Gruffydd's Signs and Posters 5.1.2

The new version is working for me! Thanks so much for all your effort.

23 hours ago, Gruffydd said:

For that third item, if there's anything you'd like to be able to use as graffiti let me know

What exactly do you mean by this? 

2 hours ago, Cineromantic said:

The new version is working for me! Thanks so much for all your effort.

What exactly do you mean by this? 

Graffiti. Stuff you'd see painted on walls. "Tunnel Snakes Rule!", "Romanes Eunt Domus", that kind of stuff. Maybe spraypainted versions of some of the faction logos.

I've got a bunch of graffiti fonts. I'll be making an assortment of stuff, but if there's anything specific anyone wants, request it.

While I do have a bunch of fun graffiti fonts available, even more fun is some filters that I've found which add some fun artistic effects.

This greatly expands the kind of things that I can do with graffiti.

Here's an example:

I do want to see if I can find a setting to smooth out those edges though, make it blend a little more. Anyone familiar enough with Materials files to know what box to check or setting to set?

Just thought of a few more suggestions that would be good for places like underground stations and other places people that didn't get into the vaults would try and shelter in.

"The end is near confess your sins"     "The end of the world is upon us"  "All who enter here, all hope is gone"

Just been looking at Y tube videos about post nuclear war scenarios.

12 hours ago, Uncus said:

Just thought of a few more suggestions that would be good for places like underground stations and other places people that didn't get into the vaults would try and shelter in.

"The end is near confess your sins"     "The end of the world is upon us"  "All who enter here, all hope is gone"

Just been looking at Y tube videos about post nuclear war scenarios.

One of those sounded very Dante's Inferno. I like that story (especially the Niven/Pournelle sequel), so that appealed.

The result:

I've been having some fun with graffiti.

One thing nice about it, in general it's a lot faster to create the texture and set up the files for some graffiti than it is for a sign or poster... maybe 30 minutes per instead of 1 to 5+ hours.

I decided that full paint cans were a bit too hard to come by and too large to make a single can be needed for a single graffiti.

So, I made a new component that you can craft, and use to make graffiti. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

The label is spoofing Krylon paint, by the way.

Found and fixed the problem with the Aqua Pura bottle.

The fix will be going in the next time I do an update.

I did a bit of work on the paint cans, both the regular ones and the spray paint.

With the next update, paint cans will be craftable at the chem station. Full paint cans and spray paint are components that can be used to paint various things such as graffiti or the Railroad's railsign.

In addition, if you have those components in your inventory, you can go to the decorations menu and convert any of them to static items, in case you want to add one as a decoration. A full paint can can also be converted into a static decoration item of an open paint can of various colors.

Again, this is as of the next update, so don't look for it yet. But this will I hope much improve the way the paint is handled, and make it easy to find, craft, and use as decoration. In addition, there are options that let you just use basic components to craft your own paint cans instead of having to scour the Commonwealth for some to use.

Empty paint can + oil + lead = full paint can

Steel + oil + lead = full paint can

Full paint can = Black Paint -or- Blue Paint -or- Red Paint -or- White Paint -or- Yellow Paint

Blue Paint + Green Paint = Teal Paint (x2)

Blue Paint + Red Paint = Purple Paint (x2)

Blue Paint + Yellow Paint = Green Paint (x2) [not the same as the quest component, and you don't need the paint mixer]

Red Paint + Green Paint = Brown Paint (x2)

Red Paint + White Paint = Pink Paint (x2)

Red Paint + Yellow Paint = Orange Paint (x2)

Full Paint Can -or- steel + plastic + lead + oil = Spray Paint (x4)

New from the makers of Science! (tm) it's chemistry's newest wonder food!

It's new NukaCheez spray cheese product (no actual cheese content)! Brought to you by Cheezish, a division of BlamCo Foodstuffs.

Coming next update.

A blast from the past...

Not a perfect match, because we're not allowed to import textures from previous games (and it would have been low res anyway).

I matched it up as close as I could, while improving the quality of the image.

I like the nod to Fo3

1 hour ago, Gruffydd said:

New from the makers of Science! (tm) it's chemistry's newest wonder food!

It's new NukaCheez spray cheese product (no actual cheese content)! Brought to you by Cheezish, a division of BlamCo Foodstuffs.

Coming next update.

I want banana milk. to go with my cheez.

I can't wait to add Nuka-Cheez to my settlement shelves and military ration kits!

14 hours ago, Uncus said:

I want banana milk. to go with my cheez.

I can do that.

Didn't expect that, it was a joke really but ok I do like banana milk and my F04 char Lucky Jack Smith says thanks a lot. TAAASTY!!!!!

On 3/29/2022 at 6:46 PM, Gruffydd said:

So, while these signs are for generic settlements, they're pretty specific, and there's 17 of them.

I can see others wanting to use these, but at the same time, they won't necessarily blend in with the other generic settlement signs.

Thankfully, the new mod format works perfectly for this. I'll just make another module (like I did with the other custom request I did, for Murkwater Oil), and then whoever wants to use them can just install that module.

However, it's not going to happen until I get this issue with the Generic and Misc module resolved, which will hopefully be this upcoming weekend.

I've been working on some of these, and had some questions. Specifically, there are some that I'm not 100% sure of the reference for, and some that I don't know what kind of theming you're wanting for the sign because I can't find much real-world data on them.

* Is "Chestnut" the Chestnut Hillock Reservoir location, where you find the story of Edwin and Annika? Do you want it just called Chestnut or Chestnut Hillock or Chestnut Hillock Reservioir? What motto or image do you want with it, if any?

