Fallout 4:

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WARS - Better Manufacturing Extended Patch

Version: Version 1.0.1
Date: 12-09-2023
Author: Antistar (Joseph Lollback)
E-mail: [email protected]
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1. Description
2. Requirements
3. Installation/Uninstallation
4. Playing The Mod
5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
6. Save games
7. Conflicts/Known Issues
8. Credits
9. Modder's Resource Info
10. Contact Information
11. Legal Stuff/Disclaimer
12. Version History

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1. DESCRIPTION
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This patch resolves conflicts between WARS, Better Manufacturing and Manufacturing Extended, as well as bringing the general improvements WARS makes to factory machines to the machines from those mods.

Better Manufacturing and Manufacturing Extended are highly recommended as complements to the factory-crafting features in WARS.

For more detail on what the patch does to each of those mods:


***Better Manufacturing***

- Model/Texture fixes and improvements:
--- Factory machines (builders, scrappers, etc) now have signs on them indicating what they are. (As in WARS.)
--- Sorters now have signs on them indicating which kind of sorter they are. (I.e. General, Component or Equipment.)
--- Sorters now snap to standard floor pieces. (See WARS documentation for more info.)
--- Left-outputting sorters have fixed UVs for side belt (so it visually travels in the correct direction), fixed collision for output ramp, and output nodes now match vanilla positions.
--- Vacuum Hoppers and Extractors now snap to standard floor pieces. (See WARS documentation for more info.)

- Renames some items for the sake of clarity and consistency. Notably:
--- Armor-Disassembler -> Armor Scrapper
--- Body Decomposer -> Body Scrapper
--- Decomposer Hopper -> Body Scrapper - Hopper
--- Full Suit Armor Forge -> Armor Forge - Full Suit
--- Chem Utility Builder -> Aid Builder
--- Drug Builder -> Chem Builder
--- Mod Recycler -> Mod Scrapper
--- Weapon-Disassembler -> Weapon Scrapper
--- Component Extractor Only Linked -> Extractor - Component - Only Linked
--- Object Extractor Only Linked -> Extractor - Object - Only Linked
--- Type Extractor -> Extractor - Type
--- Component Sorter Left -> Sorter - Component (Left)
--- Component Sorter Right -> Sorter - Component (Right)
--- Equipment Sorter Left -> Sorter - Equipment (Left)
--- Equipment Sorter Right -> Sorter - Equipment (Right)
--- Sorter Left -> Sorter - General (Left)
--- Sorter Right -> Sorter - General (Right)
--- Faster Vacuum Hopper -> Vacuum Hopper - Fast
--- Conveyor Belt Lift Downwards -> Conveyor Belt Lift (Down)
--- Conveyor Belt Lift (vanilla) -> Conveyor Belt Lift (Up)

- Description changes:
--- Mod Scrapper description now mentions perk requirements (since the UI can't display more than 2 required perks).
--- Various descriptions edited for clarity and to fit them within the Workshop menu's character limit.

- Disables building of these machines, since they're replaced by machines in WARS:
--- Ammo Recycler
--- Weapon Forge

- Resolves conflicts in these record types:
--- Constructible Object

- Warnings:
--- Don't scrap explosives in BM's Weapon Scrapper; the components produced aren't accurate or useful in the context of WARS. Use WARS' Ammunition Scrapper machine instead.

- Known Issues:
--- Builders that are added by WARS - or heavily changed by WARS - do not have the "Builder Improvements" added by Better Manufacturing. It would take a staggering amount of VERY tedious work to apply BM's edited builder script to all those builders in WARS. There's just too many; they took me many months to set up in the first place.



***Manufacturing Extended***

- Model/Texture fixes and improvements:
--- Factory machines (builders, scrappers, etc) now have signs on them indicating what they are. (As in WARS.)
--- Conveyor Workshop Storage now snaps to standard floor pieces. (See WARS documentation for more info.)

