Settlement Survival/Modding



Have you ever wanted to change the bird formation? Of course you have!

Guide

 * Navigate to \\.\Steam\SteamApps\common\Settlement Survival\Settlement Survival_Data\StreamingAssets\zipConfig\
 * Note: Replace \\.\ with where your steam is installed. This most likely is on your C drive within program files.
 * Make a backup of file BridSetConig.xml. You can rename it to whatever you like, BridSetConig.xml1, BridSetConig.xml.bak, BAKBridSetConig.xml, this just helps in case there is a problem and you want to quickly restore the file. Steam file verify will also work but can take some time.
 * Open BridSetConig.xml with a text editor, notepad, notepad++, MS word, openoffice, they all should work. But I strongly suggest Notepad++ for its search highlight feature.
 * Scroll down to line 32~ where you will see a bunch of 0s and a few 1s and lots of commas.


 * Now what are you looking at? The 0s and 1s are what "draw" the birds that fly overhead in the game.

Syntax

 * 0 = no bird
 * 1 = draw a bird
 * , is needed between birds on the same row, it tells the game to keep drawing from left to right.
 * {Enter} is end of the line/row, is just that, it tells the game to go to the next line.
 * {Space} is ignored by the game it is used just for formatting reasons
 * If you are using notepad++ you can use ctrl+f and search for "1" and it makes it more clear of what the bird formation will look like. On most browsers you can push ctrl+f right now and search for "1" and easily see the formation.

Changes

 * You may change a 0 to 1, or 1 to 0, this will show in the game.
 * You may also add more rows and cols.
 * All rows must have the same number of cols; and all cols must have the same number of rows. Think of it like you have to have a perfect rectangle.
 * After you save your changes, you will need to restart the game for them to apply.
 * Be careful, the formatting matters! Keep the formatting as shown in examples and from the file. If your game will not boot up and gets stuck, it because due something you changed in this file. If you can not get it working, replace your file with the one you backed up. If all fails, just use steam to reverify your files.