The Sudden Valley Mod is a comprehensive terrain mod designed to be a suitable replacement for the standard MAXIS terrain.  Included are several optional features (described below) that are designed to complete the environment's aesthetic.

• HD Terrain Mod: Requires DirectX Hardware Rendering Mode for Graphics. Will CTD with Software Rendering Mode and/or on macOS.

Installation:  

Copy/extract the z___Gobias Mods folder into your plugins folder, then go to the deep of the subfolders. You will find a Terrain subfolder, which has 4 additional subfolders.

This mod contains the following installable components:

z___Gobias ModsTerrainSudden Valley Terrain

• Required:  Sudden Valley Textures B:  Terrain textures necessary for the mod to function.

• Required:  Choose ONE:  High Altitude or Low altitude plugin.
• Both options include the Terrain Properties, Weather Tuning, Flora Tuning Parameters, Lighting Properties, Terrain INI and Texture exemplars necessary for the mod to function.

• Optional:  Dark Night OR Maxis Night "relaxed" sunset.  Slightly reduces the redness of sunset.  User may choose ONE or neither. 
• NOTE:  The installer prompts the user to select one of these options however neither is required for the mod to function.  This file may be removed from the plugin folder at any time

• Optional:  Maxis Base Texture Replacements - residential grass textures better suited to match the terrain.
• This file can be removed from the plugin folder at any time without disrupting the functionality of the mod.

z___Gobias ModsTerrainWater OR Rock OR Beach (three separate subfolders)

• Optional: Sudden Valley Water / Rock / Beach textures.  Water Mod includes sun glare alpha and water side and surface gradients. 
• These three files, packaged as separate DATs into separate folders for ease-of-use, can be removed from the plugin folder at any time without disrupting the functionality of the mod

Un-Installing: To un-install the files simply delete the files from the plugins folder.  This mod will install by default to a folder named z___Gobias ModsTerrainSudden Valley Terrain in your plugins folder.

Dependencies:

To ensure the proper functionality, make sure the files mentioned below are installed in the plugins folder:

• REQUIRED:  Sudden Valley Texture Pack A (now packaged in with the mod itself, no longer an external dependency).

• OPTIONAL:  For users choosing to install the Dark Night lighting options you should have Simfox's Dark-Night mod installed.  The Sudden Valley Terrain mod must load after the Dark-Night mod in your plugins folder.