optimization and Performance Systems Explained

Features

• []greatly expanded build area for the Hangman's Alley settlement, both in terms of width and height (see screenshots)

  []the expanded borders makes placing water purifiers possible as there is now access within the borders to the Charles River

  []removes nearly all debris and clutter that was previously located within and around the settlement

  []performance is NOT reduced by this removal of debris, in fact performance should be the same or even better than the default game

  []attack markers have been moved outside the new settlement borders to greatly reduce "insider" attacks for all workshop attacks

  Notes

  []For the cleanup part of this mod to work, some of the previously locked or closed off entrances that the raiders had placed needed to be removed.  This involved the doors and makeshift barriers on both the far east and west of the old limits.  The resulting appearance of those specific spots can look a bit odd before you start building, especially on the western side near the streets to Vault 81 but this mod is meant for people who know the pitfalls and annoyances of the default Hangman's Alley and want to build there