SS1 VFX Downtown Addon Pack (SIM SETTLEMENTS 1 ONLY)
⚪ Last updated 2019⚠️ Install Order · 3 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 4.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #12 of 20 Sim Settlements mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
New Addon Pack now Published for Sim Settlements 2:
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/47848
Previews for more in the future:
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Requires Version 3. 2. 2 or Greater of Sim Settlements
Some more houses for Sim Settlements plus a couple Martial Plots. Larger buildings for more of a "downtown" feel, with some being like reclaimed buildings that you'd find in Concord or elsewhere in the Commonwealth. Houses are intended to work with Interior plots. Basic Apartment is the exception, it was my first plot and was created initially as a player home plot for an early player home.
I would like to get cool suggestions & ideas that way I can make buildings that I will like more and most likely others would like more.
I also have made a large(2x3 cells) blank slate style settlement at the south border in Nuka World: It works fairly well for just freebuilding with Sim Settlements plots. I selected the area to create a mostly flat 6 cell settlement with not much else in the area, to be a good location for Sim Settlements. I've only added this to description now as I've now fixed the borders with fully custom fit borders. I'm experiencing some PC issues limiting what I can do before performance drops but I've built 50+ plots on various saves and it's interesting to see how the result ends up each time since I have pretty much every SS addon installed.
New Homes: 3
New Martial: 2
Building Features
[]Martial plots include stronger turrets with increased HP & defense. Rather than always just 80hp they will have 180/300/400 with about +100 DR/ER. Might raise the Defense rating but increase costs for the plot.
[]Houses intended to work with Interior plots. Eventually I would like to include snap points for easier placement of Interior plots. Place Everywhere strongly recommended for placement of Interior plots inside the houses. The hotkeys on Place Everywhere are extremely useful.
[*]I recommend aligning your plot's Z angle by using SetAngle Z 0 in order to allow for easier correction of position/angles. My habit is to do this when beginning at a new location with the first floorpiece I place then snap others to it then snap plots to those. Alternatively with an object's positional data saved with Place Everywhere, you can use (6) when highlighting the interior plot to have it match the angle of the saved object.
Settler Navigation: Yes(experimental)
Construction Stages: Level 0 can serve as a "placeholder"[
SS1 VFX Downtown Addon Pack adds more residential and martial plots for the original Sim Settlements mod in Fallout 4. With 884 endorsements and over 18,000 downloads, it's a popular choice for players who want to expand their settlements with larger buildings. Note that this is for Sim Settlements 1 only, not the sequel.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community backing with 884 endorsements and 18.5k downloads
- Fills a niche for Sim Settlements 1 players who want more plot variety
- Includes both residential and martial plots, giving you more options
⚠️ Cons
- Not compatible with Sim Settlements 2—you'll need a separate addon pack for that
- Last updated in 2019, so it may have compatibility issues with newer game patches
For Fallout 4 players who are still using the original Sim Settlements and want more building variety, especially larger structures. If you've moved on to Sim Settlements 2, skip this and grab the linked addon pack instead.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have the original Sim Settlements installed—this addon won't work without it.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex to install and manage this addon to avoid conflicts.
- If you're using Sim Settlements 2, don't install this—check the linked mod page for the SS2 version.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- VFX
- Version
- 1.01-Hotfix3
- Downloads
- 18,515
- Endorsements
- 884
- Category
- Sim Settlements
- Created
- 5/14/2018
- Updated
- 6/24/2019
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