This is a mod that lets you disable random encounters, ambushes, gang camps and unnecessary stranger missions in what aims to be a bug-free experience. Compatible with every mod
Overview
First, let’s get into why I made this mod:
I wanted to primarily create a way for content creators to be able to record footage without being disturbed by encounters like “They got the wrong man, they’re after my brother Petey!” or “GAVIN!” every 5 seconds.
I also wanted to create this mod so that people who have already played the game multiple times and experienced all its encounters and missions don’t have to go through the same ones over and over again, which is why I am giving you the choice of which encounters you’d like to remove.
Installation and Customization
The installation is simple, you only need to drop the main folder for the mod into LML and you’re good to go. But let’s say you’d like to do “The Noblest of Men, and a Woman” or the Chelonian encounter.. You can accomplish this by deleting the yscs in this mod for those encounters, and if you only want to disable ambushes, gang camps, or random encounters you can delete every file that doesn’t have to do with them.
spd_endlessstrainer1 for instance is the moaning guy in the Valentine Hotel, so if you’d just like to get rid of him you can delete every other file except that one.
Final Remarks
This could have been done through a simple metapeds edit but this would break missions and makes it not compatible with a lot of mods which is understandably not something most players want, so this mod is compatible with all other mods and doesn’t break any missions!
I left later parts of stranger missions untouched so you can still do them if you started them, and didn’t remove any that I considered to be important. Some collectables may be unattainable unless you delete the discoverable yscs.
If you happen to find a bug, please let me know in as much detail as possible and make sure that it is repeatable. I am aware that a very small handful of encounters like the boy underneath the Rhodes Gunsmith still exist, but this is simply unavoidable without editing metapeds
And for those who hate mods that disable stuff even when it makes sense to do so, I have one RDR-inspired mod I’m working on but I’m pretty much done making mods like that. I want to be able to add more to the game rather than whittling away at it, but with this I wanted to provide something that would make the lives of content creators and photographers a hundred times better.
Credits:
goldenplaysterraria