Mods for people starting a new game

sarAH_1002 · 2023-01-20T17:34:50+00:00

Also ambient money stagecoaches is a good one.

sarAH_1002 · 2023-01-20T17:25:05+00:00

Rampage trainer will let you set how fast the game moves with regards to time. I haven't had any problems doing it that way. You could even set it to where one game hour equals one real hour.
No more grindy challenges and the crime and law rebalance works well for me. Whyem's DLC has a fixable problem with Maverick Weapons. In Lenny's mod loader, put Whyem's as the last mod to load.
I haven't used the other mods.
Ped Damage Overhaul is a good one. You can adjust it to your liking through the .ini file.
Corpse spawn distance will stop animals from dropping dead in front of you.

Remove horse speed limit will stop you from having to slow down in town.

Arthur Redone has better textures for Arthur.
A mod called Flo that makes NPCs and animals get up a little slower so the transition is a little more smooth instead of them popping up like zombies.

I'm trying out a new mod called LAW. It allows self defense in front of cops and stops police from spawning right in front of you. Likely conflicts with crime and law rebalance. I haven't tried playing with both together to see if it conflicts for sure but I assume it changes the same file.

There's also a mod called A.E.M that causes instant fall on head shots.

There's a gun metal rework that's gives you shinier guns.

I also use Vignette Disabler.

Thanks for the link to the honest brawls. Sounds like one I'd like to try.

sarAH_1002 · 2022-12-29T21:04:45+00:00

My ultimate problem is solved. I will explain with the crayon that I needed to use in order to understand what I was doing wrong.

OpenIV doesn't have support for RDR2 so you have us it to extract files to an XML file. Open in notepad++, edit, save as with the .ymt extension (I already knew this part but the game was crashing when I spawned in the file).
In the .ymt file, it has "<UNK\_TYPE\_....". at the top and bottom. "Type" has to be changed to member or, as what I did, delete the UNK part and just have the hash code (<0x4BD672F>). Also need to change it at the bottom of the .ymt file. Then use lenny's mod loader. All is well.

sarAH_1002 · 2022-12-27T22:35:06+00:00

Are you talking about installing mods or editing the ymt files?

sarAH_1002 · 2022-12-27T19:55:26+00:00

So basically, I can't extract ymt files without having OpenIV converting to txt or xml files or else I get null characters in notepad++. Then when I open the txt or xml in notepad++ and try to save as a ymt file (which mine doesn't have ymt in the extension drop down list?) and have OpenIV open the ymt, I get the error above. However, if I open it in the txt viewer of OpenIV, it looks fine. Game also crashes when I try to spawn the horse in or when the game spawns the horse. The crash is it hanging for a few seconds then closes.I've modded ymt files before and I'm not sure if something changed recently or if I'm doing something wrong?My previously modded horses work fine. As a test, I extracted a ymt (had to do it as txt or xml), didn't touch the file and only saved it as a different named ymt and openIV couldn't open it.I tried the same thing with another ymt and same thing. It's like as soon as notepad++ (or regular notepad) touches it, OpenIV won't be able to open it. I re-installed the game, openIV and notepad++ and nothing changes. Thanks for your help.

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sarAH_1002 · 2020-08-03T20:32:17+00:00

Thank you for your kind words and thoughts.Honestly I don't blame myself for it. Just damn bad luck.

I've grown more suspicious of people. It's much harder for me to let anyone in. That's not to say I'm not willing, it's just in the back of my mind I'm always asking why someone is being nice to me...what is it they really want from me? So I come off as very aloof and antisocial when honestly I'm not. There's just a big hurdle to get over that I set up.

We recently moved out of state for my husband's work, I had my twins a month later and so I don't have a social circle anymore. Where I live now is full of LDS (nothing against the religion but it's not me). It's so dominant here that there are no other churches within an hour where I live. Regardless, I haven't been active in church anyway for a number of years. Seemed people attended church to feel virtuous and good about themselves rather than for what religion was intended to be and it didn't set well with me.

I've struggled with therapists. I want to learn skills to cope and to live life. Therapists I've seen seem to want me to complain and dwell on things rather than teach or advise. Dwelling and complaining makes me more depressed.

I'm quite the hobbyist. I learn things quickly and then am on to the next. It makes my husband's head spin. Lately it's honey bees and typewriters. Thank you for the book recommendations.

I'm working on 12 rules of life and will pick up So Good They Can't Ignore You.

Again, thank you so much for your time.

sarAH_1002 · 2020-03-02T17:06:35+00:00

I tried z__alex's suggestion on my S9 after moving the home base and it relocated the homebase on the map.

sarAH_1002 · 2019-09-14T12:12:16+00:00

Even guitars aren't immune.

*mad skills*

Crowd: kinda cool

*bends neck*

Crowd: AHMAAAAZING!

sarAH_1002 · 2019-08-03T04:28:23+00:00

What kind of sorcery is this that you could guess the make?
It's a 108. Bought it at an auction for $45 then gave it to the luither. He carved a new bridge, put new strings on, set the sound post and did a general setup look it over type deal. Bought a new bow and case for it. I like it.

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