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In Fallout 4, when there is no one in your sight, a short press on VATS button will do nothing. A long press, however, will activate an empty VATS. Is there a use for this?
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A short tap on the VATS button will bring up VATS if there are enemies around. I can't recall if it works if they are behind you or if they need to be generally in front of you. Either way, holding down the button will force VATS to come up even if there are no obvious targets, allowing you to check for certain. This means that you need to hold VATS to target friendlies, including friendly mines. I sometimes target friendlies to check how many shots I have on my AP bar when comparing weapon attachments. Even if there are no targets around, friendly or otherwise, bring up VATS allows you to confirm this. Additionally, it slows time so you can observe something at a slower speed. Maybe an explosion. |
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In addition to the other answers, using VATS out of combat activates a glowing trail leading to your closest activated quest objective when you put a point in the VANS perk:
Here's a screenshot of what it looks like in-game:
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Using VATS outside of combat and attempting to shuffle through "targets" will reveal things you may not have noticed as the targeting will shift to anything targetable by VATS, such as mines or far-off enemies, which would give you time to think of a plan of attack (or know to avoid said area). Whenever traversing buildings or enemy strongholds, a quick VATS check every so often will help prevent you from walking straight into a minefield. |
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