The old mod Charlie Out Of Her Coop is broken for Stardew 1.6, so I've created a replacement using Content Patcher + Custom Companions, and added some extra features!

• Charlie roams around instead of standing next to the coop. (She won't go too far -- she will stay within about 15 tiles of the coop.) She goes outside during the day in spring/summer/fall when the weather is sunny or windy, from 6am to approximately 5pm. (If you're outside on the farm at 5pm, her location won't update until you exit & re-enter the map -- similar to how pets sometimes stay out late and then magically warp into the farmhouse when you go inside.)
• (Optional) Give Charlie a blue chicken friend named Blueberry! She will have the same schedule as Charlie.
• (Optional) Go inside the little coop to visit Charlie & Blueberry when they're not outdoors.
• (Optional) Vanilla + several recolors available for the coop exterior retexture (very similar to the vanilla design, but with a human-sized door). You can also disable the retexture if using a farm building mod with a matching texture for Charlie's coop.
  

If you would like to translate the inspection dialogue into another language, please translate the i18n file in [CP] Free Charlie/i18n/default.json. You can either publish the i18n file yourself (with this mod listed as a requirement), or you can send it to me to be included in the mod (with credit, of course!)
Note: A Mandarin translation is now available thanks to elffunction! See the Translations section above.

Also feel free to create additional retextures for the coop! The current options are limited due to my lack of pixel art skills.

REQUIREMENTS

Content Patcher
Custom Companions


COMPATIBILITY

• Only affects players who are married to Shane
• Has not been tested in multiplayer or with multiple-spouse mods
• Not compatible with Stardew 1.5
• Compatible with Content Patcher mods that change the appearance of white/blue chickens
• Compatible with modded farm maps, but depending on the map, you may need to customize this mod's settings in config.json or Generic Mod Config Menu -- see details below:
  

The following maps have built-in compatibility -- leave "Farm Map Settings" set to Automatic if using one of these maps:

• Grandpa's Farm + IF2R (Stardew Valley Expanded)
• Immersive Farm 2 Fix
• Waterfall Forest Farms (WaFF/WaFFLE)
• Wildflour's Romantic Garden Farm
• Zenith Farm (CFL version)
  

If you're using a custom farm map that replaces one of the vanilla maps but DOES NOT change the spouse patio location, leave "Farm Map Settings" set to Automatic.

If you're using a custom farm map that replaces one of the vanilla maps and DOES change the spouse patio location, change "Farm Map Settings" to Custom, then enter X/Y coordinates in the following fields:

• Coop Exit X/Y = the tile in front of Charlie's coop door
• Spawn Charlie X/Y = the tile where you want Charlie to spawn
• Spawn Blueberry X/Y = the tile where you want Blueberry to spawn
  

For the spawn locations, you can place Charlie & Blueberry on either side of the coop exit tile, but if there's not much free space in that area, the chickens may get stuck and not move around very much. If this happens, try moving them a little further away so they have more room to move.

To find tile coordinates in game, you can use Debug Mode or Lookup Anything (enable "Tile lookups" in the Lookup Anything config).

If you're using a custom farm type, i.e. a custom map that does not replace any of the vanilla maps, follow the steps above to set the X/Y coordinates. Then enable the "Custom Farm Type" setting, and fill out the "Custom Map Name" field as follows:

• For maps that require Custom Farm Loader, enter "CFL"
• For other custom farm types, open the [CP] mod's content.json file and search for "MapName", then copy & paste the map name
  

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Vibrant Pastoral Recolor plus VPR Temporary Fix for 1.6
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MY OTHER MODS

Map Tweaks for 1.6
Flowery Meadowlands Farm
Custom Flower Colors
Better Furniture Catalogue
(AT) Dogs in Doghouses
(AT) Cats on Cat Trees (Animated)
Neo's Succulent Farm Redux
More mods coming soon... :)

All donation points earned by my mods go to Doctors Without Borders.