BFM San Francisco

Initially, I was going to start this mod release with a nice-long rant about the shortcomings of the GECK when it comes to creating an LOD for a large water environment… and trust me… that rant would have been well deserved. Instead, I will merely say the following. Never again, and if asked to create an LOD for another large aquatic world cell my response will be similar to this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H07zYvkNYL8

I spent about a week initially trying to get this thing done because the LOD gen took about 3 days on both attempts. The first time ended in failure when the mod was bricked thus forcing me to revert back to an older esp variant, and errors with the meshes from that older esp forced me to do another LOD despite my best efforts to avoid that conclusion. But, despite this creation being waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind schedule, following 3 weeks of delays, I am finally releasing it.

Now, with that out of the way, let’s talk shop. BFM (BigF#cking Mod) San Francisco, is a significant modular design where I created a 1/3 scale replica of a significant portion of the real world San Francisco. This design includes LODed and navmeshed designs for: Angel Island, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Commercial District, Treasure Island, and the Golden Gate Bridge.

I won’t lie, I wish that I had an LOD model for the Golden Gate Bridge because it would make distance rendering slightly less… well… ugly. Despite that one detail, this mod is up to snuff when it comes to passing my “eye test.”

What I had originally planned on doing was a ‘Battle for San Francisco’ mod against the BoS with you fighting for the NCR, but… I honestly thought Fallout 4 would be coming in 2016 so those plans had to be unfortunately scrapped. That having been said, a significant portion of this mod still has its design based upon fighting the BoS, including a prototype interior to the West Coast ‘Bastille Fortress’ at the heart of the Commercial District.

Had time actually been more on my side then… that would have been one hell of a tower climb.

Right so… size? Just with what is built thus far for the city. This mod is roughly the same size as all of DLC The Pitt’s world cells combined. You can find a ‘tourist’ door in the Goodsprings Graveyard if you want to take a look around. Also, I may or may not circle back around to this mod in the future as we get closer to November (Fallout 4). If not, go ahead and use it however you want since I still have Manhattan, Los, etc, to keep me busy.

If you want to use this mod in your own work go right ahead, but mention me in the credits. Also, er uh, mess