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Start Breakdown with a custom group of survivors based on Walking Dead characters Rick, Abraham, Glenn, Maggie, Michonne and Carol. They all are a little more experienced and tougher than most survivors, and often have good weapons, expertise knowledge, etc.
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- Permissions and credits
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YOSE Walking Dead Breakdown Group
Mod by: Kolobian
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This mod is for State of Decay Year One Survival Edition (YOSE) Breakdown games only.
UPDATE: I made the installation easier by just adding the necessary characters file in with the mod so that you don't have to download two separate things. Just download and install this one mod, and then start a new game.
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This mod starts you off with a group of 6 custom survivors based on the Walking Dead (Rick, Abraham, Michonne, Glenn, Maggie and Carol) that you always start the game with. Just start the game as normal, select someone to start the game off like normal, and the 6 Walking Dead survivors will already be in your group when you start. If you start on level 1, the 6 will be added to your group (which is currently at the Ranger Station with Lily. So when you start you'll just see your one character, but the 6 are at the Ranger Station. Just check your menu to see them.) If you start on levels 2 or higher, the 6 will be with you at the RV. All should have maxed out trust so you can start playing them right away if you want. Since the survivors are based on Walking Dead characters, they are more advanced than the average survivor, typically with better weapons.
1) Rick Grimes: comes with maxed out fighting and shooting, leadership skills, and both powerhouse and reflex skills.
2) Glenn Rhee: comes with maxed out wits and fighting, reflexes and counseling expertise.
3) Maggie Greene: comes with a head start in some of the stats, but also medical and plant expertise.
4) Michonne: comes with max fighting and cardio skills, edged specialization, fitness and research skills.
5) Abraham Ford: comes with a new type of axe, powerhouse abilities, fast hands, and construction skills.
6) Carol Peletier, comes with maxed out cardio, wits, fighting and shooting, demolition and cooking skills, and a special Assault Rifle/Grenade launcher.
NOTE: Some of the portraits (that you'd see in the menu) for the new survivors are similar/the same as some old heroes (like Michonne's portrait is thesame as Sam's portrait). This is simply because there's only so many ways to customize portraits. I'll eventually try to make new portraits for everyone, but for now, this works.
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Compatibility:
-This will only work for State of Decay YOSE for Breakdown games
-This mod is compatible with other mods that don't change the characters file.
-You will need to start a new game. You can start on any level.
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Installation:
To install:
1. Download and extract the folder "Walking Dead Breakdown Group with necessary character file" onto the desktop.
3. Open the folder "Walking Dead Breakdown Group with necessary character file". It'll show a folder named "Game". This is the file you'll eventually drag and drop a copy of into the YOSE State of Decay folder.
4. Locate your YOSE State of Decay folder. For me, it was found by opening up Program Files (x86), then Steam, then SteamApps, and then common. When you open up the common folder, it'll show you all your Steam games, including a folder named "State of Decay YOSE".
5. Drop a copy of my "game" folder into the "State of Decay YOSE" folder you have open in the common folder. It'll ask whether you want to merge my game folder with State of Decay YOSE's game folder--click yes. Then, depending on whether you already have mods or not, it'll ask if you want to replace certain files--say yes. If it asks if you want to copy and replace a file, say yes.
6. Start a new Breakdown game and pick some character, as normal. You should see some new heroes at the character select screen, such as Vienna Cho. The game will start as normal. If you're starting on level 1, the character you selected will initially be by themselves, but the 6 Walking Dead survivors are at the Ranger Station. Look at your menu and you should see some other people (which you should be able to select to if you want). If you're starting on level 2 or higher, you should see them immediately at the RV. If so, enjoy! If you don't see them, then go back to the character select screen and see if there are different heroes replacing some of the old ones. If the hero select screen is the exact same as it always was (no Vienna Cho, no Abraham Ford, etc.) then it means the mod didn't get put in the right place. So check again--make sure my full game folder gets put in State of Decay's YOSE folder. The key is the files need to go to specific locations for the game to see it.
7. Enjoy!
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To Uninstall:
To uninstall the mod that makes you start as a group, you need to delete "rtsevents.win.bmd" from the rts folder (State of Decay YOSE/game/libs/class3.1/rts). So just go to your State of Decay YOSE folder, open it, then Game, then libs, then class3.1, then rts, then delete rtsevents.win.bmd.
If you also want to delete the new characters file, go the same path to the rts folder and also delete characters.win.bmd.
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Credits
Undead Labs for creating State of Decay and allowing players to mod their game.
Notepad ++ for editing XML files
VoiD's SoD_Tools for extracting files and converting XML to BMDs.
Undead Lab forum users Ilovethisgame & mystyk for their instructions on how to start Breakdown with a custom group.
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Questions/Comments/Report a Problem/Requests
If you need to contact me, I use the name "kolobian" at a variety of forums relating to State of Decay. You can always send me a message here, at Undead Labs forum, or Gamefaqs, but the quickest would be to send a message to my Reddit account (also named "kolobian"). I'll be able to get the message much quicker there than the others.
