so you have been playing fo4 for quite some time now, when suddenly something became so blatantly obvious, you have to kick yourself in the sphincter so hard, you have to wait till your morning constitutional to get your shoe back.
for me, it was harvesting food. to make that veggy starch for adhesive, i needed corn, mutfruit, and tatos. for the longest time, i thought i had to scavenge the wasteland for them, in containers. now i come to realize, i can pick the shift up by HARVESTING!!! i knew i could pick it, but i thought i was taking away from their food supply, that if i picked the food, i would lose the plant.
:-/
p.s got my shoe back yesterday.