Good mods for beta?

[cactiqueen526]

Hey! I downloaded the Stardew Valley beta when it came out and just started modding about a month afterwards. Needless to say, trying to figure out how to mod while a majority of the mods didn't work with the beta was frustrating. Any recommendations aesthetic mods for beta?

Edited June 4, 2018 by cactiqueen526

[Lymmea]

Most purely aesthetic mods shouldn't be affected by the beta too much, really. Anyway, I think you'd get more answers if you narrowed down what kind of mods you're looking for, and what aesthetics you want to change.

 

If you want to tweak the map, check out A Less Yellow Stardew. ( https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/1387 ) Karmylla's Immersive Map Edits is a lot more interesting, but it isn't currently updated for the beta...although it sounds like a Content Patcher-friendly version may be out soon? ( https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/1149 )

 

If you want to tweak your horse, I can't recommend Better Horses highly enough. ( https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/1421 ) Real Life Horses is almost as good, though. ( https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/759 )

 

If you want to tweak your buildings, your pet, the villagers, or the bachelors, there's really no point in my linking anything because most mods only have one option per mod, and what you'd like is entirely a matter of your personal preferences. I personally am partial to an Umbreon cat ( https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/176 ), the bachelors overhaul by Nongdarn ( https://community.playstarbound.com/threads/mods-portraits-harvey-sam-sebastian-elliott-alex-by-nongdarn.111237/ ) with a side of Elliot from this other mod ( https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/144 ) , and specific tweaks to villagers as desired. For example, I mix things like this more handsome Wizard ( https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/1940 ) with the Shane from this mod ( https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/97 ) and this Abigail and Emily ( https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/965 ). As for my buildings, I have this lovely mod ( https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/419 ). Mind you, those are just my personal preferences; you may like any, or none, of those options, but there's plenty of others out there. And again, most aesthetic mods are entirely functional, provided your SMAPI and Content Patcher files are up to date. All of these work just fine for me, and I'm up to date on the beta. Many of these mods are years old, too, and haven't really been updated - but .xnb mod files don't tend to get outdated easily, or need much in the way of patches. (If any of these mods requires replacing your .xnb files rather than working through Content Patcher, remember to back up your vanilla files before overwriting them in case you want to switch back later.)

 

Ultimately, you probably haven't gotten many responses because your question is extremely vague, and what kind of aesthetic mods you'd even LIKE is a very subjective thing. Maybe the mods I linked you will give you some places to start looking, though.