Islands 1.0 - 2020-01-15
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> "Congratulations, you have won an adventure in Buzzard! Visit a metropolis
>  being rebuilt by the System Corporation, a world leader in the field of
>  conglomerates that own everything."

You're looking at an alpha release (1.0) of the `Islands` mod for Fallout 4
developed by Jonas 'Sortie' Termansen since May 3, 2016. This alpha release
contains a new game world that's 11% larger than the Nuka World DLC with 20
quests with an estimated 16 hours of play time, or 5 hours if you rush it.

This document contains important information that you should read.

The mod is unfinished. This is the very first release. There is a lot of
polished content but you may come across rough or unbuilt areas. The mod is
story based although it does not have voice acting yet, so be sure to enable
subtitles.

You can play the mod however you like, whether with an existing character, or
with a fresh character right out of the vault (this mod is a good opportunity
such a playthrough). There are 16 main quests (4 of which are optional) and 4
side quests. You can explore as much as you'd like, or the story will take you
to every area. You can bring a companion if you'd like.

This alpha build contains the first two acts of the full four act story, which
makes sense on their own. Once you complete the main story, you will can create
a game save where you can continue playing with a future release of the mod.

You can view the file SPOILERS-Islands.txt when you think you've finished the
mod to find a list of side content you might have missed.

You can send feedback to sortie@maxsi.org, 'sortie' on Steam, or @sortiecat on
Twitter. Please livestream or record playing the mod! It's incredibly valuable
for me see you play it and it will help me a lot to improve the mod! See the
livestream instructions below.

Website
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Check for updates to the mod on the website: <https://maxsi.org/islands/>

Installation
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You can install and play the mod by:

1) Extracting Islands.7z inside your Fallout 4/Data directory.

2) Start Fallout 4, enter the Mods menu, enter the Load Order menu by pressing
   `T`, and then enabling Islands.esp.

3) Enable subtitles in the game menu or you will not be able to see what NPCs
   are saying because the mod hasn't been voice acted yet.

4) Play the game, whether with a new character or an existing character.

5) The quest "Adventure! Brought To You By System Inc." will automatically begin
   and the new Stefan character in Sanctuary will take you on an adventure to
   Buzzard.

This mod has been cleaned with FO4Edit and only makes a minor addition to the
power armor templates and the random encounter story manager; otherwise there
should be no conflicts with anything else whatsoever.

Known Bug: Voice Acting
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The lack of voice acting means the scenes with NPCs are slightly bugged.

You must enable subtitles in order to see what NPCs are supposed to say.

The game doesn't know how long each piece of dialogue is supposed to take and
instead is shown for a duration according to the length of the subtitle, which
can be slower or faster than your reading speed.

Known Bug: NPCs walking away
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Due to the lack of voice acting, tThe game will keep the camera on the player
character during scenes because the game does not know how long to keep the
camera on NPCs. If you want to look at the NPCs during scenes rather than your
player character, simply move the mouse a bunch to look away and soft break out
of the scene.

Livestreaming
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Watching you play the mod will be incredibly useful! Here's a quick start to
how you can publish a livestream to Youtube from Windows:

1) Download and install <https://obsproject.com/>.

2) Log into Youtube and instead of uploading a video, create a livestream.

3) Enter the meta information about the livestream and get the stream key.

4) Use OBS and follow the autoconfiguration wizard to stream to Youtube with
   the settings you prefer.

5) Start the game to play normally (see above).

6) In OBS, add a screen capture of the game window and the right audio.

7) In OBS, start streaming.

8) On Youtube, click Go Live (only possible when the stream data is live).

9) Play the mod!

10) Send the video link to my contact information above.
