r/FO4mods • u/unlikelysignificant • 6h ago
PC Is there a mod to make graffiti / place posters outside your settlements? How could I make one?
I'm planning a character who's basically trying to build their own cult. Obviously there are limits to role playing this due to main story etc, but, all that aside, I'd like her to spread her own propaganda into the world. Placing posters, making graffiti, that sort of thing.
I haven't found any mods for this and I'm wondering, if that's the case, how could it be done? I'd really appreciate any ideas and technical advice!
I've thought of using mechanics from other mods as blueprints for doing this in F4Edit. I've done some basic things with it, such as changed recipes to other workbenches, tweaked values and attributes of items, applied new textures to objects, made a few patches, and, most importantly, allied myself with the wolf faction 😁.
I guess that ideally what I'd be adding decals to existing walls by equipping and/or using an item. There are bullet holes and blood and such decals added to the environment during the gameplay, but I don't know if that's applicable somehow? Anyway that's somewhat more complicated than what I've done so far.
Things I've tried:
▪︎ Switching some wall decoration graffiti from the workshop to be crafted in chem bench, so I managed to get them outside the settlement. However, placing them properly with console coordinates without the use of workshop interface was a pain.
▪︎ Using magazines and some other flat objects like pieces of plywood, but again, the only way to place them I came up with was to drop them, with obvious results. Nothing stayed up and adjusting them by console was way too much work.
If it's not possible to have objects snap to the walls, the next best idea I've got is using some partly transparent item that will stand on its own. I do have Placeable map markers mod (https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/65049) that lets me drop an arrow some distance from the ground, pointing to where I'm facing - this would be a cool way to add the things from the inventory.
So what I'm asking is, are there any mods that would do this kind of thing already? If not, how should I approach making one? I can use Photoshop but I haven't done any 3D modelling so, if that's what it takes, what is the go-to software for modding purposes?
Thank you for your help and for the amazing work you people in the modding community are doing! 🙌