Beautiful Outdoors

Mod, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4


Enchances pawns' perception of nature.

Simple mod that adjusts beauty and ugly modifiers for terrain and flora. Most notable changes:

- flowers are significantly more beautiful now;
- most trees have beauty increased to 2-4 range. Oak and Teak trees have 5 beauty;
- grass and most bush plants have 1 beauty. Berry plants and healroot have 2 beauty;
- water has overall beauty ...

Author: Meltup

Created: 1 Mar, 2020 @ 3:18pm

Updated: 20 Oct, 2022 @ 1:17pm

Subscribers: 181156


Size (unpacked) : 0.643 MB

Enchances pawns' perception of nature.

Simple mod that adjusts beauty and ugly modifiers for terrain and flora. Most notable changes:

- flowers are significantly more beautiful now;
- most trees have beauty increased to 2-4 range. Oak and Teak trees have 5 beauty;
- grass and most bush plants have 1 beauty. Berry plants and healroot have 2 beauty;
- water has overall beauty increased to 4 with deep ocean line having beauty of 6;
- soil, sand and ice get neutral beauty, rich soil gets 1 beauty;
- mud and marsh are really disliked by pawns now (-4 and -6 beauty);
- rafflesia is adjusted to -12 beauty to correspond its description;
- rock chunks are more tolerable with -1 beauty (against -8 in Vanilla. Ouch!).

Recommended to be used with GreenRim for more vegetation.

The mod has build-in support for
- Alpha Biomes
- VGP Vegetable Garden
- VGP Xtra Trees and Flowers
- Vanilla Plants Expanded
- Vanilla Plants Expanded - Succulents
- ReGrowth: Core and Framework
- ReGrowth: Boreal Expansion
- ReGrowth: Aspen Forests
- ReGrowth: Tundra Expansion
- ReGrowth: Desert Expansion
- ReGrowth: Temperate Forest Expansion
- ReGrowth: Cold Bog Expansion
- ReGrowth: Wasteland
- RimCuisine
- RimFortress: Dwarven Plants
- [RF] Permafrost 1.1
- [1.1] Ice
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GitHub version:
https://github.com/Meltup/Beautiful-Outdoors
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FAQ
1. Are there any hard incompatibilities?
No, this is a simple mod to tweak beauty values via patching.

2. Can this mod be added/removed from existing games?
Yes, it can be safely added/removed.

3. What is the difference between Beautiful Outdoors and Nature is Beautiful?
Slightly different philosophy. I wanted to enchance pawns' sences of natural beauty while providing some drawbacks to it. Also this mod does not modify cleanliness of the nature and does not touch stone tiles and filth.

How do I download and install mods?

Simply click the blue button above. It will open the file hosting page with the mod repacked by us from the official source.

How do I install this mod?

See the 'How to install' tab.

Is this mod safe to use?

The mods are repacked as is, without any additional software, malware, or bloatware added. To check for viruses, use a reliable antivirus or upload the archive to a website like virustotal.com. Anyway, It's always a good practice to keep backups of your saves in case of mod incompatibility .

There is a folder in the .zip archive. To install the mod, move the entire folder (not just its contents) into 'Mods' folder located under your RimWorld root isntallation folder.
So, for steam version of the game, the path would look like this: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods
For any other distribution, firstly locate your rimworld installation path and then unpack the archive into the 'Mods' folder.
Then enable the mod in the game mods menu by double clicking on its name and restart the game