Elle’s Seasonal Buildings for Stardew Valley
A seasonal retexture of the farmhouse, barns, coops and the rest of the farm buildings, with dozens of options. Version 1.3.5, only for Stardew Valley 1.6.
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What this mod does
Elle’s Seasonal Buildings, by Elle (junimods), is one of the most popular building retextures for Stardew Valley. It changes the look of the farmhouse, barns, coops and the rest of the farm buildings, with a different version for each season of the year.
What it changes
- Three overall styles for the buildings (colorful, all brick or all white) and eight farmhouse designs.
- Seasonal layers of grass, leaves and snow on roofs and walls, plus optional festival decorations.
- Palettes designed for several map recolors, including DaisyNiko’s Earthy Recolour, as well as the game’s original palette.
- Optional recolors for fences, shipping bin, mailbox and fish ponds, and a selectable wall color for the upgraded farmhouse.
Requirements and compatibility
It requires SMAPI and Content Patcher. File 1.3.5 (March 27, 2024, 47.2 MB) is for 1.6 only, and the page marks it as Android-compatible. Everything is chosen in the config.json, which is created when you open the game once with the mod.
Known issues: the gold recolor of the gold clock’s hand can cause stutters when entering or leaving the farm (you can turn it off in the config), and the textures for Deep Woods and Tractor Mod come in an optional .zip that you copy over by hand. It has no text to translate.
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Highlights and things to keep in mind
- Tons of options: three styles, eight farmhouses and palettes matching popular recolors
- Seasonal changes with grass, leaves, snow and festival decorations
- Only needs Content Patcher
- Marked as Android-compatible
- Configured by editing the config.json (the page doesn't mention an in-game menu)
- The recolored gold clock can stutter when entering or leaving the farm
- Large file (47.2 MB)
- The Deep Woods and Tractor Mod textures are copied by hand from an optional file
Requirements
- Stardew Valley 1.6.x (PC; the page also marks it as Android-compatible)
- SMAPI 4.x
- Content Patcher
How to install it
- Install SMAPI and Content Patcher first (see their mod pages) and launch the game once with SMAPI to make sure everything loads.
- Open the Elle's Seasonal Buildings page on Nexus Mods, go to the Files tab and click Manual download on the main file (Seasonal Buildings 1.3.5). You need a free Nexus account to download.
- Unzip the .zip outside the game folder and move the resulting folder into the Mods folder, inside the game folder.
- Launch the game once with SMAPI so the config.json is generated, then close it.
- Open the config.json in the mod folder with a text editor and choose each building's style, the palette and the seasonal layers. If it isn't generated, rename the included example_config.json to config.json.
Version history
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1.3.527 Mar 2024Current
Current file, 1.6 only: updates the slime hutch, mailbox, Junimo hut and fish ponds for 1.6
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1.3.43 Nov 2021
Last version for 1.5 (in Old files)
Common problems
Does it also change the town buildings?
No. It focuses on the farm buildings and their elements (fences, mailbox, shipping bin, fish ponds).
Can I leave some buildings as the original?
Yes. Each retexture can be turned off in the config.json.
Is there a mobile version?
The page marks it as Android-compatible. The old mobile versions are in Old files and aren't needed with the current one.
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