Each Seasons plan uses the same modlist of 17-22 mods.

Seasons - of City Plan Building

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You’ll notice my screenshots will be in seasons, using Seasons by frogprincess. If you’d like to “play along” as I build, you can jump into Frog’s Discord server HERE and download Seasons. Remember to be kind!

Contest Builds

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I will be playing as I build. Contest entry locations may overlap since we don't know what those will be. We shall see. Most if not all of those locations will be outposts, but I will also build a few outposts as part of this series.
New series, tweaked list. We are on a mod site! Each of the below mods are tried and true – and make building city plans much more fun. If you opt out of the optional mods, the city plan will issue a warning. Simply ignore and build anyway.  

This entire series will be created using only the following mods:

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Modded Location
I will only have a few modded locations for this series - and Sanctuary is one of them. You will need:
Sanctuary Deep Clean and Remodel which also REQUIRES download of:  Vilance's Library Support Plugin, adds over 24 new workshop items, prevents duplication of workshop objects across the various DCnR mods

Outpost locations only (Plans with Outpost in the name)
SnapBeds - Usable Bunk Beds - Mix and Match Beds 

Optional
Advanced Settlement Turret Set Optional, but a few, wireless turrets go a long way
Business Settlements 1.9 (Standalone) Signage and stuff
Laptop Terminal Optional, but very handy

Other Nexus Requirements
Alex’s Settlement Power Pylon  Settlement-wide radiant power
Better Armory Mod (BAM) - Weapon Racks and More Need a spot to put the goods!
cVc Dead Wasteland Many, many good things!
FRAMED - Painting and Frame Mix-N-Match I use the unlocker files and also add a mix of replacers (see recommended mods section below)
Renovated Decorations I use the dirty version to create a more balanced look
Snappable Clutter and Display clutter and weapons display
Snap'n Build 2.0 Don’t forget the Windowed walls texture fix
Snap'n Build Fixed Navmesh - Choose “Overwrite” at install
The Fens Sheriff's Department - Workshop Pack So many necessary items!
Wasteland Gardening Bonus Happiness File as well (won’t use slot)
V's Stylish Decor My Beds - Yay! A big thank you to Vronykah for the perms to make this mod
Woody's Wasteland Stuff Used new cabinet texture replacer too. SMM Required.

Manual Install 
These are carefully chosen and trustworthy mods. 
V’s Stylish Decor Hard Requirement. Author Download link at bottom of page.
CWSS Necessary. Working bathrooms and kitchen sinks at several locations. Choose the file from Steve40s Nexus Page 
Creative Clutter *Worried about breaking your current load order with BethNet mods? Try creating a new ‘profile’ in your mod manager, booting the game and downloading to that profile. You can then copy or zip those files and move/install for future. See some general tips HERE
DoItYourshelf All the things (and setup for organized storage too)

These are listed under manual install in case you want to try the trick of creating a new ‘profile’ in your mod manager and downloading these items from that profile. See notes on Creative Clutter just above.
OPTIONAL: Creation Club Nuka-Cola Collector Workshop 
OPTIONAL: Creation Club Coffee and Donuts Workshop Pack

*Note: At least one of the vanilla-style shower skins in CWSS will cause CTD. I simply don’t use them, as the rest of the mod works perfectly fine. 
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*What You Should Be Using
Settlement Menu Manager You should absolutely be using this

This will not take up a slot - so go for it!
SMM Patches by Vanguard (Declutter your workshop menus) Grab the file for Renovated Decorations.
Business Settlements Categorized - highly recommended  

Not Required, but to get my look - will use no slots: 
Clean and Optimized Wood Texture Replacer for Shacks and Greenhouses Wood Replacer - Shacks and Greenhouses 2K (there is a 1k version)
Clean Barns - Replacer, Vanilla Windows Only
Clean Warehouses - Windows and Holes Patched
EoW - Pre-War Books Retexture - Changes all book covers in-game. Great way to improve the vanilla clutter assets.

For those who are comfy at Discord and/or plan to use Seasons:
Elm Shrub Hider by FrogPrincess - Available only on Discord under my-misc-mods. This one is just handy. Removes these shrubs (that are often in the way or stick up through floors) from the world.  

