While this plan is not an official contest plan, any I do add to this series will be contest Outpost locations. You will want to have Designer’s Choice and Starting Plot Levels ON for these plans to build as designed.


Modded Location
This will likely be the only modded location for the series. Please make sure you have Boston Public Library Settlement installed, fairly low in your load order. You’ll also want to install the file on the same page called, Library Extras. Then, load this plan after that.


*This plan contains Optional Creation Club Content not normally allowed in contest plans: 

• OPTIONAL: Creation Club Nuka-Cola Collector Workshop (various couches, pillows, decor, plants)
• OPTIONAL: Home Decor Workshop Pack (Just plants, posters, rugs)
  

If you choose not to use these, some content will be missing and the plan will warn you.

This list of Add-Ons is 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
  

• Sim Settlements 2 - Chapter 3
  

• Workshop Framework
  

• Jampads 2 - a Sim Settlements 2 Add-on
• SS2 - Settlers at Play
• SS2 Addon - Shazbot's Cots
• SS2 Superstructures - A Sim Settlements 2 Addon Pack  
• Sim Settlements 2 - Junk Town 2 Addon Pack
• Sim Settlements 2 - Nuka World Expansion
• Sim Settlements 2 Scrappers
• Vault-TecTools Sim Settlements 2 Addon Pack
• Wasteland Defense - SS2 Addon
• Wasteland Venturers Sim Settlements 2 Addon Pack
  

Industrial City Sim Settlements Add-On
Sim Settlements 2 - Apocalyptic Additions Addon Pack
Sim Settlements 2 - Far Harbor Expansion
Sim Settlements 2 - From Sanctuary to Concord - Building Plans Module
SimHomestead 2 - A SimSettlements 2 addon
Sim Settlements 2 Addon Pack Caravan Snatex
Sim Settlements 2 - Pra's Random Addon 2 
Sim Settlements 2 - Ruined Homes and Gardens 2.
Sim Settlements 2 - So I Made Plans Addon Pack
Sim Settlements 2 - Tiny Living
SS2 Industrial Revolution of the Wasteland (Add-on Pack)
SS2 Support Structures of the Wasteland (Add-on Pack)



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  

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Just want to switch out some of those ugly vanilla paintings? I download all of these and make one folder with the replacements that I prefer. It’s a nice mix that provides variety.
Bob Ross Happy Little Paintings
New Paintings for Player Home
More Paintings for the discerning homemaker
Pickman Paintings Replacer Another Option
I use a few of the SFW Atom Bomb Pinups as well - most are NSFW, but I manually chose a few replacers that are more cheeky and less nakey.