Sim Settlements - IDEK's Logistics Station

Requires Version 2. 1. 7 or Greater (3. 2. 0+ recommended) of Sim Settlements

Settlement networking sucks. Supply lines are annoying to set up, and even more annoying to redefine as you unlock more settlements. The standard system that shares food and water between settlements is just as happy to feed your settlers corn as it is your cache of Mirelurk Queen steaks. Collecting the surplus food, water and tax money that your settlements produce is tedious. I could go on.

To alleviate this, I created this mod. With Sim Settlements, your settlers are happy to build their own towns - why shouldn't they manage their own logistical needs as well?

--- Usage ---

This mod works a little differently from most Sim Settlements addons. This mod only adds one building plan - the Logistics Station - under the standard Industrial plot type (interior and exterior versions are included).

To establish a logistics network, you are intended to designate exactly one Logistics Station in each of your settlements (only one station per settlement will be active at a time). To prevent your settlers from foolishly building useless duplicate stations, you must designate your Logistics Station plots manually. This is done by placing a standard industrial 2x2 or interior plot, then activating the ASAM sensor -> Choose Building Plan -> Logististics Station. Note that this may take up to a few minutes to show up in the list if you've recently loaded a save.

Beyond defining them, you aren't strictly required to interact with Logistics Stations any more than that if you don't want to, however there are a number of additional features included should you choose to take advantage of them.

--- Supply Lines ---

When a settler builds, or is assigned to, a Logistics Station, they will automatically be assigned a caravan route to the nearest settlement that also has a Logistics Station. As your network grows and you add additional stations to new settlements, your supply lines will maintain efficient routes without any need for manual interaction.

Technically speaking, your supply lines will arrange themselves to produce a minimum spanning tree, however this will probably differ slightly if you have any normal, non-ILS provisioners assigned in some settlements. This process is entirely dynamic and will work with up to 128 unique Logistics Stations before scripting limitations become apparent.

As of version 1. 2. 0, you can also tweak how your supply lines calculate by giving weights to specific supply routes. Under , select , then follow the wizard to pick two locations and set them as either "Prioritized" or "Deprioritized". Prioritized routes will almost always be chosen, regardless of dista