To see what else I use in my load order, peek at my recommended list below. There are some goodies in there.


You’ll want to have Designer’s Choice and Starting Plot Levels ON for these plans to build as designed. This list of Add-Ons are what I will use for the foreseeable future. Occasionally, a new one will be added. Those with bullets are used in this specific plan.

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• Sim Settlements 2
• Sim Settlements 2 - Chapter 2
• Workshop Framework
  

• Jampads 2 - a Sim Settlements 2 Add-on
• Sim Settlements 2 - Apocalyptic Additions Addon Pack
• SimHomestead 2 - A SimSettlements 2 addon
• Sim Settlements 2 Addon Pack Caravan Snatex
• Sim Settlements 2 - Far Harbor Expansion
• Sim Settlements 2 - From Sanctuary to Concord - Building Plans Module
• Sim Settlements 2 - Junk Town 2 Addon Pack
• Sim Settlements 2 - Pra's Random Addon 2 
• Sim Settlements 2 - Ruined Homes and Gardens 2.
• Sim Settlements 2 Scrappers
• Sim Settlements 2 - So I Made Plans Addon Pack
• Sim Settlements 2 - Tiny Living
• SS2 Addon - Shazbot's Cots
• SS2 Industrial Revolution of the Wasteland (Add-on Pack)
• SS2 - Settlers at Play
• SS2 Superstructures - A Sim Settlements 2 Addon Pack  
• SS2 Support Structures of the Wasteland (Add-on Pack)
• Vault-TecTools Sim Settlements 2 Addon Pack
• Wasteland Venturers Sim Settlements 2 Addon Pack
  

Plain Plans by MsB - SS2 Add-On Pack
Sim Settlements 2 - Nuka World Expansion
SS2 Addon - Bare Essentials  
Wasteland Defense - SS2 Addon






I want to thank Kinggath and the Sim Settlements 2 team for filling my secret gaming life with thousands of hours of fun and adventure! And a special thank you to that bunch of scrappy builders and kind moderators over at We Are Builders.



Note: Inevitably, in all city plans, minor issues arise some of the time with no clear consistency. There are just so many scripts. It just happens. So let’s do a quick checklist: 

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• Do you have settlers standing around in clumps doing nothing? Scripts + ‘too many settlers’ (turrets and spotlights count as ‘settlers’) is the likely reason. Consider using THIS awesome extra mod ‘More NPCs’ by Gorgulia. You do not need Realistic Convos. 
• Power. It likes to break. 
  

• Start by grabbing any plot displaying the unpowered icon and then let it go -  to snap back into place. This resets the plot and usually forces it to find the radiant power. In testing, this almost always works.
  

Sometimes plots don’t build as intended. Honestly, there is no rhyme or reason, but I’ve noticed some locations are worse than others. This is particularly true for Level 3 plans, as they have more plots building all at once. You might consider: 

• Are the plots unlocked? 
• If the plan got stuck, you won’t be able to build the correct plot, even if there are two and one didn’t build. I’m afraid the only way to get a plot you don’t yet have unlocked is to cheat and unlock them all. You can use the holotape or drop a desk and find it there under tools/cheats/etc.
  

A couple of these I keep in my load order so I can play with my ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ plans.
But most of these are wonderful for adding some fun player features or entertainment value.

Other, valuable mods I have installed:
Chuck Yufarley Collection So many good things about this mod!
Seasons (See top of page)
Settlement Activity Markers These provide more things for settlers to do (in addition to some important assets) While the markers don’t export in City Plans, they can be used in game to liven up your settlements! 
Settlement Tidy Bot to rid yourself of those pesky bodies and skeletons! 
Snappy Housekit Used in my ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ plans. 
Stained Glass Workshop Mod So very pretty and cool. 

Bethesda.Net Mods in My LO:

• Noir Penthouse Workshop Used in one of my ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ plans. 
  

CC Content: I own almost all of the CC Content, but these four are what I currently have in my LO:

• Noir Penthouse. Used in a couple of my ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ plans. 
• Arcade Workshop Pack - Fun to add once in a while
  
  

Painting Replacers