Try Sim Settlements mod. It doesn’t remove the settlements, but it makes it interesting.
Instead of doing everything yourself, you can plop down plots for different purposes and then the sellers build it themselves over time.
You can also opt for a pre-made town footprint by choosing a settler as mayor.
Gabadabs@kbin.social 11 months ago
I don't know that there's a mod, but the building really can be mostly ignored outside of a small handful of quests. It's mostly optional.
luluApples@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m pretty sure the intro quest to base building is optional. Once you save Gravy and friends you can just leave and go about your day ignoring Sturges. The teleporter later on is mandatory though but that only takes a few minutes.
theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Oh really? It has been a while but I remember being frustrated with running around trying to find shit to break down to then build some generator and such and I just hated it.
Maybe I need to go back and give it another try and just ignore all of that.
Gabadabs@kbin.social 11 months ago
The game has it's issues, don't get me wrong. You need to build the teleporter for the main quest, which does require some materials, but so long as you're picking stuff up as you're looting, you'll often just have what you need.