So I was wathing how the gen 3 Synths were made when something has occured to me that have been bugging me since. If this is Really how the synths are being made, then the numbers of them In the institute does not add up.

The whole thing is just really fast. It takes 2.5 minute to make a Synth from scrap. And thanks to parallel processing only 80 seconds passes beetween two raw synth arising from the pool of blood to be processed.

Whit that rate, the Institute could make 360 Synths in an eight hour working day. Repeat: 360 Synths. Every. Day. If their year has the sam amount of work days as ours, about 250 (253 in 2016, i have rounded it down) then that would mean they could ideally produce NINETY THOUSAND synths each year. That a mindboggingly large number of synthetic humans. And theyre nowhere to be found. Just where are they? I think this is either an oversight, or there's a dark secret at the end of the dark tunnel to "Processing". Or maybe I just missed a detail. Any idea or theory about the whereabouts of these Synths? (Maybe the timescale is the answer, but I think it doesn't affect the things we observe in the game besides the movement of the Sun, the Moon, and the stars.)

This thread needs to be moved to the Spoilers section.

It only shows the times that it is in operation. So if you want 360 Synths created per day, then you can't leave. It doesn't show the hours needed to manufacture each part and organize them accordingly.

And I still think taking time compression into account is necessary. Also, does it operate 24/7? And, maybe they are being sent outside the Commonwealth to recon. It's a large planet, what better way to gain info than to send disposable humans?

I am sorry. I'am new, this is a honest mistake. How do I put this to the spoilers? Or how do I delete it? I only found the way to edit it. should I erase it and left it here till it's removed?


I deleted the content of the post but ID like to delete the post too. How can I do that?

Nevermind I realised it was okay and restored it. Still would be nice to know the answers, though.

I think that person was overreacting. I read your post. It had zero spoilers in it.

So I can Place it here all right? Okay. In this case i was overreacting too.

To answer your question, OP (or at least continue the musing), a Fallout 4 day is - I believe 1 second (real time) = 1 minute (game time) (this is why ingame days go so quickly), so 24 real-time minutes=1 game day.

If you saw synths being produced at 1 every 8 (real-time) seconds, then that equates to 1 every 8 (game-time) minutes. That would be 60 every game-day.

The numbers still add up, and handsomely so, so I think your question would still be valid.

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edit: you deleted your original post, so I can't tell if you already had all of this calculated in.

Your post basically said "hey, the synths are producing their own synths" and then went into crunching numbers. Not one part of your post was a spoiler, and I haven't even played as those guys yet. Mentioning "synth facilities" is not a spoiler, imho.

I thought he said 2 minutes 30 seconds per synth. If he said i seconds then I'm sorry, I read that wrong.

The timescale is 1 to 20. (The console command "show timescale" says it.) 80 real life seconds then would be 26 minutes in game. And this on the other hand sounds overly long, as if this would be the case, the scene where they are being made, and what demonstrates the superiority of the technology of the Institute is kind of sounds like a lie. I'd like to think the depiction of the process is real time. ( Also the dialog in the backround would sound really funny if played real time. )

26 minutes is too long for a fully functioning synth? o.O

I would say that this was testimony to their superiority of technology, because no one else is doing that.

Yeah, You're most likely right. Happy New Year to you, by the way!

And to you, too!

Of course, while the numbers may be lower than your original estimate, they're still high and constantly churning out ... still a fair question

Now, I will be seeing in my new year in Fallout

The fact that you see the construction of Synths and the pool of blood is a spoiler. It is as bad as saying that Super Mutants are humans dumped in vats of goo for Fallout 1 back in 1997.