YOSE Walking Dead Breakdown Group
Mod by: Kolobian
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This mod is for State of Decay Year One Survival Edition (YOSE) Breakdown games only.
UPDATE: I made the installation easier by just adding the necessary characters file in with the mod so that you don't have to download two separate things. Just download and install this one mod, and then start a new game.
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This mod starts you off with a group of 6 custom survivors based on the Walking Dead (Rick, Abraham, Michonne, Glenn, Maggie and Carol) that you always start the game with. Just start the game as normal, select someone to start the game off like normal, and the 6 Walking Dead survivors will already be in your group when you start. If you start on level 1, the 6 will be added to your group (which is currently at the Ranger Station with Lily. So when you start you'll just see your one character, but the 6 are at the Ranger Station. Just check your menu to see them.) If you start on levels 2 or higher, the 6 will be with you at the RV. All should have maxed out trust so you can start playing them right away if you want. Since the survivors are based on Walking Dead characters, they are more advanced than the average survivor, typically with better weapons.
1) Rick Grimes: comes with maxed out fighting and shooting, leadership skills, and both powerhouse and reflex skills.
2) Glenn Rhee: comes with maxed out wits and fighting, reflexes and counseling expertise.
3) Maggie Greene: comes with a head start in some of the stats, but also medical and plant expertise.
4) Michonne: comes with max fighting and cardio skills, edged specialization, fitness and research skills.
5) Abraham Ford: comes with a new type of axe, powerhouse abilities, fast hands, and construction skills.
6) Carol Peletier, comes with maxed out cardio, wits, fighting and shooting, demolition and cooking skills, and a special Assault Rifle/Grenade launcher.
NOTE: Some of the portraits (that you'd see in the menu) for the new survivors are similar/the same as some old heroes (like Michonne's portrait is thesame as Sam's portrait). This is simply because there's only so many ways to customize portraits. I'll eventually try to make new portraits for everyone, but for now, this works.
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Compatibility:
-This will only work for State of Decay YOSE for Breakdown games
-This mod is compatible with other mods that don't change the characters file.
-You will need to start a new game. You can start on any level.
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Installation:
To install:
1. Download and extract the folder "Walking Dead Breakdown Group with necessary character file" onto the desktop.
3. Open the folder "Walking Dead Breakdown Group with necessary character file". It'll show a folder named "Game". This is the file you'll eventually drag and drop a copy of into the YOSE State of Decay folder.
4. Locate your YOSE State of Decay folder. For me, it was found by opening up Program Files (x86), then Steam, then SteamApps, and then common. When you open up the common folder, it'll show you all your Steam games, including a folder named "State of Decay YOSE".
5. Drop a copy of my "game" folder into the "State of Decay YOSE" folder you have open in the common folder. It'll ask whether you want to merge my game folder with State of Decay YOSE's game folder--click yes. Then, depending on whether you already have mods or not, it'll ask if you want to replace certain files--say yes. If it asks if you want to copy and replace a file, say yes.
6. Start a new Breakdown game and pick some character, as normal. You should see some new heroes at the character select screen, such as Vienna Cho. The game will start as normal. If you're starting on level 1, the character you selected will initially be by themselves, but the 6 Walking Dead survivors are at the Ranger Station. Look at your menu and you should see some other people (which you should be able to select to if you want). If you're starting on level 2 or higher, you should see them immediately at the RV. If so, enjoy! If you don't see them, then go back to the character select screen and see if there are different heroes replacing some of the old ones. If the hero select screen is the exact same as it always was (no Vienna Cho, no Abraham Ford, etc.) then it means the mod didn't get put in the right place. So check again--make sure my full game folder gets put in State of Decay's YOSE folder. The key is the files need to go to specific locations for the game to see it.
7. Enjoy!
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To Uninstall:
To uninstall the mod that makes you start as a group, you need to delete "rtsevents.win.bmd" from the rts folder (State of Decay YOSE/game/libs/class3.1/rts). So just go to your State of Decay YOSE folder, open it, then Game, then libs, then class3.1, then rts, then delete rtsevents.win.bmd.
If you also want to delete the new characters file, go the same path to the rts folder and also delete characters.win.bmd.
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Credits
Undead Labs for creating State of Decay and allowing players to mod their game.
Notepad ++ for editing XML files
VoiD's SoD_Tools for extracting files and converting XML to BMDs.
Undead Lab forum users Ilovethisgame & mystyk for their instructions on how to start Breakdown with a custom group.
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Questions/Comments/Report a Problem/Requests
If you need to contact me, I use the name "kolobian" at a variety of forums relating to State of Decay. You can always send me a message here, at Undead Labs forum, or Gamefaqs, but the quickest would be to send a message to my Reddit account (also named "kolobian"). I'll be able to get the message much quicker there than the others.