:: His Kingdom Come: Bringing the word of God back to the Commonwealth::
By Judge Samson

In a time of post apocalyptic decadence and despair, the word of God returns a message of hope to a people who have long forgotten Him.

:: FEATURES::
• Adds custom, fully readable and interactable, standalone editions of the Holy Bible to Fallout 4, which can be displayed on magazine shelfs and racks.
• Can be displayed in vanilla magazine racks and shelfs - as well as any custom mods expanding upon these vanilla settings.
• Adds a unique perk "Messenger of God", which is aquired by finding the bible.
• Adds a short, fully voiced, quest to enhance the lore surrounding religion in Fallout 4, tying into Pastor Clements at All Faiths Chapel in Diamond City.
• Adds custom workshop items to enhance gameplay and the use of Bibles in Fallout 4. For instance a Constructible Lectern upon which you can display your bible, and which adds a slight boost to settlement happiness! To UNLOCK these settlement items you will need to find their respective “Building His Kingdom” magazines around fallout 4. (Hint: Look in the Chapel in Diamond City)


:: Installation::
• Use the included FOMOD installer with a mod manager for best results.


:: Options::
• Included are 1k textures, 2k textures and 4k textures. Choose whichever you desire.


:: Compatibility::
• Everything added in this mod, is standalone. The only worldedits/world-additions that have been done, are inside the Church in Concord and the All Faiths Chapel in Diamond City. If you use custom mods changing these worldspaces there is a chance that you will experience issues.


:: FAQ::
Where do I find the bible?
• Look inside the Church in Concord.


:: REQUIREMENTS::
• Fallout 4 up to date


:: KNOWN ISSUES::
None so far.


:: Release history::
1.0.0:
- Initial release.
1.0.1:
- Release of compatibility patches for VIS, VIS-G and Better Item Sorting in .esl formats.
1.0.2:
- Added support for magazine racks. The bible can now be “displayed” in vanilla magazine racks!
- Added a little lore/ambience to when you find the Bible. Now it hasn’t just been laying around since the Great War.
- Added silver text option, for the bible text. Choose which you want with the FOMOD installer and a modmanager.
1.0.2A:
- Fixed an issue in the FOMOD while installing with Vortex. Cleaned up some of the FOMOD files to reduce download size.
1.0.2B:
- Small fix in compatibility patch priority order, that when read by Vortex caused a "Cyclic Interaction" error.
1.1.0
- Added full readability. It is now possible to actually read the Bible, as well as search for and look up each and every verse, chapter and book of the Bible. This is achieved using more than 1200 separate scripts and a ton of work.
- Added a “Wastelander Edition” of the Bible. This can be obtained by following the short quest-line that starts once you read the King James version of the Bible. This one can be reproduced however many times you wish, provided you have the proper resources. Finally you can keep a bible in each of your settlements.
- Added a second rank to the “Messenger of God” perk. Now you will experience a slight increase, for each different version of the Holy Bible you manage to find! (Owning 2 of the same versions does not increase this rank).
- Added a loading screen, which are integrated into the vanilla loading screens.
- Added a Constructible Lectern, upon which you can display your Bibles! This Settlement Object also provides a slight boost to settlement happiness, when constructed. “Hope has returned!”
- Added a Perk Magazine, which unlocks the constructible lectern. This magazine can be found in All Faiths Chapel in Diamond City.
1.1.1
- Made changes to the compatibility patches. They are no longer Light Plugin Master (ESL), they are now instead .ESP’s acting as .ESL. This allows for the user to properly sort the patches, while still maintain the benefits of an .ESL (Does not count towards 255 mod limit)
1.1.2
- Added a constructible Pew (Bench), similar in function to the one in All Faiths Chapel, Diamond City. This Pew is standalone, with custom textures and will provide the “Quiet Reflection” temporary bonus after sitting in it. The Pew is unlocked by finding a newly added Magazine.
- Added a “Building His Kingdom Issue #2”. This unlocks the constructible Pew, for construction in your settlements. The magazine can be found in the Old North Church (Above the Railroad HQ).
- Added the ability for the user to decide which font size the added bible texts should be displayed in. The font size can be set on the main menu that appears when reading a bible!
1.2.0
- Fixed a compatibility issue with Comp-Amy (https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/32835), by renaming the “readme.txt” including with His Kingdom Come!
- Compressed all loose .wav files into .xwm files, in order to reduce mod size.
- Added issue #3 of the “Building His Kingdom” magazine set. This unlocks the construction of decorative paintings, with a religious theme, at the settlement workshop. This magazine can be found at the Church in Quincy.
- Added 10 religiously inspired paintings to the settlement workshop, with 9 different frame options for each painting. These are unlocked by finding the “Building His Kingdom #3” magazine.
- Added issue #4 of the “Building His Kingdom” magazine set. This unlocks a set of motivational signs and Posters, for construction at the settlement workshop. The magazine can be found at the South Boston Church.
- Added 10 different motivational signs and 4 different posters to the settlement workshop. These are unlocked by finding the “Building His Kingdom #4” magazine.
- Packed loose files into .bsa archives for improved performance!
1.3.0
- Added a “Book of Eli” inspired version of the Holy Bible. Can be found near the Old North Church
- Added an optional compatibility patch for BeantownBookClub into the FOMOD installer.
- Fixed a bug with one of the scripts that would cause improper adding of perks when finding a Bible.
- Added support for Kinggath’s Canary Save File Monitor.
- Fixed a visual oddity with the included Bible loading screen.
- Fixed a bug that caused Father Clements to not have sound in certain dialogues.
- Revisited and improved almost all textures adding more fidelity (diffuse, specular, normal)
- Added 10 new buildable “old” versions of the ‘Bible Vers’ wallsigns. Now you can choose if you want to build pristine “new” signs, or use older ones which might fit more into the common wear and tear on FO4 buildings. Unlocked by finding magazine nr. 5.
- Added issue #5 of the “Building His Kingdom” magazine set. This unlocks the above added crosses at the settlement workshop. This magazine can be found at the Cambridge Church (Halfway between Watzz consumer electronics and the BADTFL regional office.
- Revisited the textures for the King James and Wastelander Edition Bibles, adding wear and tear to the textures and general fidelity improvements.
- Removed the option for choosing silver text, when installing the King James version Bibles. A broader selection of Bibles achieves the diversity this option was intended to alleviate.
- Added 11 new Cross designs as constructible furniture, in 2 different sizes. Full wall size and a smaller size, for the more intimate of chapels or bedrooms. These can be unlocked by finding magazine nr. 5.
- Added a new weathered texture option to the church pew and lecturn and revisited the old pristine textures adding some slight wear and tear to those as well. Now you can choose either to build a “pristine” pew/lecturn or build a more weathered ones!



:: CREDITS::
♦ Bethesda for Fallout 4.
♦ Cleaned and polished with FO4Edit, by ElminsterAU