ATOM - A Ton Of Mods - Modlist - Seasons - SS2 - Vanilla Plus

A (mega)Ton Of Mods

A Vanilla+ take, with Seasons Change, for a fun-forward, Sim Settlements 2-centric playthrough.

Survival Mode supported.

Real talk, this modlist was put together by request for someone who had never finished the main story but wanted another serious rip at it. So the goals were to enhance the vanilla experience and to update the visuals, while not requiring obscene amounts of hand patching or harddrive space - maximum bang for minimum buck, as it were. I therefore present ... A. T. O. M. -insert gripping apocalyptic theme here-

An emphasis was placed on avoiding complicated, out-dated and buggy implementations (#not all old mods are bad). You shouldn't need a manual to enjoy A. T. O. M.'s features in-game.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE LEVEL: Basic-to-Moderate

By design, A. T. O. M. doesn't include a lot of advanced installation steps.

Mostly, just be comfortable navigating your computer in general, and comfortable installing/using mods via your mod manager of choice. (Mod Organizer 2 is recommended here.)

ABOUT CREATION CLUB CONTENT

It's taken into consideration, and A. T. O. M. offers modular integration for anything you have. Don't own a piece of CC content, don't install a patch for that content. BRILLIANT.

RULES OF THUMB...(S?)

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• []Download, install and activate IN THE ORDER LISTED.

  []Always download the MAIN FILE ONLY unless otherwise indicated.

  []ESL is preferred over ESP.

  []Except where noted, LOOSE FILES are generally preferred over BSAs to avoid the limit if you have a lot of CC content installed.

  ASTERISKS INDICATE AN ITEM's LINK OR INTRUCTIONS WAS UPDATED

  I. BASE

  BASE - A Clean, DOWNGRADED version of Fallout 4 NG and all major DLCs.

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  • []Start with a fresh, updated, un-futzed with installation of Fallout 4 and ALL MAJOR DLCs.

    []Make sure you've (re)download any Creation Club content you own.

    []MakE CErTAin it LAuNcHeS with no mods first. Seriously, please.

    []Grab Simple Fallout Downgrader, and follow its instructions to do the thing.

  • Run BethiniPie (added as an executable through MO2, if you use it) and make sure you tick "recommended fixes" at least.

    PREREQs - Manual Install Requir