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Hello everyone, most of you know me as the xbox player with too many ideas. Well… that’s not true anymore. Thanks to the help of generous people from this very community I now have a computer that can run Fallout. I’m not going to need annoying creators to try my ideas anymore. It obviously isn’t all good news though. There is now a direct outlet to my crazy ideas unfiltered. Someone didn’t think things through when they opted to be generous ;-)
Actually before I lose half of the people’s attention, let me get straight to the point:
I’m looking to release a Valentine's day holiday decoration addon pack as a community project. I’ll have an explanation down below but for the TLDR crowd:
I’m looking for contributions from the community!
Valentine day will be added as part of the Holidays in the SS2 Holiday system. It would need decorations but they can’t be added in the main game and I took it upon myself to release a community made Valentine day holiday decorations pack. And the holiday itself is in less than three weeks so I’ll be looking for help. And because it’s not a competition but a community project, I’ll be looking for help from everybody. If you are interested in making a contribution, stay until the end and I’ll have some. If you never modded in your life but would like to try to make a Fallout-esque holiday decoration from in-game assets, stay until the end and I’ll have links and stuff.
Now for the complete explanation, SS2 has a lot of features nobody really talks about. They aren’t put at the forefront or used much by creators but are there and can make the experience better for everyone if used. Skins are one of the subjects I’ve been screaming about for over a year and now I am seeing a new thing to start screaming about: Holiday decorations. It’s a superb small little concept that will help make settlements so much more alive. For builders it allows you to “reserve” space for holiday decoration and let the system put random holiday decorations based on the date. It’s one of those smart systems that when used by addon makers can make every settlement and home feel unique. But we need to use it.
And right now it’s a relatively unknown, underused system and I would like to have the holiday decorations be a bit more prominent in the community. I think a lot of people might be interested in trying to make them. We could make more addon builders use them in their designs but they are not a well known entity yet. I tried to have Kinggath add Valentine day content but for size reasons he can’t afford to add decorations but discussing it we came to an agreement. He could add the holiday itself and I could leave him alone and do the content by myself and release my own Holiday pack as a community project. He agreed at the leaving him alone part but said I should get help from someone with experience since a pack intended for Valentine day would need to be done quick and clean.
This is where SirLach enters the picture. He agreed to help me with the project and to make sure things would work and… well I don’t know what else he has to think about. Pretty sure that’s why I was told to have someone with experience. But he does a good job at it and will make sure things run smoothly.
Now comes the fun part. Participating!
Anyone who can play fallout and place things in settlement mode has the skills required to create holiday decorations in the CK. For a quick tutorial, here is the wiki page: https://wiki.simsettlements2.com/en/CreateAddons/Holiday-System
It’s not a real contest so I’m open to everyone. I’m still looking forward to the most experienced modders but I have all intent to showcase the work of as many people as I can. There is some fun to be had with Valentine’s day in this universe. And for anyone interested, here’s how we’ll do it.
To contribute:
As far as rules… don’t draw outside the lines? Make sure it fits in the right box but otherwise have fun and do your thing. There are 12 different possible decoration types and sizes. On a wall, hanging, small to huge… Pick something you want to do and go nuts! I can’t wait to see what you all will come up with. Take care and thanks for reading!
Actually before I lose half of the people’s attention, let me get straight to the point:
I’m looking to release a Valentine's day holiday decoration addon pack as a community project. I’ll have an explanation down below but for the TLDR crowd:
I’m looking for contributions from the community!
Valentine day will be added as part of the Holidays in the SS2 Holiday system. It would need decorations but they can’t be added in the main game and I took it upon myself to release a community made Valentine day holiday decorations pack. And the holiday itself is in less than three weeks so I’ll be looking for help. And because it’s not a competition but a community project, I’ll be looking for help from everybody. If you are interested in making a contribution, stay until the end and I’ll have some. If you never modded in your life but would like to try to make a Fallout-esque holiday decoration from in-game assets, stay until the end and I’ll have links and stuff.
Now for the complete explanation, SS2 has a lot of features nobody really talks about. They aren’t put at the forefront or used much by creators but are there and can make the experience better for everyone if used. Skins are one of the subjects I’ve been screaming about for over a year and now I am seeing a new thing to start screaming about: Holiday decorations. It’s a superb small little concept that will help make settlements so much more alive. For builders it allows you to “reserve” space for holiday decoration and let the system put random holiday decorations based on the date. It’s one of those smart systems that when used by addon makers can make every settlement and home feel unique. But we need to use it.
And right now it’s a relatively unknown, underused system and I would like to have the holiday decorations be a bit more prominent in the community. I think a lot of people might be interested in trying to make them. We could make more addon builders use them in their designs but they are not a well known entity yet. I tried to have Kinggath add Valentine day content but for size reasons he can’t afford to add decorations but discussing it we came to an agreement. He could add the holiday itself and I could leave him alone and do the content by myself and release my own Holiday pack as a community project. He agreed at the leaving him alone part but said I should get help from someone with experience since a pack intended for Valentine day would need to be done quick and clean.
This is where SirLach enters the picture. He agreed to help me with the project and to make sure things would work and… well I don’t know what else he has to think about. Pretty sure that’s why I was told to have someone with experience. But he does a good job at it and will make sure things run smoothly.
Now comes the fun part. Participating!
Anyone who can play fallout and place things in settlement mode has the skills required to create holiday decorations in the CK. For a quick tutorial, here is the wiki page: https://wiki.simsettlements2.com/en/CreateAddons/Holiday-System
It’s not a real contest so I’m open to everyone. I’m still looking forward to the most experienced modders but I have all intent to showcase the work of as many people as I can. There is some fun to be had with Valentine’s day in this universe. And for anyone interested, here’s how we’ll do it.
To contribute:
- Create an esp file
- Parent it to SS2.
- Follow the instructions in the Holiday System Wiki - https://wiki.simsettlements2.com/en/CreateAddons/Holiday-System particularly the first three sections.
- Use Valentines as the Holiday name to keep consistency.
- Send esp to IR when done.
- We will merge the contributions into the Community Valentines pack.
- If you have any questions or need help ping IR or SirLach.
As far as rules… don’t draw outside the lines? Make sure it fits in the right box but otherwise have fun and do your thing. There are 12 different possible decoration types and sizes. On a wall, hanging, small to huge… Pick something you want to do and go nuts! I can’t wait to see what you all will come up with. Take care and thanks for reading!