So the days of being creative with concrete foundations are over (embedding industrial lights in them etc) on XBOX and I'd assume PS. Yeah, thanks for rushing to fix that, I mean, EVERYONE was complaining about it wasn't they.

I didn't know you could do that...

You could do it with the old mat trick, you could embed just about anything in a concrete block with the old mat trick. Mat trick seems to be still working with some other things I've tried but they've now made concrete blocks un-matable.

Because you know, it was something that needed fixing........................... riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

just use the mats with the object you want to hide inside the block, not the mats with the blocks to hide the object.

maybe i'm misunderstanding the problem (other than beth removing another glitch we love and use for very good reasons)...what are you no longer able to hide??

If I could paste a youtube link in here I'd show exactly what I mean. Any way to do it? just won't let me paste the link.

https://youtu.be/ekjmJvGESz8

Does that work I wonder?

OK seems to. So you use a mat to embed a construction light into a concrete block and you get that cool night time effect.

But not anymore! Can't embed ANYTHING in concrete blocks no more because it was apparently a major bug..... sure it was.

Also it seems, that the electrical wires won't clip trough concrete foundations anymore after 1.04.

I was in build-mode, and accidentally pressed (X) on a wire. Quickly cancelled with (O) and the wire returned to it's original position. The problem is, that the wire stopped working alltogether. I can't even select it anymore. I mean it's visible, but not really there. Also on top of that, it was the wire powering my skyscraqer, and it went completely dark...

Edit:The "allready attached wires" still work, just whatever you do, do not even touch those wires.

All my wiring for Sanctuary is embedded inside my concrete walls so...

that's

just

great

news.

Thanks Bethesda!

Maybe do some experimenting, without saving of course? I made a mistake and saved the game after i messed up (didn't notice it first). Then report back, if this is indeed the case.

OK I did. And thankfully wiring as shown here: https://youtu.be/j3qFbB7rYLk still seems to work. Which makes me wonder why I can embed wires but seemingly nothing else.

Hope it helps you out some.

Thank god.. I think my game just glitched somehow.

Edit:Yep, it's working again. Needed to re-apply the power conduits for reasons unknown. Thanks!

Keep in mind when doing that little trick you MUST terminate it. In an earlier game I just backed out after initiating the trick and ended up with a permanent sparking/elec shorting? ball of fire hanging in the air that would NEVER go away despite reloads and all the rest.

A few experiments later and I found you MUST do a termination, even if you start and it's not what you want, terminate it somewhere and then recover the wire rather than backing out. If you don't you may get the ball of fire, it may self terminate somewhere and you'll have to track it down, it can make your power reading turn red even though you've got plenty - it just causes problems. Maybe even the one you had.

ALWAYS terminate, even mistakes. You can recover and try again.

EDIT: It's an even better idea to quicksave before and if you don't get what you want re-load. Just don't leave an un-terminated end hanging in a saved game whatever you do.

I still think the whole wires not needing copper was one of the worst changes to the game as it makes no sense realistically. Wires outside your house are copper, they don't spawn out of thin air.