- Renames some items for the sake of clarity and consistency. Notably:
--- Component Extractor -> Extractor - Component
--- Object Extractor -> Extractor - Object
--- Conveyor Workshop Storage -> Conveyor Storage - Workshop
--- Faction Auto-Loom -> Auto-Loom - Faction
--- Vault-Tec Auto-Loom -> Auto-Loom - Vault-Tec
--- Recycler -> Junk Scrapper

- Description changes:
--- "Vault-tec" -> "Vault-Tec"

- Disables building of these machines, since they're made redundant by Better Manufacturing:
--- Auto-Butcher
--- Robot Disassembler

- Disables building of these machines, since they're replaced by machines in WARS:
--- Fist Weapon Forge
--- Melee Weapon Forge

- Inventory Management Brain changes:
--- Script edited to block activation if it's already running, and to notify when it has finished running.
--- Now handles Aid, Ammo and Component items from DLC and WARS.

- Misc Changes:
--- Auto-Distillery now produces "standard" drinks (as opposed to the Ice-Cold variants) as the standard variants are used in other recipes.
--- Disabled crafting of Fusion Cores in Power Armor Forge, since they're handled in a dedicated machine in WARS.

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2. Requirements
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- Weapon Addition and Replacement Suite (WARS)
- Better Manufacturing
- Manufacturing Extended

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3. INSTALLATION/UNINSTALLATION
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***Installation***

Manufacturing Extended:

- Install as usual, using your mod manager.



Manufacturing Extended Expanded:

- Don't install this. It's not needed here and will likely conflict.



Better Manufacturing:

- In the Better Manufacturing FOMOD menu that should pop up when you install it via your mod manager, select these options:
--- Patch Type - Complex
--- Menu Organization - Menu Organization
--- Weaponsmith Extended - NONE
--- ECO - NONE
--- Manufacturing Extended - Manufacturing Extended Additions
--- Manufacturing Extended Expanded - None
--- Valdacil - None
--- Patches - None (The Soylent Green patch may be fine, but I haven't tested it. LOADS is not compatible with WARS.)
--- Source Files - Papyrus Scripts (If you know you need them. Otherwise ignore this.)

- Follow the Complex Patching Instructions included on the Better Manufacturing Nexus page.


- After installation, all files - including the readme (please read the readme) - will be found in your \Steam\SteamApps\common\Fallout 4\Data\ directory.



***Load Order***

(Ignore the PEACE plugins if you're not using PEACE.)

Better Manufacturing.esp
Better Manufacturing - Menu Organization.esp
ManufacturingExtended.esp
Better Manufacturing - Manufacturing Extended Additions.esp
WARS-WeaponAdditionandReplacementSuite.esp
WARS-AmmoTweaksV1Integration.esp
PEACE-ProjectExtendAndChangeEverything.esp
WARS-PEACE-WarAndPeacePatch.esp
WARS-BetterManufacturingExtendedPatch.esp
PEACE-BetterManufacturingExtendedPatch.esp
WARS-PEACE-BetterManufacturingExtendedPatch.esp



***Uninstallation***

- Not recommended for ongoing games.

- Disable/delete as usual using your mod manager.

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4. PLAYING THE MOD
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This is a convenient place to recommend that you place the Inventory Management Brain from Manufacturing Extended, and use it after building a bunch of items using factory machines.

Place the items in the Workshop inventory before toggling power to the "Brain". (On or off; doesn't matter.) This will consolidate stacks of items into single references, which should reduce Workshop-related lag (and perhaps the size of save files).


Beyond that, nothing special here; just install and play.

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5. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
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None so far.

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6. SAVE GAMES
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- Installing this patch (at the same time as the mods it covers) should be fine for existing saves.

- It is not recommended to uninstall this patch if you intend to keep using a save file made with it installed.

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7. CONFLICTS / KNOWN ISSUES
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Conflicts:

- Use FO4Edit to identify records edited by this patch that may conflict with other mods.

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8. CREDITS
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- This patch is by Antistar.

- Better Manufacturing is by Wrathmaniac.

- Manufacturing Extended is by Kentington.

- Please see the Credits section of the main WARS readme for credits related to WARS.

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9. MODDER'S RESOURCE INFO
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Please see the Modder's Resource Info section of the main WARS readme.

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10. CONTACT INFORMATION
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My e-mail address is [email protected]

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11. LEGAL STUFF/ DISCLAIMER
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By downloading and using this modification, you agree that the author of the modification cannot be held responsible for any damage to software or hardware directly or indirectly caused by the aforementioned modification. Use at your own risk, basically.

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12. VERSION HISTORY
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Version 1.0.1 (12-09-23)
- Fixed WARS-BME patch overriding BM's changes to the Food Processor factory machine.

Version 1.0 (02-08-23)
- Initial public release.