I'm struggling to get 100% happiness, I have 24 settlers, 16 level 3 shops 4 farmers 156 defence 65 water but my happiness is only 91, what can I do to bump it up more

Those settlers are ungrateful people.

Your telling me this is sooo annoying why won't it increase!!!!!!!

I think if you lived in a post-apocalyptic world you'd be pretty depressed too.

I'm not sure it is possible to get happiness to 100%.

Yeah I gave up trying to please them.. Wow impresive numbers there. 16 shops! They like electricty too so hook them up with TV's radios and lights in their bunk houses along with decorating their walls. Also you will need to help defend the settlement, if you blow them off (like I seem to do on a frequent basis) they lose some happiness.

Ok I'll give the electricity thing a shot as that's all I can do hopefully it works as its the last achievement I need for the game

For the achievement?

Okay what you need to do is save the game where you are, from what carries on from here is strictly for the achievement, after this you need to fill your size bar up until it's yellow, I just used all my wood and filled it since this wasn't gonna be a future save for me.

After that's done you need to make sure you have 15 shops, without adding weapon or armor shops to that.

Then you should be set, sleep for 24 hours x 5 then wait for 5mins (go and do something) and come back, then it should go up by 2 and repeat.

Note when you pass 95 it goes up by 1 and drags.

If the arrow is pointing up it also means it's definitely gonna go up, just follow my strategy and when you're done load the game from the save you made.

If you like achievements I also advice you to join trueachievements.com

Yeah I follow them on youtube they are a great help I will try what you said and hopefully that will work thanks

Oh man, I didn't even think about the electricity. I need to do something about them living by those kerosene lamps!

Omg stuck on 96% but now the happiness arrow is gone :/

Well quick turn those jukeboxes on and roll out more rugs!! Sounds like you will get there mate..

You're going to need to do a little exploring, and look for the Picket Fences magazines. Each one allows you to craft new items, and this seems to be a big factor in happiness.

I just found the one which allows me to create house plants, and when I threw a bunch around the settlement homes, happiness went from 68 to 81 (and still rising).

Anything that changes a settlement's appearance from drab to good (paintings, jukeboxes, etc) will also increase the rating.

You'll know when you're on the right track as most of your settlers will comment on how well the settlement is looking.

It's not even possible to get 100% happiness in the real pre-apocalyptic world ...