Surviving the Aftermath

Surviving the Aftermath

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29 Apr, 2021 @ 5:27am
31 Mar, 2023 @ 12:49pm
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Description
Overview
Windfall - experimenting with events. Min patch 1.22 required.
Provides another avenue to get some resources, seeds, insect eggs, Survivors.



Design considerations
Event would remain visible for 480sec and random chance of it occuring again after cooldown of 9600sec.



Requirements
Triggering event is to build the Medical Tent. The number of game days and game phases is not taken into account.



Expected outcome
  • A positive outcome is the chance of getting some combination of
    • resources, seeds and/or insect eggs,
    • between 1-12 Survivors,
  • A negative outcome is
    • one (or more) colonist(s) get injured, and/or
    • some resources might be removed.



How to install
You can Subscribe from a browser or the Steam client. Outcome is the same.
  • Ensure game is NOT running
  • Click the green Subscribe button above
  • If you Subscribed via browser, launch the Steam Client and check that the Workshop content has been downloaded and that there are new file(s) in the path below, matching the item(s) that you had subscribe to. Each subscribed mod file will be in its own numbered folder.
  • There's no need to do anything in the Paradox Launcher. The mod files are located in the Steam path, not in Documents path.
    \Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\684450
  • Launch game, and enable mod in the Mods --> Select Mod screen
  • Start a NEW game


Having issues with the mod?
  • Verify that you have the mod enabled in the Select Mod screen in the game, not in Paradox Launcher
  • Does the game crash when you load mods? Try disabling all other mods and running with just this mod enabled.
  • Never do a SECOND load. Quit all the way to the Desktop.
  • If you are sure, the cause is this mod, please provide ALL the answers in the Troubleshooting section below. Incomplete answers would put you last in the queue while I answer others first who have taken the time to help me help you.


Unity engine limitations
Cannot use a newly downloaded mod in a pre-existing SAVE game. Must always start a NEW game.

Cannot load a game the SECOND time, even if you're about to start a NEW game. Once you have "Exit to Main Menu" once, you need to "Quit" the game all the way to the Desktop.

Remember that mods is still highly experimental if this is your first exposure to modding. Do not use mods if you do not like to restart a new game each time a mod is updated, or each time a game is updated that would render that mod obsolete for the newly release patch version.

Once a save game is "modded", that save cannot be reverted to a vanilla game forevermore. Once a mod is updated, that save with the older mod may no longer work; as the mod's signature is considered different by the game, thus why you'd need to start a NEW game.


Troubleshooting
  1. Have you disabled all other mods except this one? [YES/No]
  2. After you enabled just this mod, have you started a NEW game? [YES/No]
  3. Is your game version same as the version stated in the Overview box? Please state your game version [1.##.####] in your report.
  4. Is the issue you encountered still present? Can it be reproduced in the NEW game? Please outline all the steps for me to reproduce at my end, or send me the Save file.
  5. If the issue is incompatibility with another mod (that is not mine), please provide the URL to the Workshop page so I may test.
  6. Please post URL to the pastebin of the logfile

    path to logfile:
    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Iceflake Studios\Surviving the Aftermath\
  7. (optional) Please post URL to the zipfile that contains the SAVE game and the logfile

    path to save game:
    Documents\Paradox Interactive\Surviving the Aftermath\SaveGames

And most important of all.
Do not report a modded game as "broken" or not working to the developers.
Only report a bug/issue to Iceflake when playing vanilla games, unless it is stated by the mod-developer that their mod is safe to use.


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9 Comments
ellacharmed  [author] 13 Nov, 2023 @ 2:26am 
No, I don't think so.
I've always been able to get achievements, and I'm always testing one mod or another.
GarethTheGoblin 30 Oct, 2023 @ 3:52pm 
would this disable achievements at all? thank you
ellacharmed  [author] 31 Mar, 2023 @ 12:49pm 
Updated for patch 1.25
ellacharmed  [author] 28 Jun, 2022 @ 5:32am 
Event mods have to follow the Event xml structure as laid out on the Modding wiki. Anything is possible to be coded within the file as you see fit. However, this file cannot be changed "on the fly", if that is what you meant by a config file. The Event xml code has to be "compiled" by the modtool into a .mod file for the game to recognize and load it.

For this particular mod, I decided to add both a positive and negative outcomes, in line with all the game's events and quests mechanic.

Having said that, it is of course possible to brute force your way to mod the game via any 3rd party tools like harmony, bepinex, mod.io toolkits (and its brethren) and any cheats/trainers-like things. It's all a matter of what the mod author wants to use and in turn, to be locked-in to, when game and not the mod kit gets updated and vice versa.
Greystar 27 Jun, 2022 @ 11:13pm 
I don't know if it's possible with how mods are integrated into the game, but can a config file be added. a "Windfall" (ie a POSITIVE prize) should never be negative...
ellacharmed  [author] 9 Apr, 2022 @ 2:20pm 
Mod updated. Note the building trigger has now been changed.
ellacharmed  [author] 31 Oct, 2021 @ 2:32am 
Ohh! Intriguing suggestion!

I'll take a look into the Happiness mechanism as it is now to see how, or if, it is even moddable.

But don't expect new mods or updated ones anytime soon, with upcoming 1.0 release just announced. Which promised to be a lot of hefty changes to the code.

And even then, I'll have to wait for the updated modtool code to be made available after the 1.0 release is launched.
HL_scientist 30 Oct, 2021 @ 12:05pm 
Could you make a mod that reduces or removes the happiness loss from colonist death from old age?
ellacharmed  [author] 3 May, 2021 @ 5:12am 
Added link to Google Sheet for help in translating text. Thanks, all.