Fallout 4:

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PEACE - Modular Military Backpack Patch

Version: 1.0
Date: 02-08-2023
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 adds PEACE support for the Modular Military Backpack Creation Club content by fadingsignal.

These are the changes it makes to the original "Creation":

- Stats:
--- Military Backpack given the same base stats as the Hiking Rucksack from PEACE.
--- Attachment stats and requirements also altered to be more in line with those of the Hiking Rucksack.
--- Patches had any "magical" effects (e.g. +1 END or +1 INT) swapped for another effect; typically +1 CHA.

- Restored cut content:
--- Various buttons can now be attached to the backpack. (Purely cosmetic.)
--- Attached sleeping bag colour can now be changed independently of the backpack colour.

- Spawning:
--- Military Backpack now follows PEACE logic for backpack spawn locations.
--- Military Backpack now spawns with random colours and attachments.
--- Members of certain factions can spawn with a Military Backpack with appropriate colour and patch combinations.
--- Player no longer has a free copy of the Military Backpack materialise in their inventory.

- Naming:
--- Edited/expanded dynamic naming for Military Backpack to match that used in PEACE.
--- "Color: Camo" renamed to the more descriptive "Color: Woodland Camo".
--- Some other names (e.g. for patches) altered for clarity.

- Fixes:
--- Added dummy (empty) 1st-person meshes so the backpack can't potentially show up in 1st-person when it shouldn't.

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2. Requirements
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- Project Extend And Change Everything (PEACE)
- Modular Military Backpack

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3. INSTALLATION/UNINSTALLATION
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Installation:

- Simply install this patch as usual using a mod manager like Nexus Mod Manager, Mod Organiser or Vortex.
--- A manual install should be fine too, but I'll just assume you know what you're doing there.

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

- Load this patch after both Modular Military Backpack and PEACE. (Nothing special there.)

- The patch uses an ESL-flagged ESP plugin, so it will not take up a load order "slot".


Uninstallation:

- As is generally the case with Fallout 4 mods, this is not recommended for ongoing save-games. It's better to wait until you've finished with that particular character.

- Disable/delete as usual using your mod manager.
--- For manual uninstalls... you can work it out. You know what you're doing, remember?

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4. PLAYING THE MOD
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Nothing special here; just play the game as normal.

Please see the main PEACE documentation for general info on how Load Bearing Equipment (LBE) works in PEACE, though.

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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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- Ideally, this patch should be installed at the same time as Modular Military Backpack itself, to ensure that this patch's changes are initialised correctly. For an existing save that already has Modular Military Backpack installed, the patch should still work, but there may be some minor weirdness; e.g. with dynamic name generation for the backpack. (Dropping it and picking it up again should fix that, though.)

- As is generally the case with Fallout 4 mods, it is not recommended to uninstall plugins with an ongoing save-game. It's better to wait until you've finished with that particular character.

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7. CONFLICTS / KNOWN ISSUES
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Conflicts:

- This patch edits a number of records in Modular Military Backpack, plus a few from base Fallout 4 and PEACE. It will conflict with other mods that edit the same records. Use FO4Edit to identify the edited records.

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8. CREDITS
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- Modular Military Backpack is by fadingsignal.
--- No content from Modular Military Backpack is included with this patch.

- This patch is by Antistar.

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9. MODDER'S RESOURCE INFO
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N/A: No art assets here.

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