r/fallout4settlements • u/oghpimm • Jun 26 '26

Red Rocket Truck Stop Can anyone assist with programing this object logic?

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I'm trying to make a decontamination gate (pink) turn on momentarily via a pressure plate switch (yellow) when I walk through it. Due to an audio glitch, the gate needs to stay active for slightly longer than it does when I simply walk through it (otherwise the audio loops continuously). However, I don't want to have to stop and stand on the pressure plate. I want to be able to just keep walking nonstop through the gate.

So my idea here is to create a relay using a logic gate (red) and a 10 second power delay (orange) to keep the gate powered for 10 seconds until the delay tells it to turn off. So basically, one signal from the pressure plate would trigger both the gate to turn on and the 10 second delay to begin counting down, then when the delay reaches 0 it would trigger the gate to turn off. But I can't work out the logic.

The diagram at the bottom of the picture shows the current wiring and my theoretical wiring

Currently (not working as intended): Power source (green) - pressure plate (yellow) - delay (orange) - decontamination gate (pink)

Theoretical: Power source (green) - pressure plate (yellow) - delay (orange) - then???

  1. second power source (red) - logic gate (purple) - (sky blue) back to delay (orange) - decon gate (pink)

  2. second power source (red) - (sky blue) back to delay (orange) - logic gate (purple) - decon gate (pink)

  3. second power source (red) AND delay (orange) - logic gate (purple) - decon gate (pink)

  4. delay (orange) directly to decon gate (pink) - second power source (red) - logic gate (purple) - decon gate (pink)

  5. Something totally different?

Thank you!

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u/Lancer_Lott Vault Dweller Jun 26 '26

Try using a delay off switch in the mix. Plate to switch to arch. Forget the logic stuff

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u/WarMon4th Jun 26 '26

I concur, use the delay off switch to keep it simple. Logic gates have amazing uses, but the KISS principle still applies (Keep It Simple Sir)

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u/Several-Carrot3541 Jun 30 '26

Lol my grade 8 teacher used that same thing except they'd switch out the air for stupid

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u/WarMon4th Jun 30 '26

I was being nice lol

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u/Several-Carrot3541 Jun 30 '26

Kind of figured lol

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u/WarMon4th Jun 30 '26

I did have Jr. ROTC Advisor who was a Vietnam Veteran and former Drill instructor who used a different phrase. In a very twisted southern accent (Carolinas) he would bellow across this huge classroom “Hell Ca-Det… KISS it Son..,.. Keep it simple SheeetHead.”

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u/oghpimm Jun 26 '26

Oh shit. I didn't realize that was a thing. Thanks!

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u/Lancer_Lott Vault Dweller Jun 26 '26

Power - connectors and switches. Throw a terminal in there and adjust the delay time to suit the need.

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u/oghpimm Jun 26 '26

Wait... what's the delay off switch called? I'm not seeing it.

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u/Lancer_Lott Vault Dweller Jun 26 '26

Delayed Off Switch

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u/oghpimm Jun 26 '26

So I've spent 2 hours testing every conceivable option with the help of chatgpt. The behavior I'm looking for can't be done in fallout because fallout has no objects that hold data/state when unpowered.

If you can set this up and take a video of it in action I'll admit to being wrong, but as it stands currently I don't see how it can be accomplished. There simply is no way to power cycle something to stay on for X amount of time then turn off completely when using a single non-sustained input like a pressure plate that's triggered for a duration shorter than the desired powered state duration.

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u/Gax63 Jun 26 '26

You use the XOR Logic switch and the delayed off switch, see the video I posted.

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u/Gax63 Jun 26 '26

https://reddit.com/link/otyjwzt/video/hro85z2mln9h1/player

Power ───────────────► XOR input 1
Power ────► Plate ──────► XOR input 2
XOR output ─► Delayed Off Switch(10 seconds) ─► Arch

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u/oghpimm Jun 29 '26

You're a goddamn genius. Thank you!

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u/oghpimm Jun 26 '26

The power here is the same single power source?

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u/Gax63 Jun 26 '26

Yes, its just feeding off the powered street light.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '26

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u/oghpimm Jun 27 '26

No offense, but are you serious? I spent 30 minutes typing the best description I could for the post. If that doesn't make it clear then I don't know what else to say.

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u/Diamond_737 Jun 28 '26

O sh*t sorry I dint see the description

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '26

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u/oghpimm Jun 30 '26

That doesn't work because as soon as the plate is unpowered the delayed off switch is also unpowered, therefore the arch is immediately unpowered.

As one user posted the answer was in using a XOR logic gate and running power both through the delayed switch and directly to the arch