* I can't find anything for East's Watch or Two Suns at all. What are you looking for with these?

Here's what I've got so far. Quincy's hard to see because it's in the shade.

I can't speak for East's Watch or if the original poster had something else in mind but "Two-Sun" is how the city / region of Tuscon, Arizona is named by denizens of the Legion in FNV.

"Dunwich - A Family Community"  LOL!  That's great!!!!  

They weren't requested by Cineromantic, but seem to be popular as settlement locations for other people using mods to add new spots, so I'll also be adding the following signs to the new Added Settlements plugin:

Fairline Hills Estates
University Point
Fiddlers Green Trailer Estates
Breakheart Banks
Salem
Atom Cats Garage
Libertalia

Are there any others that people would be interested in having a sign for?

4 hours ago, Gruffydd said:

They weren't requested by Cineromantic, but seem to be popular as settlement locations for other people using mods to add new spots, so I'll also be adding the following signs to the new Added Settlements plugin:

Fairline Hills Estates
University Point
Fiddlers Green Trailer Estates
Breakheart Banks
Salem
Atom Cats Garage
Libertalia

Are there any others that people would be interested in having a sign for?

Oh, YES!!! I literally have all these mods except Salem. (That area of the map is so under-utilized. It's sad. Maybe I should add something up there.) I, uh. Might actually have over sixty settlements in the Commonwealth. Problem? No problem. I don't have a problem. I can stop whenever I want.


If I could request: Corvega (there's a mod that adds four settlements called "Fun and Games at Lexington-Corvega"), College Square, Drumlin Diner (the mod calls it "Trudy's Place," the map marker still identifies it as the diner, I just call it "Drumlin" because it seems like a good town name), and Lynn Woods? A bigger one for College Square would be nice, the mod I use basically lets you put an entire small town there. Also, if it's not too much trouble: there's a mod that adds a new settlement called Pilgrims Way right down on the very southernmost edge of the railway tracks. Examining the map from all edges, it seems very likely this is how caravans from outside the Commonwealth arrive, so I like to set it up as a "congratulations! You survived! Welcome back to kind-of civilization!" outpost. Would it be possible to get a somewhat tatty sign that says "Pilgrims Way/Welcome to the Commonwealth" or "Pilgrims Way/You Are Entering The Commonwealth" (or something similar, if you think of something that flows better)? In the same vein as the other settlement signs? Right now I'm literally doing it with the contraptions workshop letters and even though I have mods to make them bigger and snappable it is. Well. You can imagine it's a pain in the ass to try to line everything up and make it visible.


If it's possible I'd also like to request another library sign that says something like "auxiliary branch" (or something similar) rather than specifically naming the community it's in. University Point and College Square especially lend themselves to having libraries, but there's no way to mark them. A couple of school signs would be great, too. I'm using the same "contraptions workshop letters" method for my schools and it's a bit of a pain. (The one I pop up in Sanctuary is the Natalie J. Kaplan Learning Center, named after my Sole's wife, and lemme tell you trying to fit that on the side of a building--) Given the state of the Commonwealth I feel like something like "General School" might come into use, with sort of a return to the old one-room-schoolhouse model, but even something that just says "school" or "learning center" would be better than trying to do this all with the vanilla letters. ("Minutemen Children's Learning Center" seems fun, too, but that could just be me and my love of the Minutemen.)

....and finally I am kind of shocked nobody has done this in any mod ever that I can find, because we really kind of need it: a sign or graffiti with the Long Term Radiation Warning message on it. (Or, well, parts of the message, I don't think the bit about "the danger is below us" is really relevant.) Very specifically I think "This place is not a place of honor…no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here… nothing valued is here. What is here is dangerous and repulsive to us" and "This place is best shunned and left uninhabited" would fit really nicely into the Fallout 'verse.

1 hour ago, ninalyn said:

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A couple of school signs would be great, too. I'm using the same "contraptions workshop letters" method for my schools and it's a bit of a pain. (The one I pop up in Sanctuary is the Natalie J. Kaplan Learning Center, named after my Sole's wife, and lemme tell you trying to fit that on the side of a building--) Given the state of the Commonwealth I feel like something like "General School" might come into use, with sort of a return to the old one-room-schoolhouse model, but even something that just says "school" or "learning center" would be better than trying to do this all with the vanilla letters. ("Minutemen Children's Learning Center" seems fun, too, but that could just be me and my love of the Minutemen.)

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I'll work on the rest of your post later, when I have time. For now, I just wanted to mention that there are already a small handful of school signs in the mod, in the Community plugin.

Specifically:

* Coal Hill Secondary School

* Community School (All Ages)

* Springfield Elementary School

* Sun Valley High School

Three of those are specific pop-culture references, but the Community School one might meet your needs.

19 hours ago, ninalyn said:

....and finally I am kind of shocked nobody has done this in any mod ever that I can find, because we really kind of need it: a sign or graffiti with the Long Term Radiation Warning message on it. (Or, well, parts of the message, I don't think the bit about "the danger is below us" is really relevant.) Very specifically I think "This place is not a place of honor…no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here… nothing valued is here. What is here is dangerous and repulsive to us" and "This place is best shunned and left uninhabited" would fit really nicely into the Fallout 'verse.

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Also...

Is there anyone who has Fallout 4 for the X-Box One who would be willing to test a console version to see if it works?

This mod doesnt seem to work at all with Vortex is there any guide on manual installation?