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femshepping and Mycenia for v4

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An edit of Diamond City and the surrounding outside area, including a small new interior space. XB1 versions also available. 4.0 kindly optimised by Mycenia.

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THIS MOD IS NOT TO BE REPOSTED ANYWHERE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE

IT IS ONLY PERMITTED HERE AND ALSO ON BETHESDA.NET
Both the Diamond City Edit and the Mega Surgery Edit are now in one download!
Get it for XBOX1 here!

Version 4 is up. Please see the changelog for details. Thank you to Mycenia for all of her help with optimisation!

Patch 3.2 is up. You must have 3.1 installed first, then install 3.2 and click yes to overwrite. This patch hopefully fixes the issue that some people had with feet clipping through the floor near Valentine's office. I didn't have that issue in my own game, but I have taken screens with the 3.2 patch installed to show that the feet do not clip through the floor. The only time they clip slightly is when characters walk up to a higher part of the flooring. 
If feet are still clipping, there is literally nothing I can do because it's not a problem with the ESP. I have redone the navmeshing and moved things slightly. You can see the screens (AND ONE GIF - sorry it's so small but you can still clearly see no clipping) on the last page of the image section


This mod is not completely compatible with mods that edit Diamond City (unless it edits the interior of Home Plate, as I haven't done anything to that except removed the fog!). I will not be making any compatibility patches, as I haven't and won't use any other Diamond City Mods. If you want to use this with other Diamond City mods, you do so at your own risk and I will not be troubleshooting other people’s mods.

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After
16 months (lmao) and a lot of changes and testing and changes and testing and chANGES AND TESTING, I present my Diamond City Edit mod! This description will be lengthy, and I'm sorry, but please read it. I've tried to address as many things as possible in it. Please read the description before asking any questions to save everyone some time :)
I understand that not everyone will like this mod (some of you will consider it lore friendly, others won't), but I ask that you please move on instead of making negative comments or asking for everything to be changed. I am happy with the way the mod is, and you are welcome to make any personal changes that you want to make in the CK, but please don't give me a list of things to change. I am also still not taking requests.
Thank you for understanding :)


ANYWAY... Were you as disappointed as I was to get to the Great Green Jewel, only to see it was filled with as much crap as Goodneighbor? Well, this mod's for you!
The city has been cleaned but still retains it's post war elements. Shopfronts actually have stock, and a lot of greenery has been added to make it a literal Green Jewel. 
The square outside of the city has also been cleaned up and brightened - it now includes a little shelter for the caravans, and an interior space opposite the Diamond City gates that eventually leads to a fun rooftop that is perfect for any screenarchers.
The key for the rooftop door is in:
Spoiler:  
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The suitcase in the closet in the apartment room that has the ghouls in it.


There are TWO ESPs (please make sure both are ticked in the Mod Manager to enable them!) - one for the Diamond City Edit, and one for the Mega Surgery Center Edit. I tried merging the two together, but it didn't turn out right at all. Please ensure you have both ticked in your Mod Manager of choice, or else the mod won't work as it is supposed to. I will be adding an updated version of the Mega Surgery Center to my Mega Surgery Center mod soon if you just want the Surgery remodel.

I, as well as my tester, have played through the main quest that involves a lot of Diamond City, and the main quest works perfectly. 

As for the interiors, I have either fully overhauled or very lightly edited:
- Kellogg's House
- Mega Surgery Center (if you're using the MSC ESP)
- Schoolhouse
- Science Center
- Fallon's
- Valentine Detective Agency
- Dugout Inn
- Security Office
- Publick Occurences
- Chapel
- Colonial Taphouse
Trash has been cleaned out of most of the interiors, and I have also removed the fog from interior cells.
I did not heavily edit any of the resident's homes however, as you don't really go in them.

I have also given Home Plate an entire new balcony (but I haven't touched the interior cell except for the fog removal because it was a mess and I knew I was just going to stuff something up) - so please remove any valuables you have stored on the balcony roof before installing the mod!

REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS MOD
This mod requires some DLC. The reason for this is I have used assets from said DLCs. Please don't ask for non DLC versions - I'm sorry, but it's not going to happen.
You need:
Wasteland Workshop 1
Far Harbor
Nuka World

ISSUES
The issues that I and my tester/s have found are small, and not game breaking in any way.
1. The chemistry workbench on the exterior part of the Mega Surgery Center - when exiting the workbench, your character will get 'stuck'. Just jump and move to the right to get back to normal. 
2. A guard will sometimes get stuck at the corner of the exterior of the Mega Surgery Center. Just let him do it - he figures it out eventually, lol. NPCs don’t follow a straight line for their pathing - even in vanilla they can get stuck on things. Someone reported that Dogmeat got stuck on a car outside of Diamond City which I didn’t even touch, so there ya go. Just give them a bit and they’ll work it out.
3. Followers won't always enter the caravan player home in the outfield of Diamond City. 
4. As for frame rate drops, I don’t experience any, however if you do not have a reasonably powerful computer you will probably get frame rate drops (as you would with most big mods). I am unable to change this for you.

This mod has been cleaned with FO4Edit.
Please always back up your game when installing new mods - especially large ones like these.
Please also keep in mind that I don't run many mods in my game - they are limited to NAC, Chalk Outline, occasionally an environmental mod like Regrowth Overhaul, and cosmetic mods (clothes, hair, textures etc). This won't work with other mods that edit Diamond City.

MODS USED IN SCREENS
NAC
Chalk Outline Reshade and ENB
and some screens have Regrowth Overhaul activated in them

CREDITS
StuykGaming for this poster resource.

PROGRAMS USED TO CREATE THIS MOD
Fallout 4 Edit
Nifskope
Outfit Studio
Official Creation Kit

OTHER
Please bear in mind I cannot test this on Xbox as I don't have one, so any upload is subject to change or removal at my discretion if there is a problem I cannot fix.
It will not be accepted for PS4 as it contains external assets. 
Foliage may also look different in your game, depending on if you are using a foliage mod.

SPECIAL THANKS
Thank you to blu377 for testing and providing me with awesome feedback! I really appreciate it! <3

And thank you for reading and possibly downloading. I'd love to see your in game screens ^.^

AND THANK YOU FOR THE HOT MOD ON 31/01/2018! I REALLY APPRECIATE IT!



THANK YOU TO HIGHHTHERE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL COMPARISON VIDEO!



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